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Tornado to appear on 'The Great...

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...

Successful Test Runs for Tornado

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...

Tornado returns to the main line!

Tornado is now fully certified for the main line having completed a light engine move to Carnforth on 7th March.  It has been a long old slog to get to this happy state of affairs but we now...

March tracklaying progress

32 Regiment were on site from 18th November, 18 guys & girls. After an introduction at DLW we walked them round the site explaining the work to be done. In the afternoon work started on...

March ETCS update.

All the locomotive and coach electrical systems are now operational.  Priority work during the period has included closing out ETCS project actions and completing electrical certification...

Tornado's Return to the Main Line

Last week the A1 completed five round trips on the Nene Valley Railway following final snagging work and the installation of a new grate. The locomotive showed itself to be performing...