Dwight D Eisenhower' train being shipped to America as gift from Dr Beeching

PART OF:
The photographic library of the 'Daily Herald' newspaper
Made:
1964-04-27 in United Kingdom
photographer:
C J Wood

A photograph of the 'Dwight D Eisenhower' train being shipped to America, taken in April 1964 by C J Wood for the Daily Herald.

The 'Dwight D Eisenhower' was an LNER Class A4 steam locomotive built for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1937, and donated to the National Railroad Museum in Wisconsin, United States by British Railways in 1964.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/12733
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
overall:
type:
gelatin silver print and photograph