Peppercorn 'A1' Pacifics

"Sir Vincent Raven" one of the London & North Eastern Railway designed 'Peppercorn' Class A1 Pacific, perhaps the finest development of the steam locomotive in the British Isles.

Their names followed LNER traditions, containing references to constituent railway companies, former locomotive superintendents, race horses, birds, and Scottish connotations.

49 locomotives of the class were produced between 1948 and 1949, all entered service after nationalisation, under the ownership of British Railways.

60153 'Flamboyant' Copyright unknown

No.  Name No.  Name
60114  W.P.Allen  60139   Sea Eagle
60115  Meg Merrilies  60140  Balmoral
60116  Hal o' the Wynd  60141  Abbotsford
60117  Bois Roussel  60142   Edward Fletcher
60118  Archibald Sturrock  60143   Sir Walter Scott
60119 Patrick Sterling  60144   King's Courier
60120 Kittiwake  60145   Saint Mungo
60121 Silurian  60146  Peregrine
60122  Curlew  60147   North Eastern
60123  H.A.Ivatt  60148  Aboyeur
60124  Kenilworth  60149   Amadis
60125  Scottish Union  60150  Willbrook
60126  Sir Vincent Raven  60151   Midlothian
60127  Wilson Worsdell  60152  Holyrood
60128  Bongrace  60153  Flamboyant
60129  Guy Mannering  60154   Bon Accord
60130  Kestrel  60155  Borderer
60131 Osprey  60156   Great Central
60132  Marmion  60157   Great Eastern
60133  Pommern  60158   Aberdonian
60134  Foxhunter  60159   Bonnie Dundee
60135  Madge Wildfire  60160   Auld Reekie
60136  Alcazar  60161   North British
60137  Redgauntlet  60162   Saint Johnstoun
60138  Boswell    

After the scrapping of steam on British Railways not one of the class remained.

To redress this wrong, the 'A1 Steam Locomotive Trust' is in the process of constructing the 50th 'A1', at Darlington. This will be numbered and named:-

60163 'Tornado'.