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60008 & 60010/4489 a photographic collection

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  1. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    Afternoon all

    On the eve of the great gathering i have added 2 collections featuring the 2 locos from N.America/Canada showing the progression through restoration at Shildon

    60008 Dwight D. Eisenhower
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/LNERSteam/Gresley-A4-Class/60008-Dwight-D-Eisenhower/25946564_xQDwkm#!i=2153364507&k=GgsnMXH

    60010/4489 Dominion of Canada
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/LNERSteam/Gresley-A4-Class/60010-Dominion-of-Canada/25946577_rmJdg8#!i=2156710376&k=DNz2X9b
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/LNERSteam/Gresley-A4-Class/60010-Dominion-of-Canada/25946577_rmJdg8#!i=2452425184&k=hCPf4th
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/LNERSteam/Gresley-A4-Class/60010-Dominion-of-Canada/25946577_rmJdg8#!i=2521479898&k=WrPMTbh

    Neil
     
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    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    Together at last - all 6 A4s at the NRM 4 July 2013

    The bold initiative of former NRM Director Steve Davies finally bore fruit this
    week at the Great Gathering, when all six surviving members of Sir Nigel
    Gresley's A4 Pacifics were brought together in the museum's Great Hall. This
    vision necessitated the repatriation of the two locomotives which had been
    donated to railway museums in North America in the 1960s, No 60008 Dwight D.
    Eisenhower in the USA and No 60010 Dominion of Canada in that country. This was
    achieved last autumn and since then they have both been bulled up to exhibition
    condition. Meanwhile the three examples working in the UK were also booked to
    join Mallard and their transatlantic sisters, in time for the 75th anniversary
    of Mallard's world record speed for steam traction of 126 mph, achieved on 3
    July 1938.

    The NRM marketed special earlybird photography sessions for each morning of the
    Great Gathering, and I secured one for the day after the official opening. Even
    with only 50 or so participants, photography was still a challenge, but the
    engines were well spaced out. Then the Great Hall overwhelmed with people within
    five minutes of the museum opening to the public, so I felt lucky to have the
    chance to take photos in the relative peace of the early morning.

    18 pictures are at http://pjhtransportpix.zenfolio.com/p424434175

    Peter, on a pleasant summer evening in Manchester
    http://pjhtransportpix.zenfolio.com/
     
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