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telegraph No. 30 Late March 2012 Peter Lovell

Tornado working the Paddington-Plymouth ‘Cathedrals Express’ on 10th March.

progress is being made on gangway fitting, corridor connections and

Welcome... News briefs electrical work. ...to the latest edition of l Tyre Turning – Scheduled l The Tornado Telegraph. Tornado tyre turning at South West The Tornado Team – the club Tornado made a splendid Trains Wimbledon Traincare Depot is for 5-15 year olds already has fifteen return to the main line complete. The motion is being refitted. members. The latest recruit lives in from London Paddington to Plymouth Then Tornado will be weighed so that Australia. For details of The Tornado and back on 10th March. her springs can be reset to suit new Team and how to join, please email Unfortunately Tornado was on her wheel diameters. [email protected]. own. Duke of Gloucester and then the l reserve King Edward I were unable to l Support Coach – Funding for The Tornado Story – an provide double heading as planned. So refurbishment of our own coach is now exhibition exploring the building of diesel help was needed on some of the £53,900 so 44 feet inches of the Tornado opens at Locomotion: The steepest gradients. However Tornado target 63 ft 6 inches of the coach have National Railway Museum at Shildon needed no help over Whitehall Summit been supported. Work on the coach opens on Saturday 21st April. For more on the return journey from Exeter to details, click here. Taunton. Hauling fourteen coaches, she continues apace. Doors are hung and two windows have been fitted (by NRM came over the summit at 58 mph. An l Bigjigs Tornado – The Bigjigs staff as a demonstration to our helpers, impressive start to the 2012 season! wooden model of Tornado priced at £10 who are now fitting a third window). [email protected] will shortly be available at our Online The merchandise store is complete and Editor of The Tornado Telegraph Store and on Tornado hauled trains. the workshop is now being lined. Steady ➤ 2012 Tour Programme Dates currently confirmed are: Mid Hants Railway l Thu 29th March – ‘The Cathedrals Express’ – – Salisbury-Andover-Basingstoke-Reading West- www.watercressline.co.uk London King’s Cross-Potters Bar-Welwyn Garden Pangbourne-Worcester and return – Steam Dreams tel: 01962 733810 City-Peterborough-York and return – Steam Dreams l Sat 30th June - ‘The Cathedrals Express’ l Wed 4th April – ‘The Cathedrals Express’ – – London King’s Cross-Potters Bar-Stevenage- Peterborough-Stevenage-Hertford North-West Steam Dreams Peterborough-York-Durham and return – Steam Hampstead-Salisbury and return – Steam Dreams www.steamdreams.com Dreams l Fri 6th to Tue 10th April – Nene Valley Railway, tel: 01483 209888 l Sat 18th August - ‘The Cathedrals Express’ Peterborough (driver experience 6th, service trains email: info@steamdreams. 7th to 9th April) – London King’s Cross-Potters Bar-Stevenage- co.uk l Fri 13th to Sun 15th April – ‘The Fab Four’, A1 Peterborough-York-Scarborough and return – Steam Tornado, A2 Blue Peter, A4 Mallard and A4 Dominion Dreams Nene Valley Railway of New Zealand at Barrow Hill Roundhouse, l Sun 26th August – ‘The Cathedrals Express’ www.nvr.org.uk Chesterfield – London King’s Cross-Hertford North-Stevenage- l Sat 21st to Sun 29th April – ‘Steam, Steel & tel: 01780 784444 Cambridge-Ely-Norwich and return – Steam Dreams Stars III’ at the Llangollen Railway, Llangollen email: [email protected] l Thu 13th September- ‘The Cathedrals Express’ l Thu 10th May - ‘The Cathedrals Express’ – – Norwich-Ipswich-Colchester-Salisbury and return Colchester-Ipswich-Bury St-Edmunds-Ely-March- Llangollen Railway – Steam Dreams York and return – Steam Dreams www.llangollen-railway. l Sat 12th May - ‘The Cathedrals Express’ l Sat 29th September - ‘The Cathedrals Express’ co.uk – London Paddington-Slough-Twyford-Swindon- – London Paddington-Slough-Newbury-Exeter- tel: 01978 860979 Hereford-Ludlow-Shrewsbury and return – Steam Paignton-Kingswear and return – Steam Dreams Dreams email: llangollen.railway@ l Sat 13th October – Taunton-Stratford-upon- l Fri 18th May – ‘The Cathedrals Explorer’ – btinternet.com Avon and return – Pathfinder Tours London Victoria-Durham (one way) – Steam Dreams l Sat 24th November - ‘The Cathedrals Express’ l Sat 19th May – ‘The Cathedrals Explorer’ – Barrow Hill – London Paddington-Slough-Twyford-Reading- Perth-Inverness (one way) – Steam Dreams Roundhouse l Swindon-Hereford-Ludlow-Shrewsbury and return Wed 23rd May – ‘The Cathedrals Explorer’ – www.barrowhill.org Inverness-Edinburgh Waverley (one way) – Steam – Steam Dreams tel: 01246 472450 Dreams l Thu 6th December - ‘The Cathedrals Express’ l email: project_man@ Sat 26th to Tue 29th May – Ribble Steam – Redhill-Purley-Kensington Olympia-West Railway for the 2012 Preston Guild barrowhill.org Hampstead-Peterborough-York and return (Tornado l Thu 31st May – ‘The Cathedrals Explorer’ – Redhill-York-Peterborough) – Steam Dreams London Euston-Watford Junction-Milton Keynes Ribble Steam Railway l Mon 10th December - ‘The Cathedrals Express’ Central-Northampton-Lichfield Trent Valley-Crewe- www.ribblesteam.org.uk – Peterborough-Huntingdon-Stevenage-Hertford Preston-Carlisle and return (Tornado from Preston tel: 01772 728800 North-Winchester and return – Steam Dreams to Carlisle and return to Preston via the Settle & email: ribblesteamrailway Carlisle route) – Steam Dreams l Wed 12th December - ‘The Cathedrals Express’ @gmail.com l Sat 16th June – ‘The Cathedrals Express’ – – Broxbourne-Harlow Town-Audley End-Cambridge- Southend Central-Upminster-Gloucester and return Ely-March-York and return (Tornado Peterborough- – Steam Dreams Pathfinder Tours York-Broxbourne) – Steam Dreams l Tue 26th June – ‘The Cathedrals Express’ www.pathfindertours. l – Westbury-Melksham-Chippenham-Swindon- Sat 15th December - ‘The Cathedrals Express’ co.uk Reading-Kensington Olympia-Canterbury West and – Ashford-Tonbridge-Orpington-Bromley South- tel: 01453 835414 return – Steam Dreams Kensington Olympia-Norwich and return – Steam email: office@ l Thu 28th June – ‘The Cathedrals Express’ Dreams pathfindertours.co.uk

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