Dwight D Eisenhow liveries

[Tovidious]

Back to Dwight D Eisenhower liveries, did it ever wear wartime black, and if so, was it NE or LNER and for what years? From what I can find it didn't get renamed til Sept 1945 when it was repainted in Garter Blue.

[Darryl Tooley]

The following information is extracted from David Woodward's article in Journal 56 of the LNER Society and 'Locomotives in detail No 3 - Gresley 4-6-2 A4 class':
4496 'Golden Shuttle' renamed 'Dwight D Eisenhower' 25/09/45
renumbered '8' 23/11/46
renumbered '60008' 29/10/48
LNER Black 30/01/42
NE Black 13/03/43
Garter blue 25/09/45
BR Blue 14/06/50
B R Green 09/11/51
Hope this helps

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