LMS Royal Scot Class 6100 Royal Scot

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:

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 In October 1962 46100 was withdrawn from service in Nottingham.

Preservation

46100 was bought by Billy Butlin of Butlin's holiday camps after withdrawal and after cosmetic restoration at [Crewe Works, was set on a plinth at Skegness. It was painted in LMS crimson lake livery, which although it was the original livery it received, it 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"). 6100 arrived in Skegness at 18 July 1963 piped in by pipers from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Scots.

6100 left Skegness for the Bressingham Steam Museum on 16 March 1971 and was returned to steam in 1972. It ran until 1978 when it became a static exhibit again. It was sold by Butlin's to Bressingham in May 1989. It is currently being restored to working order again. It is expected to return in June 2008. [ [http://www.bressingham.co.uk/ Bressingham Steam and Gardens ] ]

6100 is one of two preserved rebuilt Royal Scots, the other being 6115 "Scots Guardsman".

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 in Microsoft Train Simulator.

References

External links

* [http://www.londonsteam.org.uk London Mainline Steam, currently restoring 6100 to its former mainline glory]
* [http://www.railuk.co.uk/steam/getsteam.php?number=46100 Railuk database]
* [http://ukhrail.uel.ac.uk/cgi-bin/rlylocos?NO=6100&NA=Royal+Scot&CL=&CO=ANY&BL=&WN=&LO= Preserved locomotive database]