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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North British Railway 73 m/e 12/1920
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 9073 m/e 06/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 4617 m/e 06/1946
British Railways 64617 m/e 06/1949

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 22670
To Service During 12/1920
Withdrawal w/e Mon 11/02/1963 off Dunfermline Upper (62C)
Service Life 42 yrs, 2 mths , 12 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 05/1964 at Locomotive Works (Inverurie)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1920
DFU   Dunfermline Upper on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn w/e 29/12/1962
62C   Dunfermline Upper (Reinstated) m/e 01/1963
     Withdrawn w/e 11/02/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   on 29/12/1962
REINS 62C Dunfermline Upper 3w/e 25/01/1963
WDN   on 11/02/1963

* 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24/08/1947 Cowlairs Works On 24/8 the following withdrawn locos.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
24/08/1947 Eastfield MPD On 24/8 the locos. on shed ex works were 'J39' 4923/33; 'J83' 8445 and 'J69' 8623, and further locos. ex works during August that have been noted here are: 'K2' 1757; 'J37' 4541/79/84, 4604/17/21; 'J39' 4711, 4818, 4929; 'C15' 7468; 'J88' 8345; 'J83' 8473 (green); 'N15' 9136/77 an 9222. SLS/194710
05/06/1949 Cowlairs Works Locomotives entering Works 9/5 to 5/6: These included Nos. 60503/06, 61002, 1260/1/2, 1742/66/93, 61998, 2402/40/60, 4594, 4617/26, 4818/58, 65933, 7480/91, 67631, 8104, 9209, 69500/10, 9553, 69565, Class '8' 73799, 77031, 77431/42/76, ex L.M.S. Nos. 44994, 16156. SLS/194907

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1920 To Service To service as North British Railway Number 73
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 22670
   
06/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 9073    
06/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 4617    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Dunfermline Upper (DFU)    
06/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 64617    
01/1963 Reinstated Reinstated to Dunfermline Upper (62C)    
11/02/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 64617 from Dunfermline Upper (62C)    
05/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Inverurie    

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