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9 Dec 2025 Tuesday

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The Communication Cord, The Communication Cord, The Communication Cord

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Stockton & Darlington 200...

4 Oct 2025 Saturday

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Tornado, Our Latest News

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The 27th September 2025 marked 200 years to the date that Locomotion No.1 hauled the first train on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the first public passenger railway. To mark the occasion Tornado was in...

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Homecoming for Tornado

16 Sep 2025 Tuesday

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Just over two weeks before the historic 200th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR), world famous steam locomotive No. 60163 Tornado has returned to its home in Darlington for the celebrations. Significantly, it is the...

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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

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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...

'afore ye go.....

11 October 2010

Tornado, Our Latest News

The A1 Trust has established a Legacy Giving facility...... Now that Tornado is with us, we want to secure the locomotive into the future. We have also commenced a Feasibility Study to evaluate...

"Central Steam" on the TV

07 October 2010

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Tornado is to be featured on a new TV series called "Central Steam" on the Discovery Shed Channel.  Isis Media have made a multi-part series documenting a year in the life of the Great Central...

Barrow Hill Open Day

05 October 2010

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Following The A1 Steam Trust's convention on Saturday 9th October (for which Barrow Hill is closed to the public), Tornado will be in action on the demonstration line during the Roundhouse Open...

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