The trigo first rolled onto the tracks on 22nd february 1930 the trigo was the eleventh of 27 locomotives to be built as an original a3 and not as the majority were converted from an a1 the trigo was allocated to gateshead engine shed and like all a1 and a3 class locomotives was named after a famous race horse the original trigo the horse was the winner of the epsom derby in 1929 inspiring lner to name their new train after him this 1120 scale model depicts trigo from the era of 194