P2 July engineering update

General - various events have conspired to affect progress on the P2, mainly associated with the protracted overhaul of and fitment of ETCS equipment to Tornado and the move to our new...

Success! Tornado's boiler...

After months of frustration and hard work on Tornado's boiler, we are delighted to report that following a successful hydraulic text last week, the boiler today passed its steam test. BES...

July overhaul update

The work on Tornado continues in Loughborough and Darlington. At LMS's works, we are now on the final straight ahead of re-wheeling the frames. During the overhaul we were aware of a minor...