Up & Down Lines
Dec 02, 2018
4 minutes
By Nick Pigott
‘A4’ 60010: This had better not be a kick in the teeth!
DISPLAYS of apparent ingratitude wouldn’t seem to come much harsher if reports of the treatment meted out to the ‘A4’ Dominion of Canada are anything to go by.
In 2012, No. 60010 – in somewhat neglected condition – was shipped back to Britain from Canada and externally restored by the National Railway Museum for the ‘Mallard 75’ anniversary celebrations.
No expense was spared in magnificently converting it to LNER blue-liveried No. 4489.
Although the Canadian Railway Museum never bought the Pacific (it was donated by BR in the 1960s), there were many in the UK who’d have been happy to see a purchase
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