Pretty Polly

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 Pretty Polly was withdrawn in September 1963 and scrapped soon afterward.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, Ryan 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