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12 Mar 2026 Thursday

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Last-Built Class 08 Shunter...

26 Feb 2026 Thursday

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The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust has confirmed an agreement with Railway Support Services for the hire of diesel shunter 08927 (D4157), which will take up duties as the depot shunter at Darlington Locomotive Works. Completed in December...

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A1 Winter Maintenance

18 Feb 2026 Wednesday

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As planned, Tornado is spending January and February at Darlington for winter maintenance and annual recertification.  The work started with a boiler washout and examination, with the safety valves removed for...

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October 2018

10 October 2018

Tornado, The Tornado Telegraph

Tornado repair update

20 September 2018

Tornado, Our Latest News

The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust is pleased to report that No. 60163 Tornado has successfully completed approximately 50 miles of post-repairs running-in on the Nene Valley Railway (NVR). This was...

September 2018

16 September 2018

Tornado, The Tornado Telegraph

‘The Aberdonian’ - new...

12 September 2018

Tornado, Our Latest News

We are pleased to announce ‘The Aberdonian’, a brand new programme of five steam-hauled trains between Edinburgh and Aberdeen for 2019. The launch train for ‘The Aberdonian’ will run on...

V4 design reaches pre-launch stage

06 September 2018

Tornado, Our Latest News

We are pleased to announce that we have formed a new subsidiary, The V4 Steam Locomotive Company Limited, to carry out the building of our third new steam locomotive – the yet-to-be-named new...

August 2018

19 August 2018

Tornado, The Tornado Telegraph

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