LMS ROYAL SCOT CLASS

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) 'Royal Scot Class' is a class of 4-6-0 express passenger locomotive introduced in 1927. Originally having parallel boilers, all members were later rebuilt with tapered type 2A boilers, and were in effect two classes.

Contents

Background

North American Tour

Fury

Rebuilding

Withdrawal

Details

Preservation

Models

References

Background

By the mid-1920s the LMS had followed the Midland Railway's small engine policy that meant that it had no locomotives of sufficient power for its expresses on the West Coast Main Line. Trains were entrusted to LMS/MR Midland Compounds 4-4-0s, the LNWR Claughton Class and the L&YR Dreadnought 4-6-0s. Construction of 50 of a new class of 4-6-0 was authorised from the North British Locomotive Works in Glasgow, and they were introduced without testing, the design being based on the SR Lord Nelson Class; although Radford claims that the boiler owed much to the MR 0-10-0 Lickey Banker 'Big Bertha'. A further 20 were built by Derby Works.
They were initially named after Regiments and some after historical LNWR locomotives, though those were renamed in 1935/6 to take more names of regiments.
From late 1931, after several bizarre forms were tried on various locomotives, the straight sided Smoke deflectors were added to stop drifting smoke; these were later replaced by angled-top items. From 1933 the class were taken off the top-link expresses, being superseded by the LMS Princess Royal Class and later the LMS Princess Coronation Class pacifics.

North American Tour

In 1933 one locomotive was sent to North America on a tour, 6152 swapping identities with 6100 ''The Royal Scot'', the identities never being swapped back after its return.

Fury

LMS 6399 Fury of 1929 was an unsuccessful experimental prototype locomotive based on the Royal Scot. It was rebuilt by William Stanier in 1935 to become 6170 ''British Legion''. This served as the blueprint for later rebuilding.

Rebuilding

In 1942 the LMS rebuilt two LMS Jubilee Class locomotives with type 2A boilers, but later turned to the Royal Scots. Most of these however turned out to be paper rebuilds - in effect new locomotives but rebuilding was more easily justified in the eyes of accountants. Initially these too were built without smoke deflectors but later acquired them.

Withdrawal

All were withdrawn between 1962 and 1965.
The class title of ''Royal Scot'' was subsequently re-used in 1976 as an official name for the then-new Class 87s but it never stuck, partly out of respect for the original fleet.

Details

Note: Built below refers to the 'LMS build date'.

Number		Name(s)	Date			Notes
LMS	BR		Built	Rebuilt	Withdrawn
6100	46100	Royal Scot	Oct. 1927	Jun. 1950	Oct. 1962	Permanently swapped identities with 6152 in 1933. Preserved - first to be withdrawn.
6101	46101	''Royal Scots Grey	Sep. 1927	Nov. 1945	Sep. 1963
6102	46102	''Black Watch	Sep. 1927	Oct. 1949	Dec. 1962
6103	46103	''Royal Scots Fusilier	Sep.1927	Jun. 1943	Dec. 1962	First locomotive to be rebuilt with a taper boiler.
6104	46104	''Scottish Borderer	Sep. 1927	Mar. 1946	Dec. 1962
6105	46105	''Cameron Highlander	Sep. 1927	Mar. 1948	Dec. 1962
6106	46106	''Gordon Highlander	Sep. 1927	Sep. 1949	Dec. 1962 & Apr. 1963.	Fitted with BR style smoke deflectors Dec. 1952
6107	46107	''Argyll and Sutherland Highlander	Sep. 1927	Feb. 1950	Dec. 1962
6108	46108	''Seaforth Highlander	Sep. 1927	May 1948	Jan. 1963
6109	46109	''Royal Engineer	Sep.1927	Jul. 1943	Dec. 1962
6110	46110	''Grenadier Guardsman	Sep. 1927	Jan. 1953	Feb. 1964
6111	46111	''Royal Fusilier	Oct. 1927	Oct. 1947	Oct. 1963
6112	46112	''Sherwood Forester	Oct. 1927	Sep. 1943	May 1964
6113	46113	''Cameronian	Oct. 1927	Dec. 1950	Dec. 1962
6114	46114	''Coldstream Guardsman	Oct. 1927	Jun. 1946	Oct. 1963
6115	46115	''Scots Guardsman	Oct. 1927	Aug. 1947	Jan. 1966	Preserved - last to be withdrawn.
6116	46116	''Irish Guardsman	Oct. 1927	Aug. 1944	Sep. 1963
6117	46117	''Welsh Guardsman	Nov. 1927	Dec. 1943	Nov. 1962
6118	46118	''Royal Welch Fusilier	Nov. 1927	Dec. 1946	Jun. 1964
6119	46119	''Lancashire Fusilier	Nov. 1927	Sep. 1944	Dec. 1963
6120	46120	''Royal Inniskilling Fusilier	Dec. 1927	Nov. 1944	Jul. 1963
6121	46121	''H.L.I.''from 1928	Nov. 1927	Aug. 1946	Dec. 1962
		''Highland Light Infantry, City of Glasgow Regiment from 15 Jan. 1949
6122	46122	''Royal Ulster Rifleman	Nov. 1927	Sep. 1945	Nov. 1964
6123	46123	''Royal Irish Fusilier	Nov. 1927	May 1949	Oct. 1962
6124	46124	''London Scottish Regiment	Nov. 1927	Dec. 1943	Dec. 1962
6125	46125	''Lancashire Witch''	Sep. 1927	Aug. 1943	Oct. 1964
		''3rd Carabinier
6126	46126	''Sanspareil	Sep. 1927	Jun. 1945	Oct. 1963
		''Royal Army Service Corps
6127	46127	''Novelty''	Sep. 1927	Aug. 1944	Dec. 1962
		''The Old Contemptibles
6128	46128	''Meteor''	Sep. 1927	Jun. 1946	May 1965
		''The Lovat Scouts
6129	46129	''Comet	Sep. 1927	Dec. 1944	Jun. 1964
		''The Scottish Horse
6130	46130	''Liverpool	Nov. 1927	Dec. 1949	Dec. 1962
		''The West Yorkshire Regiment
6131	46131	''Planet	Sep.1927	Dec. 1949	Dec. 1962
		''The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
6132	46132	''Phoenix''	Sep. 1927	Oct. 1944	Oct. 1962
		''The King's Regiment Liverpool
6133	46133	''Vulcan''	Oct. 1927	Jul. 1944	Feb. 1963
		''The Green Howards
6134	46134	''Atlas''	Oct. 1927	Dec. 1954	Nov. 1962
		''The Cheshire Regiment
6135	46135	''Samson	Oct. 1927	Jan. 1947	Dec. 1962
		''The East Lancashire Regiment
6136	46136	''Goliath	Oct. 1927	Mar. 1950	Apr. 1964
		''The Border Regiment
6137	46137	''Vesta	Oct. 1927	Mar. 1955	Oct. 1962	Last locomotive to be rebuilt.
		''The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire)
6138	46138	''Fury'' until Oct. 1929.	Oct. 1927	Jun. 1944	Feb. 1963
		''The London Irish Rifleman
6139	46139	''Ajax''	Oct. 1927	Nov. 1946	Oct. 1962
		''The Welch Regiment
6140	46140	''Hector	Oct. 1927	May 1952	Nov. 1965
		''The King's Royal Rifle Corps
6141	46141	''Caledonian	Nov. 1927	Oct. 1950	Apr. 1964
		''The North Staffordshire Regiment
6142	46142	''Lion	Nov. 1927	Feb. 1951	Jan. 1964
		''The York and Lancaster Regiment
6143	46143	''Mail	Nov. 1927	Jun. 1949	Dec. 1963
		''The South Staffordshire Regiment
6144	46144	''Ostrich	Nov. 1927	Jun. 1945	Jan. 1964
		''Honourable Artillery Company
6145	46145	''Condor	Dec. 1927	Jan. 1944	Dec. 1962
		''The Duke of Wellington's Regt. (West Riding)
6146	46146	''Jenny Lind	Nov. 1927	Oct. 1943	Dec. 1962
		''The Rifle Brigade
6147	46147	''Courier	Nov. 1927	Sep. 1946	Dec. 1962
		''The Northamptonshire Regiment
6148	46148	''Velocipede	Dec. 1927	Jul. 1954	Nov. 1964
		''The Manchester Regiment
6149	46149	''Lady of the Lake	Dec. 1927	Apr. 1945	Aug. 1963
		''The Middlesex Regiment
6150	46150	''The Life Guardsman	Jun. 1930	Dec. 1945	Nov. 1963
6151	46151	''The Royal Horse Guardsman	Jun. 1930	Apr. 1953	Dec. 1962
6152	46152	''The King's Dragoon Guardsman	Jun. 1930	Aug. 1945	Apr. 1965	Permanently swapped identities with 6100 in 1933.
6153	46153	''The Royal Dragoon	Jun. 1930	Aug. 1949	Dec. 1962
6154	46154	''The Hussar	Jul. 1930	Mar. 1948	Dec. 1962
6155	46155	''The Lancer	Jul. 1930	Aug. 1950	Dec. 1964
6156	46156	''The South Wales Borderer	Oct. 1930	May 1954	Oct. 1964
6157	46157	''The Royal Artilleryman	Jul. 1930	Jan. 1946	Jan. 1964
6158	46158	''The Loyal Regiment	Aug. 1930	Sep. 1952	Oct. 1963
6159	46159	''The Royal Air Force	Aug. 1930	Oct. 1945	Dec. 1962
6160	46160	''Queen Victoria's Rifleman	Aug. 1930	Feb. 1945	May 1965
6161	46161	''The King's Own	Sep. 1930	Oct. 1946	Dec. 1962	''The King's Own'' carried from Sep. 1930 to Jun. 1931
		''King's Own
6162	46162	''Queen's Westminster Rifleman	Sep. 1930	Jan. 1948	May 1964
6163	46163	''Civil Service Rifleman	Sep. 1930	Oct. 1953	Aug. 1964
6164	46164	''The Artists' Rifleman	Sep. 1930	Jun. 1951	Dec. 1962
6165	46165	''The Ranger (12th London Regt.)	Sep. 1930	Jul. 1952	Nov. 1964
6166	46166	''London Rifle Brigade	Oct. 1930	Jan. 1945	Sep. 1964
6167	46167	''The Hertfordshire Regiment	Oct. 1930	Dec. 1948	Apr. 1964
6168	46168	''The Girl Guide	Oct. 1930	Apr. 1946	May 1964
6169	46169	''The Boy Scout	Oct. 1930	May 1945	May 1963
6399		Fury	Feb. 1930	Oct. 1935	Dec. 1962	Rebuilt from experimental high pressure locomotive ''Fury'' with non-interchangeable boiler.It was the only Rebuilt Scot to carry Crimson Lake livery in service,and a single chimney.
6170	46170	''British Legion

Preservation

Two have been preserved. These are (4)6100 ''Royal Scot'' and (4)6115 ''Scots Guardsman''.

Models

Mainline produced No. 6100 ''Royal Scot'' as a 00 model. Bachmann produced their first batch in the Spring of 2007. Hornby is about to release their Rebuilt Scots as models in Fall 2007.

References

★ David Jenkinson, ''The Power of the Royal Scots'' - OPC. (coffee table photo book).

★ O.S. Nock ''Royal Scots and Patriots of the LMS''

★ Radford, ''Derby Works and Midland Locomotives'', - Ian Allan, 1971

★ ''The Book of the Royal Scots'' - Irwell Press ISBN 1-871608-99-6