LMS Royal Scot Class 6115 Scots Guardsman
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London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Royal Scot Class
6115 (later 46115) Scots Guardsman is a preserved British
steam locomotive
.
in Glasgow
. It was named Scots Guardsman in 1928 after the Scots Guards
. After receiving smoke deflectors
, it starred in the 1936 film Night Mail
.
6115 was rebuilt
in 1947 with a new tapered type 2A boiler, and was painted LMS 1946 black livery. It was renumbered 46115 by British Railways after nationalisation in 1948 and was withdrawn in 1965.
Scots Guardsman is one of two preserved Royal Scots, the other being LMS Royal Scot Class 6100 Royal Scot
.
46115 was purchased by West Coast Railway Company
and, come 2008 was being restored to main-line running standard after much secrecy. Her first test run from Carnforth to Hellifield was completed on June 20, 2008. The loco was then moved back into the depot at Steamtown for a full repaint.
The loco appeared for the first time in BR Brunswick Green at the Steamtown Open Weekend on 26/27 July. The loco then hauled its first railtour on Saturday 16 August from Hellifield
to Carlisle
and return.
The loco ran as a special for the centenary of the Girls Guides on Sunday 6 September between Liverpool and York under the temporary name of The Girl Guide.
LMS Royal Scot Class
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway Royal Scot Class is a class of 4-6-0 express passenger locomotive introduced in 1927. Originally having parallel boilers, all members were later rebuilt with tapered type 2A boilers, and were in effect two classes.-Background:Until the mid-1920s, the LMS...
6115 (later 46115) Scots Guardsman is a preserved British
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
steam locomotive
Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...
.
Overview
6115 was built in 1927 by the North British Locomotive CompanyNorth British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...
in Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
. It was named Scots Guardsman in 1928 after the Scots Guards
Scots Guards
The Scots Guards is a regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, whose origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland...
. After receiving smoke deflectors
Smoke deflectors
Smoke deflectors are vertical plates attached to the front of a steam locomotive on each side of the smokebox. They are designed to lift smoke away from the locomotive at speed so that the driver has better visibility unimpaired by drifting smoke....
, it starred in the 1936 film Night Mail
Night Mail
Night Mail is a 1936 documentary film about a London, Midland and Scottish Railway mail train from London to Scotland, produced by the GPO Film Unit. A poem by English poet W. H. Auden was written for it, used in the closing few minutes, as was music by Benjamin Britten...
.
6115 was rebuilt
Rebuilt
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in 1947 with a new tapered type 2A boiler, and was painted LMS 1946 black livery. It was renumbered 46115 by British Railways after nationalisation in 1948 and was withdrawn in 1965.
Scots Guardsman is one of two preserved Royal Scots, the other being LMS Royal Scot Class 6100 Royal Scot
LMS Royal Scot Class 6100 Royal Scot
London Midland and Scottish Railway Royal Scot Class 6100 Royal Scot is a preserved British steam locomotive.- History :...
.
46115 was purchased by West Coast Railway Company
West Coast Railway Company
West Coast Railways, also known as West Coast Railway Company, is a railway spot-hire company and charter train operator, based at Carnforth in Lancashire, on the site of the old Steamtown heritage depot...
and, come 2008 was being restored to main-line running standard after much secrecy. Her first test run from Carnforth to Hellifield was completed on June 20, 2008. The loco was then moved back into the depot at Steamtown for a full repaint.
The loco appeared for the first time in BR Brunswick Green at the Steamtown Open Weekend on 26/27 July. The loco then hauled its first railtour on Saturday 16 August from Hellifield
Hellifield
Hellifield is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England . The village once was an important railway junction on the Settle-Carlisle Railway between the Midland Railway and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, but Hellifield railway station is now a shadow of...
to Carlisle
Carlisle railway station
Carlisle railway station, also known as Carlisle Citadel station, is a railway station whichserves the Cumbrian City of Carlisle, England, and is a major station on the West Coast Main Line, lying south of Glasgow Central, and north of London Euston...
and return.
The loco ran as a special for the centenary of the Girls Guides on Sunday 6 September between Liverpool and York under the temporary name of The Girl Guide.