Royal Scot

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Date:18th of June 1932

Description:'Royal Scot' 4-6-0 locomotive number 6166, The London Rifle Brigade, pulls out of Whitmore after taking on an unexpected royal visitor in summer 1932.

A note on the back of the photograph tells us that Princess Mary had made a visit to Trentham Gardens, and that the train made an unscheduled stop to assist her in her onward journey.

These handsome red locomotives were a regular sight in Staffordshire and the Potteries between 1927 and the early 1960s.

This image is taken from the collection of the Churnet Valley Railway.

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Image courtesy of: Churnet Valley Railway

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Source: Churnet Valley Railway

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