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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North British Railway 62 m/e 01/1915
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 9062 m/e 03/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 4539 m/e 10/1946
British Railways 64539 m/e 08/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Reid
Class J37
Company History NBR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J3701/1915
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Cowlairs Works
To Service During 01/1915
Withdrawal Fri 08/09/1961 off St Margarets (64A)
Service Life 46 yrs, 8 mths , 8 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1961 at Locomotive Works (Inverurie)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1915
HAW   Hawick on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
64A   St Margarets 4w/e 21/11/1959
     Withdrawn on 08/09/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC HAW Hawick on 10/02/1947
ALLOC 64A St Margarets 4w/e 21/11/1959
WDN   on 08/09/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/06/1950 Cowlairs Works Engines into shops: 1131, 1752, 3115, 4596, 4846, 4933, 5922, 5927, 7473, 8442, 8460, 8463, 8468, 8474, 8475, 8479, 9171, 61146, 61180, 61879, 61911, 62478, 62496, 62688, 63038, 63151, 64539, 64566, 64573, 64607, 64626, 64632, 64821, 64925, 64964, 67617, 68957, 69214, 69565, 77375, 77456, 90496. SLS/195008
13/10/1956 Farewell North Tyne Branch The last passenger trains between Newcastle and stations on the North Tyne Branch to Riccarton Junction and the last through train from Newcastle to Hawick and back, ran on Saturday, 13th October. The 11.10 a.m. train to Hawick was advertised as a public excursion and was well patronised. The train comprised six coaches of modern stock hauled by K1 2-6-0 62022, the smokebox of which was adorned with a wreath of flowers and heather surrounding a card with the letter-ing R.I.P. At Hexham, two additional coaches had to be added to accommodate passengers joining the train there and further up the branch line. Due to the length of the train, it was necessary to draw up at most of the branch line stations and on some of the grades, the K1 2-6-0 found the going heavy. At Riccarton Junction, J37 0-6-0 64539 gave banking assistance to Whitrope summit and the train arrived at Hawick nearly half an hour late. For the return journey commenced at 4.32 p.m., banking assistance was given from Hawick by D30 4-4-0 62440 ' Wandering Willie '. Many local people turned out at stations down the line to bid farewell, the largest gathering being at Bellingham where a crowd of school children cheered the train on its way. Several S.L.S. members travelled on the train and others were seen by the lineside en route taking photographs. Locomotives observed at Hawick shed included the following: 61398, 61851, 61855, 62423, 62428, 62432, 62440, 64463, 65232, 65317, 67489, 78047. SLS/195701
28/08/1961 Inverurie Works (Test Line) Erecting Shop: D2412, D3550, D3934, D5329, D6149/56, 44281/3, 45136, 64548/59/61/86, 64612, 65931. Test Line: 44315, 64539. Works Sidings: D2417, D3547/53, D8028, 44183. Dead Line: 43902, 57572, 62682, 64636. Scrap Yard-intact: 40603, 55126, Scrap Yard-remains only: 40574/94, 40604/11/88, 43922, 55198, 56376, 57552/4, 57609, 62479, 64482, 64576. SLS/196110

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1915 To Service To service as North British Railway Number 62
Built at Cowlairs Works
   
03/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 9062    
10/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 4539    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Hawick (HAW)    
08/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 64539    
21/11/1959 Allocation Reallocated to St Margarets (64A)    
09/1961 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Inverurie    
08/09/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 64539 from St Margarets (64A)    

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