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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...
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We are pleased to report that the welding activity on the boiler of Tornado has been completed and a successful hydraulic test passed to the satisfaction of the inspector. Final reassembly continues with the cab refitted on Monday...
01 March 2016
Tornado, The Tornado Telegraph
09 February 2016
Tornado, Our Latest News
We have been advised that the return timings and route for this trip have been changed by Network Rail. As a result of several well-publicised incidents involving steam trains, there is now...
15 January 2016
The English preoccupation with visiting the seaside prompted the LNER to launch this famous named train in the summer of 1927, running from London King's Cross. After a wartime pause the...
01 December 2015
December 2015
26 November 2015
Tornado, The Communication Cord, Prince of Wales, The Communication Cord, Highlander, The Communication Cord
Autumn 2015
11 November 2015
It is with great sadness that we have to record the passing of Dorothy Mather, widow of Arthur Peppercorn, on the 10th November at the age of 99. Born Dorothy Patricia Louch, she grew up in a...