GWR panner tank loco No. 1509 @ Swindon Works - May 1961

An old amateur photograph (just 2" x 2") of Great Western Railway (GWR) 'pannier tank' steam locomotive No. 1509 in storage at Swindon after its withdrawal from service in Jan 1961. It and two others of its class would be purchased by the National Coal Board (NCB).

The photo is annotated with just "1509", unfortunately it has is no date or photographer name, but another photo of this lot showed "No. 1502 at Swindon Works".

A photo from this set of No. 1501 at Swindon is here:-
flic.kr/p/2q2C81S
and of No. 1502 here:-
flic.kr/p/2psUFq2

No. 1509 was a F. Hawksworth designed '1500 class' 0-6-0PT engine, built in the Swindon Works and new to GWR in Sep 1949. The locomotive was withdrawn from service in Aug 1959, it and two others of the class (1501 & 1502) were stored at Swindon Works pending sale to the NCB.

In Jun 1961 the three locomotives were towed from Swindon to Bagnalls at Stafford, then to Barclays works at Kilmarnock for repairs. Later that year the engines arrived (by road) at the Coventry Colliery at Keresley, where as well as working at the colliery they were used on the two mile branch to Three Spires Junction on the Coventry to Nuneaton line.

In the summer of 1969 the three locos were replaced by two new diesel ones, the last steam loco working at the colliery was No. 1501 which was withdrawn from service in Sep 1969.

The three engines had been reserved for preservation by the Warwickshire Railway Society, and Severn Valley Railway, 1501 intended for preservation while 1502 and 1509 would provide spares. In Oct 1970 the remains of both 1502 and 1509 were scrapped at Cashmore's (Great Bridge). No. 1501 is fully preserved and operational but I think is awaiting a new boiler certificate.

GWR 1500 Class on Wikipedia:-
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_1500_Class

GWR Pannier 1501 on SVR site:-
svr.co.uk/locomotive/gwr-pannier-1501/

If there are any errors in the above description please let me know. Thanks.

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Taken in: UK / England / Wroughton / Swindon (show map)

Taken on: May 1, 1961

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