LMS Princess Royal Class 6203 Princess Margaret Rose
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Service
6203 was built at Crewe Works, being works number 253 of 1935, and being the third member of the class and first of the second batch. It was named Princess Margaret Rose after the then five-year-old daughter of Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI), Princess Margaret Rose, the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II.
The locomotive was used to haul the heaviest and fastest LMS passenger trains from London to north and northwest England and to Scotland. During its operational career it was allocated to
Preservation
After withdrawal, 46203 was bought by
Butlin sold the engine for £60,000 in 1985 when restoration to working order started, being completed in 1990. It then operated on the UK mainline rail network for several years until 1996, hauling special charter trains.[2]
Since 1975, the locomotive has been based at the
References
- ^ Butcher, Shannon (20 April 2020). "From the archive: Princess in waiting - The Railway Magazine". Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ a b "46203 Princess Margaret Rose". www.prclt.co.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
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