NO. 60163 TORNADO 2016 MAIN LINE TOURS AND VISITS PROGRAMME FROM THE A1 TRUST

6 0163 TORNADO New Steam for the Main Line Tornado Introduction Follow us on Did you know that is the first new main line steam locomotive C ONTENTS to be built in Britain for almost 50 years? Visit: www.a1steam.com

The last of the renowned Peppercorn class A1 steam However, for this to continue we still need your help locomotives was, tragically, scrapped in 1966. But, a – and you can come on board for the price of a pint of brand new class A1, No.60163 Tornado, was brought to beer a week! By becoming a regular donor you can play life by a dedicated team of volunteers. Now we need your your part in keeping Tornado on the main line and in help to keep Tornado on the main line and pay for future recognition of your support, you will receive: overhauls - the last one cost almost £500,000. l A print showing Tornado hauling the south bound ‘Tyne The project to build a new Peppercorn class A1 Tornado’ at sunset PAGE 3 was launched in 1990 and after 18 years of planning, l Access to view Tornado at all reasonable times Introduction construction and fundraising, the £3 million locomotive l The Trust’s newsletters on a regular basis was completed in August 2008 at the Trust’s workshop in l The opportunity to attend the Trust’s Annual Convention Darlington. l The opportunity to attend days out at heritage railways PAGE 5 l Priority travel on Trust organised trains hauled by Tornado elcome to the official guide to No. 60163 Tornado’s main line and Funds to build Tornado were raised through deeds of ‘The Red Rose’ l Your name inscribed on the Roll of Honour at Darlington Wheritage railway programme for 2016. covenant, sponsorship (principal sponsor William Cook Locomotive Works Following the success of our 2015 post-overhaul programme which saw Tornado visit Cast Products Limited), loans and a bond issue. According PAGE 7 almost every corner of Great Britain, this year has some exciting firsts as well as some to The Times, Tornado is, “a hit across the length and Together we can keep Tornado on the main hardy perennials! breadth of Britain”. line - become a covenantor today! ‘The Devon Belle’ Our first train of the year is ‘The Red Rose’ from London Paddington to Worcester and back by two different routes, picking up passengers at both Slough and Reading. A great opportunity to celebrate Valentine’s Day in style and to visit the birthplace of that great PAGE 9 Englishman Sir Edward Elgar. The ‘Scarborough The Trust’s second train is ‘The Devon Belle’ on Saturday 2nd April 2016 which sees Flyer’ Tornado returning to southern routes with a visit to the historic city of Exeter. Setting off from London Waterloo and picking up passengers at Basingstoke. Our route includes the PAGE 11 climbs to Honiton and Whiteball tunnels, both real tests for Tornado. th Easter at the Didcot Our third train of the year is the ‘Scarborough Flyer’ on Saturday 4 June. This will be the first time thatTornado has hauled a revenue earning train to the famous East Coast resort Railway Centre and the recreation of what was the LNER’s fastest pre-Streamliner era express. We will be picking up passengers at London King's Cross, Potters Bar, Stevenage and Peterborough. PAGE 13 There will be more A1SLT promoted trains in the second half of 2016 but one already Principal pencilled in the diary is the ‘Flying Hamburger’ on Saturday 3rd December, from London to sponsor Autumn Steam Gala at the Birmingham (to visit the famous German Christmas Market) and the Severn Valley Railway. Railway 2016 will also see Tornado hauling trains for other promoters. Most notable will be the ‘Belmond British Pullman’ from London Victoria, where we expect to be hauling around 15 trains either as lunchtime Surrey Hills circulars or longer day trips to Bath and Bristol as PAGE 15 the stand-in for No. 35028 Clan Line which is currently under overhaul. A special souvenier Tornado will also be making several heritage railway and centre visits during 2016, Jack Boskett from your day out starting with the over Easter and including the Severn Valley

Neil Whitaker Railway’s Autumn Steam Gala in September. The details of other visits are currently being Nick Wood with Tornado finalised. As the majority of our main line trains for the foreseeable future will be promoted PAGE 16 by the Trust, it is vital that we fill them. I would therefore ask that you look at this year’s Tornado on tour programme to see which trains you are able to support and also encourage your friends 2016 and family to experience some of Tornado’s magic. We look forward to welcoming you on board.

Mark Allatt Chairman The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust

For further information please visit www.a1steam.com, email [email protected], call 01325 460163 or write to Darlington The Trust respectfully requests that anyone wanting to see Tornado follows the rules of the railway Locomotive Works, FREEPOST RTJS-XECR-XARL, The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, Hopetown Lane, Darlington DL3 6RQ and only goes where permitted.

2 3 Follow us on LET’S GET A ‘THE RED ROSE’ BEHIND TORNADO A special excursion for Valentine's Day

Visit: www.a1steam.com Join The 163 Pacifics Club today! e are delighted to announce our Wvariation on the ‘The Red Rose’ express. This special Valentine’s Day main line steam railtour hauled by No. 60163 Tornado (on Sunday 14th February) will run from London Paddington to Worcester and back by two different routes, picking up passengers at both Slough and Reading. The original ‘Red Rose’ was specially named in celebration of the Festival of Britain and ran from London Euston to Liverpool and return from 1951 to 1966. This unique railtour will feature Tornado hauling historic carriages in carmine and cream livery with those passengers in First Class Dining receiving a traditional silver service throughout the journey. Highlights of the day will be a fast run via Evesham. We arrive at the head of the train, is via Stroud and from London to Didcot along the Great Worcester at around 13:30hrs. From here Sapperton to Swindon and after a watering Western Main Line and the ascent of it is about a ten minute walk into the city stop at Wantage Road we duly arrive back Sapperton Bank on the way home. You will centre with its fine medieval buildings at Reading, Slough and Paddington. have around three hours in the City of along with some lovely old pubs and an The train will comprise First Class Worcester, with the option of a visit to the excellent shopping centre. Dining and First Class Non-Dining Andrew Southwell Andrew Elgar Birthplace Museum. The Cathedral, founded in AD680, carriages, ideal for those wishing to With Tornado in charge we depart from has been described as possibly the most celebrate Valentine’s Day in style. For London Paddington at a civilised hour, interesting of all England’s cathedrals and those more interested in main line steam calling at Slough (which is convenient for towers above the peaceful . performance, there will be Standard Class the M25) and at Reading. Our route takes Passengers have three hours to explore accommodation available also. Space on us through Oxford and a water stop at the city. Optionally, a ten minute coach this train is likely to be at a premium and Charlbury before we traverse the beautiful journey from the station takes us to The so an early reservation is recommended. Elgar Birthplace Museum which offers a fascinating insight into the life and music, family and friends, and musical inspirations By 2014 the Trust had repaid the £1m debt needed to complete If 163 people were to donate £10 per month over the eight of Sir Edward Elgar, whose masterpieces Tornado and the conversion of BR Mk 1 BCK E21249 into her years until we need to purchase the tender (or alternatively include the Dream of Gerontius, the support coach. make a one-off donation of £960) with the addition of Gift Aid Enigma Variations, and many more. The However, the tender is currently owned by William Cook (£2.50 per month or £240 one-off) this would raise £195,600. museum comprises two buildings, the Cast Products Ltd (the Trust’s Principal Sponsor) who funded This initiative comes with benefits for those who generously modern Elgar Centre and the atmospheric construction of the tender in 2006. take part: Birthplace Cottage. Together they reveal l A numbered certificate (1-163) recording the details of the The tender is leased to the Trust under a fifteen year loan the great man behind the music. donation and the number/name of your favourite ex-LNER agreement which will come to an end in 2021. Our return route, still with Tornado at Express Passenger Pacific Tornado’s tender is a development of those built for the original l Name inscribed on the official Roll of Honour in Darlington Peppercorn class A1s - mainly due to the different operating Locomotive Works which will detail the Pacific sponsored environment on the modern Network Rail main line. l l Entry into a draw for a main line footplate ride on No. 60163 Class Adult First Class Dining We need to raise £200,000 by 2021 to purchase Tornado’s Tornado. Seats at a table for two* or four in a First Class carriage. Includes a First Class Dining £225.00 tender and finally completing the project we embarked upon in l Membership of The 163 Pacifics Club has grown steadily silver service Great British Breakfast and a four course dinner. 1990. First Class Non-Dining £139.00 since its launch and almost half of the available 163 ex-LNER l First Class Non-Dining Although Tornado carries the number ‘60163’ - the next in the express passenger Pacifics have already received new ‘shed Standard Class £99.00 Seats at a table for two* or four in a First Class carriage. Includes Peppercorn class A1 series following No. 60162 Saint Johnstoun – allocations’. complimentary teas and coffees. TIMES ( provisional) outward return her pre-nationalisation LNER number would have been ‘163’. It really is that simple! Sponsor your favourite Pacific today and l London Paddington 09:25hrs 21:30hrs Standard Class There were therefore 163 ex-LNER express passenger Pacifics help give Tornado her paid-for tender behind by 2021. Seats at a table for four in a heritage carriage. An on-board buffet from the Gresley class A3s/A4s, Thompson class A1/1 and Slough 10:00hrs 21:00hrs serving snacks and hot & cold beverages will be available. Peppercorn class A1s. Together we can finish the job - Join The 163 Club today! Reading 10:40hrs 20:30hrs Worcester 13:30hrs 17:30hrs * Guaranteed ‘tables for two’ in First Class Dining and First Class Non-Dining are available for a supplement of £25.00 per person. For further information please visit www.a1steam.com, email [email protected], call 01325 460163 or write to The 163Pacifics Club, Darlington Locomotive Works, FREEPOST RTJS-XECR-XARL The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, Hopetown Lane, Darlington DL3 6RQ Terms and conditions are available on request. All profits from this tour go To make a booking visit www.a1steam.com, towards keeping Tornado on the main line in future years. www.ukrailtours.com or call 01438 715050

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n... Ken Horan Joi the ‘THE DEVON BELLE’ Tornado A wonderful spring trip to Exeter Team A Club exclusively younger for Tornado's supporters5-15 aged from

t £25 for a year’s membership, this n Saturday 2nd April 2016 No. via Yeovil including the steep climb to trip by service train to Basingstoke. would make an ideal birthday or O60163 Tornado will set out from Honiton Tunnel, a real test for Tornado. Tornado steams on taking us back to A Christmas present for the young London Waterloo station and head After a break in Exeter our return London Victoria station via Ascot and TornadoA fan in your family and is a very for Devon and the historic city of route starts with the climb to Whiteball Twickenham. important way of supporting the work of Exeter. With the assistance of our tunnel which marks the border between The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust. friends at South West Trains we will Devon and Somerset. Heading back be making a fast run from London to towards the capital we take the former Here at the Trust, we are very aware Woking via Surbiton and on through GWR route via Castle Cary, Westbury that the future care of Tornado will one day Surrey and Hampshire to pick up more and Newbury, a beautiful scenic route as be the responsibility of today’s younger passengers at Basingstoke. We then well as one that will challenge Tornado generation. We would like to foster a head via Andover to Salisbury where the with its fast running and long climbs. genuine care for and understanding of the locomotive will take water. Our route At Reading passengers who joined locomotive in a group of young people is then via the former LSWR route us at Basingstoke leave us for a short Benefits include: from an early age in the hope that they will Tornado take on the responsibility that we currently ✔ A goody bag bear. In the same way that an older generation l First Class Dining Tornado Team Class Prices ✔ of steam enthusiasts watched the original Seats at a table for two* or four in a First Class carriage. Includes newsletters twice a year A1s making history and supported the Fir st Class Dining £225.00 a silver service Great British Breakfast and a light lunch on the First Class Non-Dining £149.00 outward journey and a four course dinner on the return leg from ✔ A special birthday message from Tornado Trust in its objective to build and operate a new Peppercorn class A1 Pacific steam Standard Class £95.00 Exeter. locomotive, we are now in the unique Tornado l ✔ Exclusive access to at a Tornado position of being able to make history for a First Class Non-Dining Team event during the year Seats at a table for two* or four in a First Class carriage. Includes new generation of steam enthusiasts. times ( provisional) OUTWARD RETURN complimentary teas and coffees, as well as afternoon tea during London Waterloo 07:55hrs **** the return journey. Basingstoke 08:45hrs **** Join Exeter 13:30hrs 16:30hrs l Standard Class Reading **** 20:45hrs Seats at a table for four in a heritage carriage. An on-board buffet serving snacks and hot & cold beverages will be available. the Tornado Team today! London Victoria **** 22:00hrs For further information please visit www.a1steam.com, * Guaranteed ‘tables for two’ in First Class Dining and First Class Non-Dining email [email protected], call 01325 460163 or write to Tornado are available for a supplement of £25.00 per person. Team, Darlington Locomotive Works, FREEPOST RTJS-XECR-XARL, 6 0163 TORNADO New Steam for the Main Line Terms and conditions are available on request. All profits from this tour go To make a booking visit www.a1steam.com, The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, Hopetown Lane, Darlington DL3 6RQ towards keeping Tornado on the main line in future years. www.ukrailtours.com or call 01438 715050

6 7 The ‘Scarborough Flyer’ A late spring trip to the sunny Yorkshire coast

Follow us on Geoff Griffiths

n Saturday 4th June 2016 No. passengers at Potters Bar, Stevenage and 60163 Tornado will set out from Peterborough. At York we set down those OLondon King’s Cross station and head passengers wishing to visit the historic for Yorkshire and the seaside town city before heading to Scarborough. Our of Scarborough – her first visit with route to the coast takes us through Building Britain’s most powerful steam locomotive - a revenue earning train. The original the lush Yorkshire countryside passing ‘Scarborough Flyer’ was the fastest Kirkham Abbey, Malton and Seamer. it’s time to get on-board train on the LNER, beaten only by the After a break in Scarborough, Tornado In only two years the P2 Project has seen £2m pledged, engine streamliners. We will be making a fast returns our train to York where she is run from London to York along the replaced by ‘modern’ traction for the fast frames erected, all 20 wheels and over 40 other castings East Coast Main Line, picking up more run back to London King’s Cross. delivered – but there is still a long way to go. With your support, this year will see a rolling chassis completed, cab and smokebox London / London / York l First Class Dining Peterborough Peterborough to Seats at a table for two* or four in a First Class carriage. fitted and the boiler ordered. Class to Scarborough to York Scarborough Includes a silver service Great British Breakfast and a four We still need to raise £5m to complete new Gresley class P2 No. 2007 Prince of Wales. YOU can First Class Dining £235.00 **** **** course dinner. First Class Non-Dining £159.00 £139.00 £59.50 help to make this a reality sooner rather than later. A P2 for the price of a pint of beer a l Standard Class £99.00 £89.00 £39.50 First Class Non-Dining week - become a regular covenantor from only £10pm. Seats at a table for two* or four in a First Class carriage. Includes complimentary teas and coffees.

Times (provisional) OUTWARD RETURN To find out morevisit www.p2steam.com, email [email protected] or l London King's Cross 08:15hrs 21:30hrs Standard Class call 01325 460163 today. Seats at a table for four in a heritage carriage. An on-board Potters Bar 08:40hrs 21:10hrs buffet serving snacks and hot & cold beverages will be The P2 Construction Fund, A1SLT, Darlington Locomotive Works, Hopetown Lane, Stevenage 09:00hrs 20:45hrs Darlington. DL3 6RQ Peterborough 10:00hrs 20:00hrs available. From the builders, operators and owners York 12:30hrs 17:30hrs * Guaranteed ‘tables for two’ in First Class Dining and First Class Non-Dining No. 60163 Tornado are available for a supplement of £25.00 per person. of new main line steam locomotive Scarborough 13:30hrs 16:30hrs To make a booking visit www.a1steam.com, Terms and conditions are available on request. All profits from this tour go towards keeping Tornado on the main line in future years. www.ukrailtours.com or call 01438 715050

8 9 Follow us on EASTER AT THE DIDCOT RAILWAY CENTRE Help Britain’s most powerful steam locomotive

Visit: www.a1steam.com to build a Join The Boiler Club today and help us to complete No. 2007 Prince of Wales in record time! Frank Dumbleton Frank The boiler is the beating heart of a steam locomotive and to keep the construction of No. 2007 Prince of Wales on schedule for completion in 2021 we need to place the

order for the boiler this year for delivery in 2018. It is ornado will be returning to Didcot Ian McDonald our desire if possible to complete No. 2007 debt-free and TRailway Centre this coming Easter from so we have decided to launch The Boiler Club to raise Friday 25th to Monday 28th March 2016 £600,000 to fund Prince of Wales’s boiler. with Driver Experience days also available 118A boiler with Melesco type on Tuesday 29th March. During this We have established The Boiler Club to fund the superheater header as used on Tornado time the locomotive will be seen on the construction of Prince of Wales’s boiler. It is our desire to demonstration line and on display on the leave No. 2007 Prince of Wales debt free upon completion No. 2007’s boiler in detail turntable. There will be opportunities to and therefore our aim is to raise at least £600,000 for The l Use of diagram 118A Tornado boiler with detailed get up close to the locomotive and meet Boiler Club from 300 supporters each donating £2,000 modifications to improve overhaul life the team. The Great Western Society will to the project (in up to 40 payments of £50 by standing l Interchangeable with Tornado boiler also be running one of their locomotives order) – we are already over a third of the way there. l Tornado boiler is 17in shorter than P2 boiler – No. on the demonstration line and another on 2007’s smoke box will be extended within the cladding their branch line. Special benefits for members of The Boiler Club: l 250psi of No. 60163’s boiler will be retained to The Great Western Society (GWS) took l Opportunity to buy ticket (seat already reserved) on No. improve economy and increase maximum power over the former Didcot locomotive depot 2007’s first main line train in 1967. Today the GWS has developed the l Reasonable access to No. 2007 at all times Society are active in the preservation of wayside halt, named Didcot Halt, and runs site, which still retains many of the original l Opportunity to buy exclusive Boiler Club badge locomotives and rolling stock. New-build north on the western edge of the site Together we can build this remarkable GWR buildings and features, as both a l Opportunity to join one of the teams building No. 2007 projects to recreate locomotives that did towards the transshipment shed. locomotive! - join The Boiler Club today! working steam locomotive and railway l First choice of other components to sponsor not escape scrapping are also undertaken Broadgauge Line: the broadgauge line museum, engineering maintenance centre, l Special limited edition version (signed/numbered) of the at Didcot, including the completed Firefly of 7 ft starts from the transshipment and railway line offering short rides to first official painting of No. 2007Prince of Wales with No. broad gauge locomotive, ‘Saint’ class No. shed, and runs halfway back down the visitors. 60163 Tornado 2999 Lady of Legend (using a ‘Hall’ class branchline. The 2005 replica GWR Firefly is Access via Didcot Parkway station brings l Special Boiler Club day with Tornado chassis and boiler) and ‘County’ class No. housed within the shed when not running you into the southern end of the site, at 1014 County of Glamorgan (using a ‘Hall’ Mainline: starts opposite the site the start of the ramp coal wagons would class chassis and an LMS ‘8F’ class boiler). entrance, using a pre-fabricated concrete take up to the coaling stage. Beyond this There are three short lengths of running station platform from Eynsham, and runs For further information please visit www.p2steam.com, email [email protected], call 01325 460163 or write to is the original 1932 four-road engine shed, The Boiler Club, P2 Construction Fund, Darlington Locomotive Works, FREEPOST RTJS-XECR-XARL, The A1 Steam Locomotive track, each with a station at both ends: on the eastern-edge of the site to a newly and beyond this the original repair shed Branchline: starts at a typical GWR built platform at the other. Trust, Hopetown Lane, Darlington DL3 6RQ and 1988 constructed locomotive works. Beyond this lies a Ransomes & Rapier 70ft turntable and pit. For more information on Didcot Railway Centre call 01235 817200, Members of the Great Western email info@didcotrailwaycentre or visit www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk

10 11 SPONSOR A COMPONENT OF BRITAIN’S MOST POWERFUL STEAM LOCOMOTIVE Autumn Steam Gala at the Severn Valley Railway

Progress on the building of Prince of Wales is Supporters who subscribe to the scheme receive moving forward rapidly with our new Gresley class these special benefits: Jack Boskett P2 already over one-third complete by weight l Name inscribed on the official roll of honour

and pledges of £2m of the £5m needed by 2021 John Oates at Darlington Locomotive Works listing the ornado will be returning to the ever-popular Severn Valley already received. The erection of the frames is well components sponsored. underway and all twenty wheels have been cast. T Railway in September and starring at the SVR Autumn Steam l Receive a certificate recording the sponsorship nd th In two years since the launch of project, No. 2007 Gala between Thursday 22 and Sunday 25 September. and a copy of the drawings of the components. has reached the stage that took seven years with Running alongside newly restored Gresley class A3 No. 60103 No. 60163 Tornado. We are confident that we will This is a unique opportunity for supporters to Flying Scotsman, this will be the first time the two locomotives have completed the rolling chassis this year and be associated with a component of No. 2007 and have been seen together in steam as Flying Scotsman has been remain on-track for completion in 2021. However, the funds raised will help to ensure that Prince of under overhaul since Tornado was completed. to maintain progress we need to raise in excess of Wales will be completed on schedule. Just as with The Severn Valley Railway is a full-size standard-gauge railway £700,000 per year. Tornado, supporters will have the satisfaction of line, running regular, mainly steam-hauled, passenger trains between in and in We launched the Dedicated Donation scheme in pointing to the part they paid for when No. 2007 enters service. , a distance of approximately sixteen miles. 2014 and it has already raised in excess of £160,000. A remarkable feature of the Railway is that it is very largely Please contact our Dedicated Donations team to Dedicated Donations range in price from one run by unpaid volunteers, with a paid staff of around 70 people secure your chosen component. If it’s not on the of over 1,000 driven bolts & nuts for £25 to the responsible for administration and commercial activities, plus list just ask and if it is still available then we will complete exhaust steam injector for £15,000 – an regular track and rolling stock maintenance. price it for you. ideal present for the railway enthusiast in your Throughout the year, volunteers appear on the Railway to house in Kidderminster. The result was the formation of the family or just something for yourself to support. perform many tasks, including repairing and repainting stations, Severn Valley Railway Society. reconstruction of viaducts and bridges, and rebuilding locomotives Since its inception and millions of passengers later, the Severn Together we can build this remarkable and rolling stock, not to mention operating the trains! Valley Railway continues to work hard to provide a great day out locomotive - sponsor a component today! After being started in 1858, the Severn Valley line was for all its passengers. completed 1862. The line linked with , 40 A full programme of activities will be published in due course miles away. As part of a national rail rationalisation programme, including driver experience courses and night running behind the line closed to passengers in 1963. On 6th July 1965 a group Tornado. It is expected that Tornado will be at the SVR for around of about fifty local enthusiasts met at the Coopers Arms public two weeks. For further information please visit www.p2steam.com, email [email protected], call 01325 460163 or write to Dedicated Donations, P2 Construction Fund, Darlington Locomotive Works, It is strongly advised to book tickets in advance for the Autumn Gala. For further details on the Severn FREEPOST RTJS-XECR-XARL, The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, Hopetown Lane, Darlington DL3 6RQ Valley Railway and to book tickets visit www.svr.co.uk or call 01562 757900

12 13 A SPECIAL SOUVENIER FROM YOUR DAY LUXURY OUT WITH TORNADO Tony Lord Tony STEAM HAULED DAY TRIPS

STEP ON BOARD BELMOND BRITISH PULLMAN, SISTER TRAIN TO

THE VENICE SIMPLON-ORIENT-EXPRESS, AND COMBINE THE LUXURY OF THE GOLDEN AGE

OF TRAVEL WITH THE NOSTALGIA OF A MIGHTY STEAM LOCOMOTIVE. HAULED BY Merchandise is an important part of our tours, providing TORNADO IN HER FRESH COAT OF BRITISH RAILWAYS APPLE GREEN, EXPERIENCE THE further income to help keep Tornado on the main line. Our ULTIMATE IN LUXURY TRAVEL. trolley manned by our volunteer merchandise team will be passing through the train during your journey. FROM THE MOMENT YOU STEP ON BOARD YOU ARE TRANSPORTED TO A WORLD Our range is suitable for every pocket and includes pens, fridge magnets, badges, DVDs, postcards, key rings, jigsaws, OF PURE INDULGENCE. GLIDE THROUGH STUNNING SCENERY AS CHAMPAGNE FLOWS tea towels, clothing, from beanie hats to polo shirts and AND GOURMET CUISINE IS SERVED. THIS IS NO ORDINARY TRAIN, AN EXPERIENCE TO sweatshirts, children’s items including caps, Bigjigs wooden model of Tornado, crayons and gym bags. We also carry SAVOUR AND REMEMBER, ALWAYS. seasonal items such as calendars and Christmas cards. A raffle is held on each of the trains promoted by A1SLT, the main prize being the headboard carried by Tornado on the SPECIAL OFFER: outward journey on the day. SUPPORTERS OF TORNADO RECEIVE A 10% SAVING ON JOURNEYS FOR TRAVEL BEFORE JULY 2016. Should you not be successful in the raffle, you can bid for the Quote code TO10 at time of booking. headboard carried on the return journey by completing the blind auction form, which will be on your table. The smoke box number plate carried by Tornado on the day can also be bid for, using the form within your pack. Finally, a photograph to remind you of the day is always welcome, so why not order a line-side photograph taken whilst you are travelling behind Tornado? One of our merchandise team will be along to take your order.

BELMOND.COM | 0845 077 2222 Visit our on-line store at www.a1steam.com for even more Tornado merchandise

Book to travel before July 2016 and receive a 10% discount. Offer excludes weekend breaks, celebrity chef dinners and sporting occasions. Offer is subject to availability, not combinable with any other offer and may be removed without notice. Valid for new bookings only. 14 15 TORNADO ON TOUR 2016

Jack Boskett

l Saturday 6th February – l Friday 8th April – ‘Belmond British l Friday 12th August – ‘Belmond ‘Belmond British Pullman’ – The Pullman’ – The Golden Age of Travel British Pullman’ – The Golden Age of Golden Age of Travel (Surrey Hills) (Surrey Hills) Travel (Surrey Hills) l Sunday 14th February – ‘The l Wednesday 11th May – ‘Belmond l  Wednesday 7th September – Red Rose’ – London Paddington to British Pullman’ – London Victoria to ‘Belmond British Pullman’ – London Worcester – A1SLT (bookings through Bath & Bristol Victoria to Bath & Bristol UK Railtours) l Friday 27th May – ‘Belmond British l Thursday 22nd to Sunday 25th l Saturday 12th March – ‘Belmond Pullman’ – The Golden Age of Travel September – Autumn Steam Gala, British Pullman’ – The Golden Age of (Surrey Hills) Severn Valley Railway, Kidderminster Travel (Surrey Hills) l Saturday 4th June – ‘The l  Friday 30th September – l Friday 25th to Monday 28th Scarborough Flyer’, London King’s ‘Belmond British Pullman’ – The March – Easter at Didcot Railway Cross to York and Scarborough Golden Age of Travel (Surrey Hills) Centre – Great Western Society – A1SLT (bookings through UK Railtours) l Saturday 1st October – A1SLT l  Tuesday 29th March – Driver Annual Convention, Darlington Experience at Didcot Railway Centre l Saturday 18th June – ‘Belmond – Great Western Society British Pullman’ – The Golden Age of Travel (Surrey Hills) l Saturday 3rd December – l Saturday 2nd April – ‘The Devon ‘The Flying Hamburger’, London to Belle’ - London Waterloo to Exeter l Saturday 23rd July – ‘Belmond Birmingham and the Severn Valley – A1SLT (bookings through UK British Pullman’ – The Golden Age of RailwayProvisional – A1SLT (bookings not yet Railtours) Travel (Surrey Hills) being taken)

Please carefully check Tornado’s dates of operation and services on the heritage railway visits using the relevant website links below as actual dates and times of operation may vary from the above shown.

Belmond British Pullman Didcot Railway Centre

Tel: 020 3117 1300 Tel: 01235 817200 Cover picture: Geoff Griffiths Web: www.belmond.com/british-pullman-train Email: [email protected] Web: www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk

UK Railtours Severn Valley Railway Tel: 01438 715050 Tel: 01562 757900 Web: www.ukrailtours.com Web: www.svr.co.uk

© 2016 The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust (Charity registration No. 1022834), Darlington Locomotive Works, Hopetown Lane, Darlington DL3 6RQ

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