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Summer Tours Announced for Tornado

19 May 2025 Monday

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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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‘World first’ digitally...

11 Apr 2025 Friday

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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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Tornado to appear on 'The Great...

28 Mar 2025 Friday

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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...

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Tornado storms back to York...

24 November 2009

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Tornado, the first new main line steam locomotive to be built in Britain for almost 50 years, will be heading back to York on Thursday 26th and Friday 27th  November 2009 with ‘The Cathedrals...

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Bid for a footplate ride - on...

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...

Tornado heads back to london

06 November 2009

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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...

Tornado hits Hampshire!

28 October 2009

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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...

Tornado to visit the Severn...

19 October 2009

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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...

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