LMS 798 Royal Coach

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LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 798 Royal Coach
LMS King George VI Royal Saloon No.798 (6731093719).jpg
LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway King George VI Royal Saloon No.798
Built By LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway Wolverton
Status Static display
Number 798
History
Built 1941
Designed By StanierWilliam Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1932-1944
Diagram 2054
Lot 1167
Type ROY
1977 Preserved in NRMThe Railway Museum, formerly the National Railway Museum collection
2010 Arrived on SVRSevern Valley Railway onloan

Carriages

The Royal Saloon of King George VI is on display in The Engine House courtesy of the NRMThe Railway Museum, formerly the National Railway Museum.

In 1941 the LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway built two Royal Saloon carriages for King George VI and H.M. Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother), to enable them to travel around the country safely during the Second World War. Each coach was fitted with an armour-plated steel roof and side panelling mounted on a steel welded framework. The windows were also fitted with armour plated shuttering. The two Royal Saloons were the heaviest railway carriages to run in Britain, weighing 56 tons apiece and were also unusually long, being almost 70 ft in length.

King George's saloon was later used by H.R.H. Prince Philip as part of the royal train until 1977, after which it was presented to the NRMThe Railway Museum, formerly the National Railway Museum. It arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway on loan in 2010.[1] Conducted tours of the interior of carriage are normally possible, subject to the availablility of Engine House staff.

See also

List of carriages

References

  1. Rail.co.uk

Links

The King's Royal Saloon on www.rail.co.uk
Railway Heritage Register Cariage Survey entry for LMS 798 King George VI's Armoured Saloon