LMS Black Five

Black fives along with Jubilee's were the order of the day

 

 

The Devonian

Railway posters

My favourite places for Holidays as a child

 

 

We had family in Wales, just outside Cardiff and

many very happy holidays were spent down there

The highlights used to be the train ride down and

Steamer trips to places down the Bristol Channel

That was where I got my love of the sea and ships

 

Torquay meant the long run on the Devonian

LMS to Temple meads and GWR on to Devon

Ohh how the memories spring to life

LMS Jubilee class Locomotive

Undoubtedly my favourite of the LMS stable in my

childhood was the Jubilee. Many happy holidays began

behind one of this class of locomotives which pulled

the Devonian from Bradford to Bristol where the GWR

took over for the run to Torquay or Paignton

 

LMS Royal Scot Class.

The break with the Midland small engine policy

culminated in the Royal Scot Class. Designed to run

non stop between Euston and Crewe with heavy Scots

expresses.  

 

 

The for runner of this engine was the Patriots whose

genealogy has been discussed before

LMS Coronation class or 'Duchesses'

The ultimate steam locomotive by the LMS was od

course the Coronation class or 'Duchesses as they were

affectionately known

 

LMS Princess class

Probably the penultimate of Stanier's designs was the

Princess class of Locomotives. Built for the Euston to

Glasgow service on the West Coast main line

 

Very much an LMS man Midland 2P

Don't know how successful these were on The S&D

It was of course a joint venture between the LMS &

the Southern Railway