Pretty Polly was an LNER A3 Pacific that was named after a female racehorse.
In The Railway Series, he was one of Gordon's brothers, along with the Flying Scotsman, Lemberg, and many others. He was also Green Arrow and Mallard's cousin.
In a Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends annual story, Galloping Sausage, Pretty Polly was mentioned by the Elderly Brake Van. 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. He 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 Pretty Polly was withdrawn in September 1963 and scrapped soon afterward.
Technical Details
Livery
Pretty Polly first wore the LNER "Apple Green" livery with black and white linings until being repainted in LNER "Wartime Black" livery in 1942, during World War II. After the war was over, Pretty Pretty retrieved the original "Apple Green" livery in 1947. During the nationalisation of British Railways was in 1948, Pretty Polly received BR Express Blue with black and white linings livery in 1950. Pretty Polly was finally repainted in BR Deep Bronze 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)
Trivia
- Despite having been named after a female horse, Pretty Polly is male. This is because Gordon describes the other members of his class as his brothers in The Railway Series story, Tenders for Henry, meaning that all of the members of the class are male in The Railway Series canon.
Gallery
References
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- “What, Sir! All my Doncaster brothers, drawn the same time as me?”
- ― Gordon to the Fat Controller
| Locomotives | Steam | 87546 and 98462 | Workshop Engines | Big City Engine | Jinty and Pug | City of Truro | Stepney | Bluebell and Primrose | Adams | Cromford | Captain Baxter | Flying Scotsman | Toby's Brothers | 8783 | 1020 | Stephenson's Rocket | Green Arrow | Boxhill | Iron Duke | Mallard | Duchess of Hamilton | Wilbert | Sixteen | Albert |
|---|---|---|
| Diesel | Diesel | Diesel 4711 | Diesel 199 | Diesel 40125 | Diesel 31120 | 10751 | |
| Rolling Stock | Helena | |
| People | Elizabeth II | The Thin Clergyman | The Fat Clergyman | |
| Stations | Barrow-in-Furness | Brighton | Carnforth | Crewe | Euston | Horsted Keynes | King's Cross | Lakeside | Norchard | Paddington | St. Pancras | York | |
| Railways | Bluebell Railway | British Railways | Corris Railway | Dean Forest Railway | Ffestiniog Railway | Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway | Snowdon Mountain Railway | Talyllyn Railway | Toby's Old Tramway | |