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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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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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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...
25 April 2018
Tornado, Our Latest News
No time has been wasted in arranging the forging and machining of the replacement parts for Tornado's motion. Whilst we work hard with our partners to fully understand the causes of the failure...
20 April 2018
Following Tornado’s failure on ‘The Ebor Flyer’ at Sandy on Saturday 14th April 2018, the locomotive was hauled to Peterborough by GBRF class 66 No. 66744 Crossrail, removed from the train at...
Tornado, The Tornado Telegraph
17 April 2018
The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust would like to apologise for the disruption caused to passengers travelling on ‘The Ebor Flyer’ on Saturday 14th April 2018 and passengers on other trains,...
14 April 2018
The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust is disappointed to announce that No. 60163 Tornado failed whilst hauling ‘The Ebor Flyer’ on Saturday 14th April 2018 south of Peterborough. The failure was due to...
01 April 2018
TORNADO TO BE RENAMED TYPHOON FOLLOWING RAF JET’S RETIREMENT The A1 Steam locomotive Trust has a long history of running inventive April Fool pranks.... please be assured that this was our effort...