Late March overhaul update

Here is another update from Richard Pearson following the progress of Tornado’s winter overhaul.  All photos by Richard Pearson. In order to ensure we have the funds available for No....

Eight wheels on my tender.......

On Monday 23rd March the newly grit-blasted tender tank was delivered to Darlington Locomotive Works, unloaded onto the Matterson jack spreader beams and duly mounted on the recently acquired and...

March 2020

March 2020

Improvements at Darlington...

The need for more storage space at Darlington Locomotive Works necessitated the purchase of a further container for which the ground had to be cleared and prepared.  All photos by Daniela Filová...

March tender update

The tender tank has been finished at North View Engineering Solutions (NVES) and exhibits much flatter external panels than those on Tornado’s tender when it had reached this stage - it will now...