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THE DE-FROCKED ‘DUCHESSES’

“A triumph of British workmanship and creative engineering, the London Midland & Scottish Railway's streamlined express train, ‘The Coronation Scot’, made its first appearance at the company's workshops at Crewe yesterday,” said The Times on May 26 1937. “The whole design of the locomotive,” it continued, “gives the impression of power and speed.”

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