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 (Italian State Railways, FS) Class 737 (Italian

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: Gruppo 737) consisted of 15 ex-British War Department locomotives of the Stanier Class 8F type purchased in 1946.

The first eight engines, (eventually FS Numbers 737.001-8) were built to WD orders between 1940 and 1942. The remaining seven (eventually FS Numbers 737.009-15) had been requisitioned by the War Department in 1941 from the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) - these had been built in 1936 by the Vulcan Foundry

Vulcan Foundry

Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...

. All were then shipped to the Middle East

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, with several more classmates, where they served in Persia and were numbered in the Persian series. In 1944, 50 of the Persian engines were transferred to Kingdom of Egypt

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/Mandate Palestine

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, where they were again renumbered into the 93xx series. Later WD numbers were original numbers plus +70000, and in 1946 FS bought fifteen of these.

Numbers were as follows:

FS No.	LMS No.	WD No.	Persia No.	MEF No.	Later WD No.	Date built	Builder	Maker's No.	Withdrawn
737.001	-	334	41.119	9380	70334	1940	North British North British Locomotive Company The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...	24634	1956
737.002	-	375	41.164	9372	70375	1941	North British North British Locomotive Company The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...	24675	1956
737.003	-	408	41.104	9381	70408	1941	Beyer Peacock	6988	1956
737.004	-	437	41.177	9374	70437	1941	Beyer Peacock	7017	1956
737.005	-	441	41.166	9362	70441	1941	Beyer Peacock	7021	1956
737.006	-	514	41.210	9368	70514	1941	North British North British Locomotive Company The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...	24722	1956
737.007	-	520	41.238	9363	70520	1941	North British North British Locomotive Company The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...	24728	1956
737.008	-	548	41.223	-	70548	1942	North British North British Locomotive Company The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...	24741	1956
737.009	8032	585	41.162	9378	70585	1936	Vulcan Foundry Vulcan Foundry Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...	4709	1956
737.010	8091	589	41.185	9351	70589	1936	Vulcan Foundry Vulcan Foundry Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...	4768	1956
737.011	8038	594	41.182	9370	70594	1936	Vulcan Foundry Vulcan Foundry Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...	4715	1956
737.012	8040	595	41.192	9355	70595	1936	Vulcan Foundry Vulcan Foundry Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...	4717	1956
737.013	8044	598	41.196	9371	70598	1936	Vulcan Foundry Vulcan Foundry Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...	4721	1956
737.014	8072	609	41.198	9373	70609	1936	Vulcan Foundry Vulcan Foundry Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...	4749	1956
737.015	8059	613	41.195	9352	70613	1936	Vulcan Foundry Vulcan Foundry Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...	4736	1956