the The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust tornado New Steam for the Main Line

No. 4 telegraph November/December 2009

A superb atmospheric shot of Tornado ‘on shed’ at Bewdley, just prior to morning duty on 29th October at the .

Welcome... News briefs ... to The l The Engineering Heritage Award – was recently awarded to The Tornado A1 Steam Locomotive Trust by The Institution of Mechanical Engineers. The presentation Telegraph was made at the by Professor Isobel Pollock BSc (Eng) ACGI number 4. CEng Hon DSc FIMechE to Mark Allatt and David Elliott on behalf of the Trust. Soon Tornado l The Peter Manisty Award – is to be presented to The A1 Steam will be Locomotive Trust by the Association “in recognition of its unique undergoing accomplishment in raising the profile of the British Railway heritage movement to the winter maintenance at The general public and throughout the world with the steam Locomotive Tornado.” The National Railway Museum, trophy will be presented at the HRA’s AGM in February 2010. York. To whet your appetite, this edition of TTT includes l Bond Issue – is now fully subscribed. See ‘Help The Trust’ for other ways of news of the 2010 Tour supporting the Trust. Programme. Note that the l Locomotive Works Open Days – have been moved events and tours listed are to the third Saturday of the month. This change has been brought about to fall in line restricted to those for which with NELPG and the Ken Hoole Study Centre. Entry remains via the Head of Steam details have been agreed. Darlington Railway Centre & Museum. There’s plenty more still in l Gill Lord – Merchandise Manager is now a Trustee of The A1 Steam planning! Locomotive Trust.

l Lost an SD Card? – a Lexar SD card formatted for a Canon camera was [email protected] found near to Tornado at Kings Cross Station on 19th September. If you think it could be Editor of The Tornado Telegraph yours please contact [email protected]. ➤ Help the trust 2010 Tour Programme Currently, the following dates are confirmed: l Easyfundraising – If you shop online, l Sunday 14th February – ‘The Cathedrals Express’ - you can help to raise valuable extra funds Hants and Kent circuits - Steam Dreams for The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust by l Monday 1st March - The Cathedrals Express – Paddington accessing your favourite sites through - Swansea and return - Steam Dreams www.easyfundraising.org.uk and nominating the Trust as your chosen charity. It’s l Friday 5th - Sunday 7th March – Spring Gala at the Mid easy and free to use. Easyfundraising is Hants Railway a website through which you can access l Wednesday 17th March – Monday 5th April - Great many retailers, including Amazon, Direct Central Railway Gala Line, BA, Thomas Cook, John Lewis, M&S, l Late April/early May – Locomotion, Shildon: The Waterstone’s, NEXT, Debenhams and National Railway Museum at Shildon over 600 others. By using the links on the easyfundraising site each time you shop l Saturday 8th May – ‘The Cathedrals Express’ - Kings online, the Trust will receive a donation of Cross - York and return - Steam Dreams up to 15% from every purchase you make, l Thursday 29th July – Tuesday 10th August - Bluebell at no extra cost to you. Railway 50th Anniversary Celebrations l Covenantors – Although we continue to pay back the loans taken out to finish the locomotive, there is still a long way Steam Dreams Locomotion to go. We therefore always welcome new www.steamdreams.com www.locomotion.uk.com Covenantors – see www.a1steam.com for tel: 01483 209888 tel: 01388 777999 details. email: [email protected] email: [email protected] l Volunteers – Do you have skills that could help the Trust? We can always use Mid Hants Railway extra pairs of hands. So whether your www.watercressline.co.uk www.bluebell-railway.co.uk talents involve engineering, locomotive tel: 01962 733810 tel: 01825 720800 cleaning, managing supplies of coal and email: [email protected] email: [email protected] water, acting as train stewards, selling or back office work, we need your help. Great Central Railway Contact [email protected] for www.gcrailway.co.uk tel: 01509 230726 more details. Richard Hill Brief Relaxation for A1 Trust volunteers at Kidderminster Station. Pictured, left to right: Geoff Smith, Tony Lord, John Rawlinson, Richard Teasdale, Pete Neesam

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