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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton LMS Route: Rugby to
Leamington LMS Route: Rugby to Tamworth LMS Route: Rugby to
Leicester LMS Route: Rugby to Market Harborough
Rugby Station: lnwrrm4136
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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.
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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