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9 Dec 2025 Tuesday

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Stockton & Darlington 200...

4 Oct 2025 Saturday

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Tornado, Our Latest News

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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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'The Ebor Flyer' - update

14 April 2018

Tornado, Our Latest News

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...

April fool! Tornado NOT to be...

01 April 2018

Tornado, Our Latest News

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...

Tornado at ten photographic...

23 March 2018

Tornado, Our Latest News

Tornado at Ten - Photography Competition We would like to invite both budding and more established photographers to enter their photos of Tornado in her tenth year. The winner will receive two...

March 2018

19 March 2018

Tornado, The Tornado Telegraph

AWS issue resolved

19 March 2018

Tornado, Our Latest News

Following the recent issues with the AWS system on Tornado we are pleased to be able to report that the issue has been resolved. As an intermittent fault it was not easy to diagnose, nor had such...

Tornado clocks up 100,000 miles!

14 March 2018

Tornado, Our Latest News

TORNADO REACHED 100,000 MILES SINCE COMPLETION WHILST ON THE NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS RAILWAY - Milestone passed near Pickering on Sunday 11th March 2018 We are delighted to announce that the...

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