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Celebration of Steam in...

20 Jun 2025 Friday

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This September marks the 200th Anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. The eyes of the world will be on the North East for Railway 200, and as part of the celebrations Hopetown, Darlington will play host to a...

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Summer Tours Announced for Tornado

19 May 2025 Monday

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We are pleased to announce the following dates, that we have agreed with The Railway Touring Company, which will feature Tornado on a range of interesting tours starting in Bristol, London and York taking the locomotive into...

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24th September - brick arch...

26 September 2012

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Following the A1SLT Convention, the brick arch was demolished on Tuesday morning. The image below illustrates the state of old arch - it  is up side down so the dark area is the fireside of the...

The A1 Steam Trust Annual...

17 September 2012

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This year the A1SLT chose to hold its annual convention at the Great Northern Hotel in Peterborough, Tornado being conveniently based at the Nene Valley Railway.  120 Covenantors listened to...

Drive Tornado on the North...

23 August 2012

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The North Norfolk Railway will be offering footplate experience courses during Tornado's visit in September.  Provisionally September 3rd, 8th and 9th have been set aside for this activity....

2012 Annual Covenantors' Convention

16 August 2012

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This year’s convention will take place on Saturday 15th September at the Great Northern Hotel and Nene Valley Railway in Peterborough.   There has been a slight delay in sending out the booking...

Royal Train running repair!

08 August 2012

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While working the Royal Train on the 23rd July, Torando suffered from a small problem near York.  An incredible response by the team in charge that day meant running repairs were carried out en...

'The Elizabethan' - raffle result

30 July 2012

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Despite a few minor timing glitches, 'The Elizabethan' was a resounding success, allowing D9009 Alycidon and Tornado to really stretch their legs on familiar territory.  We raised £1,099 on the...

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