LNER Class A4 4496 Dwight D Eisenhower

Dwight D Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower on display at the National Railway Museum on 22 February 2013

Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Doncaster Works Serial number 1861 Build date 4 September 1937

Specifications Configuration 4-6-2 UIC class 2′C1 h3 Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Leading dia. 3 ft 2 in (0.965 m) Driver dia. 6 ft 8 in (2.032 m) Trailing dia. 3 ft 8 in (1.118 m) Boiler pressure 250 psi (1.72 MPa) Cylinders Three Cylinder size 18.5 in × 26 in (470 mm × 660 mm) Loco brake Steam Train brakes Vacuum

Performance figures Tractive effort 35,455 lbf (157.7 kN)

Career Operators LNER → BR Class A4 Number in class 19 of 35 Numbers LNER 4496, LNER 8 (from 1946), BR: 60008 (from 1948) Official name Golden Shuttle, Dwight D Eisenhower Withdrawn 20 July 1963 Current owner National Railroad Museum Disposition Static display at the National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin

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.

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 .

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.