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Winter 2026

12 Mar 2026 Thursday

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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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Archive

Winter 2016 Pages 20 to 36

01 March 2016

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

Winter 2016 Part 2

March 2016

01 March 2016

Tornado, The Tornado Telegraph

'The Red Rose' - a change of route!

09 February 2016

Tornado, Our Latest News

We have been advised that the return timings and route for this trip have been changed by Network Rail. As a result of several well-publicised incidents involving steam trains, there is now...

'The Scarborough Flyer'

15 January 2016

Tornado, Our Latest News

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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December 2015

Autumn 2015

26 November 2015

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

Autumn 2015 

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