Pretty Polly

"I remember the days on my old line, when some of the big engines like Gordon were named after horses, which had won a race called the Derby. Lemberg was one, and Pretty Polly was another. What a silly name for an engine!"

- The Elderly Brake Van, Galloping Sausage

  Pretty Polly   Pretty Polly was an LNER A3 mentioned by the Elderly Brake Van in the annual story, Galloping Sausage. She was named after a female racehorse; the van commenting that it was a silly name for an engine.
 * Number: 60061, formerly 2560 and 61
 * Class: LNER A3 Pacific, originally LNER A1 Pacific
 * Designer: Sir Nigel Gresley
 * Builder: LNER Doncaster Works
 * Built: April 1925, rebuilt May 1944
 * Retired: September 1963
 * Configuration: 4-6-2
 * Top Speed: 108 mph (174 km/h)

Built in April 1925, after entering service in April as an A1 class locomotive, she was converted to an A3 in May 1944. Originally numbered 2560, she was later renumbered 61, becoming 60061 under British Railways. She was withdrawn in September of 1963 and scrapped soon afterwards. She was also one of Gordon, Lemberg, and the Flying Scotsman's sisters as well as a cousin of Green Arrow, Mallard, Spencer, and The Flying Thistle.

Appearances

 * 1992 - Galloping Sausage (mentioned)