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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...
28 May 2010
Tornado, Our Latest News
Tornado, the first new main line steam locomotive to be built in Britain for almost 50 years, will be heading to Norwich on Friday 28th May 2010 with ‘The Great Eastern Explorer’ from London’s...
20 May 2010
Tornado will be heading to Chester on Saturday 22nd May 2010 with ‘The Cathedrals Express’ from London Euston, promoted by Steam Dreams. Not only will this be Tornado’s first departure from and...
14 May 2010
Tornado will be heading back to Kent on Saturday 15th May 2010 with ‘The Canterbury Tornado’ excursion from Bristol, promoted by Pathfinder Tours. Tornado, famous for rescuing stranded commuters...
13 May 2010
Can we have unlimited power? Tornado and her construction will feature in "The Story of Science" programme to be broadcast on BBC2 at 21.00 on Tuesday the 18th of May. The series charts the...
12 May 2010
Thank you to everyone who has entered our recent competitions.Our first winner, in the competition to guess the weight of Tornado’s front coupling link which was temporarily taken off the engine...
06 May 2010
Once again, York is the chosen destination for this weekend's "Cathedrals Express", as Steam Dreams returns to the minster city with their flagship excusion. After a highly successful visit to...