Changes: Pretty Polly

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Pretty Polly was an LNER A3 Pacific mentioned by the Elderly Brake Van in the annual story, Galloping Sausage. She was named after a female racehorse; the brake van commented that it was a silly name for an engine.

Biography

Built in April 1925 as an LNER A1 Pacific, Pretty Polly was rebuilt into an A3 in May 1944. She was first numbered to 2560, renumbered to 61, and finally 60061 under British Railways. Pretty Polly was withdrawn in September 1963 and scrapped soon afterward. She was Gordon, Lemberg and Flying Scotsman's sister and Green Arrow, Mallard, Spencer and the Flying Thistle's cousin.

Technical Details

Livery

Pretty Polly first wore the LNER "Apple Green" livery with black and white linings until she was repainted in LNER "Wartime Black" livery during World War II. After the war was over, Pretty Pretty retrieved her original "Apple Green" livery. During the nationalisation of British Railways was in 1948, the engine received an experimental BR "Express Passenger Lined Blue" with black and white linings livery until she was finally repainted in BR "Brunswick Green" with black and orange linings livery in 1952.

Appearances

The Railway Series

Enterprising Engines - Tenders for Henry (indirectly mentioned)
James and the Diesel Engines - Fire-Engine (indirectly mentioned)

Annual Stories

1992 - Galloping Sausage (mentioned)

Gallery

United Kingdom

* RWS only | ** T&F only

Locomotives	SR	Stepney \| Boxhill* \| Bluebell and Primrose* \| Adams*
	LNER	Gordon's Brothers* \| Flying Scotsman \| Pretty Polly \| Lemberg \| Green Arrow* \| Mallard* \| Silver Jubilee* \| Toby's Brothers* \| 1020* \| 8783*
	LMS	Jinty and Pug* \| The Foreign Engine* \| Bahamas* \| Duchess of Hamilton* \| Duchess**
	GWR	City of Truro \| The Dukes* \| King James I* \| Iron Duke* \| Earnest**
	BR	Diesel* \| Class 40 \| D199* \| Old Stuck-Up* \| British Railways Diesels \| D5705* \| 31120* \| 10751*
	Other	The Coalbrookdale Locomotive \| Midland Railway Engines* \| Awdry \| Albert* \| The Highland Engines* \| 98462 and 87546* \| Workshop Engines \| The Foreign Engines* \| Scrapped Engines \| Cromford* \| Captain Baxter* \| War Department Diesels* \| Stephenson's Rocket* \| Novelty \| Sans Pareil \| Wilbert* \| Sixteen* \| Sixteen's Friends* \| Alfred and Judy* \| The Hunslet Diesels* \| Eurostar \| Other Real Locomotives \| Puffing Billy \| The Mainland Engines \| Splatter and Dodge \| Spencer \| Connor \| Caitlin \| Samson \| Logan \| The Mainland Diesels \| Merlin \| Lexi \| Theo \| Hurricane \| Frankie**
Rolling Stock		Henrietta's Sister \| Thomas' Special Coach* \| Helena* \| Spencer's Coaches \| Connor's Coaches \| Caitlin's Coaches \| Plank Trucks \| Troublesome Trucks \| Flatbeds, Conflats and Well Wagons \| Ladle Trucks \| Brake Vans \| Bradford
Vehicles		North Star* \| Mermaid Liverpool \| Dilly \| Beresford \| Mitchell \| The Hawker Hurricane
People		Elizabeth II \| The Thin Clergyman \| The Fat Clergyman \| The Duke and Duchess of Boxford**
Locations		Vicarstown Bridge \| Walney Channel \| Barrow-in-Furness \| King's Cross \| Paddington \| Euston \| St. Pancras \| Brighton \| Carnforth \| Crewe \| Fletcher, Jennings & Co. \| The Scottish Engine Company \| The Great Railway Show Yard \| The Mainland Canal \| The Steelworks \| The Experimental Engines' Yard \| Bridlington Goods Yard \| Victoria Station
Railways		Talyllyn Railway \| Ffestiniog Railway \| Snowdon Mountain Railway \| Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway \| Bluebell Railway \| Dean Forest Railway \| Toby's Old Tramway

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+{{Infobox Character Vehicle
-{{Quote|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}}
+|title1 = Pretty Polly
+|image1 = File:60061PrettyPolly.png
+|name = Pretty Polly
+|gender = Female
+|country_of_origin = {{Flag|england}} [[The Mainland|England]]
+|basis = LNER A3 Pacific, originally LNER A1 Pacific
+|gauge = {{Standard gauge}}
+|power_type = Steam
+|vehicle = Locomtive
+|fuel_type = Coal
+|configuration = 4-6-2
+|wheels = 20
+|top_speed = 75 - 100 mph
+|designer(s) = [[Wikipedia:Nigel Gresley|Sir Nigel Gresley]]
+|builder(s) = [[Doncaster|Doncaster Works]]
+|year_built = April 1925
+|year_retired = September 1963
+|year_rebuilt = May 1944
+|year_scrapped = 16 September 1963
+|number = 60061, formerly 2560 and 61
+|railway = [[British Railways]]
+}}'''Pretty Polly''' was an LNER A3 Pacific mentioned by the [[the Elderly Brake Van|Elderly Brake Van]] in the [[Annuals|annual story]], [[Galloping Sausage]]. She was named after a female racehorse; the brake van commented that it was a silly name for an engine.
+==Biography==
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+Built in April 1925 as an LNER A1 Pacific, Pretty Polly was rebuilt into an A3 in May 1944. She was first numbered to 2560, renumbered to 61, and finally 60061 under [[British Railways]]. Pretty Polly was withdrawn in September 1963 and scrapped soon afterward. She was [[Gordon]], [[Lemberg]] and [[Flying Scotsman]]'s sister and [[Green Arrow]], [[Mallard]], [[Spencer]] and [[the Flying Thistle|the&nbsp;Flying Thistle]]'s cousin.
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-*'''Number''': 60061, formerly 2560 and 61
-*'''Class''': LNER A3 Pacific, originally LNER A1 Pacific
-*'''Designer''': Sir Nigel Gresley
-*'''Builder''': Doncaster Works
-*'''Built''': April 1925, rebuilt May 1944
-*'''Retired''': September 1963
-*'''Configuration''': 4-6-2
-*'''Top Speed''': 108 mph (174 km/h)
-</th></tr></table>
-'''Pretty Polly''' was an LNER A3 Pacific mentioned by the [[the Elderly Brake Van|Elderly Brake Van]] in the [[Annuals|annual story]], [[Galloping Sausage]]. She was named after a female racehorse; the brake van commenting that it was a silly name for an engine.
+==Technical Details==
-Built in April 1925, after entering service in April as an LNER A1 Pacific, 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 1963 and scrapped soon afterward. She was [[Gordon]], [[Lemberg]], and [[Flying Scotsman]]'s sister and [[Green Arrow]], [[Mallard]], [[Spencer]], [[Ryan]] and the [[The Flying Thistle|Flying Thistle]]'s cousin.
-==Livery==
+===Livery===
-Pretty Polly first wore the LNER "Apple Green" livery with black and white linings before WWII when she applied the plain LNER "Wartime Black" livery. After the war was over, Pretty Pretty retrieved her original "Apple Green" livery. When British Railways was formed in 1945, the engine received an experimental BR "Express Passenger Lined Blue" with black and white linings livery until she finally applied main BR "Brunswick Green" with black and orange linings livery in 1952.
+Pretty Polly first wore the LNER "Apple Green" livery with black and white linings until she was repainted in LNER "Wartime Black" livery during World War II. After the war was over, Pretty Pretty retrieved her original "Apple Green" livery. During the nationalisation of British Railways was in 1948, the engine received an experimental BR "Express Passenger Lined Blue" with black and white linings livery until she was finally repainted in BR "Brunswick Green" with black and orange linings livery in 1952.
 ==Appearances==
+{{Appearances header|[[The Railway Series]]}}
-===[[Annuals|Annual Stories]]===
+* '''[[Enterprising Engines]]''' - [[Enterprising Engines#Tenders for Henry|Tenders for Henry]] {{Note|indirectly mentioned}}
-* 1992 - [[Galloping Sausage]] (''mentioned'')
+* '''[[James and the Diesel Engines]]''' - [[James and the Diesel Engines#Fire-Engine|Fire-Engine]] {{Note|indirectly mentioned}}
+{{Appearances header|[[Annuals|Annual Stories]]}}
-{{Stub}}
+* '''1992''' - [[Galloping Sausage]] {{Mentioned}}
-{{Other Railways}}
-[[Category:Tender engines]]
+{{Clear}}
+==Gallery==
+<gallery position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center" bordersize="none">
+File:PrettyPolly.png
+File:Pretty Polly.jpg
+</gallery>
+{{The Mainland}}
+[[pl:Pretty Polly]]
+[[ru:Довольно Полли]]
 [[Category:Steam locomotives]]
-[[Category:Real Engines]]
+[[Category:Tender engines]]
-[[Category:Other railways]]
+[[Category:Real engines]]
-[[Category:Annuals and Magazines]]
 [[Category:4-6-2]]
+[[Category:Standard gauge]]
 [[Category:The Mainland]]
+[[Category:Other railways]]
+[[Category:The Railway Series characters]]
+[[Category:Annuals and Magazines]]
+[[Category:Female characters]]
+[[Category:Scrapped Engines]]