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Published date18 April 2024
AuthorMichael Green
Publication titleChester Chronicle
Princess Elizabeth, named after the former Queen when she was still a schoolgirl, suffered a major boiler failure just hours before pulling the luxury Northern Belle train on July 24 in 2021

Instead a heritage diesel locomotive had to be substituted for the sell-out journey which started at Telford before picking up more passengers at Shrewsbury, Wrexham and Chester.

Now a £165,000 appeal has been launched to pay for a major overhaul in a bid to get the record-breaking engine back on track next year.

But Clive Mojonnier, chairman of the Princess Elizabeth Society, has warned that the final bill could be nearer half a million pounds.

He said: "We have already removed her boiler to investigate but we won't know the situation until after the overhaul.

"Whatever the cost, it will be worth it because Lizzie is not just a locomotive, she is part of our nation's heritage."

Built originally for the old London, Midland and Scottish Region at Crewe and costing just £11,685, Princess Elizabeth, number 6201, still holds the record for the fastest non-stop steam train journey between London and Scotland.

She was renumbered 46201 when the railways were nationalised in 1948 but was withdrawn from service in...

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