60532 Blue Peter is a 4-6-2 ("Pacific") steam locomotive built in 1948 at Doncaster Works to a design by Arthur Peppercorn, hauling express passenger services on British Railways' North Eastern Region.

It gained notoriety in the 1970s and beyond following a campaign for its restoration on the BBC television series Blue Peter, and the locomotive has subsequently been featured several times in the programme.

[1][2] In LNER tradition, it was named after a famous racehorse; Blue Peter was a Thoroughbred owned by Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery, which in 1939 won races including The Derby and the 2000 Guineas.

[3] Initially, Blue Peter was allocated to British Railways' North Eastern Region shed at York, working express passenger services on the East Coast Main Line.

[2][3] In September 1949, Blue Peter and four other A2s went to Doncaster Works, where a number of modifications were made to them such as the fitting of a multiple valve regulator and a double blastpipe and chimney, together with Kylchap cowls and the removal of the self-cleaning apparatus in the smokebox.

[9] Moved to the Dinting Railway Centre, it did little running and in late 1987, the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group (NELPG) took charge of 60532 and A4 Bittern on long-term loan from the Drury family.

[10] Restored at the Imperial Chemical Industries works at Wilton, Redcar and Cleveland, 60532 was renamed by the BBC Blue Peter programme for a second time in December 1991.

The locomotive obtained its main line certificate in 1992 and subsequently worked many rail tours over the Settle and Carlisle Railway and as far north as its old depot of Aberdeen.

The trip was Day's Out Limited's "Heart of Midlothian" which had run from Kings Cross to Edinburgh behind a diesel and 60532 worked the journey south with members of the Blue Peter team traveling on board.

In October 2014, the engine was sold to Jeremy Hosking under the ownership of the Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust (RSL>), who plan to restore it back to main line standard.