LMS Royal Scot Class 6100 Royal Scot

46100 Royal Scot at Crewe after working The North Wales Coast Express

London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Royal Scot Class 6100 (British Railways' number 46100) Royal Scot is a preserved British steam locomotive.

History

The original 6100 was the first of its class, built in 1927 by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow. It was named Royal Scot after the Royal Scots.

In 1933, 6152 The King's Dragoon Guardsman and 6100 swapped identities permanently. 6152 had been built at Derby Works in 1930. The new Royal Scot was sent to the Century of Progress Exposition of 1933 and toured Canada and the United States with a train of typical LMS carriages.

It was given special commemorative plates that sit below its nameplates which read:

This locomotive with the Royal Scot train was exhibited at the Century of Progress
Exposition Chicago 1933, and made a tour of the Dominion of Canada and the United
States of America. The engine and train covered 11,194 miles over the railroads
of the North American continent and was inspected by 3,021,601 people.
W. Gilbertson - Driver	T. Blackett - Fireman
J. Jackson - Fireman	W.C. Woods - Fitter

6100 was renumbered 46100 by British Railways after nationalisation in 1948. In 1950 46100 was rebuilt with a 2A taper boiler, and the words "Prior to conversion" were added to its nameplates. It became a markedly different engine. In October 1962 46100 was withdrawn from service in Nottingham.

Preservation

6100 Royal Scot on shed at the Llangollen Railway

46100 was bought by Billy Butlin of Butlins holiday camps after withdrawal and after cosmetic restoration into LMS crimson lake at Crewe Works, although this was the original livery received, the locomotive did not carry it after being rebuilt (only one rebuilt Royal Scot ever carried LMS crimson lake livery and that was 6170 Royal British Legion). She was then towed from Crewe Works to Nottingham by Black 5 No. 45038 and then from Nottingham to Boston by B1 No. 61177 on 12 June 1963.

After spending a few days at Boston shed she was taken to Skegness by an Ivatt 4MT, she languishing in the goods yard for 3 weeks before being taken by a Pickford's low loader for the short road trip to Ingoldmells.

Royal Scot arrived at Butlins on 18 July 1963 piped in by pipers from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Scots. She was set on a plinth at Skegness and was to remain there till the 1970s. On 16 March 1971 6100 departed from Skegness for the Bressingham Steam Museum and was returned to steam in 1972. She ran until 1978 when she once more became a static exhibit, she was eventually sold from Butlins to Bressingham in May 1989.

After sale to the Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust (RSL&GT) in April 2009, chaired by enthusiast Jeremy Hosking, it was moved by road to Pete Waterman's LNWR Heritage workshops in Crewe.^[1] This made 6100 one of two preserved rebuilt Royal Scots, the other being 6115 Scots Guardsman.

On 20 March 2009, Royal Scot caught fire en route to a steam gala at the West Somerset Railway. The locomotive was being transported along the M5 Motorway when a fire started on the lorry under the loco's leading wheels.^[2] The engine was later withdrawn from service due to a number of mechanical problems after completion from her previous restoration and it was decided to give the engine a complete overhaul to mainline standards.

In September 2015, Royal Scot emerged from the workshop at Crewe Heritage Centre in BR Brunswick Green with the early BR crest on its tender and was moved by road to the Severn Valley Railway for running in. After running in was completed she appeared at the Severn Valley Railway's autumn steam gala alongside fellow RSLGT owned locomotive no 70000 Britannia (A former SVR resident until 1979). On 25 November 2015 she was moved by rail behind a class 47 diesel from Kidderminster to Crewe, her first venture onto the network since being towed to Skegness in 1963.

A She departed under her own power from Crewe to Carnforth on 21 December 2015 in preparation for her loaded test run the following day, this was to be her first outing on the national network under her own power since being withdrawn in 1962. The day later (22 Dec) she departed from Carnforth running via Hellifield, Blackburn & Preston before returning to Carnforth and then later in the evening she returned with support coach to her base in Crewe. She worked her first main line passenger train since withdrawal on 6 February 2016.

Media

6100 is featured as a computer-controlled locomotive on Microsoft Train Simulator, which the players have no control over; however, this locomotive can be modded to be drivable.

Gallery

Unfinished historic photos from LMS & BR days to be added.

6100 On tour in America.
6100 Royal Scot.
46100 departing from Kidderminster tender first.
Royal Scot storming up Shap for the first time since withdrawal.
Easing her way along the coast near Whitehaven.
46100 Passing through Ravenglass.

References

External links

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