LMS Princess Coronation Class
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Preserved 6233 Duchess of Sutherland preserved in LMS condition but with smoke deflectors. The crowns were added when 6233 hauled the Royal Train to mark HM Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee.
The Princess Coronation Class is a class of a express passenger steam locomotive 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.
Three, (4)6223 Duchess of Sutherland, (4)6229 Duchess of Hamilton and (4)6235 City of Birmingham have been preserved.
References
- David Jenkinson (1980) The Power of the Duchesses Oxford Publishing Company ISBN 0-86903-063-7