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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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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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We are pleased to announce that Tornado has been requested to haul three legs of Railway Touring Company’s ‘Great Britain’ land cruise in five week’s time. Tornado will haul the following...
10 August 2010
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The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust is pleased to be able to confirm that Tornado undertook a successful test run yesterday(Monday 9th August) following remedial boiler work. This run consisted of...
05 August 2010
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August 2010
03 August 2010
The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust is disappointed to announce that Tornado will not now be hauling any of the 2010 season's 'Torbay Express' excursions from Bristol to Paignton and Kingswear as...
01 August 2010
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The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust is pleased to announce that Tornado's boiler successfully passed its steam test today (Sunday 1st August) at 13:30hrs at Hither Green depot. Tornado is still expected...
29 July 2010
The A1 Steam locomotive Trust is pleased to announce that Tornado's boiler has successfully passed its hydraulic test following remedial work at Hither Green depot. A steam test is planned for the...