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9 Dec 2025 Tuesday

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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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Bluebell Railway 50th Anniversary

19 July 2010

Tornado, Our Latest News

The A1 Steam Locomotive Trusts regrets that Tornado will not now be visiting the Bluebell Railway to participate in its 50th Anniversary celebrations due to on-going repairs at Hither Green...

Tornado update

09 July 2010

Tornado, Our Latest News

Following the examination of Tornado’s boiler by officers of The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust and our boiler inspector we can confirm that repairs to the locomotive are now progressing to an agreed...

Support coach news!

07 July 2010

Tornado, Our Latest News

Great strides have been made in Darlington and the support coach is now being re-assembled by the dedicated team at Hopetown.  Since the building was originally a carriage works it is most...

July 2010

05 July 2010

Tornado, The Tornado Telegraph

July 2010

Tornado temporarily withdrawn

28 June 2010

Tornado, Our Latest News

Two suspected faulty stays in Tornado's boiler were identified during a routine inspection of the locomotive by fitters at Stewarts Lane depot on the morning of Saturday 26th June. These faults...

The Border Raider - first pictures!

25 June 2010

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We now have the opportunity to view some of the first images taken by our loyal lineside photographers of this epic trip over the Cumbrian fells, click here to see the new page in the gallery.  If...

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