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Engineering Director Opportunity

3 Feb 2026 Tuesday

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The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, a registered charity, is seeking a Director to lead the engineering teams looking after its locomotives. Since forming in 1990, the Trust has enjoyed great success building and operating A1 Class No. 60163...

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Podcast Project covers the P2...

3 Feb 2026 Tuesday

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In December, the Trust was contacted by Hayden and Daniel, two media students at Totton College. They requested an interview for a short, one-off podcast on new build locomotives, evaluating the pros and cons of new build steam. In the...

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Autumn 2025

9 Dec 2025 Tuesday

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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...

'Tornado' storms through Kent...

19 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 Kent on Monday 21st December 2009 with ‘The Cathedrals Express’ White Cliffs...

Tornado to visit Locomotion:...

04 December 2009

Tornado, Our Latest News

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...

£500,000 bond issue fully...

01 December 2009

Tornado, Our Latest News

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...

The Communication Cord

01 December 2009

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