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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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February 2011

05 February 2011

Tornado, The Tornado Telegraph

February 2011

Top Gear Tornado - the magazine

30 January 2011

Tornado, Our Latest News

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

Tornado, Our Latest News

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...

Tornado's boiler - an update

12 January 2011

Tornado, Our Latest News

The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust today announced that Tornado’s boiler would be returning to its manufacturer, DB Meiningen, in Germany, following the discovery that more extensive repairs to...

Portillo on Tornado

07 January 2011

Tornado, Our Latest News

Many people are currently enjoying Michael Portillo's "Great British Railway Journeys" on BBC2 weekeday evenings at 6.30pm. Michael is following Bradshaw's guide round the British Isles to produce...

January 2011

05 January 2011

Tornado, The Tornado Telegraph

January 2011

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