Coronation Scot 1937

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The 1937 blue-and-silver nine-car Coronation Scot train consisted of one of the five blue-and-silver streamlined Coronation-Class locomotives (6220-6224), and one of the three sets of matching carriages, with nine cars each.

Most of the carriages were 57 feet long, the kitchen cars (two per train) were a little shorter at 50 feet, and the Vestibule First Diner car was a little longer, at 65 feet. Since the kitchen cars were essentially standard LMS pieces (and since passengers presumably wouldn't be setting foot inside them), at least some of the kitchen cars (such as car #30088 in the third set) were adapted from existing stock.

Identification numbers for the individual carriages in each set are below:

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Carriage order and numbers

Car	Type	Abbreviation	SET	SET	SET
1	Corridor First Class, Brake	BFK	5052	5053	5054
2	Corridor First Class	FK	1069	1070	1071
3	Vestibule First Class, Diner	FO	7507	7509	7508
4	Kitchen Car	RK	30084	30089	30087
5	Vestibule Third Class	TO	8996	9003	8950
6	Vestibule Third Class	TO	8993	9006	9029
7	Kitchen Car	RK	30086	30085	30088
8	Vestibule Third Class	TO	8961	9004	8931
9	Corridor Third Class, Brake	BTK	5812	5792	5814

Contents

• Corridor First Class, Brake

57 feet - brake compartment, 18 seats, lavatory

• Corridor First Class

57 feet - lavatory, 22 seats, lavatory

• Vestibule First Class, Diner

65 feet - lavatory, 22 seats, lavatory

• Kitchen Car

50 feet - lavatory, staff compartment, pantry, kitchen, pantry

• Vestibule Third Class

57 feet - lavatory, 42 seats, lavatory

• Vestibule Third Class

57 feet - lavatory, 42 seats, lavatory

• Kitchen Car

57 feet - lavatory, staff compartment, pantry, kitchen, pantry

• Vestibule Third Class

57 feet - lavatory, 42 seats, lavatory

• Corridor Third Class, Brake

57 feet – 24 seats, lavatory, brake compartment

References

• Lengths and contents are taken from LMS drawings, ~1937
• Car numbers are taken from The "Coronation Scot" train sets of the LMS article, by G.M. Kitchenside, Railway World, September 1964