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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Anglo-Italian steam locomotive class}}<br />
[[File:LocomotivaFS737.jpg|thumb|330x330px|''FS 737.014'' after withdrawal in 1953]]<br />
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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.<br />
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==History==<br />
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.<br />
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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 They were all withdrawn from service in 1953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" /><br />
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==Numbering==<br />
Numbers were as follows:<br />
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{|class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! [[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<br />
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| 737.001 || - || 334 || 41.119 || 9380 || 70334 || 1940 || [[North British Locomotive Company]] || 24634 || 1956<br />
|- <br />
| 737.002 || - || 375 || 41.164 || 9372 || 70375 || 1941 || [[North British Locomotive Company]] || 24675 || 1956<br />
|- <br />
| 737.003 || - || 408 || 41.104 || 9381 || 70408 || 1941 || [[Beyer, Peacock & Company]] || 6988 || 1956<br />
|- <br />
| 737.004 || - || 437 || 41.177 || 9374 || 70437 || 1941 || [[Beyer, Peacock & Company]] || 7017 || 1956<br />
|- <br />
| 737.005 || - || 441 || 41.166 || 9362 || 70441 || 1941 || [[Beyer, Peacock & Company]] || 7021 || 1956<br />
|- <br />
| 737.006 || - || 514 || 41.210 || 9368 || 70514 || 1941 || [[North British Locomotive Company]] || 24722 || 1956<br />
|- <br />
| 737.007 || - || 520 || 41.238 || 9363 || 70520 || 1941 || [[North British Locomotive Company]] || 24728 || 1956<br />
|- <br />
| 737.008 || - || 548 || 41.223 || - || 70548 || 1942 || [[North British Locomotive Company]] || 24741 || 1956<br />
|- <br />
| 737.009 || 8032 || 585 || 41.162 || 9378 || 70585 || 1936 || [[Vulcan Foundry]] || 4709 || 1956<br />
|- <br />
| 737.010 || 8091 || 589 || 41.185 || 9351 || 70589 || 1936 || [[Vulcan Foundry]] || 4768 || 1956<br />
|- <br />
| 737.011 || 8038 || 594 || 41.182 || 9370 || 70594 || 1936 || [[Vulcan Foundry]] || 4715 || 1956<br />
|- <br />
| 737.012 || 8040 || 595 || 41.192 || 9355 || 70595 || 1936 || [[Vulcan Foundry]] || 4717 || 1956<br />
|- <br />
| 737.013 || 8044 || 598 || 41.196 || 9371 || 70598 || 1936 || [[Vulcan Foundry]] || 4721 || 1956<br />
|- <br />
| 737.014 || 8072 || 609 || 41.198 || 9373 || 70609 || 1936 || [[Vulcan Foundry]] || 4749 || 1956<br />
|- <br />
| 737.015 || 8059 || 613 || 41.195 || 9352 || 70613 || 1936 || [[Vulcan Foundry]] || 4736 || 1956<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[FS Class 736]] <br />
* [[Palestine Railways]]<br />
* [[Trans-Iranian Railway]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==Sources==<br />
{{sfn whitelist|CITEREFKalla-Bishop1986}}<br />
*{{Kalla-Bishop-FS-Steam|pages=68–69}}<br />
*{{Rowledge-Engines of the LMS}}<br />
*{{Tourret-Allied Military Locomotives}}<br />
* {{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}}<br />
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[[Category:Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane steam locomotives|737]]<br />
[[Category:LMS Stanier Class 8F]]<br />
[[Category:Beyer, Peacock locomotives]]<br />
[[Category:NBL locomotives]]<br />
[[Category:Vulcan Foundry locomotives]]<br />
[[Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1946]]<br />
[[Category:Scrapped locomotives]]<br />
[[Category:Standard-gauge locomotives of Italy]]<br />
[[Category:1′D h2 locomotives]]</div>
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