Royal Scot 4-6-0 6152 'The King's Dragoon Guardsman', on an express train near Tebay
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. Following the success of a GWR Castle 4-6-0 in working on the LMS, a decision was taken to cancel Fowler's Pacific project, and to replace it with a 4-6-0 with three cylinders and a simple-expansion steam circuit. Because there was an urgent need for new express locomotives the LMS placed an order with the North British Locomotive Company of Glasgow for 50 engines. They were initially named after regiments of the British Army, and after historical LNWR locomotives. Those with LNWR names were renamed in 1935 and 1936 with more names of regiments. From late 1931, after several bizarre forms of smoke deflectors were tried on various locomotives to stop drifting smoke obscuring the crew's forward vision, the straight sided smoke deflectors were added. These were later replaced by deflectors with angled top. Water troughs occurred on the WCML at the followuing locations: Low Gill - Tebay; Floriston - Gretna; Thankerton - Carstairs; and on the approach to Glasgow so any of these are possible locations
Size: 2676px × 1724px
Location: Floriston (possibly)
Photo credit: © Digbydachshund / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 4-6-0, 6152, dragoon, guardsman, king, lms, locomotive, railway, royal, scot, steam, train, troughs, water
