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4 Jul 2025 Friday

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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

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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'The White Rose' - Saturday...

08 November 2018

Tornado, Our Latest News

TORNADO TO HAUL ‘THE WHITE ROSE’ FROM LONDON TO YORKSHIRE 100mph new steam locomotive’s first railtour to Harrogate We are pleased to announce a new railtour which will take the locomotive on a...

Tornado update

07 November 2018

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Following the decision of the Trustees of The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust to withdraw No. 60163 Tornado from traffic for the remainder of 2018 in order to complete the re-certification of the...

Winter storm expected in...

05 November 2018

Tornado, Our Latest News

Tornado’s first Santa Steam Specials on the Nene Valley Railway We are pleased to announce that Tornado will be spending the remainder of 2018 and early 2019 on the Nene Valley Railway near...

Repair situation - a statement

30 October 2018

Tornado, Our Latest News

Following discussions with our operator DB Cargo, the trustees of The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust have decided to withdraw No. 60163 Tornado from traffic for the remainder of 2018 in order to...

October repair update

29 October 2018

Tornado, Our Latest News

Our hoped-for quick return to operations following the valve gear failure on the Ebor flyer on 14th April did not happen for a variety of reasons. However Saturday 6th October was a significant...

New appeal launched for Tornado

18 October 2018

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APPEAL LAUNCHED TO CELEBRATE TORNADO’S 10TH BIRTHDAY AND IMMINENT RETURN TO MAIN LINE ‘I ♥ 60163’ fundraising campaign towards repairs We have launched a new fundraising campaign to...

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