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6233 Duchess of Sutherland heads The Royal Duchy rail tour at Whiteball on 1st September 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was intending on visiting a dear friend today, which would have entailed passing through Eastleigh and, of course, allow a cursory glance at the railway works and stabling points around the station area. But, as I have a lurgy, I’ve taken a rain check, claimed the sofa and have Peter Jackson’s new Beatles documentaries on the TV instead. Yoshi is, as I write this, forlornly whimpering as one of his toys has rolled under the TV stand and out of reach of his paws. Or perhaps he’s just not happy with Paul McCartney’s out of tune wailing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we don’t have any new adventures to share, we’ll ‘Get Back’ to the archives when we chased one of my favourite steam locomotives, LMS Princess Coronation Class No. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland to Devon. The ‘Duchesses’, in both their streamlined and un-streamlined forms, were arguably one of the most striking passenger locomotives ever built. They were also amongst the most powerful and efficient. The class demonstrated the particular genius of their designer, Sir William Stanier and influenced the British Rail Standard designs of the 1950’s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On September 1st 2019 Duchess of Sutherland was in charge of The Railway Touring Company tour ‘The Royal Duchy’. Yoshi was just over eight months old at this point, but he gave his approval with a few barks as No. 6233 stretched her legs over the Devon Banks. Forgive the final couple of shots – but proof that little was wasted on this day out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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