Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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After the small engine policy introduced by the Midland Railway failed to provide satisfactory service to the company which absorbed it, the London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS), William Arthur Stanier introduced his first pacific design to get the company up to speed. But how did they fare...

SOURCES & CREDIT

Picture of LMS no6201 'Princess Elizabeth' (thumbnail) by David Moyle - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMS_Princess_Royal_Class#/media/File:6201_Princess_Elizabeth_in_Preston.jpg

Picture of LMS no6201 'Princess Elizabeth' by David Ingham - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMS_Princess_Royal_Class_6201_Princess_Elizabeth#/media/File:6201_PRINCESS_ELIZABETH_Castleton_East_Junction.jpg

Picture 46203 'Princess Margaret Rose' by RuthAS - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMS_Princess_Royal_Class_6203_Princess_Margaret_Rose#/media/File:LMS_8P_4-6-2_46203_PMR_Carlisle_22.09.94R_edited-2.jpg

Picture of Royal Scot 46158 'The Loyal Regiment' by Ben Brooksbank - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMS_Royal_Scot_Class#/media/File:Bourne_End,_with_up_WCML_express_between_Hemel_Hempstead_and_Berkhamsted_geograph-2741733-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg

Map of the East Coast Main Line by Peter Christener - upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/East_Coast_Main_Line_Map.png

Map of the West Coast Main Line by Peter Christener - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_Main_Line#/media/File:West_Coast_Main_Line_Map.png

Map of the Midland Main Line by Peter Christener - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland_Main_Line#/media/File:Midland_Main_Line_Map_en.png

Logo of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London,_Midland_and_Scottish_Railway#/media/File:London_Midland_&_Scottish_Railway_Company_(6156567103).jpg

Picture of LMS Princess Coronation no6229 'Duchess of Hamilton' by cooldudeandy01 - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMS_Coronation_Class#/media/File:6229_Duchess_of_Hamilton_at_the_National_Railway_Museum.jpg


Website sources:

lner.info/eng/stanier.php

6201.co.uk/index.php/model-railways


Literary sources:

'50 Famous British Locomotives' by Peter Herring, published by David & Charles

'The Observer's Book Of Railway Locomotives Of Britain' revised version by H. C. Casserley

Video/Film sources:

'London, Midland & Scottish Railway Steam' by Castle Communications

'Express Locomotives Of The London Midland & Scottish Railway' by Castle Communications

'Decades of Steam - 1930s' by Ian Allan



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Outro music: Kevin MacLeod - Fiddles McGinty



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