LMS Streamlined Pacific "Duchess of Hamilton" at Shildon

[Ian Roberts]

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 4-6-2 rebuilt to original streamlined condition

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LMS 4-6-2 the coal pusher in the tender (The rods on the lower right in the photo are not part of the pusher and are there for storage only)

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LMS 4-6-2 The streamlined fairing on the rear of the conventional tender with the front of the matching coach on the right.

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[John Ashworth]

my personal opinion is that it was a more impressive loco that the six A4's on display down the road at York

Fighting talk! But nevertheless, a very impressive machine.

[Mike Haslam]

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.

[Ian Roberts]

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.

[Ian Roberts]

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.

I found the intro to Poirot on You Tube.
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.