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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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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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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...
09 September 2008
Tornado, Our Latest News
BBC 4 is showing a documentary about the project to build 60163 Tornado. From start to finish, featuring key moments like the cutting of the first metal, the trip to Meiningen, the steam test and...
07 September 2008
The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, the registered charity that has built the first new main line steam locomotive in Britain for almost 50 years, today announced that 60163 Tornado hauled her first...
31 August 2008
The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, the registered charity that has built the first new main line steam locomotive in Britain for almost 50 years, today announced a unique opportunity to join in the...
25 August 2008
Following Tornado's arrival at Quorn and Woodhouse station on the Great Central Railway on Tuesday 19th August she was off-loaded on Wednesday 20th, the engine and tender re-coupled and moved to...
19 August 2008
The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, the registered charity that has built the first new main line steam locomotive in Britain for almost 50 years, today announced that No. 60163 Tornado will leave her...
17 August 2008
To tie in with her first move in steam, Tony Wright of British Railway Modelling has built an 00 gauge model of No. 60163 Tornado from a DJH kit, the construction of which will feature in the...