>>1204441It was then decided to convert her into a conventional 4 cylinder locomotive, made with a combination of Coronation frames and cylinders and her original Princess Royal boiler, firebox, trailing bogie and wheels. She ran in the pictured form for 6 months, until she was "damaged beyond repair" in the Harrow and Wealdstone disaster.
Allegedly this was not the case, and instead internal politics resulted in the decision being made to use the frames and other fittings of 46202 to replace the damaged parts from the Coronation class City of Glasgow 46242 which was far more damaged in the carnage.
This lead to a gap in the express locomotive roster that was filled by the sole BR standard class 8, Duke of Gloucester.
