TORNADO TO JOIN THE SEVERN VALLEY GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS FROM 6^TH – 27^TH OCTOBER 2015

Tornado is returning to the Severn Valley Railway (SVR) for the first time in four years to help the railway to celebrate its Golden Anniversary in style. This year marks 50 years since the birth of the Severn Valley Railway on 6^th July 1965 and coincidentally also the 50^th anniversary of the last passenger run by an original Peppercorn class A1 on 31^st December 1965.

Fresh from her intermediate overhaul Tornado will arrive at the Severn Valley Railway on Tuesday 6^th October 2015 and depart on Tuesday 27^th October. The following activities are planned.

• Wednesday 7^th to Friday 9^th October – possible photo charters (tbc).
• Saturday 10^th and Sunday 11^th October – Tornado in passenger service.
• Thursday 15^th October – Tornado on LNER teak train for members of The 163 Pacifics Club for No. 60163 Tornado and members of The Founders Club and The Boiler Club for Gresley class P2 No. 2007 Prince of Wales.
• Friday 16th October  – Tornado on LNER teak train for Covenantors of both No. 60163 Tornado and No. 2007 Prince of Wales.
• Friday 16th October  – Tornado to haul dining train (details tbc).
• Saturday 17^th and Sunday 18^th October – Tornado in passenger service.
• Thursday 22^nd and Friday 23^rd October - Tornado operating driver experience courses.
• Saturday 24^th and Sunday 25^th October – Tornado in passenger service.
• Monday 26^th October – Tornado hosting members of the Tornado Team.

Nick Rails, General Manager, Severn Valley Railway commented, “We are all looking forward to Tornado’s return to the SVR because of its popularity, iconic status and of course it looks perfect hauling our LNER teak set of carriages through beautiful countryside!”

Mark Allatt, Chairman, The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, followed this by saying, "We are delighted to be returning to the SVR for the first time in several years. It’s amazing to think that in the very year the Severn Valley Railway was formed the last Peppercorn class A1s were heading for the scrapyard.  Fifty years later, still be fresh from her intermediate overhaul and newly repainted in her glorious apple green livery, new Peppercorn class A1 No. 60163 Tornado is the perfect companion for the Severn Valley Railway’s LNER teak train.”

Tornado hauls the LNER teak train on her first visit to the Severn Valley Railway in 2009 - Geoff Griffiths

The Trust respectfully requests that anyone wanting to see Tornado follows the rules of the railway and only goes where permitted.