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Engineering Director Opportunity

3 Feb 2026 Tuesday

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The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, a registered charity, is seeking a Director to lead the engineering teams looking after its locomotives. Since forming in 1990, the Trust has enjoyed great success building and operating A1 Class No. 60163...

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Podcast Project covers the P2...

3 Feb 2026 Tuesday

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In December, the Trust was contacted by Hayden and Daniel, two media students at Totton College. They requested an interview for a short, one-off podcast on new build locomotives, evaluating the pros and cons of new build steam. In the...

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Autumn 2025

9 Dec 2025 Tuesday

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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

Christmas Draw winners!

31 December 2010

Tornado, Our Latest News

The following people had winning tickets in the Christmas Draw: Ticket Number 37380 - Stuart Read, Bethesda Second Prize: Ticket Number 30959 - Tina Andrews, Hethersett Third Prize, Ticket Number...

Maintenance update

29 December 2010

Tornado, Our Latest News

The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust today announced that Tornado’s scheduled winter maintenance period will be extended by two months to the end of April. This extension will necessitate the...

Hornby announce a new "Tornado"

25 December 2010

Tornado, Our Latest News

Hornby have announced that they will be producing an OO gauge Tornado as a special addition (R3070) in the main range and also in their Railroad range (R3060) in 2011. The new Hornby Tornado...

Hold the Brunswick green!

24 December 2010

Tornado, Our Latest News

Hang on chaps, I've got a better idea..... Why don't we paint her in LNER livery as Peppercorn intended? - David Elliott I mean, doesn't it look good? -  David Elliott You can't even see the...

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