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Tornado to appear on 'The Great...

28 Mar 2025 Friday

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We are pleased to announce that Tornado has been requested to haul three legs of Railway Touring Company’s ‘Great Britain’ land cruise in five week’s time.  Tornado will haul the following...

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Successful Test Runs for Tornado

28 Mar 2025 Friday

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On Wednesday 26th March, No. 60163 Tornado undertook a loaded test run as part of its main line tests ahead of passenger trains later this spring. The locomotive ran from Carnforth to Hellifield, Blackburn and Preston before returning...

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RAF hand over nameplates

05 January 1995

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CEREMONY MARKS START OF ERECTION OF NEW STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TORNADO. RAF hands over locomotive's crested nameplates The Project to build the first new mainline steam locomotive in Britain since...

Significant progress

08 December 1994

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SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS MADE ON NEW STEAM LOCOMOTIVE The Project to build the first new mainline steam locomotive in Britain since 1960 took a major step forward today when The A1 Steam Locomotive...

Construction starts

13 July 1994

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DESIGNER'S WIDOW STARTS CONSTRUCTION OF NEW STEAM LOCOMOTIVE A1 Project gets helping hand from BSD Plate & Profile Products The project to build the first new mainline steam locomotive in...

Cylinder patterns ordered

24 June 1994

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CYLINDER PATTERNS ORDERED FOR NEW STEAM LOCOMOTIVE The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, the registered charity which is building the new ex-LNER Class A1 Pacific No. 60163, the first mainline steam...

British Steel roll frame plates

20 May 1994

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WORK STARTS ON NEW STEAM LOCOMOTIVE: A1 Project gets helping hand from British Steel The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, the registered charity which is building the new ex-LNER Class A1 Pacific No....

Cook's to cast driving wheels

17 February 1994

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A1 PROJECT SIGNS SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT WITH WILLIAM COOK PLC  The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, the registered charity which is building the new ex-LNER Class A1 Pacific No. 60163, the first...

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