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The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, a registered charity, is seeking a Director to lead the engineering teams looking after its locomotives. Since forming in 1990, the Trust has enjoyed great success building and operating A1 Class No. 60163...
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In December, the Trust was contacted by Hayden and Daniel, two media students at Totton College. They requested an interview for a short, one-off podcast on new build locomotives, evaluating the pros and cons of new build steam. In the...
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01 May 2025
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1. Locomotive and Coach Axle Driven Alternators (ADAs) - Following the discovery last year that one of the coach ADA internal pulleys had shed one of its flanges, we procured new stainless-steel...
11 April 2025
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...
28 March 2025
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...
On Wednesday 26th March, No. 60163 Tornado undertook a loaded test run as part of its main line tests ahead of passenger trains later this spring. The locomotive ran from Carnforth to...
24 March 2025
Tornado is now fully certified for the main line having completed a light engine move to Carnforth on 7th March. It has been a long old slog to get to this happy state of affairs but we now...