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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North British Railway 430 m/e 11/1915
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 9430 m/e 04/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 4548 m/e 10/1946
British Railways 64548 m/e 12/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Reid
Class J37
Company History NBR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J3711/1915
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Cowlairs Works
To Service During 11/1915
Withdrawal Fri 29/11/1963 off Eastfield (65A)
Service Life 48 yrs , 29 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1964 at Locomotive Works (Cowlairs)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1915
DEE   Dundee Tay Bridge on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
PKD   Parkhead w/e 29/05/1948
65E   Kipps on 12/02/1951
65E   Kipps 4w/e 17/02/1951
65A   Eastfield 8w/e 31/08/1957
     Withdrawn on 29/11/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC PKD Parkhead w/e 29/05/1948
ALLOC 65E Kipps on 12/02/1951
ALLOC 65A Eastfield 4w/e 07/09/1957
WDN   on 29/11/1963

* 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24/08/1947 Cowlairs Works On 24/8 the following withdrawn locos.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
07/09/1947 Eastfield MPD Nos. 4852 an 4927 (both BLA) were observed here on 7/9, awaiting shops. Further locos. ex Works that have been noted here during September are: Nos. *1734/*1782, 1855, 2476/89, *2684/*2687, 2702, 4548, 4636, 4840/49, 4916/19/23/28, 5901/8/9/12, 7453/66, 7600, 8122, 8328, 8468/80, 9133, 9214/16 an 9564, whilst those observed on 1/10 were: *1732, 2455/73, 4578, 4865, 4922 an 9160 . *Painted green. On 11/10 'J83' No. 8474 was on shed, being ex Works and painted green. This engine now has a Gresham and Craven type 'P' solid jet ejector and an old (trigger) pattern steam brake valve. 'J37' No. 4546 has L.M.S. type water gauge frames with Dewrance protectors. SLS/194711
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
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
11/1915 To Service To service as North British Railway Number 430
Built at Cowlairs Works
   
04/1925 Renumbered Renumbered to 9430    
10/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 4548    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Dundee Tay Bridge (DEE)    
29/05/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Parkhead (PKD)    
12/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 64548    
12/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Kipps (65E)    
17/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Kipps (65E)    
31/08/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Eastfield (65A)    
29/11/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 64548 from Eastfield (65A)    
02/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Cowlairs    

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