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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North British Railway 437 m/e 06/1916
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 9437 m/e 06/1926
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 4565 m/e 11/1946
British Railways 64555 m/e 03/1949

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 Mon 12/10/1964 off Dunfermline Upper (62C)
Service Life 48 yrs, 4 mths , 11 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1965 at Motherwell Machinery and Scrap (Wishaw)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1916
STM   St Margarets on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
62C   Dunfermline Upper 5w/e 26/09/1964
     Withdrawn on 12/10/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 62C Dunfermline Upper 2w/e 26/09/1964
WDN   on 12/10/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
24/08/1947 Cowlairs Works On 24/8 the following withdrawn locos. were in the Works yard: 'Dl' 2212, 'D29' 2415 and 'D31' 2068, the last two having been stripped; whilst those seen here newly painted were: 'D29' 2411 (green), 'J37' 4617 and 'J39' 4704. Locos. awaiting works, some of which had been stripped were: 'J39' 4711, 4817/40/49/65, 4919/22/28/42; 'K2' 1732/46/51/68/91; 'K3' 1879; 'D1' 2216; 'Dll' 2691; 'J38' 5909; 'J36' 5223/61; 'J35' 4503; 'J37' 4546/48/65/67, 4607/15; 'D31' 2059; 'D34' 2489; 'C15' 7453/65/66, 'N14' 9121; 'N15' 9191, 9214. The Erecting Shop was full and included: 'K2' 1720/34/52; 'K3' 1855; 'J39' 4912/16; 'J38' 5901/12; 'Dll' 2684/87 and 'Y9' 8120/22. SLS/194710
30/10/1947 Eastfield MPD Further locos. ex Works that have been noted here during October were: Nos. 1743/46/51/68, *1791 (green), 1879, 2432/62/73/95, 2685/91 (both green), 4526/65/67/98, 4607, 4703/04, 4852, 4926/28/42, 5345, 7461/69/97, *8474 (green), 9147/91 an 9205; whilst those observed on 2/11 were *1995 (green), 4608, 4938 an 9500 . Nos. 1701, 1996 an 1998 were observed here fitted with snow-ploughs. Nos. 2479, 4474 an 4633 have been supplying steam to the canteen here during the period approximately from 15/10 to 26/10, while No. 5308 is again in use as a stationary boiler, after having been temporarily replaced by No. 5339. SLS/194712

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1916 To Service To service as North British Railway Number 437
Built at Cowlairs Works
   
06/1926 Renumbered Renumbered to 9437    
11/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 4565    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Margarets (STM)    
03/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 64555    
26/09/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Dunfermline Upper (62C)    
12/10/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 64555 from Dunfermline Upper (62C)    
01/1965 Scrapped Broken up by Motherwell Machinery and Scrap: Wishaw    

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