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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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A1 Competition winners announced

14 July 2009

Tornado, Our Latest News

West Somerset Competition   In a follow on to the NorthYorkshire Moors competiton, we invited visitors to the West Somerset Railway to guess how many miles Tornado would travel during her visit...

Tornado - the first 10,000 miles!

09 July 2009

Tornado, Our Latest News

Tornado, the first new main line steam locomotive to be built in Britain for almost 50 years, will achieve her first 10,000 miles in service since her completion in 2008 whilst hauling the ‘Torbay...

'Tornado' to haul the 'Torbay...

02 July 2009

Tornado, Our Latest News

Tornado’s next main line trains will be her first time hauling the ‘Torbay Express’ from Bristol to Paignton and Kingswear (Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway) and return every Sunday for six...

Tornado storms into Birmingham

24 June 2009

Tornado, Our Latest News

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...

Top Gear is back!

18 June 2009

Tornado, Our Latest News

Tornado, the first new main line steam locomotive to be built in Britain for almost 50 years, is to play a starring role in the first episode of the new series of the BBC’s ‘Top Gear’ programme....

Tornado heads back to London on...

17 June 2009

Tornado, Our Latest News

After spending the past couple of weeks on the West Somerset Railway in Minehead, Tornado returns to London today on 'The Cathedrals Express', promoted by Steam Dreams. The train starts in...

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