The Coronation - the first streamline train King's Cross for Scotland : booklet issued by the London & North Eastern Railway, 1938 : train photographs
Following the success of the introduction of the LNER's first streamlined service, the Silver Jubilee in 1935, the company decided to celebrate the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937 with the introduction of another service "The Coronation". This first ran between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley on 5 July 1937 - this booklet is the version issued for the following year and dated 2 May 1938.
In common with The Silver Jubilee, and the West Riding Limited that was introduced in 1938, the service was an high speed express with a wide range of premium services that attracted an additional surcharge. Again, specially constructed train sets were introduced including a beaver-tailed observation coach, and the units were hauled by the company's A4 locomotives - trains ets and locomotives in the then special 'garter blue' livery seen in this publicity booklet.
The booklet is printed by the Baynard Press and exceeds even the usually high standards of the LNER with careful attention paid to the graphic design, typography and layout with the use of metallic inks. The artwork is by one of the LNER's best known poster artists, Frank Parkinson Newbould.
The Coronation - the first streamline train King's Cross for Scotland : booklet issued by the London & North Eastern Railway, 1938 : train photographs
Following the success of the introduction of the LNER's first streamlined service, the Silver Jubilee in 1935, the company decided to celebrate the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937 with the introduction of another service "The Coronation". This first ran between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley on 5 July 1937 - this booklet is the version issued for the following year and dated 2 May 1938.
In common with The Silver Jubilee, and the West Riding Limited that was introduced in 1938, the service was an high speed express with a wide range of premium services that attracted an additional surcharge. Again, specially constructed train sets were introduced including a beaver-tailed observation coach, and the units were hauled by the company's A4 locomotives - trains ets and locomotives in the then special 'garter blue' livery seen in this publicity booklet.
The booklet is printed by the Baynard Press and exceeds even the usually high standards of the LNER with careful attention paid to the graphic design, typography and layout with the use of metallic inks. The artwork is by one of the LNER's best known poster artists, Frank Parkinson Newbould.