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PM Visits DLW

2 Apr 2024 Tuesday

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We were pleased to welcome the Prime Minister, The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak, and our local MP, Peter Gibson, to Darlington Locomotive Works today. The visit enabled the PM to hear an update on A1 Tornado, P2 Prince of Wales and see the continuing works...

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Tornado Returns to the Settle...

27 Mar 2024 Wednesday

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Following completion of a major £1m overhaul A1 class, No. 60163 Tornado will return to the national network this summer, with its first train in June 2024 from the East Midlands and Yorkshire to the iconic Settle and Carlisle...

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New Dates for Nene Valley Visit

1 Mar 2024 Friday

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  New build A1 Class locomotive, No. 60163 Tornado, is approaching the end of a major overhaul. The locomotive was committed to visit the Nene Valley Railway (NVR) as its first official engagement at the end of March. Unfortunately,...

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Significant progress

08 December 1994

Tornado, Our Latest News

SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS MADE ON NEW STEAM LOCOMOTIVE The Project to build the first new mainline steam locomotive in Britain since 1960 took a major step forward today when The A1 Steam Locomotive...

Construction starts

13 July 1994

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DESIGNER'S WIDOW STARTS CONSTRUCTION OF NEW STEAM LOCOMOTIVE A1 Project gets helping hand from BSD Plate & Profile Products The project to build the first new mainline steam locomotive in...

Cylinder patterns ordered

24 June 1994

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CYLINDER PATTERNS ORDERED FOR NEW STEAM LOCOMOTIVE The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, the registered charity which is building the new ex-LNER Class A1 Pacific No. 60163, the first mainline steam...

British Steel roll frame plates

20 May 1994

Tornado, Our Latest News

WORK STARTS ON NEW STEAM LOCOMOTIVE: A1 Project gets helping hand from British Steel The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, the registered charity which is building the new ex-LNER Class A1 Pacific No....

Cook's to cast driving wheels

17 February 1994

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A1 PROJECT SIGNS SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT WITH WILLIAM COOK PLC  The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, the registered charity which is building the new ex-LNER Class A1 Pacific No. 60163, the first...

Macready's sponsorship announced

12 January 1994

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MAJOR SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT WITH STEEL STOCKHOLDER MACREADYS The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, the registered charity which is building the new ex-LNER Class A1 Pacific No. 60163, the first...

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