Poster, London Midland & Scottish Railway, The Coronation Scot Ascending Shap Fell, Coronation Scot travelling from right to left of image across green fields, Hills in background, by artist Norman Wilkinson, printed by Staffords, Netherfield, post 1937, damaged. Text: The Coronation Scot, blue and silver express of the LMS Railway, runs each weekday (except Saturdays) between London and Glasgow in 6 1/2hrs, leaving Euston Station and Central Station at 1.30p.m. The trains consist of nine air-conditioned coaches, internally panelled in decorative woods. The locomotive, Coronation Scot (No. 6220) is one of the five high-speed streamlined engines designed to maintain high average speeds in all weathers over the famous west-coast route to Scotland, which includes such difficult ascents as Shap Fell (915ft.) and Beattock Summit (1,014ft.). Coronation Scot attained on a test run with the train in 1937 a maximum speed of 114miles an hour, creating a British railway record. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.
