Coronation 4-6-2 No 46247 City of Liverpool waiting to go off shed at Perth in 1962.

Ian Ogden adds "Engine well prepared for a south-bound run, probably the Crewe-Perth return working. Safety valves lifting well from good boiler pressure, and smoke drifting out nicely from the firebox. An image with nice colour balance, exuding of latent power".

Photo: W.J. Verden Anderson/Keith Verden-Anderson