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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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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 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,...
10 November 2009
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As part of the "Children in Need" auction for things that money can't buy, Terry Wogan will be taking bids for an amazing lot, a footplate ride up the East Coast Main Line to York: The Package...
06 November 2009
Tornado, the first new main line steam locomotive to be built in Britain for almost 50 years, will be heading back to London on Saturday 7th November with 'The Thames Tornado', organised by...
28 October 2009
Tornado is to appear at the Mid Hants Spring Gala from the 5th/7th March 2010. Tim Beere, Marketing Manager for the Mid Hants Railway ‘Watercress Line’ was beaming at the prospect of seeing...
19 October 2009
The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust is pleased to be taking new Peppercorn A1 pacific locomotive No. 60163 Tornado on her first visit to the Severn Valley Railway. She will haul trains between...
15 October 2009
Since the locomotive’s last visit to Barrow Hill – for the hugely successful "A1, A2, A4" event with Blue Peter, Sir Nigel Gresley and Union of South Africa in April this year - the new star of...
14 October 2009