2017 Tour Brochure launched!

The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, the registered charity which built is delighted to announce Tornado's main line tours programme for the first half of 2017. UK Railtours are the booking agent for...

November 2016

November 2016

Getting the balance right!

It is intended to avoid the very time consuming and expensive work required to balance Tornado's coupled wheels. This was achieved by the traditional method of making weights to hang on the crank...

Tornado to get state-of-the-art...

90mph testing for Tornado in spring 2017, new mainline connected base and Gresley class V4 planned The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust announced at its Annual Convention on Saturday 1st October that...

No. 2007 gets its 'face' just...

The project to build new Gresley class P2 steam locomotive No. 2007 Prince of Wales continues to make rapid progress, with the locomotive’s ‘face’ now complete, only three years since its launch...