Editing LMS Coronation Class (section)

==== No. 46235 ''City of Birmingham'' ====
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[[File:46235 City of Birmingham Cab.jpg|thumb|No. 46235 displaying the complex interior of its cab.]]

The locomotive's official naming ceremony took place in March 1945, when it was well over five years old. Alderman Wiggins-Davies performed the ceremony at the back end of [[Birmingham New Street railway station|Birmingham New Street station]] as the locomotive was too large to be accommodated within the main part of the station.{{r|Talbot11|p=101 |at=Plate 151}}

The city's love for its eponymous locomotive was borne out when, in 1953, Birmingham's Museum of Science and Industry determined that when the opportunity arose it would like to acquire No. 46235. The museum eventually made its purchase in October 1964, when the locomotive was withdrawn. After successive spells at Crewe Works, Nuneaton, Crewe again (for cosmetic overhaul), Saltley depot and the Birmingham Lawley Street container terminal, the locomotive was finally moved to the museum in May 1966. At that time the building was still under construction, being finally completed in 1972.{{r|Roden|pp=122–127}}

In 1997 [[Birmingham City Council]] decided to close the museum and to construct the brand new ThinkTank museum (since re-christened [[Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum]]) in nearby [[Digbeth]]. In 2001 the locomotive was moved to the Thinktank where it remains as at September 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/thinktank/highlights |title=Award-winning science museum for fun-packed family days out |publisher=Thinktank |location=Background of Spitfire photograph |access-date=16 September 2017}}</ref>{{r|Roden|pp=227–230}} It differs significantly from the other two preserved locomotives as it represents the only example of a British Railways Coronation class locomotive which has not been run in preservation, as such, all of its parts are original.

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