The Royal Scot Class

There were 71 in the class, including the four [21, 30, 51 and 53] that I had not seen by the time they had all been withdrawn in 1965. I did not see Royal Scot, herself, in BR days, only more recently as one of the two preserved examples. The Stanier-designed rebuild of Fowler’s original 1927 engines were very distinctive with their curvy windshields and rather grand regimental names.

They were regular visitors to most of our spotting locations in Liverpool, Chester, Crewe and Preston, but they could also turn up at Shrewsbury and occasionally on Birkenhead sheds. John Dyer photographed 46100 at Nottingham in 1962, 46115 at Wigan North Western in 1965, 46132 at Burton-on-Trent in 1962, 46152 at Chester in 1964, 46158 at Manchester Central in 1962 and 46163 at Chester in 1960.