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telegraph No. 12 September 2010 Ian McDonald

Tornado leaving Alresford on the Mid-Hants Railway on 24th August

14th August. She set off from York with 11th/12th September enhanced the about 18 miles to go, so the landmark CAMRA (West Somerset) annual Beer Welcome... would have been attained at speed Festival at Minehead Station. ... to the twelfth edition of The Tornado somewhere north of Doncaster, a Telegraph. This month’s fitting place for this achievement. l Barrow Hill Driver news is very much Experience Days – The Trust that of being back l Support Coach – Funding announces a rare opportunity to to business as usual. has reached £22,000. So now 18 ft spend a day driving and firingTornado Tornado is running 4½ inches of the target 63 ft 6 inches at Barrow Hill Roundhouse, near well. The Trust Team is of the coach have been supported. Chesterfield over 4th, 5th and 6th now concentrating on rebuilding our Refurbishment work has been de- October 2010. Places are strictly finances and putting together next prioritised whilst we focus on our limited and available on a first come, year’s operations before returning locomotive and reassess the support first served basis. Please see the to refurbishing the support coach coach plan and associated cash flow. In attached flyer for details or contact and contemplating the building of a the meantime the electrical cabinet has [email protected] P2. As ever, we need your continued been completed by Paul Depledge and directly. support – see ‘Help The Trust’. Also, Mike Robinson (see picture overleaf). do study the ‘2010 Tour Programme’ l Merchandise - The last apple overleaf. Remember that your l The Line green Tornado Bachmann models should support of the heritage lines and – Tornado paid a return visit to the be delivered in the near future. A tour operators listed also aids The A1 Mid-Hants Railway over two weekends number of them are already reserved Steam Locomotive Trust. in late August. The locomotive’s so anybody wishing to purchase one [email protected] appearance was very popular - she should e-mail gill.lord@a1steam. Editor of The Tornado Telegraph hauled regular steam timetabled com. Please do not send cheques, services at standard fares. See picture etc. Requests will be dealt with on a above. first-come, first saved basis and the News briefs successful applicants will be asked for l 25,000 miles up! – Tornado l Back on the ‘Wizzer’ payment when the models are in stock. passed the 25,000 mile mark during – Currently, Tornado is on the West Also watch out for the publication of the return run of ‘The Cathedrals Somerset Line (see details overleaf). an updated version of the Absolutely Express’ from York to King’s Cross on Her presence over the weekend of Chuffed DVD in the near future. ➤ 2010 Tour Programme Currently confirmed dates are:

West Somerset Railway l M on 13th to Thu 16th September l S at 23rd to Sun 31st October – East www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk – at Minehead Lancs Railway at Bury tel: 01643 704996 email: info@west- l S at 18th to Sun 19th September – l W ed 3rd November – Crewe- somerset-railway.co.uk West Somerset Railway at Minehead Manchester Victoria-Glasgow and return Pathfinder Tours l S at 25th September – ‘The Brunelian’ (Tornado from/to Manchester) – HF www.pathfindertours.co.uk – Eastleigh- Central-Romsey- Railtours tel: 01453 835414 Salisbury-Warminster-Trowbridge-Bath l T hu 11th November – ‘Armistice Day email: [email protected] Spa-Bristol Temple Meads-Taunton-Exeter- with Tornado’ – Waterloo-Ely (for Plymouth and return (Tornado double- Duxford)-Norwich and return – Steam Torbay Express headed with 6024 King Edward 1 from/to Dreams www.torbayexpress.co.uk Bristol) – Pathfinder Tours l T hu/Sat 18th/20th November – ‘The tel: 01453 834477 l S un 26th September – ‘The Torbay Christmas Coronation’ – London Kings email: [email protected] Express’ – Bristol Temple Meads-Weston- Cross-Edinburgh (Thursday), Edinburgh- Super-Mare-Taunton-Exeter St David’s- Carlisle-London Euston (Saturday) – Steam UK Railtours Kingswear and return – Torbay Express Dreams www.ukrailtours.com l W ed 29th September – ‘The Purbeck l F ri 19th November - Edinburgh- tel: 01438 715050 Tornado’ – London Waterloo-Swanage- Newcastle-Carlisle with return via Beattock Southampton and return – UK Railtours and Carstairs - Steam Dreams HF Railtours l S at 2nd October – ‘The Merseyside l T hu 25th November – ‘York St Nicholas www.hf-railtous.co.uk. Tornado’ – Liverpool South Parkway- Fayre’ – London Kings Cross-Potters Bar- Contact Pathfinder Tours as above Runcorn-Crewe-Stafford-Lichfield Trent Stevenage-Peterborough-York and return Barrow Hill Roundhouse Valley-London Euston and return – – Steam Dreams Centre HF Railtours l S at 4th December – ‘The Bath Christmas www.barrowhill.org l S at 9th October – A1 Steam Locomotive Market’ – Bedford-Luton Airport Parkway- tel: 01276 472450 Trust. Private meeting at Barrow Hill St. Albans City-Salisbury-Bath-Bristol Roundhouse near Chesterfield Temple Meads and return – UK Railtours East Lancs Railway l S un 10th October – Open Day at Barrow l S at 11th December – ‘The Cathedrals www.east-lancs-rly.co.uk Hill Roundhouse near Chesterfield Express’ - London Euston-Milton Keynes- tel: 0161 764 7790 l F ri 22nd October – ‘The Royal Borderer’ Rugby-Chester and return – Steam Dreams - Doncaster-York-Darlington-Durham- l M on 13th December – ‘The Cathedrals Steam Dreams Newcastle-Edinburgh and return (Tornado Express’ - London circular tours – Steam www.steamdreams.com from/to York) – Pathfinder Tours Dreams tel: 01483 209888 email: [email protected]

Left: The new Help the trust electrical cabinet for the Support David Elliott Although the Trust’s finances remain robust, Coach recent issues with Tornado’s boiler have generated a hole in our finances. Loss of contribution due to cancellation of events and tours plus the cost of repairs amounts to £125,000. This money was originally going to play a significant part in the repayment of Published by our £500,000 Bearer Bond due for repayment The A1 Steam towards the end of 2016. So your support as Locomotive Covenantors, Donors and Volunteers is now Trust, Darlington especially welcome. Locomotive Works, l Covenantors – We always welcome Hopetown Lane, new Covenantors and donations as we still DARLINGTON, have the Bearer Bond to pay back, overhauls DL3 6RQ. to fund and a support coach to convert – see www.a1steam.com; www.a1steam.com for details. enquiries@a1steam. l Volunteers – Do you have skills that com could help the Trust? We can always use extra pairs of hands. So whether your talents involve engineering (especially now that work l Edited by paul. has started on the support coach), locomotive [email protected] cleaning, selling or back office work, we need your help. Contact [email protected] l Designed by for more details. Debbie Nolan