Tornado

rough shunter interested in your post could you use english,so thtat it can be read,yours etc.

 

jamie any ideas what is running on monday mate, and any ideas of times?

cheerrs
Matt

 

I managed a few shots at Loughborough shed this morning.It really is worth seeing and is a tremendous achievement.

http://steamgalore.fotopic.net/c1566750.html

 

Testing must be moving at a pace, and hopefully without incident

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jMYfyVS2A9M

 

Shes now on washout for 11 days

 

Just to clarify when Tornado is operating.

Keep an eye on www.a1steam.com. This should be up-to-date with the operating days.

Tornado is operating today (Mon 25th) and tomorrow on mileage accumulaton as a part of the test programme. There are static tests on Wednesday before a maintenance period.

Tornado will then be on test again on 10th Sept.

 

Thanks for that!

 

Tornado was in light steam for the GCR's Thomas weekend and had a face put on the front. Is it being repainted at Loughborough,Darlington or York? It has apparently clocked up 150 miles on the GCR.

 

YORK in NRM facility

 

Thanks.

 

Tornado's first public passenger trains

Tornado's first public passenger trains will be on the Great Central Railway on Monday 22nd September. See www.a1steam.com for more details.

 

Great to hear about Tornado's first public train on the 22nd september but has anyone told the Great Central as their timetable on the net http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/timetables.aspx shows only midweek trains that week?

 

Timetable now changed to show 21 and 22nd September running.Great stuff!

 

Just found this video recently posted on YouTube of Tornado on test this week.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OutpcHQwm6I

Tornado + 11 coached + oil can on the back - looks to be going well.

Presumably the Class 45 was to pull it back from Leicester, as with that load it was too long to run-round,

 

Re: Tornado's first public passenger trains

I see the Beano's in on the act and the 22nd will be a "readers day."

 

don't know if its been said, its on the a1 website
tonight 7.30pm c5 programme how do they do it? about tornado

 

Says "Drink cans" in my paper? Bit of an insult!

 

Says 'drinks cans and Britains newest steam loco' in my paper
Simon

 

robert kept calling it tornado a train -e.g lifting the cab onto the train
also i didnt know they were building tornado on the NYMR- lol
not bad though

 

My favourite quote from the show was the claim there were only 2 steam locos in 1825. Good publicity for both Tornado and NYMR.