The Coronation (train)
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The Coronation was a streamlined express passenger train run by the London and North Eastern Railway between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. Named to mark the coronation of King George VI
A4 Pacific no. 4468 Mallard in the garter blue livery originally reserved for locomotives that hauled The Coronation
One of the 'beaver-tail' observation cars used on The Coronation, in rebuilt form at the Great Central Railway
LNER Class A4
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The LNER Class A4 is a class of streamlined 4-6-2 steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1935. Their streamlined design gave them high-speed capability
The Coronation (train)
…the West Riding Limited, which used an almost-identical eight-coach train but lacked the observation car. The train was usually hauled by a streamlined LNER Class A4 'Pacific' locomotive, in a special garter blue livery with red wheels. From October 1937, this became the standard livery of the class. The observation…
60009 Union of South Africa in 1951
A painting of an unidentified A4, showing its original appearance with streamlined skirts covering the wheels.
Plaque on Mallard in commemoration of breaking the previous world speed record of 124.5 mph
George Henry Haygreen (left) on his retirement day with Fireman Charlie Fisher