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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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The Christmas Coronation

17 November 2010

Tornado, Our Latest News

Following on from the continued success of the A4 Coronation Steam Dreams is excited to announce the first ever London to Edinburgh return trip exclusively hauled by newly built A1 Tornado. This...

Coronation - Friday's schedule

17 November 2010

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After arriving in Edinburgh on Thursday, passengers from The Coronation may spend the day in the city or avail themselves of a day trip to Carlisle.  The timing's for Friday's jaunt to carlisle...

2011 Calendars - error!

12 November 2010

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2011 OFFICIAL TORNADO CALENDAR - Purchased BEFORE 11TH OCTOBER 2010 Due to a printing error for October 2011, the Official Tornado2011 calendar needs to be amended. If you purchased the...

Tornado on the British Pullman

11 November 2010

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Once again Tornado is to be entrusted with the VSOE British Pullman set for a Surrey Hills lunchtime special on Saturday. Glamorous and full of joie de vivre, the British Pullman carriages of the...

Unique photo opportunity

10 November 2010

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Tornado, the first new steam main line locomotive to be built in Britain for almost 50 years, will pause on Chelsea Bridge over the Thames (nearest station Imperial Wharf) at 11:00hrs on Armistice...

Brunswick green debut

10 November 2010

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Tornado, the first new main line steam locomotive to be built in Britain since 1960, will make her 2011 tour début in her new coat of Brunswick Green paint with ‘The White Rose’ from London King’s...

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