09 November 2023
Tornado, Our Latest News
At the end of September, Tornado's boiler left Darlington Locomotive Works headed for Locomotive Maintenance Services (LMS) in Loughborough. On arrival, the ashpan was fitted beneath the...
24 October 2023
The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust (A1SLT), the charity who built and operate new steam locomotive No.60163 Tornado and are now nearing completion of a brand new P2 Class locomotive, Prince of Wales,...
30 September 2023
The tender electrical systems are now nearly complete. All the locker and gauge lighting is in place and working, and the GPS tracker has been wired up and tested. Only the wiring to...
09 September 2023
Visits to LMS have seen the completion of key electrical work on the cab. The most important achievement has been the installation of new wiring boxes under both crew seats, where our wiring...
02 September 2023
The ETCS batteries have been permanently wired up with cable management. These will be used with the Shore Power Supply to support testing of the tender mounted ETCS components. The...
09 August 2023
We have continued to make good progress on the electrical aspects of the overhaul and the fitting of ETCS to Tornado. For ETCS we are working in partnership with SNC-Lavalin and Thales on...