LMS Royal Scot Class 6100 Royal Scot pictured at Bressingham in 2000
The original 6100 was the first of its class, built in
1927 by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow. It was named Royal
Scot after the Royal Scots.
The Loco was renumbered 46100 by British Railways after
nationalisation in 1948. In 1950 46100 was rebuilt with a 2A taper boiler, and
the words "Prior to conversion" were added to its nameplates. It
became a markedly different engine. In October 1962 46100 was withdrawn from
service in Nottingham
46100 was bought by Billy Butlin of Butlins holiday camps
after withdrawal and after cosmetic restoration at Crewe Works, was set on a
plinth at Skegness. It was painted in LMS crimson lake livery
6100 was towed from Crewe Works to Nottingham on 12 June
1963 by Black 5 No. 45038 and then from Nottingham to Boston by B1 No. 61177.
It spent a few days at Boston shed before being taken to Skegness by an Ivatt
4MT, where the loco languished for 3 weeks in Skegness goods yard before being
transferred to a Pickford's low loader for the short road trip to Ingoldmells.
6100 arrived in the Butlins complex on 18 July 1963 piped in by pipers from the
1st Battalion, The Royal Scots.
6100 left Skegness for the Bressingham Steam Museum on 16
March 1971 and was returned to steam in 1972. It ran until 1978 when it became
a static exhibit again. It was sold by Butlins to Bressingham in May 1989.
After sale to the Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust
(RSL>) in April 2009, chaired by enthusiast Jeremy Hosking, it was moved
by road to Pete Waterman's LNWR Heritage workshops in Crewe. This made 6100 one
of two preserved rebuilt Royal Scots, the other being 6115 Scots Guardsman.
On March 20, 2009, Royal Scot caught fire en route to a
steam gala at the West Somerset Railway. The locomotive was being transported
along the M5 Motorway when a fire started on the lorry under the loco's leading
wheels.6100 Royal Scot Pictured at Bressingham in 2000.
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