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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...
23 December 2009
Tornado, Our Latest News
Tornado, the first new main line steam locomotive to be built in Britain for almost 50 years, defied the arctic weather on Monday 21st December 2009 and hauled two of only a handful of trains...
22 December 2009
Tornado, the first new main line steam locomotive to be built in Britain for almost 50 years, will be heading back to the National Railway Museum (NRM) in York on Tuesday 22nd December 2009 for...
19 December 2009
Tornado, the first new main line steam locomotive to be built in Britain for almost 50 years, will be heading back to Kent on Monday 21st December 2009 with ‘The Cathedrals Express’ White Cliffs...
04 December 2009
Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon is delighted to announce that Peppercorn Class A1 Pacific No. 60163 Tornado will visit the museum during Spring 2010. A total of 49 Peppercorn...
01 December 2009
In order to fund the boiler for Tornado the Trust launched a Bond issue in 2004. The Bond issue pays 4% and is repayable between December 2012 and December 2016. As of 1st December 2009 the...
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December 2009