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LMS Coronation Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Crewe Works· from 1937· class of 38 British 4-6-2 Pacific Type locomotives built from 1937-1948 by the LMS in Britain
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Duchess of Hamilton - 2006-05-06: Voice of Clam· Public domain
- 2. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland hauling the Yorkshire Coronation to Scarborough: cooldudeandy01· CC BY 2.0
- 3. Coronation scot BNF: Agence de presse Meurisse· Public domain
- 4. Bassett-Lowke-Blue-Coronation: Fotograf Karl Isele, Genehmigung zum Hochladen auf Wikipedia-Commons am 10.02.2023 erteilt· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Coronation class 4-6-2 City of Chester The Caledonian express LMS no 46239: Sludge G· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. At Ecclesbourne Valley Railway 2023 084: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ).· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. LMS 6220: Trampus· CC0
- 8. Carlisle railway station 2051096 fc178373: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. LMS 8P 4-6-2 46221.46240 Carlisle 07. 09.58 edited-2: RuthAS· CC BY 3.0
- 10. LMS Coronation locos changing over on the Royal Scot at Carlisle: RuthAS· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Coronation Class is a class of express passenger steam locomotives designed by William Stanier. They were an enlarged and improved version of his previous design, the LMS Princess Royal Class, and on test were some of the most powerful steam locomotives ever used in Britain at 2,511 dbhp. 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 proposed non-stop express, subsequently named the Coronation Scot.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 89 years ago, in 1937.
- 22.3 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1937–1948
- number built
- 38
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Crewe Works
- designer
- William Stanier
- operators
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
- length
- 22.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459091, Wikipedia: LMS Coronation Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.