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9 Dec 2025 Tuesday

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The Communication Cord, The Communication Cord, The Communication Cord

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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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Winter 2018

06 March 2018

Tornado, The Communication Cord, Prince of Wales, The Communication Cord, Highlander, The Communication Cord

Heritage Railway Association Awards

28 February 2018

Tornado, Our Latest News

At the annual Heritage Railway Association awards ceremony held at the Burlington Arcade Hotel in Birmingham on 10th February, the Trust was honoured to be awarded not one but two national prizes....

'The Devonian'

22 February 2018

Tornado, Our Latest News

Join us on board ‘The Devonian’ for a wonderful trip to the West Country with Tornado. Departing from Birmingham Snow Hill station our train will be hauled as far as Bristol by a Class 67...

February 2018

14 February 2018

Tornado, The Tornado Telegraph

Darlington Road named after...

12 February 2018

Tornado, Our Latest News

We are delighted to announce that Darlington Borough Council has officially named a road in Darlington ‘Tornado Way’. This naming ceremony puts Tornado firmly on the Darlington map. The name of...

100mph film to be repeated on...

09 February 2018

Tornado, Our Latest News

Tom Ingall, who produced the ‘Absolutely Chuffed’ video when Tornado first entered traffic, was on board with a film crew for No. 60163’s 100mph dash down the East Coast Main Line.  The fruits of...

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