Send us your pictures, video, news and views by texting NORTHERN ECHO to 80360 or Tornado, the Peppercorn Class A1 engine was built in Darlington at a cost of £3 million following an 18-year fundraising campaign by the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust. It made it's first ever journey for fare paying passengers, travelling from York to Newcastle upon Tyne.
Tornado, the Peppercorn Class A1 engine was built in Darlington at a cost of £3 million following an 18-year fundraising campaign by the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust.
It made it's first ever journey for fare paying passengers, travelling from York to Newcastle upon Tyne.
The Tornado steam train, the first new mainline steam engine to be built in Britain for almost 50 years, makes its way past the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle upon Tyne
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Tornado, the Peppercorn Class A1 engine was built in Darlington at a cost of £3 million following an 18-year fundraising campaign by the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust. It made it's first ever journey for fare paying passengers, travelling from York to Newcastle upon Tyne.
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