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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North British Railway 479 m/e 01/1919
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 9479 m/e 04/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 4593 m/e 10/1946
British Railways 64593 m/e 08/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Reid
Class J37
Company History NBR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J3701/1919
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number L695
Works Number 21957
To Service During 01/1919
Withdrawal Fri 29/11/1963 off Polmont (65K)
Service Life 44 yrs, 10 mths , 29 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1964 at Locomotive Works (Inverurie)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1919
DEE   Dundee Tay Bridge on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
POL   Polmont w/e 01/10/1949
65F   Grangemouth 4w/e 17/01/1959
65E   Kipps 4w/e 18/11/1961
65F   Grangemouth 4w/e 19/01/1963
65K   Polmont 4w/e 02/11/1963
     Withdrawn on 29/11/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC POL Polmont w/e 01/10/1949
ALLOC 65F Grangemouth 4w/e 17/01/1959
TOSTORE   4w/e 01/07/1961
ALLOC 65E Kipps 2w/e 04/11/1961
ALLOC 65F Grangemouth 2w/e 12/01/1963
ALLOC 65K Polmont 4w/e 09/11/1963
WDN   on 29/11/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/04/1950 Cowlairs Works Locomotives entering Works during April: These included Nos. 60529, 61103/72, 61738/68, 61854, 61909/83, 62423, 2430, 62436, 2475, 62479, 3143, 4544, 64593, 64849/54, 4865/68, 64899, 4917, 65921, 7469, 8458, 8550, 9151/62, 69174, 9182, 69553, 90071, 90306, ex-L.M.S. 2835, 42909/18, ex-W.D. 77087, 77107, 77302/99. SLS/195006
18/08/1961 Grangemouth MPD (65F) (Stored) Stored on 18th August were-45177/8, 57265, 64593, 65306, whilst 55214 was stored some distance from the shed. SLS/196109

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1919 To Service To service as North British Railway Number 479
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 21957
   
04/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 9479    
10/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 4593    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Dundee Tay Bridge (DEE)    
08/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 64593    
01/10/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Polmont (POL)    
17/01/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Grangemouth (65F)    
18/11/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Kipps (65E)    
19/01/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Grangemouth (65F)    
02/11/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Polmont (65K)    
29/11/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 64593 from Polmont (65K)    
05/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Inverurie    

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