LMS LOCOMOTIVE CALLED
"THE BOY SCOUT"

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway named one of their 6100 Royal Scott Class Locomotives "The Boy Scout. It carried the number 6169 and was originally built in Derby in May 1930.

The Boy Scout was one of only 3 of the 71 of the class built that didn't have it's named changed when the LMS decided to name the locos after Army Regiments, the others were 6168 "The Girl Guide" and  6159 "The Royal Air Force".

The engine was officially named by Baden Powell on the 9th December 1930 at Euston Station, when the Scout's "Fleur-de-Lys" Badge was also fixed to the splasher

The chief mechanical engineer of the LMS and designer of the Royal Scott Class Locomotive, Sir Henry Fowler was also a former District Commissioner

The locomotive was scrapped in  July 1963.