Construction
60532 was built at Doncaster Works and out shopped by the newly formed British Railways on 25 March 1948. The initial livery was LNER apple green with British Railways on the tender sides.
60532 was named in the LNER tradition of using the names of famous racehorses. Blue Peter III was the name of a horse owned by Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery, which in 1939 won races including the Epsom Derby and the 2000 Guineas. The horse earnt almost £32,000 for Lord Rosebury, more than enough to purchase three Doncaster Pacific locomotives at the time.
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