blue with go-faster stripes instead of the more conventional red.

During a press run on 29 June 1937, 6220 set a new speed record on the West Coast Main Line. Driver TJ. Clark and fireman C. Lewis (with Robert Riddles (engineer) and inspector S. Miller on the footplate), pushed the Stanier pioneer to a claimed speed of 114 mph on Madeley Bank south of Crewe, which broke the previous record of 113 mph set by