Who designed the Princess class of locomotives, commonly called 'Duchesses'?
Locomotives of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway change was the Royal Scot 4-6-0 class of 1927, officially designed by Fowler, but actually designed by the North British Locomotive Company with approval from Henry Fowler. Nevertheless, the majority of designs continued to be very much Midland in character. This changed when William Stanier arrived. His large, streamlined 'Princess Coronation' class engines were iconic and flew the flag for the LMS against the competing Class A4 of the London and North Eastern Railway. See LMS locomotive numbering and classification for an explanation of the numbers allocated to inherited locomotives and the power classification system used below. The Midland shaped
Sentetsu Mate class locomotives Sentetsu Mate class locomotives The Mate or Mateo (Japanese マテ, Korean 마터) class locomotives were a group of steam tender locomotives of the Chosen Government Railway ("Sentetsu") with 4-8-2 wheel arrangement. The "Mate" name came from the American naming system for steam locomotives, under which locomotives with 4-8-2 wheel arrangement were called "Mountain". With the development of mining operations in the northern part of Korea, traffic volumes increased significantly. Sentetsu found a need for a locomotive with strong pulling power suitable for use on mountainous lines with sharp curves and steep slopes. The locomotive designed in response to this need