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LMS Route: Trent Valley Line

LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington

Nuneaton Station: lnwrns315

LMS 8P 4-6-2 Coronation class No 6232 'Duchess of Montrose' is seen near Nuneaton station on the down Royal Scot

LMS 8P 4-6-2 Coronation class No 6232 'Duchess of Montrose' is seen near Nuneaton station on the down Royal Scot circa 1938. The loadings of certain named trains such as the Royal Scot could exceed the capacity of one train and the train would be split in to two parts and, as seen above by the use of the reporting code W63-1, this is the first of the two trains.

The locomotive is seen in original form - without smoke deflectors which were added later to dissipate smoke - and in the view of many enhanced the beauty of the engine. Built at Crewe works in July 1938 this Stanier Pacific remained in service despite suffering bomb damage at Berkhamstead until December 1962 when it was withdrawn from Polmadie shed in Glasgow being scrapped during November 1963 by Crewe works.

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