Duchess Class locomotives

[ormesbyannie]

Hi all, I have recently become interested in the above class of locomotives. However, from what I have read so far there seems to be some confusion as to the correct term used for this class. I have seen them refered to as Coronation ,Princess Coronation, Duchess and City Class. I know the first was the Coronation and was streamlined, as were some others then there was a couple of Princesses, a run of Duchesses then Cities. Can anyone tell me just what this Class is correctly refered to?
I have started collecting model locos of this class of which I understand there were 38 built, I soppose some have not been modeled so will not be able to get those, but are there any difference between the Duchesses, Cities etc. or just in name?
Any good books which I would find interesting?
Thanks

[ChuckFickens]

I would take it you have seen the wikipedia entry on them

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMS_Princess_Coro nation_Class

Reckon you and my father could talk for hours somehow... I'd go down the pub :)

[ormesbyannie]

No, for some reason I have missed this entry. But thanks for mentioning it.

[New Judge]

The �Princess� (sometimes known as �Princess Royal�) class was introduced in 1933. Designed by Sir William Stanier they were of class �8P� power classification and 13 were built. They were almost all named after princesses, although there was one �Lady�, one �Queen� and one �Duchess�. Number 46202 �Princess Anne� was destroyed in the 1952 Harrow rail disaster.

In 1937 an enlarged Stanier design known as the �Coronation� Class was introduced. These numbered 38 in total. They had larger cylinders and driving wheels (6�9� as opposed to 6�6� of the Princess class) and a slightly lower tractive effort (40,000lbs as opposed to 40,235lbs). They were named after Queens, Kings, Duchesses and Cities, though their designer was honoured with a loco named after him. Number 46262 �City of Glasgow� was also involved in the Harrow crash, but was repaired. These locomotives were streamlined, though the streamlining was removed in the mid 1950s and they revered to conventional appearance.

I have all the numbers and names in my 1961 Ian Allen "Combined Volume" of BR locomotives.