HRH The Prince of Wales will travel to Northumberland on Monday 23
rd July 2012 by The Royal Train, pulled by 60163
Tornado. Highlighting small family businesses and community volunteering are the key themes of The Prince of Wales’s first ever visit to the historic Northumberland coast. Staying as a guest of the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland at Alnwick Castle, The Prince will spend Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th July visiting a number of coastal locations including Warkworth, Amble, Lindisfarne, Bamburgh and Seahouses. The Prince’s visit begins on Monday 23rd July at Alnmouth, where he will arrive by The Royal Train hauled by
Tornado and be greeted by the Duchess of Northumberland, who is the Lord Lieutenant of the county.
Tornado was named by TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall on 19
th February 2009 at York station.
Tornado then hauled The Royal Train with Their Royal Highnesses on board from York to Leeds so that they could continue with the rest of their engagements in West Yorkshire. On 4
th February 2010
Tornado was once again called upon to haul the Royal Train, this time taking Their Royal Highnesses to the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) in Manchester as part of a series of engagements they were undertaking in Greater Manchester.
Tornado’s appointment with HRH The Prince of Wales on 23
rd July will be the third time that
Tornado has hauled The Royal Train, a record in the post-steam era on Britain’s railways.
For her latest outing with HRH The Prince of Wales,
Tornado will be wearing her current livery of British Railways Brunswick Green for the first time on The Royal Train and carrying the same London & South Western Railway headboard with The Prince of Wales feathers that she wore during her naming ceremony. The headboard has been kindly lent for the occasion by the National Railway Museum, York.
Mark Allatt, chairman of The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, said, “The Trust and all of its supporters are deeply honoured that His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, who named
Tornado in 2009, has once again chosen to travel on The Royal Train hauled by
Tornado. The occasion will see
Tornado passing close to her birthplace in Darlington and then on to Edinburgh after His Royal Highness leaves the train at Alnmouth. This honour is recognition of the shared vision and determination of all of those who worked so hard over 19 years to bring
Tornado into being and are now doing the same to keep her operating on the main line.”
The Trust will present HRH The Prince of Wales with a Hornby model of
Tornado in Brunswick Green and carrying The Prince of Wales feathers headboard accompanied by two Royal Train coaches during the day.
Following her appointment with HRH The Prince of Wales
Tornado will resume schedule of main line tours appropriately with ‘The Elizabethan’ express from Edinburgh Waverley to London King’s Cross on Wednesday 25
th July 2012.
For more detail as it is released, see HRH The Prince of Wales’ website at
www.princeofwales.gov.uk or this website.
