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The Turbomotive was a modified Princess Royal Class steam locomotive designed by William Stanier and built by the London Midland and Scottish Railway in 1935. It used turbines instead of cylinders. It was later rebuilt as a conventional locomotive 46202 Princess Anne.The forward turbine had 18 rows of blading. Output was 2400 hp (1800 kW) at 7060 rpm corresponding to running at 62 mph (100 km/h). Boiler pressure was 250 psi (1.7 MPa).