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A1SLT Signs Armed Forces Covenant

21 Jun 2024 Friday

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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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Tornado Moves to the Great Central

24 May 2024 Friday

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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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Welding Work Complete

21 May 2024 Tuesday

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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...

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March 2016

01 March 2016

Tornado, The Tornado Telegraph

'The Red Rose' - a change of route!

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...

'The Scarborough Flyer'

15 January 2016

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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...

December 2015

01 December 2015

Tornado, The Tornado Telegraph

December 2015

Autumn 2015

26 November 2015

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Autumn 2015 

Dorothy Mather - a tribute

11 November 2015

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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...

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