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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North British Railway 402 m/e 01/1920
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 9402 m/e 04/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 4612 m/e 10/1946
British Railways 64612 m/e 03/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Reid
Class J37
Company History NBR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J3701/1920
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number L716
Works Number 22497
To Service During 01/1920
Withdrawal Sat 29/12/1962 off Dunfermline Upper (62C)
Service Life 42 yrs, 11 mths , 28 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 02/1964 at Barnes and Bell (Coatbridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1920
THJ   Thornton Junction on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
64D   Carstairs 4w/e 01/10/1955
64C   Dalry Road 4w/e 12/05/1956
64A   St Margarets 4w/e 27/09/1958
     Withdrawn on 29/12/1962
64A   St Margarets (Reinstated) m/e 01/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 64D Carstairs 4w/e 01/10/1955
ALLOC 64C Dalry Road 4w/e 21/04/1956
WDN   on 29/12/1962
REINS 64A St Margarets 3w/e 25/01/1963
WDN   on 24/06/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
04/07/1961 Inverurie Works (Waiting Works ) Erecting Shops: D261, D2421, D3552, D6138/48, 43902, 44194, 44257, 64616/23, 65282, 65309/29. Waiting Works : 55185, 62479, 64494, 64612, 65261/81, 65900. Scrap Yard: 40574/94, 40688, 43868, 54475/83/8, 55198, 56240/6, 57232, 57324, 57552, 57609, 62474, 64471/82, 65276/95, 68459/71, 69136. SLS/196108
28/08/1961 Inverurie Works (Erecting Shop) Erecting Shop: D2412, D3550, D3934, D5329, D6149/56, 44281/3, 45136, 64548/59/61/86, 64612, 65931. Test Line: 44315, 64539. Works Sidings: D2417, D3547/53, D8028, 44183. Dead Line: 43902, 57572, 62682, 64636. Scrap Yard-intact: 40603, 55126, Scrap Yard-remains only: 40574/94, 40604/11/88, 43922, 55198, 56376, 57552/4, 57609, 62479, 64482, 64576. SLS/196110

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1920 To Service To service as North British Railway Number 402
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 22497
   
04/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 9402    
10/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 4612    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Thornton Junction (THJ)    
03/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 64612    
01/10/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Carstairs (64D)    
12/05/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Dalry Road (64C)    
27/09/1958 Allocation Reallocated to St Margarets (64A)    
29/12/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 64612 from Dunfermline Upper (62C)    
01/1963 Reinstated Reinstated to St Margarets (64A)    
02/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Barnes and Bell: Coatbridge    

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