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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North British Railway 46 m/e 12/1920
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 9046 m/e 01/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 4615 m/e 12/1946
British Railways 64615 m/e 12/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Reid
Class J37
Company History NBR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J3712/1920
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number L739
Works Number 22668
To Service During 12/1920
Withdrawal Sat 29/12/1962 off Dundee Tay Bridge (62B)
Service Life 42 yrs , 29 dys
Information Due to an acute shortage of motive power in the winter/spring of 1963, six J37s were reinstated as "on loan to operating stock" - this was one of them

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1964 at Barnes and Bell (Coatbridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1920
TWD   Tweedmouth S 01/1936
DEE   Dundee Tay Bridge on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 29/12/1962
62B   Dundee Tay Bridge (Reinstated) m/e 01/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   on 29/12/1962
REINS 62B Dundee Tay Bridge 3w/e 25/01/1963
WDN   on 22/04/1963

* 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
24/08/1947 Cowlairs Works On 24/8 the following withdrawn locos.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
30/11/1949 Cowlairs Works Locomotives entering Works during November: These included Nos. 60501/05, 61002, 1293, 61701/49/86/88, 61857, 61909, 2422, 62426, 62706, 3049, 3126, 4548/90, 4615/16, 4706, 64794, 4842, 4923/41, 5902, 65907, 5909/12/26, 7477, 67608, 8121, 8445, 8503, 8952, 9143/76/88, 69199, 9205, 90004, 73798, 77342/71. SLS/195001

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1920 To Service To service as North British Railway Number 46
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 22668
   
01/1925 Renumbered Renumbered to 9046    
01/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Tweedmouth (TWD)    
12/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 4615    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Dundee Tay Bridge (DEE)    
12/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 64615    
29/12/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 64615 from Dundee Tay Bridge (62B)    
01/1963 Reinstated Reinstated to Dundee Tay Bridge (62B)    
04/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Barnes and Bell: Coatbridge    

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