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=== The LMS era === ==== Pre-1942 ==== Before applying the top coats of paint, the LMS would apply a matt undercoat of shop grey. The first non-streamlined loco was fitted with mock-up nameplates and numbers for each of the first batch of locos which was then photographed to mimic each individual loco. Those temporary nameplates are now in the NRM's collection in York. The ensuing LMS top coats for the Coronation Class came in two basic colours during this period: Caledonian blue and crimson lake. Linings for streamliners involved the renowned 'speed whiskers' comprising stripes emerging from a fixed point in the lower centre of the front of the locomotive to run in parallel along the sides. Non-streamliners carried the standard LMS-style lining. The first five locomotives, Nos. 6220β6224, were painted in Caledonian blue livery with banding in silver-coloured aluminium paint.{{r|Haresnape|p=115}} Wheels, lining to the edges of the bands, and the background to the chromium-plated nameplates were painted in a darker blue, Navy or Prussian blue.{{r|Haresnape|p=115}} The second and fourth batches of streamlined locomotives, Nos. 6225β6229 and 6235β6244, were painted in crimson lake livery, with banding in gold lined with vermilion and black.{{r|Haresnape|p=115}} Nameplates had a black background.{{r|Haresnape|p=125}} LMS shop grey was carried briefly in service on No. 6229 ''Duchess of Hamilton'' from 7 September 1938 until its return to Crewe Works later that year.<ref>{{cite book |last=Talbot |first=Edward |year=2002 |title=The Coronation Scot, The Streamline Era on the LMS |location=Stafford |publisher=Edward Talbot |isbn=0-9542787-1-2 |at=Page 60, Plate 77}}</ref><ref name="Jennison">{{cite book |last1=Jennison |first1=John |last2=Meanley |first2=Bob |last3=Essery |first3=Bob |author-link3=Bob Essery |last4=James |first4=Fred |last5=Hunt |first5=David |title=Pictorial Supplement to LMS Locomotive Profile No. 11 β The 'Coronation' Pacifics |year=2009 |publisher=Wild Swan |location=Didcot |isbn=978-1-905184-62-0}}</ref>{{rp|19}} It was then painted crimson lake and disguised as No. 6220,{{r|Haresnape|p=115}} in preparation for the 1939 visit to the New York World's Fair. Lettering and numerals for both Caledonian blue and crimson lake liveries were in a newly created style of unshaded sans-serif.{{r|Talbot11|p=50}} The non-streamlined Nos. 6230β6234 were painted in a special version of the standard crimson lake livery.{{r|Haresnape|p=124}} The locomotives were lined out in gold bordered with fine red lines. Serif lettering and numerals in gold leaf and vermillion shading were applied. Handrails and sundry small external fittings were chrome-plated, as were the nameplates, which had a black background.{{r|Haresnape|p=124}} Two unusual events have been recorded. Firstly, in 1940 No. 6221 ''Queen Elizabeth'' had its Caledonian blue colour scheme replaced by the crimson lake, the only such instance.{{r|Baker|p=64}} Secondly, it was often speculated that at some time in the two-year history of the ''Coronation Scot'' a crimson streamliner might have hauled the blue trainset. Such an event has, probably uniquely, been captured on film.{{r|Talbot11|p=32 |at=Plate 36}} ==== Post-1942 ==== [[File:6233 Duchess of Sutherland hauling the Yorkshire Coronation to Scarborough.jpg|thumb|No. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland in preservation turned out in LMS Black.]] Black was the overriding colour for this period, with one exception. Streamlined locomotives Nos. 6245β6248 were outshopped at Crewe in 1943 painted plain black.{{r|Haresnape|p=138}} The following two batches, Nos. 6249β6255, constructed without streamlining, were also painted unlined black; the lettering and numerals on all these locomotives was in serif style coloured yellow with red shading.{{r|Haresnape|p=138}} From 1946 onwards de-streamlined locomotives were mostly repainted in black with LMS-style lining. The lining comprised a broad maroon centre with fine straw yellow edging. Lettering and numbers were in a sans-serif Grotesque font, coloured yellow with an inner maroon line.{{r|Haresnape|pp=140β141}} By the end of 1947, 29 of the 37 locomotives were painted thus.{{r|Baker|p=64}} The one exception to black was No. 6234 ''Duchess of Abercorn'' which in 1946 was painted in a blue-grey colour.{{r|Hunt|pp=105, 143, 166}}{{r|Jennison|p=49}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Binns |first=Donald |year=1988 |title=LMS Locomotives at Work - 2, Coronation Class 4-6-2 |publisher=Wyvern Publications |location=Skipton |isbn=0-907941-32-X|page=18}}</ref> This represented the proposed post-war livery and the lining, painted on one side of the locomotive only, comprised a pale straw yellow line along the running plate with yellow and black edging to cab and tender. Lettering and numerals used a sans-serif font.{{r|Haresnape|p=139}}{{r|Jenkinson|loc=Plate 73}} ==== Table of LMS liveries ==== The following table lists the liveries carried by the Coronation class between June 1937 and December 1947.{{r|Baker|pp=64 and 76β200}} The blue-grey livery has never been authenticated in a colour photograph. {|class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" ! LMS No. ! Name ! Cal'n blue ! Shop grey ! Crmsn lake ! Crmsn lake ! Plain black ! Lined black ! Blue-grey |- | | | [[File: LMS_streamlined_blue_livery.svg]] | [[File: LMS_streamlined_grey_livery.svg]] | [[File: LMS_streamlined_red_livery.svg]] | [[File: LMS_original_lined_maroon_livery.svg]] | [[File: LMS_plain_black_livery.svg]] | [[File: LMS_lined_black_livery.svg]] | [[File: LMS_blue-grey_livery.svg]] |- | 6220 | ''Coronation'' | {{dts|1937|Jun}} | | | | {{dts|1944|Mar}} | {{dts|1946|Nov}} | |- | 6221 | ''Queen Elizabeth'' | {{dts|1937|Jun}} | | {{dts|1940|Nov}} | | {{dts|1946|Jun}} | | |- | 6222 | ''Queen Mary'' | {{dts|1937|Jun}} | | | | {{dts|1944|Aug}} | {{dts|1946|May}} | |- | 6223 | ''Princess Alice'' | {{dts|1937|Jun}} | | | | {{dts|1944|Jan}} | {{dts|1946|Aug}} | |- | 6224 | ''Princess Alexandra'' | {{dts|1937|Jul}} | | | | {{dts|1944|Aug}} | {{dts|1946|Jun}} | |- | 6225 | ''Duchess of Gloucester'' | | | {{dts|1938|May}} | | {{dts|1944|Aug}} | {{dts|1947|Mar}} | |- | 6226 | ''Duchess of Norfolk'' | | | {{dts|1938|May}} | | {{dts|1944|May}} | | |- | 6227 | ''Duchess of Devonshire'' | | | {{dts|1938|Jun}} | | {{dts|1943|Dec}} | {{dts|1946|Aug}} | |- | 6228 | ''Duchess of Rutland'' | | | {{dts|1938|Jun}} | | {{dts|1944|May}} | {{dts|1947|Oct}} | |- | 6229 | ''Duchess of Hamilton'' | | {{dts|1938|Sep}} | {{dts|1938|Dec}} | | {{dts|1944|Nov}} | | |- | 6230 | ''Duchess of Buccleuch'' | | | | {{dts|1938|Jun}} | | {{dts|1946|Sep}} | |- | 6231 | ''Duchess of Atholl'' | | | | {{dts|1938|Jun}} | {{dts|1945|May}} | {{dts|1946|Aug}} | |- | 6232 | ''Duchess of Montrose'' | | | | {{dts|1938|Jul}} | | | |- | 6233 | ''Duchess of Sutherland'' | | | | {{dts|1938|Jul}} | | {{dts|1947|Oct}} | |- | 6234 | ''Duchess of Abercorn'' | | | | {{dts|1938|Aug}} | | | {{dts|1946|Mar}} |- | 6235 | ''City of Birmingham'' | | | {{dts|1939|Jun}} | | {{dts|1944|Jul}} | {{dts|1947|Jan}} | |- | 6236 | ''City of Bradford'' | | | {{dts|1939|Jul}} | | {{dts|1944|Apr}} | | |- | 6237 | ''City of Bristol'' | | | {{dts|1939|Aug}} | | {{dts|1944|Aug}} | {{dts|1947|Mar}} | |- | 6238 | ''City of Carlisle'' | | | {{dts|1939|Sep}} | | {{dts|1944|Jul}} | {{dts|1947|Jan}} | |- | 6239 | ''City of Chester'' | | | {{dts|1939|Sep}} | | {{dts|1944|Jul}} | {{dts|1947|Mar}} | |- | 6240 | ''City of Coventry'' | | | {{dts|1940|Mar}} | | {{dts|1944|Dec}} | {{dts|1947|Jul}} | |- | 6241 | ''City of Edinburgh'' | | | {{dts|1940|Apr}} | | {{dts|1944|Oct}} | {{dts|1947|Feb}} | |- | 6242 | ''City of Glasgow'' | | | {{dts|1940|May}} | | | {{dts|1947|May}} | |- | 6243 | ''City of Lancaster'' | | | {{dts|1940|May}} | | {{dts|1943|Dec}} | | |- | 6244 | ''City of Leeds (to 1941)'' <br/> ''King George VI'' | | | {{dts|1940|Jul}} | | {{dts|1944|Jan}} | {{dts|1944|Sep}} | |- | 6245 | ''City of London'' | | | | | {{dts|1943|Jun}} | {{dts|1947|Oct}} | |- | 6246 | ''City of Manchester'' | | | | | {{dts|1943|Aug}} | {{dts|1946|Oct}} | |- | 6247 | ''City of Liverpool'' | | | | | {{dts|1943|Sep}} | {{dts|1947|Jun}} | |- | 6248 | ''City of Leeds'' | | | | | {{dts|1943|Oct}} | {{dts|1946|Dec}} | |- | 6249 | ''City of Sheffield'' | | | | | {{dts|1944|Apr}} | {{dts|1947|Nov}} | |- | 6250 | ''City of Lichfield'' | | | | | {{dts|1944|May}} | {{dts|1947|Sep}} | |- | 6251 | ''City of Nottingham'' | | | | | {{dts|1944|Jun}} | {{dts|1947|Aug}} | |- | 6252 | ''City of Leicester'' | | | | | {{dts|1944|Jun}} | | |- | 6253 | ''City of St. Albans'' | | | | | | {{dts|1946|Sep}} | |- | 6254 | ''City of Stoke-on-Trent'' | | | | | | {{dts|1946|Sep}} | |- | 6255 | ''City of Hereford'' | | | | | | {{dts|1946|Oct}} | |- | 6256 | ''Sir William A. Stanier, F.R.S.'' | | | | | | {{dts|1947|Dec}} | |- |}
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