A4s: a proud day for Liverpool Docks
By: Robin Jones
THE repatriation of the exiled LNER streamlined A4 Pacifics has been praised by the company which unloaded them at Liverpool Docks.
Dominion of Canada on board the cargo ship Atlantic Conveyor at Liverpool Docks. ROBIN JONES
No. 60008 Dwight D Eisenhower and No. 60019 Dominion of Canada arrived back on British soil on Wednesday, October 3 after nearly half a century in North America.
Peel Ports Mersey's Gary Hodgson said: “They are a wonderful reminder of our country's great capacity for engineering excellence and a heritage we should all be proud of."
He said that he was glad the docks had been involved as railways and ports have traditionally had a very close relationship.
"It is a real privilege for the Port of Liverpool to be able to welcome these extraordinary machines back to the UK,” he said.
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