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→British Railways: Correction of entry date to service from 1979 to 1949
==1501 in service==
===British Railways===
1501 entered service on 31 July 19791949<ref name = "BRD">BRDatabase.info</ref> at London’s Old Oak Common, where duties included hauling long rakes of empty coaching stock in and out of Paddington Station. On 30 November 1950<ref name = "BRD" /> the locomotive was reallocated to Southall for local shunting duties.
The BR modernisation programme led to a swift replacement of the 1500 class by 350hp diesel shunters, and 1501 was withdrawn from service at Southall by BR in January 1961<ref name = "BRD" /> after a working life of just 11 years 5 months. Following withdrawal, 1501 was moved to Swindon. Two other class members, 1502 and 1509, were also moved to Swindon after withdrawal from Didcot and Newport respectively, and in February 1961 all three were sold to the National Coal Board.<ref name = "StockBook">SVR Stock Book 9th Edition</ref>
===National Coal Board===
