Aug 17, 2025
Brand new Duchess. por John Whiteley Por Flickr: 6231 Duchess of Atholl passing Tring Summit on the down "Mid Day Scot" in early summer 1938, only a few weeks after entering traffic in June 1938. It was in the first batch of five built non-streamlined and eventually fourteen were built in non-streamlined condition. A double chimney was fitted in 1940 and smoke deflectors fitted in 1946. It was one of the first Duchesses to be withdrawn, in December 1962. A colourised b/w print taken by C. R. L. Coles.
