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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...
11 December 2013
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The second report - John Wilkinson Last week we made good progress with the strip down of the loco prior to inspections and the subsequent boiler repairs. The cab was removed from the loco on...
10 December 2013
Over the past year the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust has been developing a presence in social media on the internet. In addition to the Twitter account we now have a Facebook page and a YouTube...
04 December 2013
The first report - John Wilkinson The first week started with the loco at the Nene Valley Railway having completed its commitments there. Jon Pridmore and Huw Parker had prepared the loco and DCR...
'N' GAUGE MODEL OF TORNADO IN STRIKING BLUE LIVERY NOW AVAILABLE Graham Farish launches 1:148 scale model of new build Peppercorn class A1 Tornado The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust is pleased to...
19 November 2013
Tornado has been withdrawn from ‘The Cathedrals Express’ tour on Saturday 23rd November 2013. During our usual examination and monitoring procedures it was identified that we would need to replace...
14 November 2013
Tornado, The Communication Cord, Prince of Wales, The Communication Cord, Highlander, The Communication Cord
Autumn 2013