The Coronation Scot (Railway Gazette special)

Railway Gazette "Coronation Scot" reprint, red cover [image info]

Coronation Scot Exhibition
the locomotives
trains: 1937 - 1939 - 1940
greatest? - streamlining - advertising - trivia - models and kits

"The Coronation Scot", a special reprinting by The Railway Gazette from their May 28 1937 issue.

Although it's only sixteen content pages long (plus the red paper covers and a rather beautiful foldout sheet glued to the back cover), calling it a "booklet" doesn't seem adequate, since it's printed in a large "nine inches by twelve inches" format.

Front cover

London Midland & Scottish Railway

The Coronation Scot

New 4-6-2 locomotives and nine-coach trains built specially for working the L.M.S.R. accelerated 6 1/2-hour express service inaugurated between Euston and Glasgow on July 5, 1937. The engines are streamlined, and, like the trains, finished thoughout in blue and silver

PRICE THREE SHILLINGS

LONDON
THE RAILWAY GAZETTE,
33 TOTHILL STREET, S.W.1

Contents (pages)

The publication contains descriptions of the locomotives and trains (with a couple of additional diagrams), a plan showing the top view of the size and interior layout of all nine coaches, large-format publicity photographs (at noticeably higher quality than usual) and photographs of the locomotive in various stages of construction.

Contents (foldout)

LMS Coronation-Class plans (Railway Gazette)

The foldout section is a "blueprint" of the Coronation 6220 locomotive, without its tender, showing side, top and front views and is titled:

"NEW 4-6-2 TYPE FOUR-CYLINDER STREAMLINE EXPRESS LOCOMOTIVE, LONDON MIDLAND & SCOTTISH"

"Completed at the company's works, Crewe, May, 1937. Mr W. A. Stanier, M.I.Mech.E., M.I.Loco.E., Chief Mechanical Engineer"

It measures around sixteen inches by thirty-three inches, with a partial bevel on one edge to allow it to fold back neatly into the booklet. Link title