LMS PRINCESS ROYAL CLASS

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) 'Princess Royal Class' is a class of an express passenger steam locomotive designed by William Stanier. They were pacifics (i.e. had a 4-6-2 wheel arrangement). Thirteen examples were built at Crewe Works, between 1933 and 1935 and two are preserved.

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Overview

When originally built, they were used to haul the famous ''Royal Scot'' train. A single example of a version using steam turbines instead of cylinders was built as 6202 (see The Turbomotive). They were withdrawn in the early 1960s in line with British Railway's modernisation plan. Two examples, 6201 ''Princess Elizabeth'' and 46203 ''Princess Margaret Rose'' are preserved. Each locomotive was named after a princess, the official name for the class was chosen as Mary, Princess Royal was the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Scots. However, they were known to railwaymen as "Lizzies", after the second example of the class named for Princess Elizabeth who later became Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. Later examples of express passenger locomotive built by the LMS were of the related but larger, Princess Coronation Class.

Details

LMS No.	BR No.	Name(s)	Date Built	Date Withdrawn	Notes
6200	46200	''The Princess Royal''			.
6201	46201	''Princess Elizabeth''			Preserved.
6203	46203	''Princess Margaret Rose''			Preserved. Owned by the Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust.
6204	46204	''Princess Louise''			.
6205	46205	''Princess Victoria''			Fitted with modified valve gear, 1947.Converted back to normal 1955
6206	46206	''Princess Marie Louise''			.
6207	46207	''Princess Arthur of Connaught''			.
6208	46208	''Princess Helana Victoria''			.
6209	46209	''Princess Beatrice''			.
6210	46210	''Lady Patricia''			.
6211	46211	''Queen Maud''			.
6212	46212	''Duchess of Kent''			.

Media

★ - sound recording.

References

★ Ian Sixsmith ''The Book of the Princess Royal Pacifics'' ISBN 1-903266-02-5

★ Hugh Longworth ''British Railway Steam Locomotives 1948-1968'' ISBN 0-86093-593-0