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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North British Railway 255 m/e 04/1915
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 9255 m/e 11/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 4543 m/e 12/1946
British Railways 64543 m/e 05/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Reid
Class J37
Company History NBR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J3704/1915
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Cowlairs Works
To Service During 04/1915
Withdrawal Mon 10/12/1962 off Dunfermline Upper (62C)
Service Life 47 yrs, 8 mths , 9 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1963 at Locomotive Works (Inverurie)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1915
STM   St Margarets on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
62C   Dunfermline Upper 4w/e 11/05/1957
     Withdrawn on 10/12/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 62C Dunfermline Upper 4w/e 18/05/1957
WDN   on 10/12/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/11/1946 General At this date (30/11/1946) only the following Scottish Area engines still require to be renumbered: 4488, 4491, 2745, 4819, 4891, 4898, 3658, 3682, 3692, 1996, 9765, 6897, 3057, 9499, 9886, 9384, 6398, 6399, 6401, 265, 320, 9201, 9204, 9368, 9255, 9263, 9429, 9046, 2980, 9632, 9644, 9668, 9757, 9790, 7348, 9524, 9527; a total of 37, or 3 per cent. of the total stock SLS/194701
08/02/1963 Inverurie Works (Scrapped) In shops: 64610, D263; shopped in previous four weeks. 64592/7, D261, D2411. Scrapped between 21st January and 8th February: 57645, 64510/43/56, 65268, 68448/53/70. SLS/196303

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1915 To Service To service as North British Railway Number 255
Built at Cowlairs Works
   
11/1925 Renumbered Renumbered to 9255    
12/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 4543    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Margarets (STM)    
05/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 64543    
11/05/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Dunfermline Upper (62C)    
10/12/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 64543 from Dunfermline Upper (62C)    
05/1963 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Inverurie    

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