LNER Class A4 4496 Dwight D Eisenhower

Dwight D Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower on display at the National Railroad Museum on 10 July 2017, three years after its return from the United Kingdom
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Doncaster Works Serial number 1861 Build date 4 September 1937
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 4-6-2  • UIC 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19 of 35 Numbers LNER 4496, LNER 8 (from 1946), BR: 60008 (from 1948) Official name Golden Shuttle, Dwight D Eisenhower Withdrawn 20 July 1963 Current owner National Railroad Museum Disposition Static display at the National Railroad Museum, Ashwaubenon, Green Bay, Wisconsin

60008 Dwight D Eisenhower is an LNER Class A4 steam locomotive named after Dwight D. Eisenhower, the United States General of the Army.

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 Ashwaubenon, a suburb of 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.