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Stockton & Darlington 200...

4 Oct 2025 Saturday

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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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4 Jul 2025 Friday

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'The Scarborough Flyer'

15 January 2016

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The English preoccupation with visiting the seaside prompted the LNER to launch this famous named train in the summer of 1927, running from London King's Cross. After a wartime pause the...

December 2015

01 December 2015

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26 November 2015

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Autumn 2015 

Dorothy Mather - a tribute

11 November 2015

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It is with great sadness that we have to record the passing of Dorothy Mather, widow of Arthur Peppercorn, on the 10th November at the age of 99. Born Dorothy Patricia Louch, she grew up in a...

'The Devon Belle'

11 November 2015

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'THE DEVON BELLE' - A wonderful spring trip to Exeter On Saturday 2nd April 2016 No. 60163 Tornado will set out from London Waterloo station and head for Devon and the historic city of Exeter....

'The Peppercorn Phoenix' -...

11 November 2015

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It is with great regret that we have had to take the difficult decision to cancel ‘The Peppercorn Phoenix’ which was due to run on New Year’s Eve commemorating No. 60145 Saint Mungo’s historic run...

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