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An unidentified LMS 4-6-2 Streamlined 'Princess Coronation Class' locomotive is seen heading a northbound express away from Rugby in 1937

An unidentified LMS 4-6-2 Streamlined 'Princess Coronation Class' locomotive is seen heading a northbound express away from Rugby in 1937. Designed by William, later Sir William, Stanier, they were an enlarged and improved version of his previous 4-6-2 design, the LMS Princess Royal Class. The locomotives were specifically designed for power as it was intended to use them on express services between London Euston and Glasgow Central. Their duties were to include the hauling of a what subsequently became known as the Coronation Scot. The first ten locomotives of the Coronation class were built in a streamlined form in 1937 (as seen above) by the addition of a steel streamlined casing. Five of these ten were specifically set aside to pull the Coronation Scot. (Clearly the carriage stock above is not in Coronation Scot livery so the locomotive is hauling standard LMS coaches). Although a later batch of five unstreamlined locomotives was produced in 1938, most of the ensuing Coronation class were outshopped as streamliners. Eventually, from 1944 to 1949, all new engines would be built in unstreamlined form and all the streamliners would have their casings removed. The very last of the 38 locomotives was completed in 1948.

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