LMS Princess Coronation Class
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The Princess Coronation Class is a class of express passenger steam locomotives built by the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and designed by William Stanier. They were an enlarged version of the LMS Princess Royal Class. Several examples were originally built as streamlined, though this was later removed.
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Overview
The first five, 6220-4 were built in 1937 and were streamlined and painted Caledonian Railway blue with to haul the Coronation Scot train. The streamlining is probably best described as like an upside down bathtub and was largely for publicity reasons. The second five 6225-9 were also streamlined, but painted in the more traditional crimson lake livery. The next batch were built unstreamlined. War interrupted the building of the locomotives, but given the dire shortage of express motive power several more were then finished during the war and turned out in unlined black. Between 1945 and 1949 the streamlining was removed for ease of maintenance. Smoke deflectors were also added because of drifting smoke. Two more modified engines were built after the war in 1947 and 1948 by George Ivatt.
Three have been preserved. There is presently an ongoing appeal by Steam Railway Magazine to restreamline 46229 Duchess of Hamilton.
Details
| Number | Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMS | BR | ||
| 6220 | 46220 | Coronation | |
| 6221 | 46221 | Queen Elizabeth | |
| 6222 | 46222 | Queen Mary | |
| 6223 | 46223 | Princess Alice | |
| 6224 | 46224 | Princess Alexandra | |
| 6225 | 46225 | Duchess of Gloucester | |
| 6226 | 46226 | Duchess of Norfolk | |
| 6227 | 46227 | Duchess of Devonshire | |
| 6228 | 46228 | Duchess of Rutland | |
| 6229 | 46229 | Duchess of Hamilton | Preserved |
| 6230 | 46230 | Duchess of Buccleuch | |
| 6231 | 46231 | Duchess of Atholl | |
| 6232 | 46232 | Duchess of Montrose | |
| 6233 | 46233 | Duchess of Sutherland | Preserved |
| 6234 | 46234 | Duchess of Abercorn | |
| 6235 | 46235 | City of Birmingham | Preserved as a static exhibit, Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry |
| 6236 | 46236 | City of Bradford | |
| 6237 | 46237 | City of Bristol | |
| 6238 | 46238 | City of Carlisle | |
| 6239 | 46239 | City of Chester | |
| 6240 | 46240 | City of Coventry | |
| 6241 | 46241 | City of Edinburgh | |
| 6242 | 46242 | City of Glasgow | |
| 6243 | 46243 | City of Lancaster | |
| 6244 | 46244 | City of Leeds King George VI (1941) | |
| 6245 | 46245 | City of London | |
| 6246 | 46246 | City of Manchester | |
| 6247 | 46247 | City of Liverpool | |
| 6248 | 46248 | City of Leeds | |
| 6249 | 46249 | City of Sheffield | |
| 6250 | 46250 | City of Lichfield | |
| 6251 | 46251 | City of Nottingham | |
| 6252 | 46252 | City of Leicester | |
| 62253 | 46253 | City of St. Albans | |
| 6254 | 46254 | City of Stoke-on-Trent | |
| 6255 | 46255 | City of Hereford | |
| 6256 | 46256 | Sir William A. Stanier F.R.S. | |
| - | 46257 | City of Salford | |
Preservation
Three Duchesses have survived. (4)6229 Duchess of Hamilton, (4)6233 Duchess of Sutherland have both seen action on main line railtours. Duchess of Hamilton, now out of working order, is in the process of a Steam Railway appeal to have her restreamlined. The third, (4)6235 City of Birmingham is the centrepiece in the Birmingham science museum. 46235 was put in place and the museum built around her.
Sound
References
- David Jenkinson (1980) The Power of the Duchesses Oxford Publishing Company ISBN 0-86903-063-7
External links
- Princess Royal Locomotive Trust (owners of 6233)