John Swatsley: Princess Coronation Class Locomotive

Artist: John Swatsley
1937 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1984
Image Size: 12.75 by 12.25 inches
Overall Size: 19 by 18.75 inches
Medium: Oil on Cold Press Illustration Board

LMS 4-6-2 Princess Coronation Class The Duchess of Buccleuch was built in 1938. Although the "Princess Royal" class was a vast leap forward in LMS motive power, improved services by the LNER to Scotland and the fashion for streamlined locomotive design in the mid-1930's meant that the LMS needed something to top the "Princess Royal" class. Stanier threw away a lot of his earlier design policies inherited from the GWR and came up with what is considered to be his finest creation, the "Princess Coronation" class (sometimes referred as the "Duchess" class); this despite the fact that he personally felt (and probably with some justification considering later events) that streamlining was a waste of time, at least with the facilities that the LMS had at the time. The LMS wanted a engine capable of hauling long-range expresses in excess of 100mph; on the 29th June 1937, the first engine of the class 6220 "Coronation" exceeded these expectations, reaching a speed of at least 113mph on the inaugural run of the "Coronation Scot", the LMS's new London-Glasgow express

Unfortunately, the "Coronation Scot" was a short-lived serviced. It never really lived up to the LMS's expectations, and the onset of World War Two finished the service off. By 1944, 29 locomotives were in service, with 5 being built without streamlined casings. Another 9 would eventually be built, and of the class, 3 would eventually be preserved.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® Mint Stamps of the World Panel for St. Lucia Locomotives Stamps issued October 13, 1983.

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