>>1602399It was quite an interesting rebuild too.
Crewe works had built a spare Duchess frame, in light of the Princess Royals often having frames crack As the Duchess class had their cylinders driving wheels closer together with less flexing, frame failures were not very common.
It was lying spare, and the Turbomotive needed a new engine to power it after the turbine failed, so they went and welded the front 3/4 of the spare frames to the rear 1/4 of the Turbomotive. You can see where the running plate steps down from the Duchess height to the Princess height.
I think it looks a bit odd but in a good way