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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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NYMR Gala Competition winnner!

17 June 2009

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We have a winner in the "guess the mileage" competition at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway Gala!  A big thank you to all those who entered the competition that ran during Tornado's visit to the...

Tornado to star at "Tyseley 101"

13 June 2009

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Tornado, the first new main line steam locomotive to be built in Britain for almost 50 years, is the star attraction at ‘Tyseley 101’, Birmingham’s Tyseley Locomotive Works’ annual open weekend on...

Ride in an A1 cab at the WSR

05 June 2009

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Tornado, the first new main line steam locomotive to be built in Britain for almost 50 years, is currently visiting the West Country for the first time. The locomotive arrived in Minehead on...

WSR Webcam action!

01 June 2009

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With Tornado in Somerset for the next two weeks, you can watch the loco close up on live stream web cams located at the following address    http://www.wsr.org.uk/webcam2.htm There are three web...

Whirlwind tour of West Somerset!

25 May 2009

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The new express steam locomotive number 60163 Tornado is due to arrive on the West Somerset Railway on the evening of Saturday May 30th at the head of a Pathfinder Railtours excursion train from...

Tornado heading for Wales

25 May 2009

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Tornado, the first new main line steam locomotive to be built in Britain for almost 50 years, is visiting the West Country and Wales for the first time Saturday 30 May 2009, hauling special trains...

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