LMS Route: Rugby to Tamworth

Trent Valley Lineside - Gypsy Lane: lnwr_gyp1148

Ex-LMS 8P 4-6-2 Princess Coronation class No 46221 'Queen Elizabeth is seen at Gypsy Lane the head of the up 'Royal Scot' express service to Euston. The sloping top of the smokebox and the gap in the running plate in front of the cylinders confirm that when first built No 46221 was built as a streamliner. The locomotive was named in June 1937 after the late Queen Mother, mother of Queen Elizabeth II, who had recently come to the throne as the wife of King George VI. Built at Crewe works in June 1937 No 46221 remained in service until May 1963 when it was withdrawn from Upperby shed in Carlisle to be scrapped in July 1963 by Crewe works.

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