Gresley A1 No 2551 'Prince Palatine'

[madgewildfire60135]

Hi all, I recently purchased an old glass plate negative for my collection and need to find out when the said engine was named. The plate is of newly built Gresley A1 Class 4-6-2 No 2551 later to be named 'Prince Palatine'. The plate came in a sleeve dated 1925 location Woolmer Green. Any help id finding out when No 2551 was named would be most appreciated thanks.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/10257146@ ... otostream/

Cheers

Simon

[Colombo]

Simon,
Yeadon's LNER Locomotives Appendix 1 indicates that Prince Palatine was named in December 1925. Winner of 1911 St Leger. Owner Mr T. Pilkington

Colombo

[JASd17]

Thanks Colombo.

Putting the two threads together, that confirms 1925 as the date of the photo.

John

[madgewildfire60135]

Sorry for the late reply but many thanks for confirmation of the date much appreciated.

Simon