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Names beginning with 'P'
Class Number when named Company Name Date Named Info
George V 445 LNWR P.H. CHAMBRES 01/1911  
Precursor 976 LNWR PACIFIC 08/1907  
Teutonic 1303 LNWR PACIFIC 06/1889 Named after: White Star Liner
Hall 4949 GWR PACKWOOD HALL 08/1929  
Bulldog 3448 GWR PADDINGTON 09/1903 Name removed to avoid confusing with a destination.
West Country/Battle of Britain 21C108 SR PADSTOW 31/10/1945 Named by: L H L Saunders (Chairman Padstow UDC)
Named after: Town of Padstow
6P 5623 LMS PALESTINE 19/10/1934  
B1 1025 LNER PALLAH 22/04/1947 Named after: The name for the Impala in the Bantu language.
Experiment 1991 LNWR PALMERSTON 10/1906  
Precursor 1116 LNWR PANDORA 09/1905  
EM2 27006 BR PANDORA 05/1959  
Precursor 520 LNWR PANOPEA 03/1905  
43 D833 BR PANTHER 06/07/1960  
A3 2750 LNER PAPYRUS 23/02/1929 Named after: Racehorse – winner of 1923 Derby. Owned by Mr. B. Irish
Hall 5910 GWR PARK HALL 06/1931  
40 D227 BR PARTHIA 14/07/1962  
George V 1713 LNWR PARTRIDGE 09/1911  
Prince of Wales 1691 LNWR PATHFINDER 11/1911  
43 D834 BR PATHFINDER 26/07/1960  
Claughton 2499 LNWR PATIENCE 08/1922  
Precedent 2179 LNWR PATIENCE 03/1875  
Improved Precedent 2179 LNWR PATIENCE 05/1897  
A1 60119 BR PATRICK STIRLING 07/1950  
Patriot 5971 LMS PATRIOT 08/11/1930  
87 87003   Patriot 13/06/1978  
Claughton 1914 LNWR PATRIOT In Memory of the Fallen LNWR Employees 1914-19 01/1920  
Hall 4950 GWR PATSHULL HALL 08/1929  
Improved Precedent 381 LNWR PATTERDALE 04/1893  
Grange 6845 GWR PAVILAND GRANGE 12/10/1937  
Bird 3740 GWR Peacock 12/1909  
Precursor 234 LNWR PEARL 03/1906  
Precursor 1180 LNWR PEARL 02/1879  
A2 E529 BR PEARL DIVER 21/02/1948 Named after: Racehorse – winner of 1947 Derby. Owned by Baron G. DeWaldner
Modified Hall 6959 GWR PEATLING HALL 12/1946  
Shire/Hunt 311 LNER PEEBLES-SHIRE 05/05/1928  
Precursor 2581 LNWR PEEL 12/1905  
Prince of Wales 446 LNWR PEGASUS 11/1915  
Bulldog 3343 GWR Pegasus 02/1900  
Precedent 482 LNWR PEGASUS 11/1880  
Improved Precedent 482 LNWR PEGASUS 01/1894  
43 D835 BR PEGASUS 05/08/1960  
Bird 3741 GWR Pelican 01/1910  
Atbara 3386 GWR PEMBROKE 08/1900 Name removed to avoid confusion with possible destination.
Castle 4078 GWR PEMBROKE CASTLE 24/02/1924  
Hall 4951 GWR PENDEFORD HALL 07/1929  
Castle 4079 GWR PENDENNIS CASTLE 04/03/1924  
Duke 3253 GWR Pendennis Castle 05/1895 Renamed to avoid confusion with Castle class locomotive
Standard Class 5 73083 BR PENDRAGON 07/1955  
King Arthur 746 SR PENDRAGON 06/1922  
Bulldog 3364 GWR Pendragon 11/1900  
Precursor 2012 LNWR PENGUIN 11/1905  
Bird 3742 GWR Penguin 01/1910  
Experiment 2-(2-2)-0 1117 LNWR PENGUIN 07/1884  
Grange 6844 GWR PENHYDD GRANGE 06/10/1937  
Merchant Navy 21C6 SR PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL S.N. CO. 04/06/1942  
George V 1188 LNWR PENMAENMAWR 04/1913  
Improved Precedent 295 LNWR PENMAENMAWR 04/1893  
Grange 6868 GWR PENRHOS GRANGE 10/03/1939  
Castle 5057 GWR PENRICE CASTLE 26/06/1936  
Castle 5081 GWR PENRICE CASTLE 27/05/1939  
Castle 7023 GWR PENRICE CASTLE 24/06/1949  
Precedent 2187 LNWR PENRITH BEACON 04/1875  
Improved Precedent 2187 LNWR PENRITH BEACON 12/1896  
Peak D8 BR PENYGHENT 18/12/1959  
Bulldog 3429 GWR PENZANCE 05/1903 Name removed to avoid confusing with a destination.
Hall 4952 GWR PEPLOW HALL 08/1929  
Prince of Wales 2293 LNWR PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY 02/1914  
A1 60146 BR PEREGRINE 12/1950  
A4 4903 LNER PEREGRINE 01/07/1938  
George V 2494 LNWR PERSEUS 08/1911  
Bulldog 3345 GWR Perseus 02/1900  
EM1 26053 BR PERSEUS 10/1960 Named after: In Greek mythology, Perseus was a prince of Pylos in Messenia. Perseus was the son of King Nestor either by Eurydice or Anaxibia. He was the brother to Thrasymedes, Pisidice, Polycaste, Peisistratus, Stratichus, Aretus, Echephron and Antilochus.
Precedent 2180 LNWR PERSEVERANCE 03/1875  
Improved Precedent 2180 LNWR PERSEVERANCE 03/1897  
6P 5731 LMS PERSEVEREANCE 21/10/1936  
Bulldog 3353 GWR Pershore Plum 05/1927  
Prince of Wales 2276 LNWR PERSIA 04/1916  
A1 2549 LNER PERSIMMON 25/10/1924 Named after: Racehorse – winner of 1896 Derby and St. Leger. Owned by H.R.H. Prince of Wales
Shire/Hunt 250 LNER PERTHSHIRE 02/03/1928  
J36 627 NBR PETAIN 04/1919 Named after: Served in France during WW1
D30 497 NBR PETER POUNDTEXT 12/1920  
Grange 6867 GWR PETERSTON GRANGE 08/03/1939  
Prince of Wales 1734 LNWR PETREL 01/1916  
Waterloo 209 LNWR PETREL 08/1895  
Flower 4110 GWR Petunia 06/1908  
Saint 185 GWR PEVERIL OF THE PEAK 04/1907  
George V 2086 LNWR PHAETON 04/1913  
Improved Precedent 1218 LNWR PHAETON 11/1890  
Precursor 1297 LNWR PHALARIS 08/1907  
Waterloo 285 LNWR PHALARIS 03/1893  
Precedent 883 LNWR PHANTOM 05/1877  
Improved Precedent 883 LNWR PHANTOM 08/1894  
Experiment 2076 LNWR PHEASANT 01/1909  
Waterloo 263 LNWR PHEASANT 1895  
6P 5736 LMS PHOENIX 25/11/1936  
Experiment 830 LNWR PHOSPHORUS 09/1907  
629 668 LYR Pilkington 07/1881  
Precedent 864 LNWR PILOT 05/1877  
Improved Precedent 864 LNWR PILOT 06/1896  
55 D9007 BR PINZA 22/06/1961 Named after: Named after the famous winner of the 1953 Derby, with the Queen's jockey Sir Gordon Richards in the saddle in Coronation Year
Improved Precedent 1212 LNWR PIONEER 11/1888  
Hall 4953 GWR PITCHFORD HALL 08/1929  
Improved Precedent 1522 LNWR PITT 01/1888  
Hall 4954 GWR PLAISH HALL 08/1929  
Patriot 5545 LMS PLANET 27/03/1934  
George V 2197 LNWR PLANET 04/1913  
Waterloo 935 LNWR PLANET 04/1893  
Hall 4955 GWR PLASPOWER HALL 08/1929  
Hall 4956 GWR PLOWDEN HALL 09/1929  
Precedent 2178 LNWR PLUCK 03/1875  
Improved Precedent 2178 LNWR PLUCK 01/1894  
J36 657 NBR PLUMER 05/1919 Named after: Served in France during WW1
J36 9657 LNER PLUMER 12/1945 Named after: Served in France during WW1
J36 65233 BR PLUMER 08/1948 Named after: Served in France during WW1
Prince of Wales 745 LNWR PLUTO 01/1916  
Bulldog 3344 GWR Pluto 02/1900  
Improved Precedent 276 LNWR PLUTO 11/1888  
EM1 26054 BR PLUTO 04/1961 Named after: In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Pluto, also known as Dis Pater or Orcus, was the god of the dead and the king of the underworld. The name was originally an epithet or theonym for Hades in ancient Greek religion and mythology
West Country/Battle of Britain 21C103 SR PLYMOUTH 11/07/1945 Named by: Alderman H G Mason (Lord Mayor)
Named after: City of Plymouth
Bulldog 3365 GWR Plymouth 11/1900 Name removed to avoid confusing with a destination.
Prince of Wales 257 LNWR PLYNLIMMON 11/1915  
Precedent 1183 LNWR PLYNLIMMON 09/1878  
Improved Precedent 1183 LNWR PLYNLIMMON 08/1896  
A4 4499 LNER POCHARD 12/04/1938  
Britannia 70026 BR POLAR STAR 07/10/1952  
Star 4005 GWR POLAR STAR 02/1907  
Flower 4118 GWR Polyanthus 07/1908  
6P 5688 LMS POLYPHEMUS 24/02/1936  
Jubilee 1929 LNWR POLYPHEMUS 04/1900  
A1 60133 BR POMMERN 04/1950 Named after: Racehorse – winner of 1915 Derby, 2000 Guineas and St. Leger. Owned by Mr. S. B. Joel
6 7 CWR Ponsonby Hall 1896  
Merchant Navy 35027 BR PORT LINE 24/04/1950 Named by: Mr W.Donald. Chairman of Port Line.
Named after: Shipping line.
P 54 HR Portessie 1901  
Atlantics 2038 SR PORTLAND BILL 12/1905  
Class 73 73138 BR Post Haste - 150 Years of Travelling Post Offices 16/05/1988 Named after: 150 years of TPO's
Hall 4957 GWR POSTLIP HALL 09/1929  
Grange 6843 GWR POULTON GRANGE 01/10/1937  
Duke 3262 GWR Powderham 04/1896 Renamed to avoid confusion with Castle class locomotive
Castle 4080 GWR POWDERHAM CASTLE 23/03/1924  
Atbara 3385 GWR POWERFUL 07/1900  
Atbara 3392 GWR POWERFUL 29/10/1900 Temporarily named for City Imperial Volunteers (C.I.V.) special on 29/10/1900
Jubilee 1924 LNWR POWERFUL 03/1900  
43 D836 BR POWERFUL 13/09/1960  
Castle 5059 GWR POWIS CASTLE 26/05/1937  
Castle 5082 GWR POWIS CASTLE 08/06/1939  
Castle 7024 GWR POWIS CASTLE 30/06/1949  
Prince of Wales 1749 LNWR PRECEDENT 11/1915  
Precedent 2175 LNWR PRECEDENT 12/1874  
Improved Precedent 2175 LNWR PRECEDENT 11/1894  
Precursor 513 LNWR PRECURSOR 03/1904  
Precursor 2145 LNWR PRECURSOR 04/1874  
Prince of Wales 1694 LNWR PREMIER 08/1922  
Improved Precedent 1216 LNWR PREMIER 11/1888  
De Glehn 103 GWR PRESIDENT 1907  
Experiment 1992 LNWR PRESIDENT 10/1906  
Precedent 253 LNWR PRESIDENT GARFIELD 01/1882  
Improved Precedent 253 LNWR PRESIDENT GARFIELD 02/1895  
Experiment 2627 LNWR PRESIDENT LINCOLN 02/1909  
Precedent 254 LNWR PRESIDENT LINCOLN 01/1882  
Improved Precedent 254 LNWR PRESIDENT LINCOLN 02/1895  
Precedent 256 LNWR PRESIDENT WASHINGTON 01/1882  
Improved Precedent 256 LNWR PRESIDENT WASHINGTON 08/1894  
Patriot 5972 LMS PRESTATYN 03/03/1933  
Hall 5911 GWR PRESTON HALL 06/1931  
Atbara 3374 GWR PRETORIA 29/10/1900 Temprorail named for City Ipmerial Volunteers (C.I.V.) special on 29/10/1900
Atbara 3389 GWR PRETORIA 11/1900  
A1 2560 LNER PRETTY POLLY 17/04/1925 Named after: Racehorse – winner of 1904 Oaks, 1000 Guineas and St. Leger. Owned by Major E. Loder
Flower 4119 GWR Primrose 07/1908  
Large/Scottish Director 509 GCR PRINCE ALBERT 03/1920  
Prince of Wales 1178 LNWR PRINCE ALBERT 02/1922  
Star 4042 GWR PRINCE ALBERT 05/1913  
Improved Precedent 1214 LNWR PRINCE ALBERT 11/1890  
6P 5560 LMS PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 11/07/1934  
D10 2658 LNER PRINCE GEORGE 11/1913  
Star 4044 GWR PRINCE GEORGE 05/1913  
Experiment 1135 LNWR PRINCE GEORGE 09/1907  
Greater Britain 2052 LNWR PRINCE GEORGE 05/1894  
D10 2650 LNER PRINCE HENRY 08/1913  
Star 4043 GWR PRINCE HENRY 05/1913  
Star 4045 GWR PRINCE JOHN 06/1913  
Precedent 857 LNWR PRINCE LEOPOLD 04/1877  
Improved Precedent 857 LNWR PRINCE LEOPOLD 07/1897  
629 671 LYR Prince Leopold 09/1881  
Large/Scottish Director 508 GCR PRINCE OF WALES 03/1920  
Prince of Wales 819 LNWR PRINCE OF WALES 10/1911  
Prince of Wales 5600 LMS PRINCE OF WALES 12/1924  
Star 4041 GWR PRINCE OF WALES 06/1913  
A1 2553 LNER PRINCE OF WALES 11/11/1926  
Experiment 1676 LNWR PRINCE OF WALES 11/1906  
629 865 LYR Prince of Wales 06/1885  
A1 2551 LNER PRINCE PALATINE 29/11/1924 Named after: Racehorse – winner of 1911 St. Leger. Owned by Mr. T. Pilkington
6P 5671 LMS PRINCE RUPERT 06/12/1935  
Improved Precedent 2006 LNWR PRINCESS 11/1890  
Coronation (Semi) 6224 LMS PRINCESS ALEXANDRA 13/07/1937  
Star 4053 GWR PRINCESS ALEXANDRA 06/1914  
Experiment 1603 LNWR PRINCESS ALEXANDRA 05/1909  
Coronation (Semi) 6223 LMS PRINCESS ALICE 28/06/1937  
Star 4050 GWR PRINCESS ALICE 06/1914  
Experiment 937 LNWR PRINCESS ALICE 09/1907  
Princess Royal 46202 BR PRINCESS ANNE 15/08/1952  
Princess Royal 6207 LMS PRINCESS ARTHUR OF CONNAUGHT 09/08/1935  
Star 4058 GWR PRINCESS AUGUSTA 07/1914  
Star 4052 GWR PRINCESS BEATRICE 06/1914  
Princess Royal 6209 LMS PRINCESS BEATRICE 23/08/1935  
Achilles 3076 GWR PRINCESS BEATRICE 02/1899  
Precedent 2190 LNWR PRINCESS BEATRICE 1888  
Star 4054 GWR PRINCESS CHARLOTTE 06/1914  
Star 4057 GWR PRINCESS ELIZABETH 07/1914 Fitted with plate recording that Princess Elizabeth drove the locomotive from Swindon Works to the station on 15/11/1950
Princess Royal 6201 LMS PRINCESS ELIZABETH 03/11/1933  
Star 4060 GWR PRINCESS EUGENIE 07/1914  
Star 4051 GWR PRINCESS HELENA 06/1914  
Achilles 3074 GWR PRINCESS HELENA 06/1898  
Improved Precedent 1517 LNWR PRINCESS HELENA 11/1888  
Princess Royal 6208 LMS PRINCESS HELENA VICTORIA 16/08/1935  
Star 4047 GWR PRINCESS LOUISE 05/1914  
Princess Royal 6204 LMS PRINCESS LOUISE 19/07/1935  
Achilles 3075 GWR PRINCESS LOUISE 07/1898  
Claughton 42 LNWR PRINCESS LOUISE 02/1922  
Precedent 1177 LNWR PRINCESS LOUISE 04/1877  
Improved Precedent 1177 LNWR PRINCESS LOUISE 03/1896  
Star 4056 GWR PRINCESS MARGARET 07/1914  
Princess Royal 6203 LMS PRINCESS MARGARET ROSE 01/07/1935  
Princess Royal 6206 LMS PRINCESS MARIE LOUISE 01/08/1935  
Large/Scottish Director 510 GCR PRINCESS MARY 05/1920  
Star 4046 GWR PRINCESS MARY 05/1914  
Star 4048 GWR PRINCESS MARY 28/02/1922 Renamed for the Royal Wedding - then reverted to original name
Star 4049 GWR PRINCESS MAUD 05/1914  
Achilles 3077 GWR PRINCESS MAY 02/1899  
Experiment 1709 LNWR PRINCESS MAY 11/1906  
Greater Britain 525 LNWR PRINCESS MAY 05/1894  
629 866 LYR Princess of Wales 06/1885  
Star 4059 GWR PRINCESS PATRICIA 07/1914  
Achilles 3073 GWR PRINCESS ROYAL 06/1898  
Star 4055 GWR PRINCESS SOPHIA 07/1914  
Star 4048 GWR PRINCESS VICTORIA 05/1914  
Princess Royal 6205 LMS PRINCESS VICTORIA 24/07/1935  
Hall 4958 GWR PRIORY HALL 09/1929  
37 44 LTSR Prittlewell 12/1898  
Claughton 2035 LNWR PRIVATE E. SYKES V.C. 02/1922  
Claughton 158 LNWR PRIVATE E. SYKES V.C. 04/1926  
Patriot 6015 LMS PRIVATE E. SYKES, V.C. 19/07/1933  
Claughton 1097 LNWR PRIVATE W. WOOD V.C. 02/1922  
Claughton 179 LNWR PRIVATE W. WOOD V.C. 04/1926  
Patriot 6018 LMS PRIVATE W. WOOD, V.C. 04/05/1933  
Precursor 2580 LNWR PROBLEM 12/1905  
Achilles 3017 GWR PROMETHEUS 05/1895  
Achilles 3049 GWR PROMETHEUS 02/1895  
Experiment 1304 LNWR PROMETHEUS 11/1906  
EM1 26055 BR PROMETHEUS 06/1959 Named after: In Greek mythology, Prometheus is a Titan responsible for creating or aiding humanity in its earliest days. He defied the Olympian gods by taking fire from them and giving it to humanity in the form of technology, knowledge and, more generally, civilization.
B1 1035 LNER PRONGHORN 31/10/1947 Named after: Last survivor of the antelopes confined to North America.
Precedent 871 LNWR PROSERPINE 06/1877  
Improved Precedent 871 LNWR PROSERPINE 05/1894  
Experiment 1361 LNWR PROSPERO 10/1907  
Waterloo 414 LNWR PROSPERO 1896  
Precursor 1510 LNWR PSYCHE 09/1905  
George V 1681 LNWR PTARMIGAN 09/1911  
Improved Precedent 514 LNWR PUCK 1913  
Waterloo 819 LNWR PUCK 03/1893  
B1 1012 LNER PUKU 30/11/1946 Named after: The shortest horned waterbuck - found in the Sudan and in Uganda.
6P 5579 LMS PUNJAB 29/09/1934  
D10 2651 LNER PURDON VICCARS 09/1913  
Hall 4959 GWR PURLEY HALL 09/1929  
Hall 4960 GWR PYLE HALL 09/1929  
Hall 4961 GWR PYRLAND HALL 11/1929  
Precursor 1784 LNWR PYTHON 10/1905  
Precursor 413 LNWR PYTHON 10/1874  
47 D1669 BR PYTHON 31/03/1966 Named after: In Greek mythology, giant serpent which guarded the oracle at Delphi