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9 Dec 2025 Tuesday

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Stockton & Darlington 200...

4 Oct 2025 Saturday

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Tornado, Our Latest News

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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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Tornado to star at SSS3...

29 June 2011

Tornado, Our Latest News

Tornado to Star at SSS3 Spectacular Celebrity 'new-build' 'A1' class 'Pacific' No. 60163 Tornado will make its first ever visit to North Wales, with a debut at the Llangollen Railway for the...

An additional 'Torbay Express'...

28 June 2011

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ADDITIONAL ‘TORBAY EXPRESS’ FOR NEW STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TORNADO Tornado, the first new main line steam locomotive to be built in Britain for almost 50 years, will start her season hauling the...

Raise a glass to Tornado

21 June 2011

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The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust and the Head of Steam, Darlington Railway Museum has joined forces with Wylam Brewery to produce a new Pale Ale to be sold exclusively at the Museum. The new beer,...

Tornado to visit West Somerset...

10 June 2011

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One of Britain’s best known steam locomotives, the class A1 Pacific 60163 Tornado is due to make another visit to the West Somerset Railway at the end of June and will be operating trains over the...

Tornado Certified for Main Line

09 June 2011

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Following recent boiler repairs at DB Meiningen, planned winter maintenance at the National Railway Museum and a period of running in at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Tornado successfully...

Tornado back on track

08 June 2011

Tornado, Our Latest News

Tornado will be back on the Network Rail main line today (8th June 2011) with a loaded test run from Tyne Yard to Crewe following her extended winter maintenance period at the National Railway...

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