LMS Coronation Class
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The London, Midland and Scottish Railway Coronation Class is a class of express passenger steam locomotives designed by William Stanier. They were an enlarged and improved version of his previous desi
No. 6229 Duchess of Hamilton
Streamlined version as originally built
The lack of a handrail on the tender shows that this is an ex-streamlined Type A. The locomotive is No. 46225 Duchess of Gloucester photographed in 1961, so the table below shows that the tender is No. 9799.
No. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland in preservation turned out in LMS Black.
Coronation Scot
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The Coronation Scot was a named express passenger train of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway inaugurated in 1937 for the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth which ran until the sta
LMS Coronation Class
…services between London Euston and Glasgow Central; their duties were to include the hauling of a proposed non-stop express, subsequently named the Coronation Scot. The first ten locomotives of the Coronation class were built in a streamlined form in 1937 by the addition of a steel streamlined casing. Five of these…
Streamlined Coronation Scot train at speed on the London-Glasgow route in 1937
Streamlined Coronation Class locomotive, used for the service. The first five were originally painted blue with silver lines; the next fifteen streamlined locos were crimson and gold as shown here