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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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Apprentices taken on

20 March 2000

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NEW STEAM LOCOMOTIVE APPRENTICES FOR 21ST CENTURY   First outside contract for Darlington Locomotive Works New steam locomotive apprentices are being hired to build new steam locomotives...

250 Attend Convention

20 December 1999

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FIRST MOTION COMPONENTS FOR  NEW STEAM LOCOMOTIVE DELIVERED 250 attend Convention to see Tornado’s ‘face’ for the first time The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, the registered charity that is...

Annual spend reaches Quarter...

02 August 1999

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ANNUAL EXPENDITURE ON BUILDING NEW PEPPERCORN CLASS A1 REACHES £¼ MILLION Enough to restore more than one Barry wreck per year! The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, the registered charity that is...

Smokebox nears completion

28 July 1999

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NEW STEAM LOCO ON WHEELS BY AUTUMN Smokebox nearing completion in Darlington Locomotive Works. Two tenders and 90mph running for Tornado. The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, the registered...

First wheels on axles

30 April 1999

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FIRST WHEELS ON AXLES OF NEW STEAM LOCOMOTIVE Rape seed oil from Tesco's put to a novel use The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, the registered charity that is building the first new mainline...

First motion components ordered

20 March 1999

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A1 TRUST ORDERS FIRST MOTION COMPONENTS FOR NEW STEAM LOCOMOTIVE The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, the registered charity that is building the first new mainline steam locomotive in Britain for...

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