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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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Nene Valley competition winners

25 May 2012

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The winners of our competitions held at the Nene Valley Railway and The Fab Four at Barrow Hill were: Nene Valley Railway : for guessing how many miles Tornado travelled whilst on NVR metals was ...

Tornado to miss Preston Guild

09 May 2012

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We are very disappointed to announce that we are unable visit the Ribble Steam Railway (RSR) with Tornado as previously announced. It was necessary to withdraw the locomotive from this visit...

50,000 miles and counting!

24 April 2012

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Tornado has achieved yet another milestone during her visit to the Llangollen Railway.  Whilst operating trains on the 22nd of April she clocked up her 50,000th mile in traffic, reaching...

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