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9 Dec 2025 Tuesday

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Stockton & Darlington 200...

4 Oct 2025 Saturday

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Tornado, Our Latest News

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The 27th September 2025 marked 200 years to the date that Locomotion No.1 hauled the first train on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the first public passenger railway. To mark the occasion Tornado was in...

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Homecoming for Tornado

16 Sep 2025 Tuesday

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Just over two weeks before the historic 200th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR), world famous steam locomotive No. 60163 Tornado has returned to its home in Darlington for the celebrations. Significantly, it is the...

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Valentine’s Day - experience...

10 January 2010

Tornado, Our Latest News

Tornado, the first new main line steam locomotive to be built in Britain for almost 50 years, will be bringing back the romance of steam with ‘The Cathedrals Express’ on Valentine’s Day, Sunday...

OnTracks wins Tornado's Trust

10 January 2010

Tornado, Our Latest News

Since completion in 2008 Tornado has quickly become a star of TV with appearances on programmes such as BBC 'Top Gear.' The interest in the locomotive has seen demand increase for Tornado related...

Competition Winners Announced

06 January 2010

Tornado, Our Latest News

We are pleased to announce the winners of the last two competitions run by the Trust in 2009. The winner of the Barrow Hill competition in October was Mr John Farrell of Altrincham, Cheshire. ...

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05 January 2010

Tornado, The Tornado Telegraph

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Tornado rescues stranded commuters

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...

Tornado to spend January at the...

22 December 2009

Tornado, Our Latest News

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...

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