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Now that the dust has settled after the election, and rules around purdah lifted, we can tell you all about the hive of activity at DLW at the start of June! In the first weekend in June, 507 STRE (Railway Infrastructure) Royal Engineers...
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On the evening of Wednesday 12th June, The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust officially signed up to the Armed Forces Covenant. The signatories were AVM Ranald Munro CB CBE TD VR DL, Brigadier Anna Kimber, Captain Will Blackett RN and, from the...
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On 23rd May, Tornado left the Locomotive Maintenance Services (LMS) works bound for the Great Central Railway (GCR). Following arrival at the railway, there have been a number of small finishing and snagging jobs to complete, but...
20 July 2009
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This year’s railway preservation sensation, the new-build A1 Tornado, is to visit Didcot Railway Centre from 16 August to 2 September 2009. The railway centre is open every day in this period,...
Tornado, the new £3m steam locomotive named earlier this year by TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, with be returning to Wales on Saturday 25 July with 'The Towy Tornado'...
Tornado, the first new main line steam locomotive to be built in Britain for almost 50 years, will be storming up the South Devon Banks for the first time with ‘The Tamar Tornado’ excursion from...
19 July 2009
Tornado will be hauling the ‘Torbay Express’ from Bristol to Paignton and Kingswear (Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway) and return every Sunday until 9th August inclusive. The ‘Torbay Express’ is...
14 July 2009
West Somerset Competition In a follow on to the NorthYorkshire Moors competiton, we invited visitors to the West Somerset Railway to guess how many miles Tornado would travel during her visit...
09 July 2009
Tornado, the first new main line steam locomotive to be built in Britain for almost 50 years, will achieve her first 10,000 miles in service since her completion in 2008 whilst hauling the ‘Torbay...