Restreamlined 4-6-2 "Duchess of Hamilton".
This loco was streamlined when built and spent most of its operational life with the streamlining removed.
Built for the LMS London to Glasgow Services my personal opinion is that it was a more impressive loco that the six A4's on display down the road at York.
LMS Streamlined Pacific "Duchess of Hamilton" at Shildon
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Re: LMS Streamlined Pacific "Duchess of Hamilton at Shildon
Fighting talk! But nevertheless, a very impressive machine.Ian wrote:my personal opinion is that it was a more impressive loco that the six A4's on display down the road at York
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If you have ever watched the TV series 'Poirot', this looks just like the locomotive they use as a stylized image in the opening sequence.
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Re: LMS Streamlined Pacific "Duchess of Hamilton at Shildon
A thought prompted by your location in Vermont:
The Duchess of Hamilton actually spent 3 years in the USA although painted as class leader 6220 "Coronation"
She had been sent to the 1939 Worlds Fair, but the start of WW2 intervened before shipping space could be spared to bring her back to Britain until 1942.
The Duchess of Hamilton actually spent 3 years in the USA although painted as class leader 6220 "Coronation"
She had been sent to the 1939 Worlds Fair, but the start of WW2 intervened before shipping space could be spared to bring her back to Britain until 1942.
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Re: LMS Streamlined Pacific "Duchess of Hamilton at Shildon
I found the intro to Poirot on You Tube.Mike Haslam wrote:If you have ever watched the TV series 'Poirot', this looks just like the locomotive they use as a stylized image in the opening sequence.
Most of it looks like a stylized LNER A4 with the letters LNER on the tender, but I agree the front seems more bulbous than the A4.
Ian