Tornado in Crewe this weekend

After another successful visit to the Great Central Railway in Leicestershire, Tornado is being moved to Crewe in preparation for a return to main line tour duties.  The locomotive will be in...

Border Raider - change of date!

Tornado will be travelling to Carlisle over the fearsome Shap Bank and taking in the fabulous scenery of the Cumbrian Fells and the Settle to Carlisle railway with ‘The Border Raider’ on Thursday...

French launch A1 project - if only!

Sorry folks!  It's April the 1st!   At a press conference at their Pichon-Longueville headquarters, Ajesta, the French preservation society, announced their bold initiative to build a Chapelon A1...

Support Coach Appeal announced

The support coach currently being used by the Trust is usually to be seen with the Thompson B1 61264. As this historic locomotive is due to return to traffic after overhaul later this year, the...

Mar-Apr 2010

March/April 2010

Tornado touches down in...

The world famous steam engine, Tornado touches down in Leicestershire this week. The celebrity “Peppercorn A1 pacific” which has got everybody talking following a starring appearance on BBC’s Top...