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Army on Track at DLW

17 Jul 2024 Wednesday

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Now that the dust has settled after the election, and rules around purdah lifted, we can tell you all about the hive of activity at DLW at the start of June! In the first weekend in June, 507 STRE (Railway Infrastructure) Royal Engineers...

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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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A "Head of Steam" in Darlington

30 September 2011

Tornado, Our Latest News

A new exhibition exploring the building of the now world-famous new steam locomotive Peppercorn class A1 60163 Tornado opens at the Head of Steam Museum in Darlington on Wednesday 5th October....

Mid-Hants footplate experiences!

20 September 2011

Tornado, Our Latest News

The Watercress Line has been busy working with The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust  to bring you some unique footplate experiences that are available when Tornado visits the railway in October and...

Graham Farish N Gauge Tornado

14 September 2011

Tornado, Our Latest News

The first Graham Farish N scale model of the new build locomotive No. 60163 Tornado to leave the production line has been presented to Gillian Lord, Merchandise Director for The A1 Steam...

Dine in style on the SVR

12 September 2011

Tornado, Our Latest News

Tornado will be operating throughout the Severn Valley Railway Autumn Gala Weekend on September 23rd, 24th & 25th.  In addition to these dates there will be a number of dining opportunities with...

Coal4Energy = Coal4Heroes!

09 September 2011

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Coal4Energy, a subsidiary of Hargreaves Services, is donating the coal to be used during the "Help for Heroes" train running on the 8th of October. In 2006, Hargreaves Services formed a joint...

40,000 miles on the clock!

07 September 2011

Tornado, Our Latest News

Tornado has now achieved a total of 40,000 miles in traffic.  The 40,000th mile occurred one mile short of Bishop’s Lydeard station with her last working of the day on 28th August (5.55pm from...

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