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The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust has confirmed an agreement with Railway Support Services for the hire of diesel shunter 08927 (D4157), which will take up duties as the depot shunter at Darlington Locomotive Works. Completed in December...
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As planned, Tornado is spending January and February at Darlington for winter maintenance and annual recertification. The work started with a boiler washout and examination, with the safety valves removed for...
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The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, a registered charity, is seeking a Director to lead the engineering teams looking after its locomotives. Since forming in 1990, the Trust has enjoyed great success building and operating A1 Class No. 60163...
10 November 2010
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Tornado, the first new main line steam locomotive to be built in Britain since 1960, will make her 2011 tour début in her new coat of Brunswick Green paint with ‘The White Rose’ from London King’s...
08 November 2010
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Autumn 2010
01 November 2010
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...
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November 2010
30 October 2010
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...
14 October 2010
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...