LNER Peppercorn Class A2 60532 Blue Peter

Blue Peter is LNER Peppercorn Class A2 No. 60532, a 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive built in 1948 at Doncaster Works to a design by Arthur Peppercorn and used on express passenger services on British Railways' North Eastern Region. It was outshopped on 25 March 1948 as the eighth Peppercorn A2 and the first to enter traffic with a British Railways number, and it was named after a racehorse that won the Derby and the 2000 Guineas in 1939. It is the only Peppercorn A2 in existence after the other 14 were scrapped. It was withdrawn in 1966 and bought for preservation in 1968, gained fame through a restoration campaign on the BBC television series Blue Peter, and was bought in 2014 by the Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust, returning to steam in 2024.