Originally built in the late 1920s, the Royal Scot class of locomotive would see a radical change in their lives to become almost entirely new, Stanier-derived designs.

The last of the class were withdrawn later in the 1960s. The Royal Scot weighs 86 tonnes, is over 19 metres long, and can carry up to nine tonnes of coal, which it uses for fuel, at once.

Royal Scot was built by the London Midland and Scottish in 1933 - but was not the first of its class to carry the name. The original Royal Scot was renamed so the new locomotive could be sent with ...