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60008 ''Dwight D Eisenhower'' is an LNER Class A4 steam locomotive. Built for the London & North Eastern Railway in 1937, this locomotive was originally numbered 4496 and named ''Golden Shuttle''. It was renamed ''Dwight D. Eisenhower'' after World War II and renumbered 8 on 23 November 1946 under Edward Thompson's LNER 1946 renumbering scheme. After nationalisation in 1948 British Railways renumbered it 60008 on 29 October 1948. It was retired from service in 1963, and was moved to the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States, where it is currently on display. It returned to England in 2012 for display at the National Railway Museum in York when all surviving A4s were reunited. It returned to Green Bay in 2014. ==Liveries== Like the other members of the A4 class, ''Dwight D. Eisenhower'' has carried numerous liveries during her career. When first introduced into traffic on 4 September 1937, locomotive 4496 was named ''Golden Shuttle'' and painted in LNER garter blue with stainless steel trim on the base of the valances and tender. The numbers and LNER lettering on the tender were also stainless steel. This livery design was also used on the A4's that were named after countries, on the ''Coronation'' service in order to match with the rolling stock. 4496's next livery was wartime black with "LNER" on the tender, applied 30 January 1942. This livery was modified to read just "NE" on the tender in a repaint on 12 March 1943. LNER garter blue was reapplied 25 September 1945 and the name ''Dwight D. Eisenhower'' applied, but the name was covered until February 1946. The next livery applied was British Railways dark blue livery with black and white lining on 14 June 1950. The final livery applied was British Railways Brunswick green, applied 9 November 1951. ''Dwight D. Eisenhower'' had a non-standard red background to the nameplate c. 1958. During her time allocated to Grantham motive power depot, the name of the depot was stencilled on the buffer beam. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「LNER Class A4 4496 Dwight D Eisenhower」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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