New chapter for Tornado
Tornado, the first new main line steam locomotive to be built in Britain for almost 50 years, went on display in her new Brunswick green livery at the National Railway Museum in York yesterday and visitor John Lindsey, from Hampshire, made sure he got a picture.
Mark Allatt, chairman of The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, said: “Tornado’s unveiling is the start of another chapter in the story of a project that many said could never be completed. In 1990 a group was formed with the determination to build and operate a Peppercorn class A1 Pacific steam locomotive for main line and preserved railway use. Eighteen years later Tornado turned her wheels in anger for the first time. It is thanks to our more than 2,000 donors, our sponsors led by William Cook Cast Products that the project has achieved so much.”