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Looking forward to welcoming @60163_Tornado back next summer. Dates confirmed - 23 & 30 July; 13 & 20 Aug; 3 & 10 Sept https://www.a1steam.com/aberdonian/

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60163 Tornado @60163_Tornado·

17 Nov

#onthisday 17 Nov 1990, the formal launch for the public and the press was held at the Railway Institute in York & was attended by more than eighty people. It was announced that a brand new Peppercorn A1 steam locomotive would be built & it would carry the number 60163.

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Chris Milner @chris_railway·

17 Nov

On this day in 1990, the A1 Locomotive Project (as it was then) held its first public meeting at the Railway Institute, York, to launch the project to build an A1. £90k raised in 2 months, the rest is history...@60163_Tornado @RailwayMagazine

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