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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North British Railway 506 m/e 02/1921
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 9506 m/e 03/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 4627 on 24/03/1946
British Railways 64627 m/e 05/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Reid
Class J37
Company History NBR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J3702/1921
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number L739
Works Number 22680
To Service During 02/1921
Withdrawal Mon 14/10/1963 off Dundee Tay Bridge (62B)
Service Life 42 yrs, 8 mths , 13 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1963 at Locomotive Works (Inverurie)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1921
DEE   Dundee Tay Bridge on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 14/10/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   on 14/10/1963

* 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
10/10/1963 Inverurie Works (Scrap Yard) 42737, 42909, 45475, 65918. In Scrap Yard: 60819/27, 64627, 65253/341. Shopped four weeks ended 4/10-44724, 45066, 80126, D6148/50, D8031; Scrapped same period-45049, 60851/959, 64568, 65316, 90193, 90536/42. SLS/196311
02/11/1963 Inverurie Works (Cut Up) Shopped: 42737, 45475, D6149, D8030. Cut Up: 60819/27, 60937, 64627, 65253, 65341. Four weeks ending 30th November, 1963. Shopped: 42909, 44955, 65918, D6147/57. Cut Up: 57269, 57336, 57634, 60840/94, 64950, 64629. Four weeks ending 28th December, 1963. Shopped: 42919, 44703, D3930, D6140/42/45/52/54/55/56. Cut Up: 60898, 60972, 64557, 64600, 65900, 90019. Total for 1963: Steam-33 Shopped, 31 other repairs; Diesel-31 Shopped, 15 other repairs; Cut Up 86. Two weeks ending 10th January, 1964. Shopped: 61132, D6150. Cut Up: 60161, 64619. In Shops on 10th January: 44722, 64558/99, D368, D3935, D6139/51/53. Awaiting scrapping: 60089, 60159, 64579. SLS/196402

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1921 To Service To service as North British Railway Number 506
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 22680
   
03/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 9506    
24/03/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 4627    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Dundee Tay Bridge (DEE)    
05/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 64627    
14/10/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 64627 from Dundee Tay Bridge (62B)    
11/1963 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Inverurie    

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