60163 Tornado

Peppercorn designed A1 60163 "Tornado" under construction at Darlington.  This is a view forward between the frames showing the inside cylinder. All 49 of the Thompson and Peppercorn A1's, built in 1948/9 were scrapped by 1966. The project to build the 50th A1 was started in 1990 culminating in the loco moving under its own power for the first time in August 2008. Further information from the A1 Trust website.


On February 28th 2009 Tornado made its first visit to Edinburgh Waverley. The above photo shows the locomotive bursting from Calton Tunnel north bore just prior to arrival in Waverley.


The engine drew large crowds of onlookers. Above is a view of the crowd on platform 19 (which was barricaded off) taken from Princes Street gardens.


And finally a view of the engine taken from the other side of the line with the obvious "Tornado" fan club in attendance. Top photo from A1 Trust Website, bottom 3 photos DGC.