60163 Tornado

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Permalink Reply by Laurence on March 29, 2012 at 13:38

When was it? I went at 8:30am this morning as suggested here, but saw nothing!

Permalink Reply by Chris on March 29, 2012 at 13:45

It left KX just before 8.00 so went through Harringay around 8 mins past. It's best to check times on the tour operators site as that gives accurate timings.

Permalink Reply by Cartiledge on March 31, 2012 at 8:12

Was Tornado the one they have just built. If so they have done a good job of making it look quite old.

Permalink Reply by Chris on April 2, 2012 at 9:05

I dont know the exact year it was built but yes, it was the one built in the last 5 years to original plans and painted in the colours that it would have appeared in in British Rail days.

Permalink Reply by John D on April 2, 2012 at 11:34

Google is your friend

 

In 1990 a group of people came together to share an extraordinary ambition - to construct a brand new Peppercorn A1 Pacific.  They formed The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust and after nineteen years of incredible effort that locomotive, No. 60163 Tornado, moved under its own power for the first time in 2008.