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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,...
25 August 2005
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Tornado set to strike at the Great Central Railway! Britain’s first new mainline steam engine to be built in 50 years will have a mainline home right from the moment it turns it’s first...
23 July 2005
FIRST ‘DUCHESS’ FROM KING'S CROSS FOR 41 YEARS Steam-hauled train takes more than 400 supporters to see new steam locomotive under construction (Pictures from the actual run at bottom of this...
15 July 2005
TORNADO’S TENDER SPONSORED BY WILLIAM COOK CAST PRODUCTS LIMITED Only another £385,000 needed to complete new steam locomotive by November 2007 The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, the registered...
21 February 2005
LAST MAJOR HURDLE OVERCOME AS BOILER ORDERED FOR NEW STEAM LOCOMOTIVE Future of mainline steam secure as boiler for No. 60163 Tornado to be completed in June 2006 [caption...
28 November 2004
£½ MILLION BOND ISSUE REACHES HALFWAY POINT New steam locomotive on track to be in steam by end of 2007 The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, the registered charity that is building the first new...
17 October 2004
TORNADO TO BE COMPLETED IN THREE YEARS Coal fired No. 60163 in steam by end of 2007 and on mainline in 2008? The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, the registered charity that is building the first...