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Stockton & Darlington 200...

4 Oct 2025 Saturday

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The 27th September 2025 marked 200 years to the date that Locomotion No.1 hauled the first train on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the first public passenger railway. To mark the occasion Tornado was in...

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Homecoming for Tornado

16 Sep 2025 Tuesday

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Just over two weeks before the historic 200th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR), world famous steam locomotive No. 60163 Tornado has returned to its home in Darlington for the celebrations. Significantly, it is the...

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4 Jul 2025 Friday

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Tornado benefits from P2...

09 April 2020

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Electrical work for No. 2007 Prince of Wales is proceeding well and the system architecture for power generation is now complete, including an automatic method for directing outputs from the two...

Steve Davies MBE appointed new...

31 March 2020

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The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust is delighted to announce that Steve Davies MBE has been appointed as Chairman. A former Colonel in the British Army, Steve has been a lifelong railway enthusiast,...

Winter maintenance finale and...

30 March 2020

Tornado, Our Latest News

Here is a final update on Tornado's winter overhaul by Richard Pearson - all photos by Richard Pearson. On 17th March, our insurance company issued the new annual boiler insurance certificates,...

Late March overhaul update

25 March 2020

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Here is another update from Richard Pearson following the progress of Tornado’s winter overhaul.  All photos by Richard Pearson. In order to ensure we have the funds available for No....

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