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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

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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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Dedicated Donations scheme to end

28 October 2011

Tornado, Our Latest News

The dedicated donation scheme for Tornado is being closed on 31st December 2011.  The Trust has raised nearly £250,000 with this fundraising method and there are still some interesting parts to be...

WSR Mileage Competition winner

17 October 2011

Tornado, Our Latest News

The winner of our competition held at the West Somerset Railway in August / September 2011 to guess how many miles Tornado would travel during her visit was the Mackay family of West Sussex. The...

Change to the 'British Pullman'

11 October 2011

Tornado, Our Latest News

The Trust is disappointed to announce that Tornado will not be hauling the 'British Pullman' on 12th October 2011 and has been replaced by 70000 Britannia.  This is due to a defective pipe...

Tornado by Tom Ingall

05 October 2011

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While there are several in depth books dealing with the technical aspects of Tornado's construction, this neat, A5 sized book captures the passion and heartache of those behind the scenes. Granted...

October 2011

01 October 2011

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October 2011

Help for Heroes postponed

01 October 2011

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We are very disappointed to advise you that the trip on 8th October in support of Help for Heroes has been postponed to 25th February 2012. This has been necessary due to operational issues...

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