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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North British Railway 431 m/e 11/1915
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 9431 m/e 09/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 4549 m/e 11/1946
British Railways 64549 m/e 08/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Reid
Class J37
Company History NBR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J3711/1915
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Cowlairs Works
To Service During 11/1915
Withdrawal w/e Mon 13/07/1964 off Thornton Junction (62A)
Service Life 48 yrs, 8 mths , 12 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1964 at Arnott Young (Old Kilpatrick)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1915
THJ   Thornton Junction on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn w/e 13/07/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   w/e 13/07/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1946 Cowlairs Works The following locos. have recently been fitted with new Cowlairs boilers: Nos. 4499 (1932 of 4/44), 4589 (1885 of 11/41), 4594 (1934 of 5/44), 4599 (1929 of 4/44), 4609 (1951 of 12/44), 5221 (1920 of 12/43), 6329 (1926 of 1/44). All the foregoing are fitted with Pop safety valves and L.N.E.R. type fire doors. No. 4549 (1953 of 4/45) is fitted with a L.N.E. firedoor, and No. 7479 (1990 01/11/46) with a N.B. type firedoor. Nos. 5221, 5329 and 7479 have only one steam pipe in the smokebox, instead of the usual two. No. 4477 has been fitted with a Mark II. graduated brake, whist Nos. 5247 and 5339 have the Mark III. pattern. No. 4795 was fitted with American type injectors in July, 1946. SLS/194702
31/07/1950 Cowlairs Works Engines due into Works, July 1950: 61754/71, 1931, 61983, 62208, 62424, 4549/61, 67605/67, 68324, 8450, 69187, 69219, 77230, 90262, 90498. SLS/195010
20/07/1963 Inverurie Works (Shopped) Shopped during six weeks ended 20th July: 42273, 45176, 61076/346/402, 64549, 65267/323/908/22/6, D5340, D6140/5/6. Scrapped in same period-57607, 64795/946/86, 65261, 67668, 68445/79. SLS/196309

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1915 To Service To service as North British Railway Number 431
Built at Cowlairs Works
   
09/1925 Renumbered Renumbered to 9431    
11/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 4549    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Thornton Junction (THJ)    
08/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 64549    
13/07/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 64549 from Thornton Junction (62A)    
11/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Arnott Young: Old Kilpatrick    

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