The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Rebuilt Royal Scot Class is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives. 70 members of this class were rebuilt by the LMS and its successor British Railways (BR) from LMS Royal Scot Class engines by the replacement of their life expired parallel boilers with a type 2A boiler over the period 1943–1955. (The class sometimes is numbered 71 as it included a prototype 1935 rebuild LMS (4)6170 British Legion, but sufficient technical differences existed which dictate that it is treated separately). They were the second class to be rebuilt with type-2 boilers, after the rebuilding of British Legion and the Jubilee Class.

LMS gave them the power classification 6P; this was later revised by BR to 7P.

Rebuilding

Year Number rebuilt Numbers 1943 9 6103/8/9/12/7/24/5/32/46 1944 9 6116/9/20/7/9/31/3/8/451945116101/22/6/44/9/50/2/9/60/6/91946 10 6104/14/8/21/8/39/47/57/61/81947 3 6111/5/351948 4 46105/54/62/71949 6 46102/6/23/30/43/531950 6 46100/7/13/36/41/551951246142/641952 346140/58/651953 4 46110/34/51/631954246148/561955146137 Total 70

1948 Exchange trials

In the 1948 Locomotive Exchange Trials, carried out by the recently nationalised British Railways, involved 46154 The Hussar and 46162 Queens Westminster Rifleman. Apparently a rebuilt 'Royal Scot' proved capable of matching the maximum performance of larger Pacifics.

Accidents

On 27 August 1950, 46119 Lancashire Fusilier was hauling the Irish Mail which was in a rear-end collision with a light engine LMS Hughes Crab No. 42885 at , Denbighshire due to a signalman's error. Six people died as a result of the crash. On 21 April 1952, 46117 Welsh Guardsman was one of two hauling an express passenger train which derailed at Blea Moor Loops, West Riding of Yorkshire due to a defect on the other locomotive causing a set of points to move under the train.

Withdrawal

All were withdrawn between 1962 and 1965 in accordance with the 1955 Modernisation Plan.

+ Table of withdrawals Year Quantity inservice atstart of year Quantitywithdrawn Locomotive numbers 1962 70 30 46100/02–07/09/13/17/21/23–24/27/30–32/34–35/37/39/45–47/51/53–54/59/61/64 1963 40 15 46101/08/11/14/16/19–20/26/33/38/43/49–50/58/69 1964 25 20 46110/12/18/22/25/29/36/41–42/44/48/55–57/62–63/65–68 1965 5 4 46128/40/52/60 1966 1 1 46115

Preservation Of the 70 engines to be rebuilt only 2 members of the class have survived into preservation. NumberNameBuilderBuiltWithdrawnLiveryLocationOwnersStatusPhotographLMSBR6100 (former 6152)46100Royal Scot (former "The King's Dragoon Guardsman")Derby WorksJun 1930 (Original engine built Oct 1927)Oct 1962BR Green, Early EmblemCrewe Diesel TMDRoyal Scot Locomotive and General TrustOperational, Mainline Certified.611546115Scots GuardsmanNorth British Locomotive CompanyOct 1927Jan 1966BR Green, Late CrestCarnforth MPDDavid SmithOperational, Mainline Certified. Mainline Ticket Expires: 2026

References

Further reading

LMS Locomotive Profiles Vol. 1