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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North British Railway 487 m/e 11/1919
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 9487 m/e 07/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 4602 m/e 07/1946
British Railways 64602 m/e 05/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Reid
Class J37
Company History NBR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J3711/1919
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number L716
Works Number 22275
To Service During 11/1919
Withdrawal Sat 22/04/1967 off Dundee West (62B)
Service Life 47 yrs, 5 mths , 22 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1967 at Motherwell Machinery and Scrap (Wishaw)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1919
THJ   Thornton Junction on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
62B   Dundee Tay Bridge 4w/e 29/08/1959
62A   Thornton Junction 4w/e 20/08/1966
62B   Dundee Tay Bridge 9w/e 26/11/1966
     Withdrawn on 22/04/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 62B Dundee Tay Bridge 4w/e 29/08/1959
ALLOC 62A Thornton Junction 5w/e 10/09/1966
ALLOC 62B Dundee Tay Bridge 4w/e 12/11/1966
WDN   on 22/04/1967

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
18/04/1962 Inverurie Works (Shopped) 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
11/1919 To Service To service as North British Railway Number 487
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 22275
   
07/1925 Renumbered Renumbered to 9487    
07/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 4602    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Thornton Junction (THJ)    
05/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 64602    
29/08/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Dundee Tay Bridge (62B)    
20/08/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Thornton Junction (62A)    
26/11/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Dundee Tay Bridge (62B)    
22/04/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 64602 from Dundee West (62B)    
09/1967 Scrapped Broken up by Motherwell Machinery and Scrap: Wishaw    

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