LMS Princess Coronation Class 4 - 6 - 0 number 46258 City of Westminster

The LMS introduced the Princess Coronation (Duchess) class in 1937, initially as steamliners to rival the LNER's A4's which were introduced two years earlier for the crack London to Scotland Express services.

However unlike the LNER, who retained the A4's streamlined casing until the end of steam, the LMS converted the whole of the "Duchess" class to standard steam outline.

The model was built by the Dave Wiseman father & son team for the Medford & Willow End Railway which sadly closed in 1997. After a period in store and at the Eastleigh Lakeside Railway, the "Duchess" is once again doing battle in the race to the north with an LNER A4 at the South Downs Light Railway.