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Celebration of Steam in...

20 Jun 2025 Friday

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This September marks the 200th Anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. The eyes of the world will be on the North East for Railway 200, and as part of the celebrations Hopetown, Darlington will play host to a...

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Summer Tours Announced for Tornado

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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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01 February 2008

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Buy the romance of steam...

20 January 2008

Tornado, Our Latest News

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...

Successful Steam Test

20 January 2008

Tornado, Our Latest News

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...

Full steam ahead..

12 January 2008

Tornado, Our Latest News

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...

First Fire Lit !!

09 January 2008

Tornado, Our Latest News

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...

Hydraulic Test Passed !!

08 January 2008

Tornado, Our Latest News

Yesterday, 7th January, at approx 12:00hrs, witnessed by boiler inspector John Glaze and Paul Molyneux-Berry of the Vehicle Acceptance Body, Tornado successfully passed its boiler hydraulic...

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