LMS Rebuilt Royal Scot Class

{{Short description|British steam locomotive class (1943–1966)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}

{{Infobox locomotive

| name = LMS Royal Scot Class

| powertype = Steam

| image = Camden Locomotive Depot geograph-2741547-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg

| alt =

| caption = 6127 The Old Contemptibles, as rebuilt in 1944

| designer = Sir William Stanier

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| rebuilder = LMS Derby Works

| rebuilddate = 1943–1955

| numberrebuilt = 70

| whytetype = 4-6-0

| uicclass = 2′C h3

| gauge = {{track gauge|ussg|allk=on}}

| leadingdiameter = {{convert|3|ft|3+1/2|in|m|3|abbr=on}}

| driverdiameter = {{convert|6|ft|9|in|m|3|abbr=on}}

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| length = {{convert|63|ft|0+1/2|in|m|2|abbr=on}}

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| locoweight = {{convert|84.90|LT|t ST|abbr=on}}

| tenderweight = {{convert|54.65|LT|t ST|abbr=on}}

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| watercap = {{convert|4000|impgal|abbr=on}}

| tendercap = {{convert|9|LT|t ST|abbr=on}}

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| boiler = 2A

| boilerpressure = {{convert|250|psi|MPa|2|abbr=on}} superheated

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| cylindercount = Three

| cylindersize = {{convert|18|×|26|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}

| valvegear = Walschaerts

| valvetype = Piston valves

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| tractiveeffort = {{convert|33150|lbf|kN|2|abbr=on}}

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{{unbulleted list|London, Midland and Scottish Railway|→ British Railways}}

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| powerclass = 6P; reclassified 7P in 1951

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| fleetnumbers = {{unbulleted list|LMS: 6100–6169|BR: 46100–46169}}

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| axleloadclass = BR: Route Availability 9

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| disposition = Two preserved; remainder scrapped

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The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Rebuilt Royal Scot Class is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives. 70 members of this class were rebuilt by the LMS and its successor British Railways (BR) from LMS Royal Scot Class engines by the replacement of their life expired parallel boilers with a type 2A boiler over the period 1943–1955. (The class sometimes is numbered 71 as it included a prototype 1935 rebuild LMS (4)6170 British Legion, but sufficient technical differences existed which dictate that it is treated separately). They were the second class to be rebuilt with type-2 boilers, after the rebuilding of British Legion and the Jubilee Class.

LMS gave them the power classification 6P; this was later revised by BR to 7P.

Rebuilding

Class="wikitable"

! Year

! Number rebuilt

! Numbers{{sfn|James|Hunt|Essery|1999|p=55}}

1943

| 9

| 6103/8/9/12/7/24/5/32/46

1944

| 9

| 6116/9/20/7/9/31/3/8/45

1945

|11

|6101/22/6/44/9/50/2/9/60/6/9

1946

| 10

| 6104/14/8/21/8/39/47/57/61/8

1947

| 3

| 6111/5/35

1948

| 4

| 46105/54/62/7

1949

| 6

| 46102/6/23/30/43/53

1950

| 6

| 46100/7/13/36/41/55

1951

|2

|46142/64

1952

| 3

|46140/58/65

1953

| 4

| 46110/34/51/63

1954

|2

|46148/56

1955

|1

|46137

Total

! 70

!

1948 Exchange trials

File:Waterloo LMS Rebuilt 'Scot' 4-6-0 with Atlantic Coast Express geograph-2652615-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg

In the 1948 Locomotive Exchange Trials, carried out by the recently nationalised British Railways, involved 46154 The Hussar and 46162 Queens Westminster Rifleman. Apparently a rebuilt 'Royal Scot' proved capable of matching the maximum performance of larger Pacifics.{{cite book| last=Tuplin| first=W.A.| title=British Steam since 1900| publisher=Pan| year=1971| isbn=0-330-02721-2| page=[https://archive.org/details/britishsteamsinc00pan/page/149 149]| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/britishsteamsinc00pan/page/149}}

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Accidents

File:Irish Mail train crash at Penmaenmawr, August 27 1950 (14866147008).jpg in 1950 - 46119 Lancashire Fusilier with accident damage]]

  • On 27 August 1950, 46119 Lancashire Fusilier was hauling the Irish Mail which was in a rear-end collision with a light engine LMS Hughes Crab No. 42885 at {{rws|Penmaenmawr}}, Denbighshire due to a signalman's error. Six people died as a result of the crash.{{Cite web|url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=402|title=Report on the Collision that occurred on the 27th August 1950 at Penmaenmawr in the London Midland Region British Railways :: The Railways Archive}}{{sfn|Earnshaw|1989|pp=32-33}}
  • On 21 April 1952, 46117 Welsh Guardsman was one of two hauling an express passenger train which derailed at Blea Moor Loops, West Riding of Yorkshire due to a defect on the other locomotive causing a set of points to move under the train.{{sfn|Earnshaw|1990|p=30}}{{fcn|date=May 2020}}

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Withdrawal

{{further|LMS Royal Scot Class#Details}}

File:46151 Staveley (GC) MPD '63 (27001040102).jpg

All were withdrawn between 1962 and 1965 in accordance with the 1955 Modernisation Plan.

class="wikitable" style=text-align:center

|+ Table of withdrawals

! Year !! Quantity in
service at
start of year !! Quantity
withdrawn !! Locomotive numbers

19627030align=left | 46100/02–07/09/13/17/21/23–24/27/30–32/34–35/37/39/45–47/51/53–54/59/61/64
19634015align=left | 46101/08/11/14/16/19–20/26/33/38/43/49–50/58/69
19642520align=left | 46110/12/18/22/25/29/36/41–42/44/48/55–57/62–63/65–68
196554align=left | 46128/40/52/60
196611align=left | 46115

Preservation

Of the 70 engines to be rebuilt only 2 members of the class have survived into preservation.

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Number

! rowspan="2" |Name

! rowspan="2" |Builder

! rowspan="2" |Built

! rowspan="2" |Withdrawn

! rowspan="2" |Livery

! rowspan="2" |Location

! rowspan="2" |Owners

! rowspan="2" |Status

! rowspan="2" |Photograph

LMS

!BR

align=left|6100 (former 6152){{sfn|Goodman|1994|pp=80, 83}}{{sfn|James|Hunt|Essery|1999|pp=41, 54}}

|align=left|46100

|align=left|Royal Scot (former "The King's Dragoon Guardsman")

|align=center|Derby Works

|align=center|Jun 1930 (Original engine built Oct 1927){{sfn|Goodman|1994|pp=80, 83}}{{sfn|James|Hunt|Essery|1999|pp=41, 54}}

|align=center|Oct 1962

|align=left|BR Green, Early Emblem

|align=center|Crewe Diesel TMD

|align=center|Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust

|align=left|Operational, Mainline Certified.{{CN|date=May 2020}}

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align=left|6115

|align=left|46115

|align=left|Scots Guardsman

|align=center|North British Locomotive Company

|align=center|Oct 1927

|align=center|Jan 1966

|align=left|BR Green, Late Crest

|align=center|Carnforth MPD

|align=center|David Smith

|align=left|Operational, Mainline Certified. Mainline Ticket Expires: 2026

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References

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  • {{cite book |last=Earnshaw |first=Alan |title=Trains in Trouble: Vol. 5 |year=1989 |publisher=Atlantic Books |location=Penryn |isbn=0-906899-35-4 }}
  • {{cite book |last=Earnshaw |first=Alan |title=Trains in Trouble: Vol. 6 |year=1990 |publisher=Atlantic Books |location=Penryn |isbn=0-906899-37-0 }}
  • {{cite book |last=Goodman |first=John |editor-last=Greenwood |editor-first=William |title=LMS Locomotive Names |year=1994 |publisher=RCTS |location=Lincoln |isbn=0-901115-79-7 }}
  • {{cite book |last1=James |first1=Fred |last2=Hunt |first2=David |last3=Essery |first3=R.J. |authorlink3=Bob Essery |title=LMS Locomotive Profiles, no. 1 - The Rebuilt 'Royal Scots' |year=1999 |publisher=Wild Swan |location=Didcot |isbn=1-874103-49-6 }}

Further reading