BR Period Locomotives: lnwrbns_br2003

Ex-LMS 7P 4-6-0 Princess Coronation class No 46257 'City of Salford' is seen standing at the East end of Platform 1 with an up express. Built by Crewe works in May 1948, No 46257 was the last member of the class which numbered fifty-eight in total and which was designed by Stanier. The last two members of the class, No 6256 'Sir William Stanier' and No 46257 'City of Salford', were modified by G Ivatt including roller bearings fitted to the main driving wheels and a new trailing truck under the firebox. The shorter cabside was the most obvious method of distinguishing the modified locomotives. In this for No 46257 ran until it was withdrawn in September 1964 from Kingmoor shed in Carlisle to be scrapped in December 1964 by Arnott & Young - West of Scotland Shipbreaking Company in Troon.

This class of locomotives was designed in 1937 by William Stanier and is considered by many as being his finest design. Originally for publicity purposes the class had been constructed in streamlined condition with some non-streamlined locomotives being built too. Surprisingly - as streamlined locomotives were more expensive, more difficult to maintain and slower speed restrictions meant any advantages of streamlining were lost - further streamlined locomotives were still built throughout the Second World War until October 1943 when No 6248 'City of Leeds' was the last of the Princess Coronation streamlined locomotives to be built. From November 1944 when No 6249 'City of Sheffield' until May 1948 when No 46257 'City of Salford was built a further nine locomotives were built all in non-streamlined condition.

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