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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North British Railway 8 m/e 12/1914
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 9008 m/e 09/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 4536 m/e 05/1946
British Railways 64536 m/e 11/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Reid
Class J37
Company History NBR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J3712/1914
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Cowlairs Works
To Service During 12/1914
Withdrawal Fri 22/05/1959 off St Margarets (64A)
Service Life 44 yrs, 5 mths , 22 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1959 at Locomotive Works (Inverurie)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1914
PTH   Perth (LNER) on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
64C   Dalry Road w/e 04/03/1950
64A   St Margarets 4w/e 27/09/1958
     Withdrawn on 22/05/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 64C Dalry Road w/e 04/03/1950
ALLOC 64A St Margarets 4w/e 06/09/1958
WDN   on 22/05/1959

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
29/02/1948 Darlington Works New 'L.1's' are completed up to No. 9010. No. 9001 has returned to N.Rd with a damaged buffer beam. Nos. 9002-9006 are still working from Darlington and Nos. 9007-9010 have not yet been handed over to the shed. Nos. 9004/5 are Darlington 2023/4 of 1948, both bearing a January paint date. Locomotives for shops during February included Nos. 510, 804, 822, 2933, 2937, 2993, 3279, 3298, 3375, 3420, 4756, 5063, 5612, 5691, 5878, 7266, 7604, 7608, 8235, 8248, 8250, 8273, 8277, 8427, 8730, 9419, 9834, 9838 an 9875. Of these Nos. 3279, 5063 and 9419 are in the scrap yard, No. 9419 being cut up at the end of February. Locomotives ex shops during February included Nos. 937, 1069, 2354, 2382, 2386, 2982, 3260, 3370, 3373, 3374, 5645, 5646, 5663, 5716, 5769, 5805, 7243, 7334, 8230, 8272, 8310, 8402, 8433, 8727, 8729, 8748, 9097, 9118, 9376 an 9780. 'B.1' No. 1069 is painted green and lettered 'British Railways' as No. 1289 (NBL 26190/47) SLS/194804
30/04/1948 Darlington Works 'L.1's' Nos. 9000-9015 are to be renumbered 67701-67716. No. 67717 (9016) is the first to come out under this number, while No. 9015 was altered to 67716. The paint dates of Nos. 9009-9012 are March, and Nos. 9013-9015 and 67717-67718 are April. The Works' Nos. are 2028-2036/48 respectively. The next order for North Road will be a batch of 'A.1' 'Pacifics.' The rumour of further 'B.1's' came about owing to Stooperdale building a batch of spare boilers for this class. Locomotives for shops or scrap during the period April 4th-May 2nd included:-Nos. 1440, E1461, 2391, 2747, 3037, 3170, 3286, 3315, 5069, 5625, 5768/88, 7306, 7649/88, 9837/52, 9917/33, 77414, 79198. The following locomotives have arrived for cutting-up:-ex G.E. Nos. 5380/83, 5400, 7120/37, 8212, ex MET Nos. 7511/12 and ex M.G.N. No. 8485. Locomotives ex shops during the same period included Nos. 5778, 9856, 60510, 60825, 61011/60/71, 61420, 62388, 63125/40, 65624/50, 65825/47/51, 67263, 67301, 67632/84, 67718, 68248/90, 68724, 69786, 69875, 69910. The following locomotives have been painted or repainted green: Nos. 61011/60/71 an 67684. No. 60510 came off Works without nameplates, but returned and has at last had these fitted-Robert the Bruce. SLS/194806
31/12/1949 Inverurie Works Locomotives entering Works during December: These included Nos. 61503, 62272/75, 64496, 4505, 64536, 65242, 5329, ex-L.M.S. 15224, 16278, 17347, 17460, 17611. SLS/195002

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1914 To Service To service as North British Railway Number 8
Built at Cowlairs Works
   
09/1925 Renumbered Renumbered to 9008    
05/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 4536    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Perth (LNER) (PTH)    
11/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 64536    
04/03/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Dalry Road (64C)    
27/09/1958 Allocation Reallocated to St Margarets (64A)    
22/05/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 64536 from St Margarets (64A)    
09/1959 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Inverurie    

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