60163 TORNADO 2007 PRINCE OF WALES 3403 ANON New Steam for the Main Line Building Britain’s Most Powerful Recreating Gresley’s last design The Communication ord No. 58 Summer 2020

C Richard Pearson

Still awaiting the return of her nameplate and the fitting of some small parts, Tornado basks in her new paintwork in the sunshine at . TORNADO - GORGEOUS IN (DARK) GREEN! by Graham Langer Given the the need to 'freshen up' its Trust so, with Steam Railway magazine's the locomotive until her next overhaul apple green livery and likelihood that encouragement, we also replicated the which is now scheduled for 2022. We are Tornado will be running with maroon condition of No. 60145 Saint Mungo when grateful to Craftmaster Paints for their coaches for much of the foreseeable it ran a now legendary in the continued sponsorship of the painting future, The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust North East at the very end of 1965. The of Tornado and to David Smith and West took the decision to repaint No. 60163 loss of the last A1 in 1966 was one of Coast Railways for completing such a in BR locomotive green, an opportunity the principal reasons that a small group fantastic job of repainting Tornado into to do so having arisen at Carnforth. This of people decided to build another, new BR locomotive green in such a short time. year marks the 30th Anniversary of the one. This historic livery will be carried by TCC

1 by Steve Davies CONTENTS editorial by Graham Langer FROM THE CHAIR PAGE 1 nd still replace Tornado’s current boiler when that in this period of considerable Tornado - gorgeous in (dark) green! When we started formulating this edition of The we are the locomotive has a major overhaul uncertainty it would be reckless this PAGE 2 Communication Cord it seemed that there would be a in partial at the end of 2021. The second new year to convene the Convention along Contents shortage of news and little to mention in this editorial. ALockdown! boiler is of course destined for Prince of traditional lines. This will be a blow to Editorial Everything was locked down, the future of looked Many of us were Wales. We have also recently completed many, including I and my fellow Board PAGE 3 fragile and Tornado was trapped at the NRM until better hoping that the purchase of a further support coach members, but it is the sensible thing From the Chair conditions prevailed. What a difference a couple of months matters would for use behind the P2, BR Mk 1 BSK No to do in the circumstances. However, PAGE 4 make! have eased more 35457, which until recently was resident it is our intention to hold a ‘virtual’ New boys on the block! Sadly not all the news has been good and the tragic than they have at the North Railway. The conference on-line which I am sure will Tornado Tour Diary 2020 derailment of an HST at Stonehaven on the Aberdeen since last time coach is in excellent condition and has be an exciting and ambitious departure PAGE 5 route has had an impact on our plans to return Tornado to main line tours I contributed to TCC, but the green the benefit of already being main line from our normal format, and details of th Supporting our 30 Anniversary on ‘The Aberdonian’. Our hearts go out to the families of the victims of the shoots of restriction-lifting are now registered so the opportunity to acquire how it will be delivered will be circulated appeals accident and to the wider railway community who were working so hard to with us, preparations are in place for the this vehicle was too good an opportunity soon. PAGE 6 keep services running despite the terrible weather that has affected the railway return to traffic of our beloved Tornado, to miss. Our plans are to operate the At the expense of being viewed as Tornado on tour network during the last few weeks. Please keep an eye on the railtours section and the majority of our furloughed staff A1 and P2 simultaneously so owning two a stuck-record, I would like to close PAGE 7 of the Trust website for further updates. Passengers who had booked on trains have returned to full-time work. These support coaches is essential. by reinforcing the obvious message Railtours that have had to be re-scheduled will have been contacted and we will do our have been a hectic few months, with that turning our collective dreams into Covenantors' Diary Although we are experiencing PAGE 8 very best to accommodate them on alternative tours. your Council’s minds dominated by challenging times, this has not reality is an expensive business and Shed notices By now many of you will have heard that No. 60163 has been re-painted in contingency planning and a microscopic deflected us from our determination we need every penny we can raise in PAGE 10 BR locomotive green livery at Carnforth. How did this come about? During focus on the essential business of to commemorate the fact that this is order to both build our locomotives th The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust is the locomotive’s enforced sojourn at the (whom we managing our money. There has been an the Trust’s 30 Anniversary. I suspect and then to maintain them in traffic. th your legacy thank for their hospitality) a review of the condition of the paintwork suggested interesting consequential irony to the that very few of those involved at the We will be launching a series of 30 PAGE 11 that it might need considerable ‘freshening up’ before the next major overhaul. extensive use of video conferencing in birth of our organisation would have Anniversary appeals via a number of A blast in the past! We are extremely grateful to David Smith and the team at that it has been so easy to set up that imagined the quite extraordinary way railway magazines and other media Keeping Tornado on the tracks for fitting us in and allowing a little extra ‘tinkering’ for aSteam Railway magazine both the Council and its advisers have in which it has grown in scale, stature, outlets, and we hope to benefit PAGE 12 cover shoot. You can read more about this on pages 11 and 12. probably been communicating far more dignity and ambition, and even brighter significantly from the publicity accruing A1 Engineering report The Steam Railway cover story was to honour Peppercorn Class A1 No. often than before the lockdown, and prospects lie ahead as we look forward from a major series of articles in one of PAGE 13 60145 Saint Mungo, one of the last A1s in service. No. 60145 hauled an ‘end of there have been times when I have had to occupying new premises in Darlington, the leading sector monthly magazines. Why a V4 opens up more options steam’ tour in the North East from York to Newcastle and back on New Year’s to remind myself on more than one playing a central role in the forthcoming Times are tight financially for many, but PAGE 14 Eve, 1965, during which it attained at least 100mph on the return leg, winning occasion of the considerable workload Stockton & Darlington Bicentenary how about this for a cost-neutral and A1 profile - No. 60129 Guy many friends in the process. The late Geoff Drury attempted to preserve the your representatives take on for no celebrations, and of course becoming imaginative request? We could raise Mannering locomotive after it was withdrawn but it seems that Peppercorn Class A2 No. reward other than the love of the job. a three-locomotive operation with the a significant sum if everyone who had PAGE 16 601532 Blue Peter was in better condition and he opted for that locomotive Although we are keen to return to a construction of the Gresley V4. Exciting planned to attend the Conference The big picture instead and thus the last A1 went to the breakers. However the opportunity degree of physical meetings (not least times indeed, and it would have been in person donated to the Trust the PAGE 18 to see an A1 preserved and the frustration at its loss was the spur that united to enjoy the camaraderie of the team) I wonderful to discuss all these objectives money they would have spent on travel, P2 engineering update a small group of people in the area who vowed to build a new one, Tornado, am pretty certain that video and ‘virtual’ and more in the convivial surroundings accommodation and other personal PAGE 25 a locomotive that in many ways owes its existence to Saint Mungo. It is even conferencing will now become a regular of our annual Convention, planned for expenses. What a great way to trigger Ask David Elliott th th PAGE 26 more extraordinary that the organisation that group spawned, The A1 Steam feature of the way we do business. So Saturday 26 September. But as you will our 30 Anniversary celebrations that Powering No. 2007 to completion Locomotive Trust, is still going strong, building new locomotives, thirty years where has this national crisis left us? hear from elsewhere, we have decided would be! TCC th with The Turbogen Club later – please help us continue this work by supporting our 30 Anniversary Thanks to your loyalty to the cause, Graham Charlotte P2 Dedicated Donations update Appeals. income has remained broadly stable, PAGE 27 A source of real pride has been the way in which the team at Darlington punctuated by some really impressive The Tender Club Locomotive Works has been able to keep going and continuous steady progress responses to the various funding clubs, Club Badges is being made on the construction of No. 2007 Prince of Wales . You only have to with the very successful Pony Truck PAGE 28 read David Elliott’s engineering report to discover how much has been achieved Club a case in point. Engineering has We are half-way there! at multiple locations to move the project forward. We are, however, reaching continued apace with particular emphasis PAGE 30 a pinch point in the build when further progress is going to result in some on the P2, and much burning of the The Boiler Club substantial bills! Key to getting this locomotive over the line is completing the midnight oil has gone into ensuring PAGE 31 ‘Club’s and continuing to add more Covenantors – if you know anyone who that our management and processes The race is on to get up steam! might like to be part of the most exciting locomotive build this century please are sufficiently polished to keep the Workshop notes ask them to join us. completion of Prince of Wales on track PAGE 32 Like any mature organisation, the passing of time sees changes in the core for 2022/3, including bringing additional Come on, come on, do the team and our supporters and sadly we have recently had to say farewell to two project management expertise to the loco-motion with me! outstanding figures in the history of the Trust, Bob Alderman, long-time Trust fray. Tornado was successfully reactivated PAGE 33 supporter and helper and skilled railway modeller, who lost a long battle with a at the NRM in York and enjoyed a very The P2 Support Coach Appeal debilitating disease, and Jim Smith, DB Cargo Traction Inspector, who had been P2 Roadshows pleasant run to Carnforth where the PAGE 34 associated with Tornado’s main line work from the outset, after a brief illness. locomotive has been repainted and the Profile - Daniela Filová The other side of this coin is that we continue to welcome new talent and support coach has also received some PAGE 35 Covenantors and have recently been able to add two new names to the panel attention and TLC. Our new boilers From the archives of advisors to the Board, Richard Courteney-Harris and Terry Graham, the are progressing well at Meiningen PAGE 36 latter joining us as P2 Project Manager – welcome gentlemen. TCC with the first on track for delivery in Sponsors and contact information December, and this one will eventually Tornado and a somewhat tired Union of South Africa at the NRM.

2 3 th NEW BOYS ON THE BLOCK! by Graham Langer SUPPORTING OUR 30 ANNIVERSARY APPEALS by Steve Davies

The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust has a justifiable reputation for good governance and being well-managed something you don’t achieve without access to some of the best people in the business. However, no organisation can afford to stand still and we are always on the look out for talented and willing individuals to add to the team to further strengthen it. In line with the Trust policy of “putting square pegs into square holes” we are pleased to welcome two further recruits to become advisors to the board, Richard Courteney-Harris

and Terry Graham. David Chandler David Terry Graham left school in 1980 How to get on-board Darlington Locomotive Works Richard Courteney- Follow us on Visit Darlington Locomotive Works on one of our open days and Follow us on It’s hard to believe that it is now 30 years crest) and BR blue.see where No. In60163 Tornadocelebration of www.a1steam.com Visit: www.a1steam.comwith Tornado was completed and No. 2007 Prince THE A1 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRUST Harris hails from a military and joined Whessoe in Darlington thof Wales is under construction. since The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust was the Trust’s 30 The Anniversary, works is open on the first and third TornadoSaturday of each month is TH between 11:00hrs and 16:00hrs. Special arrangements can be made 30 family, attending boarding as a Technician Apprentice, leaving to for parties from interested clubs and societies. ANNIVERSARY APPEALS

formed to build a new Peppercorn class being temporarilyOur grateful returnedthanks go to Darlington Borough to Council the for BR their continued support of school in Kent 1966-1971 do a four-year degree in Mechanical The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust and A1 ‘Pacific’. The original A1s were built by locomotive greenDarlington Locomotivelivery Works. of No. 60145 Saint The many ways you can and Stonyhurst College Engineering at Teesside Polytechnic as Volunteering support our work There are many ways in which

British Railways in 1948/49, however all Mungo which inspiredyou can help us to build the No. organisation’s Photos: Mandy Grant Mandy Photos: in 1971-1976. it was called then. After graduating he 2007 Prince of Wales and keep No. 60163 Tornado operating were scrapped by 1966. The last survivor formation. on the main line. There Richard then went up to joined Royal Ordnance at Birtley as a Britain’s 100mph are opportunities to help No. 60145 Saint Mungo was themain subject line steam oflocomotive Following thewherever completion you live. of Tornado, the Please see our websites www.a1steam.com University College, London Graduate Engineer, eventually working [email protected] and www.p2steam.com Become a weekly Covenantor and help to keep No. 60163 for more information. or contact a failed preservation attempton the main which line. left overhaulTornado & conversionLegacy Giving of its support coach on the design and development of To find out more about becoming a Covenantor - regular donor - for No. in 1976 and graduated A further way in which you can help to keep No. only £2.50 a week, please visit 60163 Tornado or call www.a1steam.com, email from 60163 Tornado A bequest left in your Will will not be used for the the final development of East01325 460163 Coast. Main [email protected] and the repayment on the main line or build No. 2007of the £1m of Prince of Wales is by establishing a Legacy. general day to day expenses of running No. 60163 with an honours degree in tank ammunition. After six years Terry Tornado TOURS GUIDE ROUTE MAP 2020 Legacies helped the Trust during the construction . If you do not state a specific use, we will Travel on one of devote your gift towards the funding of Line’s famous steam locomotive classesTornado’s loans taken outof No. 60163to Tornado speed by funding specific completion, the Tornado’s The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust organises railtours hauledmain by No. line railtours components and equipment in Darlington next major overhaul. If, however you would like ‘THE FEN AND FELLS FLYER’ Archaeology in 1979. After joined TRW, who supplied dashboard 60163 Tornado that cover the length and breadth of the national Saturday 4th April 2020 your legacy to be used for something more specific, Cambridge to Carlisle, crossingLocomotive the Works. Since completion, generous railway network. Our railtours have a broad range of starting and Settle and Carlisle Railway you will need to talk to our Legacy Coordinator Aberdeen gifts have helped fund the conversion of BR unrepresented in preservation.pick up points, traverse some of Britain’s most iconic and scenic Trust launched‘THE CUMBRIAN EXPLORER’ its project to buildin order to realisea second your contribution and by doing Saturday 2nd May 2020 Mark 1 E21249 into Darlington to Carlisle Tornado’s support coach and railway lines and go to many of the UK’s most historic cities and Take in the spectacular views from this we will be certain that your gift will be used training at the Royal Military switches to the automotive industry, Stirling contributed towards the repayment of loans and the Settle and Carlisle Railway and the places of interest. Glasgow Edinburgh rugged Cumbrian coastlinethe £500,000 bearer bond. for a specific purpose.

‘THE JORVIK EXPRESS’

The formal launch of The A1 Steam new main lineth steam locomotive in 2013. Our trains are formed of heritage Mark Saturday 9 May 2020 The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust (1022834) is the A scenic trip from Liverpool to York Academy Sandhurst, was as a Project Engineer, then two years nostalgic journey back in time where passengers1 carriages, can which enjoy providebeautiful a Carlisle organisation that holds the funds for fundraising Newcastle ‘THE PENNINE EXPLORER’ Saturday 6th Durham June 2020 projects and has trustees that can accept bequests scenery as plumes of steam drift past the windows and the Leicester to Carlisle crossing the Darlington Settle and Carlisle Railway Locomotive Trust was heldlocomotive’s at distinctive the chime whistleRailway can be heard. Whether you The GresleyThirsk class P2 2-8-2 ‘Mikados’for any purpose linked were to it. Skipton ‘THE CALEDONIAN’ York Saturday 18th choose to travel in Premier Dining, First Class or Standard Class, Leeds July 2020 later joined Talent at Newton Aycliffe, now part of international Liverpool Wakefield commissioned into the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment in Manchester Birmingham to Glasgow passing Please detail in your Will the purpose you wish Doncaster th Newton-le-Willows through beautiful Lake District you can be assured of a magical day out on a railtour with Cre Chesterfield we countryside your legacy to be given to, be this No. 60163

Stafford Derby /A1SLT November 1990. East Institute in York on 17 Tornado the most powerful‘THE ABERDONIAN’ express passenger . Midlands Newark For more information about how you can travel with No. 60163 Wolverhampton Parkway Six dates for Summer 2020 - Tornado, No. 2007 Prince of Tame Bridge Parkway Leicester Peterborough A scenic coastal trip from Edinburgh Wales, or any other Birmingham February 1980. Having served in various theatres at home automotive supplier Gestamp, who manufacture pressed and Tornado March to on-going project of the Trust. The Trust is governed , please visit , email Ely www.a1steam.com/railtours Aberdeen Cambridge ‘THE ’ [email protected] Bob Hughes by a Council and its Trustees will ensure your wish or go to the Tornado Railtours Saturday 12th September 2020 To loud applause it was announcedFacebook page. that the locomotivesYork to Edinburgh and Stirlingto along operate in theis fulfilled.UK. Sadly, London the To register a legacy please email welded chassis parts to the automotive industry. Terry started as a ‘TH and abroad until 2017, he then retired from the Army. E TICKET TO RIDE’ [email protected] th Saturday 19th September 2020www.a1steam.com , call Liverpool from Darlington and for more information. 01325 460163 or visit Yorkshire - Tornado’s * Further diary dates will be announced in due course including joining stations in first tour to 50 Peppercorn class A1 would carry the the designLiverpool was never fully developed, and Richard completed an in-service MBA at the Cranfield School Project Engineer, progressed to Project Manager and was involved London and the south. 3403 ANON Recreating Gresley’s last design running number 60163 – the next in the © 2019 theyThe A1 Steam Locomotive Trust (Charity registrationwere No. 1022834), Darlington Locomotive Works, Hopetownrebuilt Lane, Darlington DL3 6RQ as ‘Pacifics’ in 1943/4 of Management in 1992 and a Marketing Diploma at the in many international projects working with Ford, Volvo and Jaguar 20 sequence. The organisation was established before being scrapped by 1961. Institute of Marketing in 1993, he was invested as a Military Landrover. The role involved frequent meetings with customers with a clear mission: “To build and operate We set ourselves a new challenge: “To Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2004, for and suppliers. He eventually moved to managing the prototype a Peppercorn class A1 ‘Pacific’ steam develop, build and operate an improved use as a support coach for No. 2007 Prince military service. manufacture for project throughout Gestamp, leaving the company locomotive for main line and preserved Gresley class P2 ‘Mikado’ steam locomotive of Wales ; the completion, testing and On retirement from the Army Richard was employed as a in 2017. railway use.” for main line and preserved railway use.” operation of our new Gresley class P2; consultant for his son’s business. A lifelong, if peripheral fan of Terry has volunteered at Darlington Locomotive Works for After 18 years of construction and The project to build the seventh Gresley the relocation of the Trust’s operations to all things steam, the opportunity to contribute to the work of the last two years and has also assisted with maintenance of fundraising with the support of principal class P2 ‘Mikado’ is using the latest a new, larger main line connected site in the Trust was extraordinarily good fortune and one in which Tornado at several locations. He enjoys the unique challenge of the sponsor William Cook Cast Products Ltd, computer design and modelling techniques Darlington where we can build, maintain he is very honoured to be involved. Richard is married to construction of the new P2 and is looking forward to managing the the £3 million locomotive was completed to enable it to deliver its true potential. We and operate new steam locomotives; and Karen and he has two children, Catherine and Edward. project. TCC in August 2008. Tornado was named by TRH estimate that No. 2007 Prince of Wales will the start of the construction of our third The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of cost around £5m to build over a 7-10 year new ex-LNER steam locomotive, yet-to-be- Cornwall at York station in February 2009 period and with your continued help the named Gresley class V4 No. 3403. th TORNADO and in April 2017 became the first British locomotive is on track for completion As part of our 30 Anniversary we are TOUR DIARY - 2020 steam locomotive to reach 100mph for 50 within the next three years. asking our existing supporters to consider years. With your generous donations of time the different ways in which they might help Tornado  Below are the future operations is confirmed to be involved in. More details will be published on Since completion, No. 60163 Tornado has and money, we’ve come a long way since us to protect what we have achieved to- www.a1steam.com as trains are finalised. Contact details for tour companies are below. steamed over 100,000 miles the length those humble beginnings in York 30 years date and realise our ambitious plans for the and breadth of Great Britain. Following ago. With your continued support, the future. This edition contains details of some l Saturday 12th September – ‘The Queen of Scots’ – l Tuesday 24th November – ‘The Gloucester Christmas her unveiling in works grey, Tornado has next few years will see the first of the two of the ways in which you can continue to York to Edinburgh via Carlisle and return – bookings Market and Cardiff’ – from London – bookings through The support No. 60163 Tornado, in particular through Tornado Railtours Railway Touring Company worn all of the historic Peppercorn new boilers delivered and fitted to No. class A1 liveries – apple green, BR 60163 Tornado during her next overhaul; the very real need to raise funds for her l  th – ‘The Ticket to l  th – ‘The Yuletide Express’ – Saturday 19 September Saturday 28 November locomotive green (with emblem and the acquisition and overhaul of E35457 for next overhaul, and build No. 2007 Prince Ride’ – Darlington to Liverpool and return – bookings Ealing Broadway to York (Tornado on outward journey only) of Wales . As an aside I sometimes sense through Tornado Railtours – bookings through The Railway Touring Company in some quarters a view that once a new l Saturday 3rd October – ‘The Easterling’ – London King’s l Saturday 12th December – ‘The Edinburgh Christmas steam locomotive is built it requires little Cross to Lowestoft – bookings through The Railway Touring Market’ – York to Edinburgh – bookings through The Railway further support. Nothing could be further Company Touring Company from the truth and both Tornado now, l Saturday 14th November – ‘The Cheshireman’ – l Thursday 17th December – ‘The Christmas White and Prince of Wales in the future, require Bristol to Chester – bookings through The Railway Touring Rose’ – London to York (Tornado on return only) – bookings additional support to remain in Company through The Railway Touring Company traffic. Tornado in particular at the moment  th l Saturday 21st November – ‘The Cheshireman’ – l Saturday 19 December – ‘The Christmas White as the impact of Covid-19 has significantly London Euston to Chester – bookings through The Railway Rose’ – London to York (Tornado on outward journey only) – impacted on railtour revenue. Touring Company bookings through The Railway Touring Company It only remains to thank you in advance for your support. You can find The Trust respectfully requests that anyone wanting to see Tornado follows the rules of the railway and only goes where permitted. further information on the ways in which you can support 30th Anniversary Tornado Railtours The Railway Touring Company 01325 488215 01553 661 500 Appeals by visiting www.a1steam. a1steam.com/railtours railwaytouring.net com emailing [email protected] or calling 01325 460163. TCC

4 5 by Sophie Bunker-James TORNADO ON TOUR by Huw Parker RAILTOURS For those in search of a change of climbs and stunning scenery of Copy Premier Dining can enjoy silver service THE MOVE TO CARNFORTH scenery and a superb day out following Pit, this train will steam into the heart at their tables for breakfast and a months of confinement, there’s no of the city at Lime Street. Passengers sumptuous four course supper on the

Tony Jackson doubt that a day trip with Tornado will have ample time to visit the iconic return. For those who prefer the simple this September offers a much-needed Cavern Club, the Royal Albert Dock things in life, Standard Class offers seats change of pace. With both trains with its many eateries and museums, or at a table (ideal for a picnic!) adjacent to starting in the North East and stopping even indulge in some retail therapy at a large window, ideal for watching the for passengers in Darlington and York, Liverpool One. The train returns along scenery slip by with the window ajar to you’re guaranteed a wonderful day much of Stephenson’s Liverpool and hear the sounds and smells of yesteryear. out whether chugging along cliff tops Manchester Railway before heading back Prices start at £109 for a return day trip. with spectacular sea views en route to Darlington via the beautiful Calder For tickets and more information to Scotland or steaming through the Valley. A superb day out for all! Starting please see a1steam.com/railtours or call fabulous Peak District landscape on the in Darlington, this train will stop for our booking office on 01325 488215. way to Liverpool. passengers at Darlington North Road, Government guidelines on social On Saturday 12th September you are Darlington Bank Top, Thirsk, York and distancing, PPE and best practice to invited to join us for ‘The Queen of Wakefield Kirkgate. avoid the spread of coronavirus are Scots’ - Our destination of Edinburgh On board our trains we offer a being reviewed regularly and will be offers something for everyone. The luxury experience where passengers implemented on board our trains for outward journey with heritage diesel can marvel at the scenery as the train the safety of all passengers and crew. traction from York to Carlisle via steams along a pace. Those travelling in TCC

Newcastle. We traverse the beautifully Alan Weaver scenic Tyne Valley route following Hadrian’s Wall as we head west. We arrive in Carlisle where Tornado will be waiting to head our train onto Edinburgh our route is via the Scottish lowlands through Lockerbie before tackling the arduous ten mile climb to Beattock summit. The return route is via the East Coast Main Line and Berwick.This train will pick up passengers from York, Darlington, Durham and Newcastle. Tornado On the move again! heads for Carnforth and is seen at Bingley. – Tony Jackson The following week you can step aboard the ‘Ticket to Ride’ on Saturday It was good that Tornado was able to stretch her rules, which made some tasks slightly more 19th September for Tornado’s first ever legs on the main line once more, albeit only for a challenging, but luckily not impossible! Thankfully, trip to Liverpool. Taking on the steep Tornado crosses Lydgate Viaduct, Todmorden in the Calder Valley. short move to West Coast Railways at Carnforth, all was well and No. 60163 and the support coach where our support coach was to receive some travelled across to Carnforth on Friday 24th July bogie maintenance. This had been scheduled without incident and running very nicely, well for our brief visit to 10A between railtours ahead of booked timings. by Leigh Taylor earlier in May, but Covid-19 put a stop to that. Covenantors' Diary Subsequently the opportunity to repaint the With the locomotive and support coach now safely locomotive also presented itself and so Tornado at Carnforth, we had to await the outcome of was booked into the paintshop at Carnforth at the an inspection by the Carriage and Wagon team Our Annual Convention on Saturday detail and communication preferences up to date. same time. there. They have been busy preparing their own 26th September 2020 will be a little The closing date for returning stubs and payment for the stock to return to traffic and once the outcome bit different this year. This year’s September Draw 2020 (raffle) is Thursday 17th September; many Following a prolonged period out of traffic in the of their inspection of the bogies was known the Virtual Convention will run from thanks and good luck to all those who have entered so far. preparation bay at The Railway Museum, a very scope of work to be completed could be agreed. In 10:30hrs to 12:00hrs on The A1 Steam We are continuing to follow Government guidelines small team completed a full inspection of the the meantime, the team cleaned Tornado ahead Locomotive Trust’s YouTube channel. with regards to Covid-19, with our office-based staff locomotive prior to the light engine move. This of the planned repainting ready for the now This is the link for the channel - predominantly working from home and our workshop staff involved an A Exam+ and a boiler washout even postponed, 'Aberdonian' duties at the beginning https://www.youtube.com/channel/ are working at Darlington Locomotive Works where they though we had completed few steaming days, of September. One disadvantage of the A exam is UClqGYlL2vDP7cJuidkfSqwQ. It will then be available for are taking all of the necessary precautions. We hope to elapsed time and the prospect of re-starting our the fresh grease applied to the axle boxes on the viewing via www.a1steam.com after the event. If you have any recommence Open Days and Roadshows at DLW as soon as mainline programme in September meant this was loco continues to exude from the seals, coating questions that you would like addressing in the presentations, it is practically possible. We are reviewing all our activities on a sensible opportunity to finish this maintenance the frames and motion with the excess! We are please submit them via [email protected]. There will a frequent basis to protect everyone involved with the Trust and reassure ourselves that nothing untoward had watching the developing Covid-19 restrictions also be an opportunity to submit further questions following and to secure our long-term future. Please keep an eye on occurred whilst the locomotive was out of traffic. situation carefully but hope to be ready to the presentations. our website and Facebook pages for updates or call 01325 All of this was completed whilst having to observe meet the first of our railtour commitments in We have enclosed a data collection form with your Virtual 460163 or email [email protected] if you have any the new social distancing and Covid-19 protection September. TCC Convention invitation and would be grateful if you could questions. As a small charity we value your continued support return it so that we can keep any gift aid records, contact and patience. TCC

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BOB ALDERMAN by David Elliott west of Yeovil. Bob’s role in the Trust grew to take on position of Lectures Coordinator which he successfully carried out for It is with considerable several years. sadness that I came to With retirement, railway modelling became almost a full-time hear of the death on career with a number of professional builds in O gauge. One of Friday 10th July of Bob these is a splendid model of Tornado commissioned by our own Alderman, friend of the Graeme Bunker-James. He also staged training sessions for the A1SLT and superb railway Gauge O Guild and wrote a number of books on his craft. modeller. By 2016 Bob was having a problem of balance which in Born in Northampton 2017 were diagnosed as motor neurone disease. This gradually in 1947, Bob was worsened which curtailed his modelling. However, in spite destined to become of the continuing deterioration of mobility and speech, he an engineer. I first remained cheerful and entertaining. Once he could no longer encountered him use a conventional keyboard he mastered a virtual keyboard after joining Westland using and eye tracking device and continued to write. Helicopters at Yeovil in My last encounter with Bob was at his 70th Birthday party 1979 where Bob was a gearbox designer. A mutual interest in in Montacute. I was acting as duty engineer on Tornado for a railways and railway modelling quickly led to me joining the series of tours based out of Bristol and having received an Yeovil Model Railway group in which he was a leading light. invite from Sheila, gained a half day pass out from Huw Parker The group had been drifting somewhat, but as a result of a (who was Responsible Officer for the trips) and attended recent move to the attic of the minor stately home of Coker the party. Although by this time Bob had lost the power of Court at East Coker we did not have to pay rent (apart from speech, his computer equipment could voice his thoughts. maintaining and decorating the three rooms we occupied and His son David had provided the “artificial” voice and it was one of our members who was a vet maintaining the owner’s uncanny when what sounded like Bob himself came from dog). As a result, the group were now more affluent and his loudspeaker “Can I have some food? A man could die of under Bob’s overall guidance we built a 27’ x 12’ “tail chaser” starvation over here!”. The sense of humour was intact. As main line layout in EM gauge called South Junction which can be seen from the photo, the birthday cake resembles his subsequently visited a number of high profile model railway favorite locomotive. exhibitions. David Elliott Bob was a highly competent modeller, both of locomotives and scenery. He had developed an interest in and great ability in producing “industrial grot” which, following a move to the Montage and photo Mandy Grant larger O gauge, resulted in a superb little railway called “Gas Works”. JIM SMITH by Graeme Bunker-James My work took me away from Yeovil in 1983, but Bob and It is with the greatest of sadness that the Trust learned that one of its firmest friends I kept in contact. When in 1992 I was looking for a team to had passed away. Jim Smith has been a friend of the Trust for around 20 years, and for search for the A1 drawings in the National Railway Museum many of our team somewhat longer. His association with Tornado is unique. at York (they were not catalogued or indexed in those days) On almost every special occasion he was with us. The first main line test runs Bob was an obvious candidate and to my relief provided operated under Jim Smith’s supervision, including the legendary run from Newcastle considerable assistance in identifying and listing the drawings to York in 2008. He was with us on a variety of trips after that, the length and we needed for Tornado. By this time Bob and his wife Sheila, breadth of the country and most happily in the north east. It was Jim who took son David and Daughter Ruth moved to Montacute to the charge of the 100mph run in April 2018. He even drove the engine on occasion away from the main line to ensure her care. Always referred to as ‘Gentleman Jim’ his kindness and generosity to the Trust will be massively missed by all of us. He continued to guide those new to the main line in our team right up until operations were curtailed due to lockdown. Building confidence, tutoring firing technique or just an understanding of how the locomotive worked, Jim was at his best when teaching and his legacy is a broad group of people who will carry main line steam forward. On behalf of the Trust, Graeme Bunker-James said, “We have lost one of the key

people in Tornado’s history and someone with a unique position in ensuring the th locomotive’s success. Jim led the footplate team at the very beginning in 2008, and at Bob at his 70 Birthday party. 100mph in 2018, with many superb and memorable runs in between. We will all miss Bob has asked that his ashes are disposed of in Tornado’s him greatly and we extend our sympathies and kind wishes to his family and friends. firebox which we hope to fulfil on the way back from Stirling God speed Jim and thank you from us all.” on 12th September. Our condolences go out to Sheila, David and Ruth on the loss a of fascinating and clever man who Jim Smith pictured here with Tony Jones at the end of the night through his work on railways of various scales has brought after a trip on 'The Border Raider' back in April 2019. The O gauge model of Tornado. joy to many.

8 9 A BLAST IN THE PAST! by Richard Peck THE A1 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRUST IS YOUR LEGACY

As a young lad just turned 14, I was a regular visitor to Steve Davies You can ensure that Peppercorn class Bob Hughes York shed in 1965, seeing with sadness the growing lines A1 No. 601613 Tornado, Gresley class P2 of V2s and A1s being set aside out of use. A couple of No. 2007 Prince of Wales , our yet-to-be- us lads heard, at quite short notice, about the proposal named Gresley class V4 No. 3403 or any to run a train from York to Newcastle and back to mark other on-going project at the Trust, has the end of steam on the East Coast Main Line on the a secure future for generations to come evening of 31st December 1965. The route was to be by leaving a legacy to The A1 Steam York–Darlington–King Edward Bridge–Newcastle–High Locomotive Trust in your Will. When Level Bridge–Darlington–York with eight coaches. The writing your Will, if your wish is for the locomotive was to be Peppercorn Class A1 No. 60145 legacy to go to a specific initiative of the Saint Mungo. Trust, please specify this and we will of Our pocket money in those days wouldn’t stretch to course respect your wishes. going all the way to Newcastle, but we reckoned we Donations via legacies during the could just about manage Darlington and back. I don’t almost 30 years that The A1 Steam remember much detail about the outbound run, but I do Locomotive Trust has been in existence recall getting off at Darlington, and peering over the wall have been relatively limited when at the back of Darlington Works to see J21 No. 65033 compared to other types of donation looking rather forlorn. This locomotive is currently – although the Trust has always been receiving a thorough overhaul at David Wright’s LMS extremely grateful for any gifts received. works in Loughborough. I do however remember the If legacy donations to the Trust were return journey. After leaving Darlington, we just kept on to reach the same level as those for accelerating. Those were the days before long welded rails, the top UK based charities – where it and the clickety-clack of the rail joints were quite exciting represents around 40% of fundraising Newly painted in apple green, Tornado outside Darlington as they got faster and faster. I was checking the speed by income – the Trust would raise an Locomotive Works, 2015. counting the number of rail joints in 41 seconds, and I additional £80,000 per year. This would reckoned we reached 105 mph. Quite a last trip! go a long way towards funding a five- use, we will devote your gift towards affairs are a little more complex it On arriving at York, I joined the crowds around Saint year overhaul for Tornado or Prince of the funding of Tornado’s next major would be much better to take advice Mungo, and noticed Geoff Bird on the footplate. I muscled Wales. overhaul. If, however you would like from a solicitor. It costs between £150 through the crowds to congratulate him on achieving 105 Many of the Trustees have already your legacy to be used for something and £200 to make a Will. mph. I still remember his words. “Oh no, we weren’t going made provision for No. 60163 Tornado more specific, you will need to talk to as fast as that”. As he was the Shedmaster at York, and I and No. 2007 Prince of Wales in our our Legacy Coordinator in order to Can I update my existing Will? was a 14 year old lad, I of course believed him. But I did Wills by leaving a legacy to The A1 realise your contribution and by doing Yes, you will need to produce a also wonder a little bit whether that was what he ought Steam Locomotive Trust. If you would this we will be certain that your gift will document called a codicil; it is not that to say, as the man with the responsibility…. also like to support the Trust through a be used for a specific purpose. complicated and suitable forms are It was over 40 years later that I was sitting with Geoff legacy, then please take a look at www. available from www. a1steam.com or Bird behind No. 45690 on a ‘Scarborough Spa Express’, a1steam.com or contact our Legacy To whom do I make my from our Legacy Coordinator. talking over tales from the past. One subject that came After its arrival at Carnforth, Tornado was specially Coordinator who will talk you through bequest? up was Saint Mungo’s run from Newcastle to York on 31st prepared for the cover of the September edition of the process on legacy.coordinator@ If the value of your estate is above a nil What wording do I use? December 1965. He recalled with great excitement how Steam Railway magazine, replicating Saint Mungo’s a1steam.com or 01325 460163. rate band threshold value, then it will It depends on how you wish to divide we had done over 100 mph! TCC down at heel appearance at the end of 1965. be liable for inheritance tax (IHT). Any up your estate. Details are available on How has Legacy funding been gifts made to UK registered charities www.a1steam.com or from our Legacy used by the Trust? are exempt from IHT and further tax Coordinator. Legacies helped the Trust during the savings can be made if you gift more KEEPING TORNADO ON THE TRACKS by Mark Allatt construction of No. 60163 Tornado than 10% of your net estate to charity So, please remember The A1 Steam Keeping No. 60163 Tornado in tip-top working order is an – with the new supporters coming on board just about by funding specific components and as the IHT tax rate reduces to 36%. A Locomotive Trust in your Will and you expensive business as we are constantly being reminded! The managing to replace those leaving us – mostly for their final equipment in Darlington Locomotive gift to The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust too can help to ensure that No. 60163 profit from operating our programme of main line tours and shed allocation. Works. Since completion, generous would be classed as a charitable gift Tornado, No. 2007 Prince of Wales, No. Tornado’s hire fees from heritage railways and working for other However, without the positive profile generated by our gifts have helped fund the conversion of and therefore, attracts the favourable 3403 and our subsequent locomotives rail tour promoters normally covers her day-to-day and year- planned 2020 railtours programme and the opportunity to BR Mk 1 E21249 into Tornado’s support tax rules. If your estate is chargeable have a secure future on the main line to-year maintenance costs. However, not only do they not at meet new potential supporters on our trains and at the coach and contributed towards the to IHT, specialist advice should be for generations to come. TCC present generate a sufficient surplus to fund her five and ten year repayment of loans and the £500,000 sought. The A1 Steam Locomotive overhauls, conservatively estimated at around £500,000 each, due lineside who are captivated by Tornado’s main line magic, Mandy Grant bearer bond. Trust is the organisation that holds the to the impact of coronavirus Tornado hasn’t been able to generate our number of A1 Covenantors has started to gradually funds for fundraising projects and has these fees or be the greatest advert for becoming an ‘A1 for the decline once more. I would therefore urge all our existing What will my Legacy go trustees that can accept bequests for price of a pint of beer’ (£2.50 per week) Covenantor. Therefore, A1 Covenantors to help us to recruit new supporters and towards? any purpose linked to it. The Trust is it is vital for us to continue to maintain (and hopefully grow) for P2 Covenantors (around two-thirds of whom are not A bequest left in your Will, will not governed by a Council and its Trustees Tornado’s on-going Covenant income. also A1 covenantors) to come on-board if they are able to. be used for the general day to day will ensure your wish is fulfilled. The last few months before we were impacted by the And perhaps each of our existing Covenantors could pledge expenses of running No. 60163 Tornado coronavirus saw our net number of Covenantors grow a little to recruit a friend or colleague? TCC or No. 2007 Prince of Wales on the How do I make a Will? main line and heritage You could simply fill out a form from For more information on how you can help to keep Britain’s only new-build main line steam locomotive on the tracks railways. If you do not state a specific a major stationer or online but if your visit www.a1steam.com, email [email protected] or call 01325 460163.

10 11 A1 ENGINEERING REPORT by Richard Pearson WHY A V4 OPENS UP MORE OPTIONS by Graeme Bunker-James

And now for something completely different! We normally spend an inordinate amount of time trying to We are now enjoying our second decade west of the UK working over former keep Tornado clean but for a cover shot for Steam Railway magazine we were asked to mock up the front of No. of operating Tornado across the UK, and Cambrian Lines and Barmouth Bridge. 60163 so that she resembled her long lost classmate No. 60145 Saint Mungo, as a photographer was booked to we will soon have the majestic site of The stunning Central Wales line will Prince of Wales taking to the rails. Both of also be an option for the locomotive, as take some publicity pictures. All photos - Richard Pearson We were given a picture of No. 60145 these locomotives offer high end express would be some of the Cornish branch to work from, which showed a fairly passenger performance, being powerful lines where the A1 and P2 are too heavy. grubby engine with some interesting class 8 locomotives. There are even parts of London where white smokebox details, and we were With the introduction of the V4 the big engines are prohibited but the V4 put in touch with Iain Ross who had around the end of the decade we will is clear to go. done this sort of thing a number of be seeing a very different set of options The V4 has a power classification of Colourised photograph of Gresley times before and for which he was opening up for us. The A1 has a heaviest Class 5, similar to an LMS Black 5, a class V4. regarded as the industry expert. axle load of 22.5 tonnes, bringing with GWR Hall or a Thompson B1. Whilst Following Iain’s advice we bought several it a Route Availability classification of a smaller locomotive than many other to run an optional excursion to Kyle litres of poster paint, some brushes and RA9 under the current Network Rail Class 5s, this belies the punch offered of Lochalsh for those who fancy that, some rollers and set about re-creating standards. The V4 is a much smaller from Gresley’s last design. When with other options being Loch Ness or the grubby looking condition of No. locomotive with an axle weight of only introduced they were noted running on perhaps Culloden if there is such a thing 60145. We first cleaned down the front 17 tonnes bringing a Route Availability of the Great Northern from Doncaster as too much train mileage! A nice return of No. 60163 to remove all the old dirt RA5. to Leeds happily hauling 495 tonnes to Edinburgh, perhaps via Aberdeen, and grease from the paintwork before Why does this matter? Well if we over the route. In simple terms that’s a allows a break in the Capital and then mixing up the poster paint, after several look at Scotland it’s fair to say Tornado 13 coach train! Similarly, when running the P2 and A1 share the duties back failed attempts we eventually discovered has been further than any LNER Pacific on the Great Eastern the locomotives to London. Now this will be in 2030 that a mix of about 90% black and 10% The engine was rubbed down and filler applied as required before before. In 2015 when the locomotive ran handled 12 coach trains with no issues or so, but it’s entirely feasible once the brown worked well. The authentic masking all areas that shouldn’t be green. to Brora on the Far North Line it was and remarkable economy. locomotives are built. A long weekend dirty engine look was best achieved by a unique event, and probably not one to So how does it translate into with new build steam all the way there applying the paint using the small soft be repeated. The locomotive was easily commercial operations? There will be and some of the best scenery that this roller, this left the paint with a stippled the heaviest vehicle ever to run over the one off trains, and the V4 could take island has to offer. There are many other effect which once dry looked like dirt, route and was limited to 35mph! a turn on ‘The Aberdonian’ allowing a options, perhaps the A1 on a light load and after applying several coats the final Whilst the P2 is slightly better than re-route via the Tay Bridge for variation. to Edinburgh and then the V4 to Fort desired effect was achieved. the A1, being an RA8 locomotive with Perhaps the most interesting is the ability William, or the P2 over the steeper LMS For areas that needed to be solid a 20 tonne axle weight, both the large to give passengers a wonderful weekend West Coast route before the V4 heads black we applied black spray paint engines have limits on where they can go in Scotland. Imagine the A1 heading a to Fort William. on top of a layer of poster paint, this due to their overall weight approaching train from London along the ECML to There is no doubt that the V4 will After sanding the tender tank, everything is masked A nice coat of technique would then allow easy 170 tonnes. The V4 weighs 114 tonnes York. After a break in York the train then add to the interest and capability of the off and two coats of primer/undercoat are applied. primer! removal, and the red lining on the so represents a very different level of heads north to Newcastle where there locomotives in the Trust’s fleet. Able to cylinder and white lining on the buffer challenge for the civil engineer to be is an engine change with the P2 taking deputise for the bigger locomotives when beam was covered using red and black comfortable with. over for the next section to Edinburgh. necessary, and a star turn all of its own. tape. I have to confess, the finished The V4 therefore opens up Scotland After a stay in the Scottish Capital the Happy working on the quieter parts of result looked most convincing! for the Trust beyond the central belt P2 then takes the train forward over the network, or on the main lines, it will Preparing the locomotive for routes and north to Inverness via Perth the challenge of the Highland Main line make travel by new steam on the main repainting in BR locomotive green, we and either Aviemore or Aberdeen. It will to Inverness. The V4 would be waiting line more accessible and interesting. TCC have initially concentrated on cleaning be able to go on these routes, but also below the running plate and additionally across the Tay Bridge, sadly no longer have removed the nameplates, the cleared for the large engines. It can go smokebox number plate and other small Above: The engine in its north to Wick and Thurso on the Far Colour Rail brass plates. Following this we started green undercoat. North Line and visit the stunningly scenic cleaning above the running plate and route to Kyle of Lochalsh. Right: And now in gloss! started removing other small items such Of course, the V4s spent several as the turbo generator steam supply years on the from pipe and the cylinder cock operating Glasgow Queen Street to Fort William. rod which both pass alongside the This dramatic railway, one of the finest firebox. With the locomotive cleaned journeys anywhere in the world, is not and stripped and rubbed down it could possible to negotiate with either the A1 be moved into Carnforth’s paint shop or the P2 (and yes, the question has been for masking up in preparation for spray asked!) but would be absolutely perfect painting, the first time Tornado has been for the V4. Similarly, the West Highland painted in this way. During the times Extension to Mallaig, the Iconic ‘Road to when West Coast were painting the the Isles’ would also be a great route to locomotive we have kept ourselves busy choose for the locomotive. with other things – including cleaning Away from Scotland there are many and painting the oil bottles, painting the routes barred to the big engines, due to footplate tools, and cleaning, polishing weight or curvature, where the V4 will be very much at home. Perhaps hauling and repainting all the locomotive plates. No. 3401 Bantam Cock, by then carrying British Railways No. 61700. TCC Before and after. trains from Whitby, or maybe in the

12 13 departed Dundee with its portion of the Michael Denholm by Phil Champion A1 PROFILE - No. 60129 GUY MANNERING up ‘Heart of Midlothian’ on 16th April 1954 while on 2nd December it arrived Peter Townend at King’s Cross at 11:25hrs from Leeds. On October 5th the locomotive again visited ‘The Plant’ to be fitted with boiler No. 29862 and having the smokebox numberplate and handrail transposed in a similar manner to No. 60116. Named trains hauled during the next couple of years included occasional runs noted at Newcastle on the up ‘’, ‘Queen of Scots’, ‘Tees-Tyne Pullman’ plus the down ‘North Briton’. The first recorded non-passenger working was the York-Edinburgh parcels from Newcastle on 24th September 1955. Following an overhaul at Doncaster from 11th April to 16th May which included attaching boiler No. 29836 the first Guy Mannering waits at Alnmouth station on 21st May 1964. goods turns recorded were the Colwick- KX goods on 6th November 1956 and Edinburgh-Carlisle via the Waverley route. nameplates. Workings included the arrival 1st January 1957, an up fish at Little Benton A mixture of workings characterised 1962 into Newcastle of the 1N74 from Great on 25th June 1957 followed by the 00:10hrs ranging from arrival at KX on 3rd March; Yarmouth on 23rd July, then coming off Aberdeen-Edinburgh goods on 8th October pulling the 15:30hrs Edinburgh-Berwick York shed the next day to pull the 3S46 after working the 18:45hrs passenger a fortnight later; bringing the up CTAC parcels from York to Edinburgh and an up from Waverley the previous day – the passenger special into Newcastle on passenger at Darlington on 20th August. later BR crest had been applied to the 16th June and hauling an up goods past Exactly a month later it worked a Down tender in July 1958. Guy Mannering was Longhoughton (Northumberland) on unfitted goods into Newcastle. It was An unusual sight, an A1 double-heading. Here No. 60129 pilots Britannia Class No. 70035 Rudyard Kipling back at Doncaster for a ‘General’ at the 7th July. With Heaton’s nine A1s move towed through that city on 7th October, away from York on 16th August 1958. end of October which found it leaving to Tweedmouth, Guy Mannering duly being withdrawn from traffic four days The Edinburgh University Library website tells us that Guy, an enthusiastic amateur astrologer, after whom with a Diagram 117 boiler (No. 29779) transferred in September 1962 for use on later, one of nine taken out of service the Walter Scott novel is named, predicted the future of the new-born ‘hero’ of the book and was later his at the end of November. In contrast to a mixture of goods and regular passenger that month. This twilight period of No. nd th colonel when he enlisted in the army in India in adulthood. The novel was an immediate success, the 1815 some of its previous turns, 2 August 1958 trains plus covering for diesel failures on 60129’s life closed on 4 December when first edition selling out on the first day. The name paints a picture of an upstanding, resolute man, and if it had No. 60129 hauling the ‘Cambridge expresses. Typical of these was No. 60129 Brush Type 4 No. D1536 was seen towing can give a persona to a locomotive (and the steam engine has been called ‘a living machine’) then this was Buffet Express’ from Cambridge to King’s seen on the 2G85 07:28hrs Berwick- it through Peterborough, en route to one to be reckoned with. With such a name and a number of sightings this became a favourite A1 seen from Cross while a fortnight later it double- Newcastle stopping train. Uncommon was R.A.King at Norwich to be the only A1 the platforms of Newcastle Central. headed ‘Britannia’ class No. 70035 on the sight of No. 60129 seen at Newcastle scrapped at that yard. the 12:05hrs Newcastle-Colchester from on the morning of 19th December towing With a working life of some 16 years No. 60129 was ordered in November 12:15hrs Newcastle-York via the coast. heavy intermediate repairs at Doncaster York. More ‘namers’ hauled were ‘The V2s Nos. 60818/36/44 southbound No. 60129 lasted a year longer than the 1945; the last of six in Engine Order After three months it was transferred to Works, having been called in on Talisman’ (‘up’ morning) from Newcastle probably on a positioning move. Expresses average for the rest of the class. It is 40 No.383, and the last of the initial Gateshead to join No. 60151 which had 11th October. Not long after naming on 6th April 1959 and a couple more times hauled included the Down ‘Aberdonian’ years since it has gone but the memory Doncaster batch of 16 A1s. As Doncaster earlier moved from Heaton. Eight days later, a lipped, cast chimney was fitted. The in the following nine months plus the from Newcastle to Edinburgh on of this competent, impressively named Works No. 2046, it was the only one on 12th September, No. 60129 hauled what ‘Flying Scotsman’ was again worked from down ‘Night Scotsman’ from King’s Cross 12th April. Three days later it departed machine lives on! th th

turned out in June 1949 (Darlington seems to be its first named train, the up Newcastle on 24 March 1951 while on 18 February 1960, interrupted by a the granite city with the 18:25hrs extra Dick Manton completed Nos. 60150/1 that month) and ‘Tees-Tyne Pullman’. Not surprisingly, there on 15th May Guy Mannering took it into ‘General’ at ‘The Plant’ during August when for KX. Clearly of importance to some was noted complete at the Works on the were many sightings of it at Newcastle King’s Cross. No. 60129 made a further a Diagram 118 boiler (No. 29828) replaced was the arrival at Newcastle with the up 11th and 12th. that winter. On 18th March 1950 it was visit to Doncaster on 28th January, during the 117 pattern one. Going even further Class C pigeons on 10th June. No. 60129 It moved to York shed as part of seen at Edinburgh Waverley, on 22nd April the course of which it acquired boiler afield in 1960 were an up special from received its last general overhaul at its allocation of six A1s, joining Nos. it was on Haymarket shed. On 5th May the No. 29814. No. 60129 was one of a trio Aberdeen-Edinburgh on 4th January and the Darlington, the works there having taken 60121/38/40/41 with No. 60153 arriving a locomotive was stopped at Gateshead repainted into BR green with orange 14:15hrs Glasgow-Perth of 10th September. over responsibility for the A1s, during an couple of months later. Resplendent in BR Works for a ‘Light Casual’ repair and was and black lining in February before its After 11 years No. 60129 moved across extended visit from 25th September until express blue with blue, broad black and next seen on the up ‘Flying Scotsman’ from release from ‘The Plant’. Another call at the river to Heaton in September 1960 7th December which saw the Diagram 117 narrow white lining, double white lines on Newcastle-Grantham on 17th May. Double- Doncaster from 1st June saw it leave with just as Nos. 60124/32/37/42/47/ 51/55 boiler changed for a Diagram 118 example, the outside cylinders and a lion straddling heading with Class B1 No. 61237 on the boiler No. 29800 on 8th July. Sightings at were similarly transferred. Workings No. 29870. By 24th April 1965 No. 60129 was the wheel on the tender side, the plain- Delaval-Holloway ECS, No. 60129 was Edinburgh predominated but it hauled continued along the Main Line including A move back to Gateshead beckoned stored at Tyne Dock shed in the chimneyed No. 60129 entered service on seen passing through Stockton with 13 the down ‘Heart of Midlothian’ from odd forays on ‘The Northumbrian’ and in December 1964, meeting other A1s company of other A1s. Shorn of 15th June. Most work was on the NER part coaches and one six-wheeler on 30th May Peterborough to Newcastle on 18th July ‘The Tees-Tyne Pullman’. Following a moved from Tweedmouth and Ardesley. its nameplates the locomotive of the Main Line with some workings by then with No. 61069 and seven coaches, 1953. Earlier that year it was one of 10 ‘General ‘ overhaul in February and March These are reputed to have been active was in its twilight year. the Durham coast. The first sighting was at three six-wheelers and four four-wheeled A1s hurriedly fitted with a modified form which included the fitting of boiler No. on special goods trains but there are no Newcastle on 21st June; it was then seen vehicles on 2nd June (the B1s were added of Automatic Train Control after the 29780 (another Diagram 117 boiler) some specific records of this for No. 60129. This history was compiled by Phil Champion hauling the 10:05hrs King’s Cross-Glasgow merely for a positioning move) and noted Harrow disaster. A prestigious working more unusual trips were noted; in 1961 On 11th March 1965 it moved back to based on a database compiled by Tommy into Newcastle on 20th July, passing passing Barnet on 14th August. came on 12th September when Guy it was stand-by loco at York on 8th June Tweedmouth for storage where it was Knox and with reference to the RCTS Stockton with nine carriages at 13:43hrs Naming as Guy Mannering took place Mannering hauled the down Royal Train for the Royal Train; it ran via Lincoln on seen until 13th June. Next month it was book “Locomotives of the LNER Part 2A” as with the Liverpool-Newcastle train on in November, along with No. 60128, into Doncaster then later took it back an ECML diversion on 5th November; and reinstated at York. By this time it was background. Revised and updated by Graham 18th August and five days later taking the presumably when it was undergoing south. Travelling further, No. 60129 on 28th December it hauled the 12:00hrs grubby and missing worksplates and Langer, May 2020. TCC

14 15 Charlotte Graham PhotographyCharlotte

Photographer Charlotte Graham has been following the P2 build and recording some outstanding images - here Ian Matthews works on the wheelsets.

16 17 All photos Daniela Filová (except where marked) by David Elliott Pony Truck P2 ENGINEERING UPDATE Although delayed by Covid-19, the pony truck frame is making progress at North View Engineering Solutions in Darlington. General The main elements (frame and steering Covid-19 is still with us and having various effects on the progress of Prince of Wales. However, with the worst of the pandemic hopefully arm) have been fabricated and parts for over and some relaxation of the lockdown conditions, a degree of normality is returning to Darlington Locomotive Works (DLW). the crosshead machined. (photos of frame, Enhanced hygiene and social distancing are in force, but we are learning to work with these limitations. Some of our younger and fitter steering arm and crosshead). volunteers have been able to return which is helpful. Daniela has moved back into her office where she is on her own most of the time but is able to better guide and control shop floor activity. His medical treatment has reached a stage where David Elliott is out of The modification of the pony truck from shielding, which enables visits to suppliers and DLW although with the use of masks, gloves and spray disinfectant. the original swing link side control to the later V2 class type of spring side control represents a significant design change in Frames All photos Daniela Filová (except where marked) Ian Matthews with assistance from Terry a safety critical part of the locomotive. Graham and James Heginbottom have Whilst we have done a considerable now fitted the cold turned rivets to the amount of work to ensure that the new areas of the spring hangers where bolt design will be stable and safe, to certify threads and nuts would foul the spring the locomotive it will be necessary gear and make it difficult to fit or remove to have an independent review of the springs. Ed Laxton made the various sizes design. Ricardo Rail has been retained of rivet require using the Colchester to carry out this work building on the lathe. The principal of fitting is similar to Vampire ride and track force model which driven bolts used elsewhere in the frame was commissioned from the Resonate structure where the rivets are turned to (formerly DeltaRail) before the P2 project be a slight interference fit in their reamed was formally launched and provided the holes and a hydraulic jack or copper basis for the new pony truck design. mallet used to press them into their holes. James Heginbottom reaming a Spring hanger with bolts and Each rivet was then cut to the correct hole. rivet fitted. length projecting from the countersunk hole, the end heated to red heat and a head formed with the pneumatic riveting gun. The reason for using cold turned rivets rather than conventional hot rivets (where the hole is made oversize and the whole rivet heated to red heat before fitting) is that a hot riveted joint is very good in tension, as when the rivet cools it shrinks and pulls the two plates tightly together. However, as the rivet cools it becomes a “loose” fit in its hole, so is not Custom countersunk bores. ...and after the bolts are fitted. so good at resisting shear forces between the plates. Spring hanger brackets are subjected to significant shear forces and Alan Parkin the interference fit of a cold turned rivet

is better at resisting shear although the Davies Steve manufacturing and fitting process is more The pony truck steering arm. Above: Two images of the pony truck frames tack welded together. involved than hot riveting. The remaining driven bolts have also been fitted which completes the process of fitting the spring hangers. A further piece of “finishing off” work has been to fit the last three bolts holding each of the outside motion brackets to the frames. The difficulty here was that 3D CAD view of rear of tender frame showing conduits.

they have to have countersunk heads to screw device to apply the feed from the avoid possible contact with the leading outside. coupled wheel tyres. Due to the shape The very last part of the frame structure of the motion brackets, countersinking – the ‘shelf’ under the back of the cab the holes was not straightforward and (which we held off making until a final involved making a special countersinking decision was made about where to fit the Steve Davies Steve Special countersinking tool tool which was driven through the hole by live steam injector was made) is now been devised. the magnetic drill, whilst Ian used a special drawn and will be profiled shortly. Machining the pony truck crosshead and the finished article. ➤

18 19 Photos: Daniela Filová Photos: Daniela Filová Wheelsets “We were briefed on an update of When the spring links were the construction process. There were offered up to the coupled axle and various technical aspects discussed cannon boxes, it was apparent that in detail but most importantly as the the castings were a bit oversize assembly of the main boiler barrel and required some material rings is ready to commence , we removing. After an expensive quote identified and discussed the required from one of our local engineering critical dimensions and tolerance companies, it was decided to do the standards used. This is to ensure that work in house using our “new” milling the boiler, when fitted to the engines machine. Although the areas requiring will comply with the UK loading gauge. work were small the cannon box We enjoyed a guided tour of the halves are not and are very heavy. A works which is always a treat for jury rig was devised using the cast steam locomotive engineers, given the iron marking table, some brass plate Above: The milling wide variety of work performed by and rollers made of pipe to support machine set up for the DB Meiningen Works in support of the the outer end of each cannon box half job. sector and beyond. in such a way that it could move with Further details of dates for the the milling table. The milling machine Top right: Ian Matthews various stages of boiler manufacture had its head rotated to enable a ball uses the milling machine were agreed. As a result of these ended tool to get in and remove on the cannon box. discussions, DLW will send a batch of the surplus metal. Finally Ian ground blanks for the various flanges where the area to remove sharp edges and fittings are to be attached and which The coned section with the steam collector (banjo dome). corners. This will enable final assembly Right: The finished need to be blanked off for hydraulic of the cannon boxes to the axles. result! The machined testing. We will also be sending two cannon box. complete regulator cross shaft and stuffing box assemblies which will be Boiler married up to the regulator and its On Tuesday 14th July 2020 Graeme Bunker-James, and Daniela Filová visited DB Meiningen Works, Germany to for a progress meeting linkage which has been installed in on the two new boilers. Daniela provided this report. each boiler as part of the contract. Thanks are due to DB Meiningen for maintaining our delivery schedule for both boilers despite the limitations imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic.” Steam dome covers. A firebox tubeplate. Motion The two middle coupling rods are approaching completion of machining at Arthur Stephenson Engineers Ltd at Atherton. It is hoped that the relaxation of Covid-19 rules will enable resumption of forging of the other rods in the near future.

Taper and parallel boiler barrel sections. Above: Coupling rods being machined at Stephensons. ➤

20 21 David Elliott David Elliott Daniela Filová ➤ The modified lamp brackets. The modified lamp brackets. 23 for protection. The tender tank ( above) in primer and seen here sheeted and seen here The tender tank in primer ( above) The conduit in place. Ian Matthews It was also found necessaryIt was also found to modify the tender lamp The tender tank has been wheeled outside and sheeted for operating on the southern end of the East Coast operating on the southern end of the East Coast for frames, however the conspicuous progress has been has been the conspicuous progress however frames, has applied rubbing down priming and much following also required an electrical conduit to be routed through through an electrical conduit to be routed also required accommodate the new European Train Control System System Control Train European accommodate the new pending some significant modifications in this area to to in this area pending some significant modifications brackets to accommodate the electric lamps, a job that lamps, to accommodate the electric brackets been applied to the front in the cab area for protection protection for cab area in the to the front been applied the tender water space. Main Line by the time the locomotive is finished. the time the locomotive Main Line by tank top, coal space and underside. Grey topcoat has topcoat has Grey coal space and underside. tank top, under the engine to facilitate installation of pipework and under the engine to facilitate installation of pipework undercoat to the back and sides and black gloss to to the back and sides and black gloss to undercoat Further progress has been made with the tender been made with the tender has Further progress electrical trunking. with the tank. Ian has completed the filling and Ian has completed the filling and with the tank. over to enable the wheelsets to be withdrawn from from withdrawn to enable the wheelsets to be over (ETCS) cab signaling equipment which will be required will be required (ETCS) cab signaling equipment which The prefabricated conduit. The prefabricated Tender

Graphics - David Elliott Alan Parkin 22 No. 2007 cylinder section drawing showing the No. 2007 cylinder section drawing showing clearance volume. No. 2001 cylinder section drawing showing the section drawingNo. 2001 cylinder showing clearance volume. To overcome this problem, the layout of the of the the layout this problem, overcome To for each power stroke of the piston, the clearance the clearance piston, of the stroke each power for achieved The best figures on the piston. little work features of the original No. 2001 cylinder block 2001 cylinder block original No. of the features leading coupled axle whilst the valves were almost almost were leading coupled axle whilst the valves around 14% at one end and 16% at the other – the 14% at one end and 16% at the other – the around and in line with the centerline of the cylinder. This This and in line with the centerline of the cylinder. its stroke. This space is not good for efficiency as efficiency as for good This space is not its stroke. ports were required from the cylinder to the to the the cylinder from required ports were movement of the inlet valve cam tappets on the on the cam tappets of the inlet valve movement horizontal to be in line with those on the outside outside horizontal to be in line with those on the rocking shafts have been designed to transfer the the been designed to transfer shafts have rocking resolved one of the more tricky design issues with with tricky design issues one of the more resolved sides of the middle cylinder. As a result, separate separate As a result, cylinder. sides of the middle side cambox (as on 2001), the inlet valves are on on are valves the inlet (as on 2001), side cambox the other side of the engine compared with the with the the other side of the engine compared the block to enable the connecting rod to clear the to clear the the block to enable the connecting rod the cylinder when the piston is at the other end of piston is at the other end of the cylinder when the the piston is at the end of its stroke and is usually is usually and of its stroke the piston is at the end the poppet valve gear. One of the unsatisfactory One of the gear. valve the poppet Fireman’s side of the engine across to the inside to the inside side of the engine across Fireman’s expressed as a percentage of the total volume for for of the total volume as a percentage expressed with poppet valves are around 10%. The original P2 The original P2 10%. around are with poppet valves was having the inlet and exhaust valves on opposite on opposite exhaust valves the inlet and was having volume has to be filled with steam which does filled with steam which does has to be volume valve chests which gave rise to excessive clearance clearance rise to excessive gave chests which valve space in the is the Clearance volume volume. valves can be driven directly from the Driver’s the Driver’s from directly can be driven valves valves has been changed to mimic the outside outside has been changed to mimic the valves cylinder inlet valves. cylinder inlet valves. cam driving them. After several iterations a pair of iterations a pair of After several cam driving them. cylinder and its associated portscylinder and its associated that is left when cylinders with the inlet and exhaust valves together together cylinders with the inlet and exhaust valves cylinders. cylinders. rocking shaft drive to inside cylinder inlet shaft drive rocking difference being due to the slope of the cylinder in in being due to the slope of the cylinder difference design middle cylinder had clearance volumes of of cylinder had clearance volumes design middle drawings for the cylinder block, David Elliott has has Elliott David the cylinder block, for drawings does create a challenge, as whilst the exhaust as whilst the exhaust a challenge, does create Cylinders and valves Cylinders Whilst Alan Parkin is developing manufacturing manufacturing Parkin is developing Alan Whilst Right: Cylinder block section showing section showing Right: Cylinder block valve. Pipework andPipework fittings Alan has continued with laying out pipework and electrical conduits and junction boxes on the tender frames. and electrical conduits and junction boxes out pipework with laying Alan has continued frame showing frame showing rear ofrear tender conduits. 3D CAD view of Alan Green Electrical System of ‘The Photo courtesy Worm That Turned’ Rob Morland has continued to work on ASK DAVID ELLIOTT the electrical system design in his home workshop near Cambridge. The Essential Services System electronics design is now We have received the following question from Graham Russell, The tubular elements (cylinders, valve chests) would ideally substantially complete and the mapping of a P2 Founder and Covenantor. be of similar specification. P355 seamless tube appears to be this onto the engine conduit system is also is available in the sizes we require. Other shapes such as the finished. A total of 21 wiring looms have “Why fabricate the cylinders? Metallurgy compatibility steam pipe flanges will be machined from solid bar. been defined. All wiring nets have had their across the range of components and weld specification The more difficult areas are the cast steam ports. The idents and connector pins allocated. incorporated in the cylinder assembly is of interest. If reason for choosing casting is the complexity of the shapes, The Auxiliary Services System electronics you could take some time in describing any differences particularly as they all require mid feathers to provide design is also nearing completion. All that and challenges relative to this subject, especially with sufficient strength against pressure in rectangular sections. remains are some of the minor circuits, reference to the following and any others I haven’t These items will be subject to significant thermal shock for example cab lighting controllers. recognised, would be appreciated: as they will be rapidly heated from ambient to steam l Cast steam and exhaust passages temperature when the regulator is first opened whilst the These will be based on the circuits that Prototype LED lamp driver PCB. The new cab bulkhead have proven successful on Tornado. The light fitting. l Drawn tube for cylinders and steam/exhaust passages rest of the block is cold. As the block catches up, the steam Auxiliary Services engine wiring has l Forged blank and machined profiles chests and ports will become hotter still as superheat builds David Elliott also been mapped – another 18 wiring l Rolled plate profiles up. I reckon that the differential temperature will peak at looms have been defined. Once Alan l Weld type/specification.” around 200 degrees C. Parkin has completed the tender conduit Daniela has spent a fair amount of time subjecting the arrangements, both the Essential and David replies as follows. steam port castings and the adjacent steam chest tubes Auxiliary Services tender systems and The basic logic for the cylinders on 2007 is as follows: to FEA - both for pressure and temperature and refining associated wiring looms will be added. 1) To maintain as much similarity as possible (or desirable) the design to minimise stress concentrations. My initial We have identified a new design of with the original P2 design we have decided to retain the thought was to use BS3100 grade A1 which is fairly mild steel bulkhead lamp fitting for the P2 cab. The three-cylinders-in-one monobloc design. with good ductility, however it has a yield strength at around fittings on Tornado have been satisfactory 2) The need to reduce the overall width of the cylinder block 230N/mm2 which is well below P355. Also, there are no but, being based on an aluminium casting, to keep it within an acceptable structure gauge, has pointed us published elevated temperature figures. We are still looking the fixings have become difficult to use to using steel as opposed to cast iron to compensate for the into the best steel spec with reference to yield strength at over time. Some screw holes have had to resultant reduction in thickness of the outside cylinder wall elevated temperatures, ductility, corrosion resistance and be drilled out and re-tapped to maintain and stiffeners. weldability. a secure fixing for the cage and glass. 3) We approached the foundry industry (including Wm Cook) Welds are full penetration in almost all cases, either from The new fitting is made of brass and is and there was no appetite to take on such a complex one-off both or one side according to accessibility. The eventual substantially built. It also has wingnuts to structure as a steel casting manufacturer will be requested to supply detailed weld secure the cage and glass, which will make 4) In the latter days of steam, the Germans and USA were specifications and NDT requirements as part of his proposal removal for cleaning more straightforward, making significant use of fabricated steel cylinders (Meiningen to be approved by our designated body prior to start of with less chance of dropping and breaking is still making them for the Harz 2-10-2 locos). construction. Whilst a significant amount of work has gone the glass. The fundamental principles used elsewhere on the into the basic strength of the structure, to carry out a Work on our new combined LED locomotive where castings have been replaced with comprehensive analysis of the whole thing is beyond our FEA head/tail/marker luminary is proceeding fabrications, is to use materials that are stronger than the capability and to do it thoroughly using a specialist consultancy original and to employ full penetration welding to boiler would be very expensive and time consuming. well. Roger Millington has completed and 3D printing of regulator stuffing box cover. tested the prototype optical system. Alan standards where possible. Following appropriate weld NDT, One significant advantage of a welded fabrication steel Green (who designed the LED luminaries David Elliott the whole fabrication is stress relieved. The resultant structure fabrication as opposed to traditional cast iron is that it is for Tornado) has kindly offered to design will be stronger than the equivalent casting. Where the design readily repairable by conventional welding (which we are well and build the drive electronics. The photo has been significantly changed, high stress areas are subjected used to with Tornado’s boiler!). TCC shows the first prototype printed circuit to FEA. David Elliott/A1SLT board (PCB) assembled ready for test. For the cylinder block, the final choice of materials has not The Trust is supporting the East Coast been confirmed. First it is necessary to decide whether the Digital Project which plans to install ETCS cylinder block is primarily a structure or a pressure vessel. on two steam locomotives as a pathfinder Traditionally cylinders have been treated primarily as structural, project prior to more extensive rollout. on the basis that the thickness of elements is decided by the Tornado has been selected as one of these ability to resist the forces applied through the frames and locomotives and we are working with of the pistons added to a generous allowance for corrosion Network Rail’s Rolling Stock Integration which results in proportions that are significantly in excess of The printed patterns for the Partner for the project, SNCL-Lavalin, to 3D printed cylinder parts. those that would be required to resist pressure alone. stuffing box. plan the necessary modifications to the On this basis my initial thoughts were to use BS EN A1 to enable the fitting of ETCS. We are much happening outside the house!) the regulator stuffing box that is needed 10025 S355J2 material, on the given that it is the highest taking the opportunity to incorporate The first work undertaken is to to test the new boilers in Meiningen and spec material that can be welded easily and reliably in several of the P2 electrical system design reproduce all the individual parts of the were reminded that the cover pattern was ambient conditions and is readily available in a wide range improvements into the design for Tornado, cylinder block at 1:8 scale to ensure that missing. The 3D model was rapidly modified of thicknesses and sections. However, to improve the especially around the arrangements that the proposed weld sequence will actually to include machining allowances and add high temperature performance and to increase corrosion permit cab removal. work with sufficient access to achieve “draft” to the edges and a pattern printed. resistance, I am now veering towards BS EN 10028 P355GH, all the welds. It will also help prospective This took the printer about 56 hours which is the modern equivalent of boiler plate. The individual 3D printing fabricators to understand the design when altogether – fortunately, provided it does components will be profiled and rolled or press-braked David Elliott has recently acquired a 3D quotes are sought. not run out of plastic filament or suffer loss as required. Some elements will be pre-machined prior to A CAD of the cylinder block with the Kylchap printer (something to do as a hobby in Shortly after the printer was first set of power, it happily proceeds on its own fabrication. blastpipes in place. these Covid-19 days when there is not to work, we were sorting out patterns for until finished! TCC

24 25 POWERING NO. 2007 TO COMPLETION WITH THE TURBOGEN CLUB by Mark Allatt THE TENDER CLUB STEADILY FILLING UP by Mark Allatt Rob Morland the next three years, we need to have the two turbo-generators David Elliott delivered to Darlington Locomotive Works in 2020. We estimate In April 2019, the project to build Britain’s most powerful that each turbo-generator will cost around £40,000 to complete express passenger steam locomotive announced a new and install. £450,000 appeal to fund the manufacture the tender for Spurred on by the success of The Pony (Truck) Club, in early new Gresley class P2 No. 2007 Prince of Wales. The A1 Steam July we launched The Turbogen Club – the second of our new Locomotive Trust has set itself the challenge of raising mini-clubs to fund specific areas of construction that are beyond £450,000 (including Gift Aid) through The Tender Club from the reach of most people to support as a Dedicated Donation. 250 supporters each donating £1,500 (plus Gift Aid) to the It is our desire to leave No. 2007 debt free and therefore our project in up to 15 payments of £100 by standing order. At the aim is to raise at least £40,000 with The Turbogen Club from same time, the Trust was also pleased to announce that the 40 supporters each donating £1,000 plus Gift Aid (in up to four order to manufacture the tender tank has been placed with payments of £250). North View Engineering Solutions of Darlington. Members receive the following special benefits: Substantial progress has been made on the tender with the l Opportunity to buy ticket (seat already reserved) on one of the erection of the tender frames by ID Howitt of Crofton (now the range to about 110 miles. The additional water capacity is Turbo-generator assembly. first trains hauled by No. 2007 Prince of Wales over two-thirds complete), the construction of the tender at the expense of a reduction in coal capacity from 9 tons to In August 2018, the Trust placed a £350,000 order for a state-of- l Reasonable access to No. 2007 at all times tank by North View Engineering Solutions Ltd of Darlington 7½ tons. the-art electrical system for new Gresley class P2 No. 2007 Prince l First choice of components to sponsor as a Dedicated Donation (structurally complete, delivered to DLW in March and primed The tender tank is a fully welded structure made from of Wales . The electrical system, based on that which has operated l Special supporters’ day with Tornado & undercoated) and the assembly of the four tender wheelsets weathering steel (as used on motorway bridges and the Angel successfully for the past 12 years on No. 60163 Tornado, includes l Exclusive certificate signed by the electricals design team of Rob at South Devon Railway Engineering Ltd in Buckfastleigh (now of the North) to provide improved resistance to corrosion. systems that generate and store electricity, together with lighting Morland and Alan Parkin complete and in DLW where they have been filled and painted The main visible differences with the new tender when and instrumentation systems. Also included are all current railway l A limited-edition turbo-generator coaster and await balancing). compared to that of Tornado is the curving inwards of the side safety and communication systems, plus new systems that will l Invitation to the first official run of the new turbo-generator. In return for supporting this appeal, special benefits for sheets at the front to match the shape of the cab sides, and soon be needed on the Network Rail main line. By the end of August, the fundraising campaign for The Turbogen members of The Tender Club include: the extensive use of half round beading along the front and top Club had already ‘generated’ 14 members of the initial target of l Opportunity to buy ticket (seat already reserved) on one of of the sides and the top of the back of the tank. The Electrical system for No. 2007 Prince of Wales will be based 40 members, each contributing £1,000. the first trains hauled by No. 2007 Prince of Wales We now urgently need the fundraising for the tender to on the following key principles: To become a member of The Turbogen Club, l  Reasonable access to No. 2007 at all times keep pace with its construction if we are to remain on-track l Dual redundant power supplies and electronic battery email [email protected], call 01325 460163 or l  Opportunity to buy exclusive Tender Club badge for completion of No. 2007 within the next three years. By the management visit www.p2steam.com for more information. l  Opportunity to join one of the teams building No. 2007 end of August, The Tender Club had recruited 78 members of The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust is raising funds for the l Steam turbine and axle-driven generators l  First choice of other components to sponsor its 250 members target meaning that only £117,000 (excluding acquisition of two turbo- Gift Aid) of the required £450,000 (including Gift Aid) has l Structured trunking system for wiring and optimised equipment l  Special supporters' day with Tornado generators for the new Gresley already been pledged – that still leaves us with a lot of work locations for minimum wiring l Special limited-edition print of Stephen Bainbridge’s l Military specification components for reliability and all LED class P2 No. 2007 Prince of Wales . to do! If there are surplus funds left ‘Locomotives of the future’ painting. To become a member of The Tender Club, email lighting. The tender for No. 2007 Prince of Wales is based closely on over following the acquisition of [email protected], call 01325 460163 or visit Power will be generated by the Trust’s new design for an axle- the tender built for A1 class No. 60163 Tornado. The original P2 driven alternator, based on an off-the-shelf truck product, and new the two turbo-generators, we www.p2steam.com for more information. will use the money to buy other tenders were to the 1930s non-corridor design built for the turbo-generators, based on the German design fitted toTornado . new A3 ‘Pacifics’ being built at that time. PS The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust is raising funds for the No. 2007 will be fitted with two turbo-generators, each with an components for the Gresley class P2 that the charity would The water capacity of the original design was 5,000 gallons, manufacture of the tender for the new Gresley class P2 output around 25A at 27V DC (675VA). which at a typical consumption of 45 gallons per mile would No. 2007 Prince of Wales. If there are surplus funds left over not otherwise have. TCC In order to keep on schedule to complete No. 2007 within Turbogen Coaster. provide a range between water stops of 80 miles (with as following the manufacture of the tender, we will use the money safety margin). The tender for Tornado was re-designed to to buy other components for the Gresley class P2 that the increase the water capacity to 6,250 gallons which increases charity would not otherwise have. TCC P2 DEDICATED DONATIONS UPDATE by Mandy Grant

25th April 2020 – 1st Aug 2020 has seen a steady Components sponsored during this period include: increase in component sponsorship, with 11 individual l Headlamp No.2 - Including all Design Work, 3D CAD - Exclusive badges are available to purchase - components being sponsored, raising a further Drawings, Manufacture of Lamp Housing, Optics, Testing Attention all Club Members! £7095.00 before gift aid. This brings the total number and Certification of components now sponsored to 617! l Return Crank Gear Box LH We are most grateful to all of our supporters l 4x 1” BSW Driven Bolts and Slotted Nuts - Leading LH who have responded to the Dedicated Donations Hornstay campaign so far! l RH Cladding Atomiser Valve Pocket Looking for an unusual gift? With prices ranging l  from one of many driven bolts & slotted nuts for £30 Brake Lever Pin 10 to the complete exhaust steam injector for £15,000. l Vacuum Pipe 6 Why not treat the rail enthusiast in your family to l Hose Cock Adapters for Engine Buffer Beam Bracket 1 The Boiler Club, The Mikado Club, The Cylinder Club, something different and help us to complete this l Reinforced Cut Out for Boiler Registration Plate The Motion Club, The Tender Club - All Club Badges £5.00 each (Badges shown actual size) iconic locomotive! Whatever your budget, please email Mandy at If you know of a business owner or company who may be To purchase your badge please send a cheque for the relevant amount made payable to ‘The P2 Steam Locomotive Company’ and [email protected] for more interested in sponsoring an item on No. 2007 Prince of Wales , information. please contact [email protected] TCC send to The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, Darlington Locomotive Works, Hopetown Lane, Darlington DL3 6RQ.

26 27 the project in up to 15 payments of £100 NOW REACHED! WE ARE HALF-WAY THERE! by Mark Allatt by standing order. The Tender Club got off TARGET to a rather slow start, but progress has 175 members £2.5m spent – £3m raised, and 3.7m pledged of been steady, and we have now recruited the £5m target £5,000,000 78 people as of the end of August which is still in stark contrast to the tender’s £4,500,000 progress! As you can read in David Elliott’s engineering update, work has progressed £4,000,000 rapidly on the tender since the last edition (Target) £3,700,000 of TCC. We still have a long way to go to £3,500,000 0 50 100 150 175 be able to fully fund the tender and will £3,000,000 therefore need to more closely align its pace of construction with the availability Motion Club gauge - 175 Members. £2,500,000 of funds over the coming months. Please help us to close the gap and get on board £2,000,000 Gresley class P2 No. 2007 Prince of Wales outside Darlington The Tender Club. 250 200 Locomotive Works. £1,500,000 As you will read elsewhere in TCC, in 100 April we launched our first smaller – or As you will have read elsewhere in this edition of TCC, even in these difficult £1,000,000 bite-sized – fundraising club to provide 150 times our project to build Gresley class P2 No. 2007 Prince of Wales continues the funds required to complete the pony to make solid progress on all fronts. It’s still difficult to ascertain at the time £500,000 truck. With The Pony (Truck) Club – 50 250 of writing what the long-term impact of the coronavirus will be on our 100 apologies for the pun - we are seeking fundraising efforts, but we are carefully monitoring our financial position and £0 78 to raise the necessary £20,000 (plus Gift building as much flexibility into our project plan as possible. As we know, our 50 Aid) from 20 supporters each donating fundraising works as a virtuous circle, with donations generating progress 0 £1,000. This club got off to quite a gallop 300 which encourages supporters new and existing to support the next phases of 0 and within a few days 30 supporters had construction. A huge thank you to all our supporters who continue to give signed up enabling us to also fund some of most generously to the project. At this time, we are still on target to complete the required certification. the new locomotive within three years provided we can turn up the wick on Total sum pledged to date. Spurred on by this success, we launched our income growth. Boiler Club Gauge - 200 Members. Tender Club Gauge - 78 The Turbogen Club in July and by the Members. Public interest in seeing a new Gresley engine and extended in May 2017 to 200 able. If you are already a member of The end of August the fundraising campaign class P2 become a reality sooner rather members to also wheel the tender - now Boiler Club, please do consider joining has already ‘generated’ 14 members of 30 L than later remains high and over 930 fully subscribed with 200 supporters a number of Club members who have the initial target of 40 members each TOTA people have already signed up to the ‘P2 pledging £1,000 each plus Gift Aid and taken out a second membership to fund contributing £1,000. EXCEEDED for the price of a pint of beer per week’ therefore potentially raising £250,000; No. 2007’s share of the spare boiler. Our Dedicated Donations initiative (Target) (£2.50 per week or more) Covenant and The Cylinder Club, only launched at April 2018 saw the launch of The continues to generate substantial income 20 scheme since its launch in March 2014. our Convention in October 2017, is now Motion Club, established to fund the for the project, with over £400,000 to- The average monthly donation is now also fully subscribed with 100 people manufacture of the heavy motion for date from existing supporters sponsoring over £15 per Covenantor (excluding having already pledged £1,000 each plus No. 2007, where we set ourselves the a variety of components. There are still a 10 Gift Aid) and the projected annual Gift Aid and therefore potentially raising challenge of raising £210,000 from 175 considerable number of wheeling-related income for our P2 project from the £125,000. The Gresley Society Trust has supporters each donating £1,000 plus Dedicated Donations still available for monthly Covenant scheme now well in sponsored the locomotive’s distinctive Gift Aid. In just ten days we had already sponsorship, ranging from a driving wheel 0 excess of £200,000pa – a remarkable front-end for which we are most grateful. signed up 24 members of The Motion spoke at £600 (or from £25 per month for achievement in such a short period of You can read elsewhere in this issue of Club, potentially worth £30,000 including 24 months) to a Cartazzi axlebox casting Pony (Truck) Club - 30 Members. time and all thanks to the generosity of TCC where these funds have already Gift Aid – a remarkable achievement at £1,300 (or from £50 per month for our supporters. However, due to the been put to good use. thanks to the generosity of our 26 months) to and driving wheel casting years. However, to maintain this rate of coronavirus we have had to suspend Our order in June 2019 for two new supporters. Although somewhat delayed & proof machining at £12,000 (or from progress we need to raise more than 14 20 our programme of Works Open Days boilers – an heir and a spare – from DB through no fault of our supplier, you can £200 per month for 60 months). We have £700,000 per year, which given the nature 10 30 40 and P2 Roadshows and so are not Meiningen makes it more important than see elsewhere in TCC that good progress also released some very visible Dedicated of the regular donation scheme becomes 0 getting the face time with potential new even that we reach our 300 members is now being made with the heavy motion Donations related to the painting of the more challenging as each year passes. Last supporters. Whilst we are doing what target for The Boiler Club as soon as and the coupling rods are expected to locomotive, with sponsorship of the LNER financial year we didn’t quite achieve our we can do raise our profile digitally and possible. We have already recruited be delivered to DLW in the autumn. As lettering on the tender available for £1,000 budget of £500,000 and so we will have in the print media, I would encourage 200 people to The Boiler Cub, each of the end of July 2020, we had recruited per side and the lining of the tender at to work harder this year to maintain our all of our existing supporters to try to of whom have pledged £2,000 each to 175 members to The Motion Club, with £1,000 for each side and £500 for the rear. momentum. recruit a friend to come on board and fund the boiler meaning that £400,000 £175,000 pledged excluding Gift Aid – We are delighted with the level of We would encourage all our a covenantor or if possible, consider of the £600,000 target (excluding Gift at last reaching the initial target, proof support that the project to build Britain’s supporters who haven’t yet contributed increasing your Covenant. Aid) is now pledged. With the delivery indeed that visible progress really does most powerful steam locomotive has to this exciting project to help us to In addition to this core scheme, funds of the boiler for No. 2007 scheduled for drive donations. received since its launch. This means over meet these deadlines by becoming a Turbogen Club - 14 Members. have been raised through The Founders December 2021 – and the spare boiler We launched The Tender Club in April £2.5m (over half of the total required) monthly ‘P2 for the price of a pint of beer For more information on how Club with over 360 members donated for both of our locomotives expected 2019 to raise the funds to manufacture converted into metal and over £3.0m a week’ Covenantor, joining The Boiler you can help to build Britain’s most £1,000 each plus Gift Aid – target 100 to be delivered in December 2020 - we No. 2007’s tender. We set ourselves the (60%) raised. Club, subscribing to The Motion Club, powerful steam locomotive visit www. people, now closed; The Mikado Club, need an average of six new members a challenge of raising £450,000 through We now have a rolling chassis and becoming a member of The Tender Club p2steam.com, email enquiries@ launched in March 2016 with an initial month – please do consider becoming The Tender Club from 250 supporters we remain on-track for completion or taking out a Dedicated Donation. It’s p2steam.com or call 01325 460163. target of 160 members to wheel the a member of The Boiler Club if you are each donating £1,500 (plus Gift Aid) to of the new locomotive within three time to get on-board! TCC

28 29 THE RACE IS ON TO GET UP STEAM! by Mark Allatt Follow us on In June 2019 the starting gun was fired is to raise at least £600,000 for The Reaching the two-thirds point in the with the order of two new boilers Boiler Club from 300 supporters each funding of No. 2007 Prince of Wales’ Help Britain’s most powerful steam locomotive from DB Meiningen – and we now have donating £2,000 to the project (in up to boiler through The Boiler Club will just 16 months to raise all of the funds 40 payments of £50 by standing order). mark a significant milestone in the Visit: www.p2steam.com to build a necessary to pay for No. 2007’s boiler In return for this commitment, members project to build Britain’s most powerful – that’s more than one new member of The Boiler Club receive these special steam locomotive. The boiler is the Join The Boiler Club today and help us to complete recruited to The Boiler Club every benefits:: beating heart of a steam locomotive Prince of Wales week! By the end of July 2020, The and to keep the construction of No. No. 2007 in record time! Boiler Club fundraising campaign had l  Opportunity to buy ticket (seat 2007 Prince of Wales on schedule for recruited almost two-thirds of its target already reserved) on No. 2007’s first completion within three years we need membership with pledges of £400,000 main line train to take delivery of the new boiler in excluding Gift Aid. Launched in October l  Reasonable access to No. 2007 at all 2021. 2014 to raise the £600,000 needed pay times To become a member of The Boiler for the manufacture of the boiler, The l  Opportunity to buy exclusive Boiler Club, email enquiries@p2steam. Boiler Club now has 200 members who Club badge com, call 01325 460163 or visit have each donated or pledged £2,000 l  Opportunity to join one of the teams www.p2steam.com for more (plus Gift Aid). building No. 2007 information. Following the success of The l  First choice of other components to The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust is Founders Club, which was designed sponsor raising funds for the manufacture of to get to the P2 Project to the point the boilers for the new Gresley class l  Special limited-edition version (signed/ of cutting No.2007’s frames, the Trust numbered) of the first official painting P2 No. 2007 Prince of Wales. If there are established The Boiler Club to fund of No. 2007 Prince of Wales with No. surplus funds left over following the the construction of Prince of Wales’ 60163 Tornado – ‘Dream Team’ by manufacture of the boilers, we will use boiler. It is the Trust’s desire to leave renowned railway artist Chris Ludlow the money to buy other components No. 2007 Prince of Wales debt free for the Gresley class P2 that the charity l  Special supporters' day with Tornado. upon completion and therefore its aim would not otherwise have. TCC

The boiler is the beating heart of a steam locomotive and to keep the construction of No. 2007 Prince of Wales l l on schedule for completion in 2021, we placed the WORKSHOP NOTES order for the boiler in 2019 for delivery in January Rollinson Bruce th 2021. We have established The Boiler Club to fund We were delighted to hear that on 25 June, Councillor the construction of Prince of Wales’ boiler. It is our Chris McEwen, a long-term friend and supporter of the desire to leave No. 2007 Prince of Wales debt free upon Trust, was appointed 118A boiler with Melesco type Mayor of Darlington. completion and therefore our aim is to raise at least superheater header as used on £600,000 for The Boiler Club from 300 supporters each Tornado Alas the actual ceremony donating £2,000 to the project (in up to 16 payments of had to be live-streamed £125 by standing order) – we are over half way there, No. 2007’s boiler in detail owing to Covid-19 having raised £475,000 (including gift aid) so far! l Use of diagram 118A Tornado boiler with detailed restrictions but we wish Chris well in his Special benefits for members of The Boiler Club: modifications to improve overhaul life l Interchangeable with Tornado boiler new role. Apart from l Opportunity to buy ticket (seat already reserved) on l Tornado boiler is 17in shorter than P2 boiler – No. continuing to support one of No. 2007’s first main line trips 2007’s smoke box will be extended within the cladding the efforts of the Trust, l Reasonable access to No. 2007 at all times l 250psi of No. 60163’s boiler will be retained to Chris will also be raising l Opportunity to buy exclusive Boiler Club badge th improve economy and increase maximum power. awareness of the 200 Ian Matthews found himself being 'snapped' in l  Opportunity to join one of the teams building No. 2007 anniversary of the the bowels of the newly delivered tender tank. l First choice of other components to sponsor Stockton to Darlington Both A1 and P2 tenders have a 'manhole' l  Special limited edition version (signed/numbered) of the Railway in 2025 as we rather than just a filler cap, allowing access to first official painting of No. 2007Prince of Wales with No. move towards the the interior of the tank for inspections and 60163 Tornado 195th Anniversary in maintenance. l Special supporters' day with Tornado. Chris McEwen September. Ed Laxton is seen Together we can build this remarkable working locomotive - join The Boiler Club today! As part of an article for The Yorkshire Post, photographer on one Bruce Rollinson came to Darlington Locomotive Works to of the record Ian Matthews and Edward Laxton working on the tender For further information please visit , email , call or write to www.p2steam.com [email protected] 01325 460163 new P2. Naturally, like all of those with an artistic bent, he wheelsets. The Boiler Club, P2 Construction Fund, Darlington Locomotive Works, FREEPOST RTJS-XECR-XARL, The A1 Steam Locomotive asked the boys for some unusual images and seen here on Trust, Hopetown Lane, Darlington DL3 6RQ the right are a couple of the results! Bruce Rollinson

30 31 THE P2 SUPPORT COACH APPEAL by Mark Allatt COME ON, COME ON, DO THE LOCO-MOTION WITH ME! by Mark Allatt Graphic - Gordon Best David Elliott / A1SLT / A1SLT

Colour illustration of the completed BR Mark 1 support coach.

A unique opportunity has arisen for The with Commonwealth bogies and was most already reserved) on one of the first A1 Steam Locomotive Trust to acquire BR recently used as the support coach for BR trains hauled by No. 2007 Prince of Wales Mark 1 BSK E35457 for eventual use as standard class 4 No. 76084. l  Reasonable access to No. 2007 and No. the support coach for No. 2007 Prince of In surprisingly excellent condition, 60163 at all times Wales. E35457 will require minimal work other l  Special supporters’ day with Tornado A support coach and crew are an than the reinstatement of its dual-brakes l  Two tickets (booked in advance) to essential part of the operation of steam and the addition of a similar electrical travel behind Tornado or Prince of Wales 3D diagram of No. 2007’s outside motion. locomotives on Network Rail. Since British system to that fitted to E21249, No. 60163 in E35457 on a heritage railway and Railways steam operations ended in 1968, Tornado’s support coach. commemorative photograph with the much if not all of the static infrastructure The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust is In April 2018, The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust launched a new l  Special limited-edition version (signed/numbered) of locomotive and coach. and paid staff required to support them no seeking to raise £100,000 from 100 appeal to raise the funds to manufacture the motion for new Stuart Black’s drawing of No. 2007 Prince of Wales. For further information on The P2 longer exists, requiring the use of support supporters to each donate £1,000 (in up Support Coach Appeal, please visit Gresley class P2 No. 2007 Prince of Wales . The Motion Club The work involved in designing and manufacturing the coaches and crews to travel with the to eight monthly payments of £125 by , email was established with the aim of raising £210,000 from 175 motion includes: www.p2steam.com supporters each donating £1,000 (plus Gift Aid) to the project locomotive. standing order) towards the acquisition, [email protected] or call l  Redesign of coupling and connecting rods to use modern in up to eight payments of £125 by standing order. In just seven Support coaches are usually drawn from overhaul and conversion of BR Mark 1 BSK 01325 460163. material (pre-war nickel chrome steel alloy proved prone weeks the appeal had already reached over a quarter of its passenger brake coaches of the BR Mark E35457. to fracture £210,000 target and by the end of July 2020 we had recruited 1 era, taking advantage of the existence The P2 Support Coach Appeal is all 175 members to The Motion Club, with £210,000 pledged l  Incorporation of late-pattern BR-type continuous white of the guards/ parcels van space for ease In recognition of their support, donors raising funds for the acquisition and including Gift Aid. metal lined crank pin bearing bushes of conversion to workshop and store will receive: overhaul of BR Mark 1 E35457. If there In May 2018 we were delighted to announce that we had l  Use of the late-A1 design of inside connecting rod which functions. The passenger area will provide l  Exclusive certificate signed by David are surplus funds left over following its placed a £181,000 order with Stephenson Engineering Ltd overcame the tendency for the original design of inside mess room, seating and/or sleeping Champion (President) and Steve Davies acquisition and overhaul, we will use the of Atherton, Manchester for the heavy motion for No. 2007 connecting rods on LNER ‘Pacifics’ to big-end failure accommodation. (Chairman) of The A1 Steam Locomotive money to purchase or manufacture other Brake Corridor Second (BSK) E35457 Prince of Wales . The order included the forging, machining and l  Open die forging of six coupling rods, two outside Trust components for the Gresley class P2 that was built at Wolverton in 1963, is fitted l  heat treatment of the nine heavy motion rods - intermediate connecting rods and the inside connecting rod and strap The opportunity to buy a ticket (seat the charity would not otherwise have. TCC coupling rod LH/RH, trailing coupling rod LH/RH, leading l  CNC machining of all rods couple rod LH/RH, outside connecting rod LH/RH and the l  Manufacture of oil box lids, coupling rod knuckle pins, inside connecting rod assembly (including strap, gluts and nuts and washers and bearing bush keys strap nuts and washers) – and the combined piston and rod. l  Casting of leaded gunmetal and phosphor bronze castings P2 ROADSHOWS, DARLINGTON LOCOMOTIVE WORKS Following a delay due to lack of resources our supplier, the first of crank pin bearing bushes by Mark Allatt heavy motion forgings – the two middle coupling rods – were OPEN DAYS AND PRESENTATIONS l  Machining and white metalling of bearing bushes completed in October and one was exhibited at Darlington In the light of Government advice to prevent the spread of the and details of how to get involved. l  Fitting oil box tops Locomotive Works during last year’s Convention. These were coronavirus, we have suspended our P2 Roadshow programme, We would encourage you to attend and bring along some l  Assembly of bearing bushes to rods joined by two more coupling rod forgings and as you will read Open Days at Darlington Locomotive Works (usually held friends and family members who would be interested in l  Polishing rods. elsewhere in this issue of TCC all four are being machined over on the first and third Saturday of the month) and ad-hoc hearing about the project. The two-hour presentation will start We have reached the initial target of 175 members of The next few months. Orders are to follow for the motion include promptly at 11:00hrs and run until 13:00hrs and is open to Motion Club but there is still an opportunity to come Presentations to external groups. rod bushes, oil box covers and miscellaneous components. We will be reviewing whether or not to go ahead with each existing supporters and interested members of the public: In return for supporting this appeal, special benefits for on-board if you haven’t already whilst the motion is being manufactured. To become a member of The Motion Club, planned future roadshow and are also investigating an on-line At the moment the following P2 Roadshows remain in the members of The Motion Club include: substitute - please keep an eye on our website for the latest diary: email [email protected], call 01325 460163 l  Opportunity to buy ticket (seat already reserved) on one of updates. We hope to be able to restart the programmes as or visit www.p2steam.com for more information. l 3 rd October - Darlington Locomotive Works the first trains hauled by No. 2007 Prince of Wales P.S. The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust is raising funds for soon as it is safely possible - thank you in advance for your l  Reasonable access to No. 2007 at all times the manufacture of the motion for the new Gresley class patience and understanding. l 21 st November - Darlington Locomotive Works l  Opportunity to buy exclusive Motion Club badge P2 No. 2007 Prince of Wales . If there are surplus funds left When they re-start, the presentations in 2020 will feature l  Opportunity to join one of the teams building No. 2007 over following the manufacture of the motion, we will use key team members including Mark Allatt and/or David Elliott For more information on the P2 roadshows visit l  First choice of other components to sponsor the money to buy other components for the Gresley class and cover the background to the project to build new Gresley www.p2steam.com, email [email protected] class P2 No. 2007 Prince of Wa les, progress to-date, future plans l  Special supporters' day with Tornado P2 that the charity would not otherwise have. TCC or call 01325 460163. TCC

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by Graham Langer PROFILE – DANIELA FILOVÁ by Graham Langer FROM THE ARCHIVES Phil Champion It was anticipated at the outset of the project to build the P2 that extra resources would be required as the build developed and the decision was taken by the Trust in September 2017 to recruit an Assistant Mechanical Engineer to expedite production of manufacturing drawings. Daniela Filová was appointed following a recruitment process carried out in collaboration with Teesside University. Some people naturally gravitate towards areas of interest which are close to their heart, even when life sometimes takes unpredictable turns, and it might be said that Daniela is a living proof of this rule. Daniela has a childhood recollection of one of her toys being a nice wooden train set hauled with a proper main line steam locomotive at the front. During holidays she often went to different spa towns in the Czech Republic with her grandparents. These trips almost always used her preferred mode of transport, Daniela at her desk at Darlington Locomotive Works. otherwise where would be the fun? Using his hidden talent, her grandad always managed to sneak her into a cab of the in her hometown in East Bohemia and working in a workshop local train service on the last leg of these journeys where became a hobby. This job involved patent and patent portfolio she was introduced to the train driver and allowed to sound analysis, analysis of technical solutions, statistical approaches to the whistle when approaching a railway crossing. One of technical trend scouting in particular fields, advisory work and a her treasured memories during these little adventures was lot of travelling to different countries around Europe. She made when walking by the river, close to a grain silo site. There a lot of like-minded friends and actively participated at different was always that little green diesel shunter. It had a nice conferences organised by the European Patent Office (EPO) poetic railway jargon nicknamed ‘tree frog’ due to its colour firstly as a participant, then as a presenter and in a later stage as By 2000 the coupling rods had been machined and fitted to the locomotive. and size. Luckily on that day the driver was present and her a member of the organising committee. Her efforts, not only grandad managed to get her into a cab for a short cab ride in the patent field but also in a field of methodical innovation Summer 2000 – By the middle of Summer 2010 – Tornado continued Summer 2015 – Following a great around a marshalling yard. and as a member of the board at Czech Union of Inventors & the year engineering progress was to fulfil her main and preserved line day out with ‘The White Rose’, Tornado This affinity to railways and locomotives probably came Rationaliser, culminated in the EPO recognising Daniela as an evident on multiple fronts. Hardy Non duties throughout the summer which moved to Bristol to work a short series from her father, as he started his career as a train dispatcher expert in the intellectual property field. She then frequently Ferrous Metals Ltd of Middlesborough included attending ‘Railfest’ at the of the ever popular ‘Torbay Express’ in a small town. Later on, when working for a state-owned participated as an expert lecturer, coaching various attendees had cast all the coupling and connecting National Railway Museum that June and trains and even if the weather wasn’t company distributing agricultural substrates and grains, from EPO member states on the ‘Reading and Understanding of rod bushes from Leaded Gunmetal and hauling numerous ‘Cathedrals Express’ always up to Riviera standards some brisk he became a man in charge of the little railways on each Patent Documents’. As a natural progression she than become Phosphor Bronze as appropriate to the trains as well as visiting the Nene Valley running was recorded on the revised storage site ensuring that the goods wagons had the correct a president of a company she worked for. application. Machining of the coupling Railway and the West Somerset line. route through Bath. After these three loads and were making their way to the right stations at the Life is full of surprises and if life gets tedious we start and connecting rods, pistons and The Trust continued to raise funds for outings, No. 60163 moved to Stewarts right time. longing for a change, so Daniela decided to move into more crossheads continued at Ufone Precision the conversion of a support coach to Lane to work several turns on the Daniela was encouraged to study fine arts by her parents ‘hands-on’ engineering and to change surroundings completely. Engineers in the West Midlands. At accompany No. 60163, work on which ‘Belmond British Pullman’ before heading but was always more inclined to the engineering field. This Receiving advice from a friend from Ireland, who saw her DLW the bogie frame was being was proceeding well at DLW, with to Peterborough to fulfil her duties on desire culminated in her setting up her own workshop and steam engine advertised on a model engineering website, assembled using fitted bolts made in much of the re-skinned bodyshell now the and then on to to start building a lathe from scratch. The original thought he suggested that there was a job opportunity for her in the Locomotive Works. In other news beginning to sport carmine & cream haul ‘The Silver Jubilee Talisman’, an A1SLT th behind these efforts was a need to design and build a Stirling Darlington. Although Daniela doesn’t usually like others to David Champion, who had steered the undercoats. tour celebrating the Trust’s 25 year. TCC

engine to generate electricity. Starting with patterns and a tell her what to do (really? Ed.), in this instance she took it as Trust from the outset, stepped down John Harratt home-built coke furnace, which was made of brick clay from well-meant advice. She successfully applied for the job at the as Chairman to care for his late wife, a local clay pit, she produced her first castings. Realising A1 Steam Locomotive Trust as David Elliott’s under-study and Gill, who had cancer. Mark Allatt, who the sheer length of this job compared to her own life span moved to at the beginning of 2018. She joined the had been a member of the management she then capitulated and purchased her first lathe instead! engineering staff at Darlington Locomotive Works and has team since 1991, replaced him. As the years passed and the workshop gradually filled up become a valued member of the team, a role that now includes with all sorts of machinery including milling machines, an the day to day operation and management of the workshop. Summer 2005 – William Cook Cast additional lathe, outer diameter grinder, many new furnaces Her design engineering tasks involve performing Finite Element Products, principal sponsor of the new- with appropriate descriptive names such as Golem (based Analysis on various components as required and a production build, showed their commitment to, and on Jewish folklore from 16th century Prague) and Vulcan. engineering input when required. To further develop her confidence in, the project and offered to Even with six furnaces in total it was still not enough… academic skills she was given an opportunity to join a Degree sponsor the construction of Tornado’s she managed to develop her own refractories for crucibles Apprenticeship scheme. She is hoping to complete the first part tender. The work on completing the and moulded them to shape using slip cast techniques. She of the course this year which will result in her being awarded £200,000 tender would proceed in even experimented with different refining and protective an HNC followed by an application to become a registered parallel to that on the locomotive, cover salt compositions for aluminium. That is how her first Engineering Technician with iMechE whilst working toward her enabling the locomotive and tender to steam engine was born, built from scratch using her own undergraduate degree. reach final completion at approximately patterns and castings, the result of her continued passion for Once Covid-19 restrictions have been further lifted, she is the same time. The Trust also announced engineering. eagerly looking forward to visiting various railways in South that once complete, the new locomotive However, as one needed a job from time to time, Daniela England with the Trust’s Director of Engineering, David Elliott. would be tested and run-in on the Great became an intellectual property advisor in a small company TCC Central Railway in Leicestershire. 2005 saw the completion and finishing of the safety valves.

34 35 The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust is pleased to display the logos of organisations giving us their ongoing support. Their contribution is gratefully acknowledged.

Principal sponsor

The Gresley Society Trust

the A1 steam locomotive TRUST CONTACTS President David Champion ([email protected]) Vice Presidents Peter Townend ([email protected]), Ben Godfrey ([email protected]) Board of Trustees Mark Allatt Head of PR, Marketing and Fundraising ([email protected]) Paul Bruce Property Director ([email protected]) Graeme Bunker-James Commercial Director ([email protected]) Steve Davies Chairman ([email protected]) David Elliott Director of Engineering ([email protected]) Graham Langer Publications ([email protected]) Huw Parker Operations Director ([email protected]) Chris Walker Finance ([email protected]) Advisers to the Board Richard Courteney-Harris ([email protected]) Terry Graham P2 Project Manager ([email protected]) Mandy Grant Dedicated Donations and Social Media Team ([email protected]) Mark Grant Volunteer Coordinator ([email protected]) Andy Hardy Archivist ([email protected]) Rob Morland Electrical ([email protected]) Graham Nicholas Professional Head of Engineering ([email protected]) Richard Peck Commercial ([email protected]) Engineering Daniela Filová Assistant Mechanical Engineer & Works Manager ([email protected]) Alan Parkin Electrical Design ([email protected]) Richard Pearson Locomotive Manager ([email protected]) Administration Leigh Taylor Office Manager([email protected]) Amelia Smith Administration Assistant ([email protected]) Railtours Sophie Bunker-James Railtours Marketing Manager ([email protected]) Lauren George Railtours Booking Office Manager ([email protected]) Editor Graham Langer ([email protected]) Picture Editor Tony Watson ([email protected]) Design Kevin Lumb ([email protected]) * All information correct at the time of going to press early September 2020. For up-to-date information and dates please check the website www.a1steam.com. l The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, Darlington Locomotive Works, Hopetown Lane, Darlington DL3 6RQ l e-mail: [email protected] l website: www.a1steam.com l tel: 01325 460163 Darlington Locomotive Works is normally open to the public on the first and third Saturday each month (11am – 4pm). Access to the works is via Head of Steam: Darlington Railway Museum where Covenantors are entitled to free entry (with Covenantor card). Charity registration No. 1022834. The Trust respectfully requests that anyone wanting to see Tornado’s main line passenger trains follows the rules of the railway and only goes where permitted. © 2020 The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust except where shown. Views of contributors are not necessarily those of The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust.

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