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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...
05 February 2008
Tornado, Our Latest News
A special thanks to all those who have contributed towards our current target to get Tornado steaming on the main line this year. As you can see from the 'gauge' above we edge ever closer to the...
01 February 2008
Tornado, The Communication Cord, Prince of Wales, The Communication Cord, Highlander, The Communication Cord
20 January 2008
Buy the romance of steam for your man this Valentine’s Day “This Valentine’s Day will be the last one when you can buy a part of new steam locomotive Tornado for the man in your life”, said...
The funding gap needed to be bridged to complete Tornado has shrunk from £49,434 to £27,009 over the past month. Mark Allatt, chairman of The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust commented: "The...
12 January 2008
Full steam ahead for new main line steam locomotive as 60163 Tornado steams for the first time The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, the registered charity that is building the first new main line steam...
09 January 2008
Today, 9th January, at just after 2-00pm Mrs Dorothy Mather, President of The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust lit the first fire for Tornado thus marking a truly momentous moment in the history of The...