Date: 24/03/2014

Railroad buffs across the Atlantic are so enamored with a rare World War II locomotive on loan from the National Railroad Museum that one of them has offered a hefty sum to keep the historic piece in England. A personal check for $1 million from a British businessman arrived mysteriously on Christmas Eve at the home of the museum’s former board president. But museum officials say the locomotive named after President Dwight D. Eisenhower is not for sale, and they are working to bring it back to the United States this summer.

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A rainy day at Kings Cross shed, with A4 Pacific no 60008 Dwight D Eisenhower ready for the road, thought to have been photographed in 1959. Standing behind the A4, also ready to roll, is another Pacific, York's class A2 no 60502 Earl Marischal.
Location: Kings Cross
Company: London to Peterborough (Great Northern Railway)
//1959 Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

Gresley A4 Pacific no 60008 Dwight D Eisenhower prepares to leave the Doncaster stop on 1 September 1962 with the 9.08am Kings Cross - Leeds Central service.
Location: Doncaster
Company: Peterborough to Doncaster Line (Great Northern Railway)
01/09/1962 K A Gray

Cosmetically restored A4 Pacific no 60008 Dwight D Eisenhower on display at the National Railway Museum, York, on 6 June 2013.
Location: National Railway Museum York
Company: National Railway Museum
06/06/2013 John Furnevel