Finance and Fundraising

The funding gap needed to be bridged to complete Tornado has shrunk from £55,052 to £49,434 over the past month. Mark Allatt, chairman of The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust commented: "With less...

Track laid at Darlington !

As part of the Trust’s preparation for Tornado’s steam test in early January the first phase of track laying at Darlington Locomotive Works has now been completed. Here we have the first...

Tender frames arrive in...

Yesterday, Thursday 6th December marked another significant milestone in the progress towards completion - the tender frames arrived in Darlington from builder Ian Howitt Ltd.   using a mobile...

Trust featured on BBC

On Monday 3rd the BBC's "Working Lunch" programme ran a very good feature on the work of The Trust; this can be viewed at:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/working_lunch/7124643.stm

Boiler arrives in Darlington

LAST MAJOR HURDLE OVERCOME AS BOILER FOR TORNADO ARRIVES IN DARLINGTON The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, the registered charity that is building the first new mainline steam locomotive in Britain...

Tornado to be tested at Great...

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...