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9 Dec 2025 Tuesday

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Stockton & Darlington 200...

4 Oct 2025 Saturday

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Tornado, Our Latest News

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The 27th September 2025 marked 200 years to the date that Locomotion No.1 hauled the first train on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the first public passenger railway. To mark the occasion Tornado was in...

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Homecoming for Tornado

16 Sep 2025 Tuesday

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Just over two weeks before the historic 200th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR), world famous steam locomotive No. 60163 Tornado has returned to its home in Darlington for the celebrations. Significantly, it is the...

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Tyseley Tornado

17 May 2009

Tornado, Our Latest News

Tyseley 101 - Open weekend at Tyseley Locomotive Works   Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th June 2009  (Moor Street Station on Saturday 27th June only)   10:00am to 5:00pm both days   Tornado returns...

60163 to the rescue!

15 May 2009

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Owing to the untimely unavailability of A4 60019 Bittern on the first leg of the Coronation tour, Tornado has been booked for the outward leg from Kings Cross.  A rapid response from the A1 Trust...

Top Gear Tornado!

06 May 2009

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In the spirit of the 19th Century "Races to the North", BBC television's "Top Gear" programme threw down the gauntlet for the builders of brand new Peppercorn A1 Class Tornado and challenged them...

The Communication Cord

01 May 2009

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NYMR annnounces its Spring Gala

30 April 2009

Tornado, Our Latest News

Tornado, the first new steam engine to have been built in 50 years, will grace the North Yorkshire Moors Railway from May 1st to 10th.  Thousands of visitors are expected to descend on the North...

Historic first departure from...

10 April 2009

Tornado, Our Latest News

Tornado, the first new main line steam locomotive to be built in Britain for almost 50 years, will haul her historic first train from London’s King’s Cross station on Saturday 18th April 2009....

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