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4 Oct 2025 Saturday

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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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Tornado tackles the...

29 September 2009

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Tornado, the first new main line steam locomotive to be built in Britain for almost 50 years, will be hauling her first trains over the famous Settle-Carlisle line on Saturday 3rd and Sunday...

Tornado Storms Back to York on...

25 September 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 Saturday 26th September with ‘The Cathedrals Express’. Tornado has...

Tornado Storms back to York...

18 September 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 Saturday 19th and Saturday 26th September with ‘The Cathedrals...

Website gallery launched...

14 September 2009

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We are delighted to launch the official A1 Trust website gallery, featuring some of the very best images taken of Tornado in her travels throughout the year.  All the images are licensed to the...

Didcot competition winner!

10 September 2009

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Thank you to everyone who entered our "Guess the Weight" competition during Tornado's visit to the Didcot Railway Centre in August.  The actual weight of Tornado's steam injector was 134lbs 2oz or...

Tornado heads from London to...

09 September 2009

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In another first ‘The Cathedrals Express’ and Tornado will be breaking new ground on 13th  September when Tornado works the train from London to Exeter via Salisbury and Honiton. This will be the...

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