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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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Engineering Director Opportunity

3 Feb 2026 Tuesday

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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...

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Tornado at ten photographic...

23 March 2018

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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

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AWS issue resolved

19 March 2018

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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

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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...

Winter 2018

06 March 2018

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Heritage Railway Association Awards

28 February 2018

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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....

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