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{{Short description|Anglo-Italian steam locomotive class}}
[[File:LocomotivaFS737.jpg|thumb|330x330px|''FS 737.014'' after withdrawal in 1953]]
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The '''[[Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane|Ferrovie dello Stato]]''' (Italian State Railways, FS) '''Class 737''' ([[Italian language|Italian]]: ''Gruppo 737'') was a class of [[steam locomotive]] which consisted of 15 ex-British [[War Department (United Kingdom)|War Department]] (WD) [[2-8-0]] locomotives of the [[LMS Stanier Class 8F]] type which were purchased in 1946.

==History==
The first eight engines, (eventually FS Numbers ''737.001'' – ''737.008'') were built to WD orders between 1940 and 1942.  The remaining seven (eventually FS Numbers ''737.009'' – ''737.015'') had been requisitioned by the [[War Department (United Kingdom)|War Department]] in 1941 from the [[London Midland & Scottish Railway]] (LMS) - these had been built in 1936 by the [[Vulcan Foundry]].  All were then shipped to the [[Middle East]], 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]]/[[Mandate Palestine]], where they were again renumbered into the [[Middle East Command|Middle East Forces]] (MEF) 93xx series.  Later WD numbers were original numbers plus +70000, and in 1946 FS bought fifteen of these.

As they were non-standard in comparison to Italian locomotive practices, their career were relatively short, with the Class 737s working on the line between [[Bologna]] and [[Ancona]] until 1947 where after they were kept at [[Bari]]. They were all withdrawn from service in 1953<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=profilbaru.com |title=Locomotiva FS 737 - profilpelajar.com |url=https://profilbaru.com/it/Locomotiva_FS_737 |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=profilbaru.com |language=it}}</ref>{{sfnb|Kalla-Bishop|1986|p=69}} with them being scrapped in 1956.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tourret |first=R. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34597390 |title=Allied military locomotives of the Second World War |date=1995 |publisher=Tourret Pub |isbn=0-905878-06-X |edition=Rev. and augmented |location=Abingdon |oclc=34597390}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

==Numbering==
Numbers were as follows:

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!	[[Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane|FS]] No.	!!	[[London Midland & Scottish Railway|LMS]] No.	!!	[[War Department (United Kingdom)|WD]] No.	!!	Persia No.	!!	MEF No.	!!	Later WD No.	!!	Date built	!!	Builder	!!	Builder's No.	!!	Withdrawn
|-																			
|	737.001	||	-	||	334	||	41.119	||	9380	||	70334	||	1940	||	[[North British Locomotive Company]]	||	24634	||	1956
|-																			
|	737.002	||	-	||	375	||	41.164	||	9372	||	70375	||	1941	||	[[North British Locomotive Company]]	||	24675	||	1956
|-																			
|	737.003	||	-	||	408	||	41.104	||	9381	||	70408	||	1941	||	[[Beyer, Peacock & Company]]	||	6988	||	1956
|-																			
|	737.004	||	-	||	437	||	41.177	||	9374	||	70437	||	1941	||	[[Beyer, Peacock & Company]]	||	7017	||	1956
|-																			
|	737.005	||	-	||	441	||	41.166	||	9362	||	70441	||	1941	||	[[Beyer, Peacock & Company]]	||	7021	||	1956
|-																			
|	737.006	||	-	||	514	||	41.210	||	9368	||	70514	||	1941	||	[[North British Locomotive Company]] ||	24722	||	1956
|-																			
|	737.007	||	-	||	520	||	41.238	||	9363	||	70520	||	1941	||	[[North British Locomotive Company]]	||	24728	||	1956
|-																			
|	737.008	||	-	||	548	||	41.223	||	-	    ||	70548	||	1942	||	[[North British Locomotive Company]] 	||	24741	||	1956
|-																			
|	737.009	||	8032	||	585	||	41.162	||	9378	||	70585	||	1936	||	[[Vulcan Foundry]]	||	4709	||	1956
|-																			
|	737.010	||	8091	||	589	||	41.185	||	9351	||	70589	||	1936	||	[[Vulcan Foundry]]	||	4768	||	1956
|-																			
|	737.011	||	8038	||	594	||	41.182	||	9370	||	70594	||	1936	||	[[Vulcan Foundry]]	||	4715	||	1956
|-																			
|	737.012	||	8040	||	595	||	41.192	||	9355	||	70595	||	1936	||	[[Vulcan Foundry]]	||	4717	||	1956
|-																			
|	737.013	||	8044	||	598	||	41.196	||	9371	||	70598	||	1936	||	[[Vulcan Foundry]]	||	4721	||	1956
|-																			
|	737.014	||	8072	||	609	||	41.198	||	9373	||	70609	||	1936	||	[[Vulcan Foundry]]	||	4749	||	1956
|-																			
|	737.015	||	8059	||	613	||	41.195	||	9352	||	70613	||	1936	||	[[Vulcan Foundry]]	||	4736	||	1956
|}

==See also==
* [[FS Class 736]] 
* [[Palestine Railways]]
* [[Trans-Iranian Railway]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
{{sfn whitelist|CITEREFKalla-Bishop1986}}
*{{Kalla-Bishop-FS-Steam|pages=68–69}}
*{{Rowledge-Engines of the LMS}}
*{{Tourret-Allied Military Locomotives}}
* {{cite journal |last=Turchi|first=Gian Guido |date=November 1982 |title=Locomotive a vapore FS 737 |journal=I Treni Oggi |issue=24 |pages=10–14 |language=it}}

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[[Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1946]]
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[[Category:Standard-gauge locomotives of Italy]]
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