Today I went for a trip on a train pulled by the fantastic new steam loco, Tornado. Yes it is a completely new build but to the original A1 design from 50+ years ago – the last real A1 was scrapped in (from memory) 1966. There is more on the building of Tornado at www.a1steam.com. It is a fantastically big brute of an engine, but incredibly graceful too; and it runs like a dream.
This shows 60163 standing at Platform 1 of London Paddington at the end of today’s tour.
[15/02/2010: corrected the link to the Tornado website.]