Duchess Class (Steam locomotives)
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Variants
Big Lizzies (Steam locomotives)
Coronation Class (Steam locomotives)
Duchess (Steam locomotive)
Duchesses (Steam locomotives)
LMS Coronation Class (Steam locomotives)
LMS Princess Coronation Class (Steam locomotives)
Princess Coronation Class (Steam locomotives)
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Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
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Sources
found: Work cat.: 97102161: Mannion, Roger J. The Duchess, 1996:p. 4 ('Princess Coronation' or 'Duchess' class of Pacifics) p. 5 (The LMS Board agreed that new locomotives should be built during 1937, the coronation year of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and that they would be known as the 'Princess Coronation' class or 'Duchesses' as they were ultimately known.)
found: Forest of Dean Railways website, April1, 2009(the Princesss Coronation class, sometimes referred to as the Duchess class; the first engine of the class was 6220 Coronation)
found: Roden, A. The Duchesses, 2008jkt. (the class began life as the Princess Coronation Class)
found: Wikipedia, 1 Apr. 2009under LMS Coronation Class (the Princess Coronation Class of express passenger steam locomotives designed by William Stanier and built by the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS); often referred to as the Duchess Class; to enginemen they were all known as "Big Lizzies")
found: Southern Steam Trains website, 1 Apr. 2009roster, Duchess Sutherland (the Princess Coronation Class or, as more commonly known, Duchess class; a total of 38 members of the class were constructed and named after royal personages, ladies of the British aristocracy, and cities in the UK)
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Change Notes
1997-09-17: new
2009-05-04: revised
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