Below are the names and numbers of the steam locomotives that comprised the LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3, that ran on the Great Northern (GNR) and latterly the London and North Eastern Railway network. They represented Nigel Gresley's attempt to standardise steam design. The class names mainly denoted various racehorses; there were seven exceptions, detailed at the end.
Nos. 4470–81 were ordered by the GNR as their nos. 1470–81; and although only the first two were actually delivered to the GNR, all twelve initially bore their GNR numbers, a distinguishing suffix letter "N" being added to the last two from new, and to five others from August 1923, i.e. 1480N, etc. These twelve all had their numbers increased by 3000 between February 1924 and April 1925.
LNER No. | LNER No. (1945-1948) | BR No. | Original Name (Rename(s)) | Manufacturer | Serial No. | Entered Service | Rebuilt | Withdrawn | Fate | |
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4470 | 113 | 60113 | align=left | Great Northern | Doncaster Works | 1536 | – | Rebuilt as a Thompson A1/1, later scrapped. | ||
4471 | 102 | 60102 | align=left | Sir Frederick Banbury | Doncaster Works | 1539 | Scrapped | |||
4472 | 502 (103) | 60103 | align=left | Flying Scotsman | Doncaster Works | 1564 | Preserved | |||
4473 | 104 | 60104 | align=left | Solario | Doncaster Works | 1565 | Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 7 December 1959. | |||
4474 | 105 | 60105 | align=left | Victor Wild | Doncaster Works | 1566 | Scrapped | |||
4475 | 106 | 60106 | align=left | Flying Fox | Doncaster Works | 1567 | Scrapped | |||
4476 | 107 | 60107 | align=left | Royal Lancer | Doncaster Works | 1568 | Scrapped | |||
4477 | 108 | 60108 | align=left | Gay Crusader | Doncaster Works | 1569 | Scrapped | |||
4478 | 109 | 60109 | align=left | Hermit | Doncaster Works | 1570 | Scrapped | |||
4479 | 110 | 60110 | align=left | Robert the Devil | Doncaster Works | 1571 | Scrapped | |||
4480 | 111 | 60111 | align=left | Enterprise | Doncaster Works | 1572 | Scrapped | |||
4481 | 112 | 60112 | align=left | St Simon | Doncaster Works | 1573 | Scrapped | |||
2543 | 44 | 60044 | align=left | Melton | Doncaster Works | 1598 | Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 25 November 1963. | |||
2544 | 45 | 60045 | align=left | Lemberg | Doncaster Works | 1600 | Scrapped | |||
2545 | 46 | 60046 | align=left | Diamond Jubilee | Doncaster Works | 1601 | Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 20 August 1963. | |||
2546 | 47 | 60047 | align=left | Donovan | Doncaster Works | 1602 | Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 19 June 1963. | |||
2547 | 48 | 60048 | align=left | Doncaster | Doncaster Works | 1603 | Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 19 September 1963. | |||
2548 | 49 | 60049 | align=left | Galtee More | Doncaster Works | 1604 | Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 4 April 1963. | |||
2549 | 50 | 60050 | align=left | Persimmon | Doncaster Works | 1605 | Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 9 August 1963. | |||
2550 | 51 | 60051 | align=left | Blink Bonny | Doncaster Works | 1606 | Scrapped | |||
2551 | 52 | 60052 | align=left | Prince Palatine | Doncaster Works | 1607 | Scrapped at St Margaret's Shed, Edinburgh in April 1966. | |||
2552 | 53 | 60053 | align=left | Sansovino | Doncaster Works | 1608 | Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 31 May 1963. | |||
2553 | 54 | 60054 | align=left | Manna (renamed 11 November 1926) Prince of Wales | Doncaster Works | 1609 | Scrapped | |||
2554 | 55 | 60055 | align=left | Woolwinder | Doncaster Works | 1610 | Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 30 September 1961. | |||
2555 | 56 | 60056 | align=left | Centenary | Doncaster Works | 1611 | Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 31 May 1963. | |||
2556 | 57 | 60057 | align=left | Ormonde | Doncaster Works | 1612 | Scrapped | |||
2557 | 58 | 60058 | align=left | Blair Athol | Doncaster Works | 1613 | Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 10 July 1963. | |||
2558 | 59 | 60059 | align=left | Tracery | Doncaster Works | 1614 | Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 31 December 1962. | |||
2559 | 60 | 60060 | align=left | The Tetrarch | Doncaster Works | 1615 | Scrapped | |||
2560 | 61 | 60061 | align=left | Pretty Polly | Doncaster Works | 1616 | Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 16 September 1963. | |||
2561 | 62 | 60062 | align=left | Minoru | Doncaster Works | 1617 | Scrapped | |||
2562 | 63 | 60063 | align=left | Isinglass | Doncaster Works | 1618 | Scrapped | |||
2563 | 64 | 60064 | align=left | William Whitelaw (name transferred to A4 No. 4462 in July 1941; Tagalie) | North British Loco. | 23101 | Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 30 September 1961. | |||
2564 | 65 | 60065 | align=left | Knight of the Thistle (renamed Knight of Thistle in December 1932) | North British Loco. | 23102 | Scrapped | |||
2565 | 66 | 60066 | align=left | Merry Hampton | North British Loco. | 23103 | Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 18 September 1963. | |||
2566 | 67 | 60067 | align=left | Ladas | North British Loco. | 23104 | Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 21 January 1963. | |||
2567 | 68 | 60068 | align=left | Sir Visto | North British Loco. | 23105 | Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 31 August 1962. | |||
2568 | 69 | 60069 | align=left | Sceptre | North British Loco. | 23106 | Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 27 May 1963. | |||
2569 | 70 | 60070 | align=left | Gladiateur | North British Loco. | 23107 | Scrapped | |||
2570 | 71 | 60071 | align=left | Tranquil | North British Loco. | 23108 | Scrapped | |||
2571 | 72 | 60072 | align=left | Sunstar | North British Loco. | 23109 | Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 25 May 1963. | |||
2572 | 73 | 60073 | align=left | St. Gatien | North British Loco. | 23110 | Scrapped | |||
2573 | 74 | 60074 | align=left | Harvester | North British Loco. | 23111 | Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 29 May 1963. | |||
2574 | 75 | 60075 | align=left | St. Frusquin | North British Loco. | 23112 | Scrapped | |||
2575 | 76 | 60076 | align=left | Galopin | North British Loco. | 23113 | Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 17 April 1963. | |||
2576 | 77 | 60077 | align=left | The White Knight | North British Loco. | 23114 | Scrapped | |||
2577 | 78 | 60078 | align=left | Night Hawk | North British Loco. | 23115 | Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 9 May 1963. | |||
2578 | 79 | 60079 | align=left | Bayardo | North British Loco. | 23116 | Scrapped | |||
2579 | 80 | 60080 | align=left | Dick Turpin | North British Loco. | 23117 | Scrapped | |||
2580 | 81 | 60081 | align=left | Shotover | North British Loco. | 23118 | Scrapped | |||
2581 | 82 | 60082 | align=left | Neil Gow | North British Loco. | 23119 | Scrapped | |||
2582 | 83 | 60083 | align=left | Sir Hugo | North British Loco. | 23120 | Scrapped | |||
2743 | 89 | 60089 | align=left | Felstead | Doncaster Works | 1693 | — | Scrapped | ||
2744 | 90 | 60090 | align=left | Grand Parade | Doncaster Works | 1694 | — | Damaged beyond repair in the 1937 Castlecary accident, replacement built April 1938 | ||
2745 | 91 | 60091 | align=left | Captain Cuttle | Doncaster Works | 1695 | — | Scrapped | ||
2746 | 92 | 60092 | align=left | Fairway | Doncaster Works | 1700 | — | Scrapped | ||
2747 | 93 | 60093 | align=left | Coronach | Doncaster Works | 1703 | — | Scrapped | ||
2748 | 94 | 60094 | align=left | Colorado | Doncaster Works | 1705 | — | Scrapped | ||
2749 | 95 | 60095 | align=left | Flamingo | Doncaster Works | 1707 | — | Scrapped | ||
2750 | 96 | 60096 | align=left | Papyrus | Doncaster Works | 1708 | — | Scrapped | ||
2751 | 97 | 60097 | align=left | Humorist | Doncaster Works | 1709 | — | Scrapped | ||
2752 | 98 | 60098 | align=left | Spion Kop | Doncaster Works | 1710 | — | Scrapped | ||
2595 | 84 | 60084 | align=left | Trigo | Doncaster Works | 1731 | — | Scrapped | ||
2596 | 85 | 60085 | align=left | Manna | Doncaster Works | 1733 | — | Scrapped | ||
2597 | 86 | 60086 | align=left | Gainsborough | Doncaster Works | 1736 | — | Scrapped | ||
2598 | 87 | 60087 | align=left | Blenheim | Doncaster Works | 1743 | — | Scrapped | ||
2599 | 88 | 60088 | align=left | Book Law | Doncaster Works | 1744 | — | Scrapped | ||
2795 | 99 | 60099 | align=left | Call Boy | Doncaster Works | 1738 | — | Scrapped | ||
2796 | 100 | 60100 | align=left | Spearmint | Doncaster Works | 1741 | — | Scrapped | ||
2797 | 101 | 60101 | align=left | Cicero | Doncaster Works | 1742 | — | Scrapped | ||
2500 | 35 | 60035 | align=left | Windsor Lad | Doncaster Works | 1790 | — | Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 30 September 1964. | ||
2501 | 36 | 60036 | align=left | Colombo | Doncaster Works | 1791 | — | Scrapped | ||
2502 | 37 | 60037 | align=left | Hyperion | Doncaster Works | 1792 | — | Scrapped | ||
2503 | 38 | 60038 | align=left | Firdaussi | Doncaster Works | 1793 | — | Scrapped | ||
2504 | 39 | 60039 | align=left | Sandwich | Doncaster Works | 1794 | — | Scrapped at Doncaster Works on 5 April 1963. | ||
2505 | 40 | 60040 | align=left | Cameronian | Doncaster Works | 1795 | — | Scrapped | ||
2506 | 41 | 60041 | align=left | Salmon Trout | Doncaster Works | 1797 | — | Scrapped at St Margaret's Shed, Edinburgh in April 1966. (Boiler, Cylinders and Chimney preserved as spares) | ||
2507 | 42 | 60042 | align=left | Singapore | Doncaster Works | 1798 | — | Scrapped | ||
2508 | 43 | 60043 | align=left | Brown Jack | Doncaster Works | 1800 | — | Scrapped | ||
GNR no. 1470 was named Great Northern when new in April 1922 in honour of the Great Northern Railway, which was to lose its identity at the end of the year; similarly, GNR no. 1471 was named Sir Frederick Banbury in September 1922, in honour of the final Chairman of the GNR. The first Chairman of the LNER was honoured in the same way in 1924 when LNER no. 2563 was named William Whitelaw.
No. 4472 was named Flying Scotsman after the 10 am express service from King's Cross to ; the name was applied in February 1924 just before the locomotive was sent to the British Empire Exhibition.
The year 1925 was the centenary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, an LNER ancestor, and the first A1 built at Doncaster in that year, no. 2555, was accordingly named Centenary.
No. 2579 was named Dick Turpin, but there was no distinguished racehorse of this name; the name refers to the well-known highwayman. Subsequently, a racehorse named Dick Turpin won the 1933 Chester Cup.[1] However, this horse was foaled 5 years after the locomotive sharing its name was constructed.
No. 2553 was renamed Prince of Wales on 11 November 1926 following the visit of the future King Edward VIII to Doncaster Works a few days earlier; no. 2553 was one of the locomotives he had inspected there.
No. 2564 was named Knight of the Thistle after the racehorse owned by Mr H. McCalmont which won the 1897 Royal Hunt Cup. On 28 December 1932, whilst the locomotive was in Doncaster Works for general repair, new nameplates were fitted reading Knight of Thistle, which was meaningless both for the order and for the racehorse.