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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North British Railway 435 m/e 06/1916
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 9435 m/e 12/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 4553 m/e 11/1946
British Railways 64553 m/e 01/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Reid
Class J37
Company History NBR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J3706/1916
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Cowlairs Works
To Service During 06/1916
Withdrawal Thu 08/03/1962 off Bathgate (64F)
Service Life 45 yrs, 9 mths , 5 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1962 at Locomotive Works (Inverurie)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1916
TWD   Tweedmouth S 01/1936
THJ   Thornton Junction on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
POL   Polmont w/e 17/01/1948
64F   Bathgate 4w/e 22/03/1952
64F   Bathgate 8w/e 19/04/1952
     Withdrawn on 08/03/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC THJ Thornton Junction 9w/e 31/03/1946
ALLOC POL Polmont w/e 17/01/1948
ALLOC 64F Bathgate 4w/e 22/03/1952
WDN   on 08/03/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
10/03/1962 Inverurie Works Awaiting shopping-44328, 64553, 64572 an 90455; shopped during last four weeks-44189, 64630, 65323/7; cut-up during last five weeks-55222/6/7/33, 56305, 57233/46/57, 57429, an 40619. Boilers and fireboxes in 'cemetery'-40574/94/603/18/9/50/63, 44319, 54491/3, 55198, 55207/8/15/6/22/6/7/30, 56305, 57257/349/429/552/4/85, 65246 an 68459. SLS/196204
18/04/1962 Inverurie Works (Cut up) In shops-44322/28, 45009, 64572, 64606, 65905. Awaiting shops: 65479. Shopped in previous five weeks-64552/91, 64602/27, 65297. Cut up previous five weeks- 55165/229, 57559, 61996/8, 64542/53, 65296, 68338. Being cut up: 40645/7, 57411, 57557, 64628. Awaiting cut up: 57560, 64566, 64963. 64553 was involved in an accident which resulted in a large 'tear' along the frame and although there was a possibility of repair it was scrapped in the shops. The battery rail-car is back in shops after further trials. SLS/196205

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1916 To Service To service as North British Railway Number 435
Built at Cowlairs Works
   
12/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 9435    
01/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Tweedmouth (TWD)    
11/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 4553    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Thornton Junction (THJ)    
17/01/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Polmont (POL)    
01/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 64553    
22/03/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Bathgate (64F)    
19/04/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Bathgate (64F)    
03/1962 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Inverurie    
08/03/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 64553 from Bathgate (64F)    

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