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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
North British Railway 480 m/e 01/1919
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 9480 m/e 05/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 4594 m/e 09/1946
British Railways 64594 m/e 06/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Reid
Class J37
Company History NBR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J3701/1919
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number L695
Works Number 21958
To Service During 01/1919
Withdrawal Sat 29/12/1962 off St Margarets (64A)
Service Life 43 yrs, 11 mths , 28 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1963 at Locomotive Works (Inverurie)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1919
TWD   Tweedmouth S 01/1936
STM   St Margarets on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 29/12/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   on 29/12/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1946 Cowlairs Works The following locos. have recently been fitted with new Cowlairs boilers: Nos. 4499 (1932 of 4/44), 4589 (1885 of 11/41), 4594 (1934 of 5/44), 4599 (1929 of 4/44), 4609 (1951 of 12/44), 5221 (1920 of 12/43), 6329 (1926 of 1/44). All the foregoing are fitted with Pop safety valves and L.N.E.R. type fire doors. No. 4549 (1953 of 4/45) is fitted with a L.N.E. firedoor, and No. 7479 (1990 01/11/46) with a N.B. type firedoor. Nos. 5221, 5329 and 7479 have only one steam pipe in the smokebox, instead of the usual two. No. 4477 has been fitted with a Mark II. graduated brake, whist Nos. 5247 and 5339 have the Mark III. pattern. No. 4795 was fitted with American type injectors in July, 1946. SLS/194702

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1919 To Service To service as North British Railway Number 480
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 21958
   
05/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 9480    
01/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Tweedmouth (TWD)    
09/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 4594    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Margarets (STM)    
06/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 64594    
29/12/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 64594 from St Margarets (64A)    
05/1963 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Inverurie    

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