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We were pleased to welcome the Prime Minister, The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak, and our local MP, Peter Gibson, to Darlington Locomotive Works today. The visit enabled the PM to hear an update on A1 Tornado, P2 Prince of Wales and see the continuing works...
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Following completion of a major £1m overhaul A1 class, No. 60163 Tornado will return to the national network this summer, with its first train in June 2024 from the East Midlands and Yorkshire to the iconic Settle and Carlisle...
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New build A1 Class locomotive, No. 60163 Tornado, is approaching the end of a major overhaul. The locomotive was committed to visit the Nene Valley Railway (NVR) as its first official engagement at the end of March. Unfortunately,...
31 December 2007
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Thanks to the generosity of our many supporters work has been able to be continued at a fast pace in Darlington Locomotive Works. As the momentous day of the steam test draws nearer the...
20 December 2007
The funding gap needed to be bridged to complete Tornado has shrunk from £55,052 to £49,434 over the past month. Mark Allatt, chairman of The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust commented: "With less...
17 December 2007
As part of the Trust’s preparation for Tornado’s steam test in early January the first phase of track laying at Darlington Locomotive Works has now been completed. Here we have the first...
07 December 2007
Yesterday, Thursday 6th December marked another significant milestone in the progress towards completion - the tender frames arrived in Darlington from builder Ian Howitt Ltd. using a mobile...
06 December 2007
On Monday 3rd the BBC's "Working Lunch" programme ran a very good feature on the work of The Trust; this can be viewed at:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/working_lunch/7124643.stm
16 July 2006
LAST MAJOR HURDLE OVERCOME AS BOILER FOR TORNADO ARRIVES IN DARLINGTON The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, the registered charity that is building the first new mainline steam locomotive in Britain...