Bluebell Railway 50th Anniversary

The A1 Steam Locomotive Trusts regrets that Tornado will not now be visiting the Bluebell Railway to participate in its 50th Anniversary celebrations due to on-going repairs at Hither Green...

Tornado update

Following the examination of Tornado’s boiler by officers of The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust and our boiler inspector we can confirm that repairs to the locomotive are now progressing to an agreed...

Support coach news!

Great strides have been made in Darlington and the support coach is now being re-assembled by the dedicated team at Hopetown.  Since the building was originally a carriage works it is most...

July 2010

July 2010

Tornado temporarily withdrawn

Two suspected faulty stays in Tornado's boiler were identified during a routine inspection of the locomotive by fitters at Stewarts Lane depot on the morning of Saturday 26th June. These faults...

The Border Raider - first pictures!

We now have the opportunity to view some of the first images taken by our loyal lineside photographers of this epic trip over the Cumbrian fells, click here to see the new page in the gallery.  If...