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Celebration of Steam in...

20 Jun 2025 Friday

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This September marks the 200th Anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. The eyes of the world will be on the North East for Railway 200, and as part of the celebrations Hopetown, Darlington will play host to a...

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Summer Tours Announced for Tornado

19 May 2025 Monday

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We are pleased to announce the following dates, that we have agreed with The Railway Touring Company, which will feature Tornado on a range of interesting tours starting in Bristol, London and York taking the locomotive into...

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‘World first’ digitally...

11 Apr 2025 Friday

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This week has seen the start of testing at speed for the world’s first operational steam locomotive to be fitted with ETCS (European Train Control System) technology. Tornado – a modern steam locomotive built in 2008 – is the...

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Autumn 2010

08 November 2010

Tornado, The Communication Cord, Prince of Wales, The Communication Cord, Highlander, The Communication Cord

Autumn 2010  

"Top Gear" re-run!

01 November 2010

Tornado, Our Latest News

When Tornado, the first new main line steam locomotive to be built in Britain since 1960, starred on BBC Top Gear (Sunday 21st June 2009) it was watched by over seven million viewers.  This first...

November 2010

01 November 2010

Tornado, The Tornado Telegraph

November 2010

ELR - stay extended

30 October 2010

Tornado, Our Latest News

Due to the postponement of Tornado's tour on the 3rd of November (now scheduled for 2011), 60163 will staying an extra week at the East Lancashire Railway and working service trains there over the...

The Royal Borderer

14 October 2010

Tornado, Our Latest News

A rather grand day out re-tracing a major part of last year's famous BBC TV's Top Gear ‘Race to the North'. Tornado features again heading the special train all the way from York to Edinburgh and...

Tornado: 21st Century Steam

12 October 2010

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TORNADO: 21ST CENTURY STEAMSupport The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, solve a Christmas gift problem ­and save money!It¹s the perfect Christmas gift for a relative or friends - the long-awaited...

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