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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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‘World first’ digitally...

11 Apr 2025 Friday

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This week has seen the start of testing at speed for the world’s first operational steam locomotive to be fitted with ETCS (European Train Control System) technology. Tornado – a modern steam locomotive built in 2008 – is the...

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Valentine's specials

09 February 2011

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Stuck for something special to give your loved one for Valentine's Day?  Haven't got time to get to the shops before?  Want to promise someone a great day out?  We've got the answers! Mark Allatt,...

Boiler work - an update

07 February 2011

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The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust and DB Meiningen representatives met a week  ago and agreed a programme of works of repair for Tornado's firebox. The  locomotive has been in intensive use for some...

Support coach progress

07 February 2011

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With a cautious re-start on the support coach, efforts have concentrated on electrical and plumbing installation, with some work finishing the external preparation of the body.  Paul Depledge...

February 2011

05 February 2011

Tornado, The Tornado Telegraph

February 2011

Top Gear Tornado - the magazine

30 January 2011

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Following on from Tornado’s hugely successful ‘Race to the North’ appearance on BBC TV’s Top Gear  in June 2009 and a chapter devoted to driving her in James May’s recently published book ‘How to...

Tornado on Channel 5

29 January 2011

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On Sunday night (January 30th) at 8.00pm, Channel 5 is repeating its programme "Britain's Secret Schindler: Revealed" about Nicholas Winton. The precis is as follows: "This story of young Jews...

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