Tornado's winter maintenance -...

Locomotive - We completed the annual electrical exams on the locomotive at the beginning of March.  The headlamps have had their annual clean and repaint, and the electrical gauges in the cab...

The arrival and restoration of...

The measurement study of the cylinder block is now complete so the next step was to find a way of lifting the six-ton block. We would have loved to have had a 10-ton overhead crane but our current...

SPRING 2026

Winter 2026

Last-Built Class 08 Shunter...

The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust has confirmed an agreement with Railway Support Services for the hire of diesel shunter 08927 (D4157), which will take up duties as the depot shunter at...

A1 Winter Maintenance

As planned, Tornado is spending January and February at Darlington for winter maintenance and annual recertification.  The work started with a boiler washout and...