LMS Class 8P 46202 Princess Anne
No. 46202 Princess Anne was a steam locomotive. It was a British Railways era 1952 rebuild of the LMS Turbomotive, using new mainframes and a set of cylinders of the same type as used in the "Coronation" class.[1]
Career[edit]
It was originally built in 1935. The design incorporated some features of both the LMS Princess Royal Class and the LMS Coronation Class. It was named after Princess Anne, then the daughter of Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, then heir apparent to the throne.
On 8 October 1952, after only two months in service, it was the train engine of the double-headed Liverpool and Manchester express involved in the Harrow and Wealdstone railway accident. The locomotive was taken to Crewe, where it was deemed beyond economical repair and scrapped, despite not apparently being particularly heavily damaged.
The destruction of No. 46202 led to the construction of BR Standard Class 8 number 71000, Duke of Gloucester.
References[edit]
- ↑ Goodman 1994, p. 86.
- Rowledge (1975) LMS Pacifics.
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