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46229 at Crewe open weekend, 2005.
London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Princess Coronation Class6229 (British Railways number 46229) Duchess of Hamilton is a preserved steam locomotive. Image File history File links 46229_Crewe_Open_Weekend_2005. ... Image File history File links 46229_Crewe_Open_Weekend_2005. ... The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ... 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. ... British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system, from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... Great Western Railway No. ...
Service
6229 was built in 1938 at Crewe as the tenth member of its class and the last in the second batch of five red streamliners (the original five 6220-4 having been given a unique Caledonian blue livery), complete with go faster stripes. In 1939 6229 swapped identities with the first of the class 6220 Coronation and was sent to North America with a specially-constructed Coronation Scot train. There was therefore for a while a blue 6229 Duchess of Hamilton in the UK and a red 6220 Coronation in the USA. R.A. Riddles drove for most of the tour. The locomotive (though not its carriages) was shipped back from the States after the outbreak of the Second World War, and the identities of the locomotives were swapped back. 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Map sources for Crewe at grid reference SJ705557 Crewe is a town in south Cheshire, in the north west of England. ... Renault Clio Gordini featuring the classic style of go-faster stripes. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... London Midland and Scottish Railway Princess Coronation Class No. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... The Coronation Scot was a named express passenger train of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway inaugurated in 1937 for the Coronation of King George VI which ran until the start of the war in 1939. ... Robert Arthur Robin Riddles (23 May 1892 — 18 June 1983) was a British locomotive engineer. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
6229 was painted wartime black livery in 1943. Streamlined casing was removed for maintenance reasons in December 1947 and she was given the LMS 1946 black livery. In 1948 she passed into British Railways ownership. BR added 40000 to its number so it became 46229. She was painted in the short-lived BR blue livery in 1950, but was soon repainted in March1952 into Brunswick green and from September1958 maroon, and was later preserved. 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system, from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Look up March in Wiktionary, the free dictionary March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Look up September in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Preservation
46229 is currently a static exhibit in the National Railway Museum, standing next to Mallard. She is one of three perserved Duchesses, the others being 6233 Duchess of Sutherland and 46235 City of Birmingham. In September 2005 the National Railway Museum announced that the streamlining would be reinstated, returning the locomotive to its original appearance. Locomotives arranged around the turntable in the Great Hall. ... Preserved 6233 Duchess of Sutherland running in in 2001. ... Locomotives arranged around the turntable in the Great Hall. ...
The PrincessCoronationClass is a class of express passenger steam locomotives built by the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and designed by William Stanier.
They were an enlarged version of the LMSPrincess Royal Class.
Duchess of Hamilton, now out of working order, is in the process of a Steam Railway appeal to have her restreamlined.
Although the "Princess Royal" class was a vast leap forward in LMS motive power, improved services by the LNER to Scotland and the fashion for streamlined locomotive design in the mid-1930's meant that the LMS needed something to top the "Princess Royal" class.
The casings also made maintenance more difficult, and it is not surprising, that with the demise of the "Coronation Scot", the casings were eventually removed post-war, and by the early fifties, all "PrincessCoronations" were unstreamlined.
6229, 6233 and 6235 are preserved; 6229 is undergoing refit, 6233 is mainlined certified as of 2001, and 6235 is a static exhibit owned by the City of Birmingham who have stated that in order to maintain the authenticity of the engine, it will not be returned to operational status.
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