46229 Duchess of Hamilton, LMS Princess Coronation Class

A preserved LMS Princess Coronation Class streamlined 4-6-2 Pacific, built at Crewe Works in September 1938 as the tenth member of Sir William Stanier's Princess Coronation class, in the crimson lake and gold streamlined livery of the second production batch. Withdrawn from British Railways service in 1964.

46229 Duchess of Hamilton has one of the most extraordinary histories of any preserved British locomotive. In January 1939 she swapped identities with the class prototype No. 6220 Coronation — taking 6220's number and name — and was shipped to the United States to appear at the 1939 New York World's Fair as a showpiece of British engineering, hauling a specially constructed Coronation Scot demonstration train. The outbreak of war left the locomotive stranded; she was shipped back to Britain in 1942–43 and her original identity was restored. Saved from withdrawal by Sir Billy Butlin, who displayed her at his Minehead holiday camp, she was transferred to the National Railway Museum on loan in 1976 and purchased by the NRM in 1987. She operated on the main line from 1980 to 1996. In 2009 the NRM reinstated her original streamlined casing — removed by BR in 1947 for maintenance reasons — returning her to her 1938 appearance as a streamliner in crimson lake livery.

Last recorded at the National Railway Museum, York, owned by the National Railway Museum. Operating status: Static display (streamlined). Current livery: LMS Crimson Lake (streamlined).

Location, livery and operating status last confirmed pre-2024 and subject to change. Check with the National Railway Museum for current information.