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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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The Canterbury Tornado

29 May 2010

Tornado, Our Latest News

Pathfinder Tours has arranged a terrific day out with Tornado on Bank Holiday Monday, the 31st May.  The day begins diesel hauled from pick up stations through to the London area where locomotives...

First Liverpool Street departure

28 May 2010

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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...

Euston to Chester for Tornado

20 May 2010

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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...

The Canterbury Tornado

14 May 2010

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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...

The Story of Science on BBC2

13 May 2010

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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...

Competition winners announced!

12 May 2010

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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...

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