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| GB_17_Day_5_Edinburgh_60163. Day 5 of the GB17 would comprise a route from Edinburgh, cross the Forth Brdge, then go via Dunfermline, Stirling and Perth, then over the Highland main line to Inverness. Waiting to depart from Edinburgh Waverley is the £3 million locomotive, LNER Class A1 Pacific, No.60163 TORNADO. Built entirely from scratch and completed in 2008, it was the first British-constructed steam locomotive, of any gauge, for 37 years. The building in the background was opened in 1902 as the North British Railways Station Hotel. It is today The Balmoral Hotel, with Category 2 Listed status. 30th April 2025. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| GB_17_Day_5_Edinburgh_60163_cabside. The cab side of No.60163, with a brass plate showing that it was the two thousand, one hundred and ninety-fifth engine built at Darlington, completed in the year 2008. The appellation RA 9 indicated the Route Availability of the locomotive, a limitation of weight. RA 9 is the highest, meaning 60163 may travel over only the heaviest load bearing tracks, up to a maximum axle-loading of 24 tonnes. 30th April 2025. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| GB_17_Day_5_Edinburgh_60163_TORNADO_nameplate. 60163s smoke deflectors carry its name TORNADO, bestowed upon it by Royal Air Force (RAF) squadrons which at the time, flew Panavia Tornado aircraft, all since retired. The crest centred upon a bull, with the motto DETER, is for RAF Station Marham, where the last two squadrons to operate the aircraft - No.IX (B) and No.31 - were based. 30th April 2025. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| GB_17_Day_5_Edinburgh_60163_TORNADO_dedication_plate. Mounted on 60163s deflectors, below the nameplate is this dedication plate. It shows the locomotive was formally named by the then Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, now Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla. 30th April 2025. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| GB_17_Day_5_Kingussie_60163. On the Highland main line at Kingussie, 60163 pauses for water. Passengers mingle with the many townspeople who came to see a rare steam locomotive at their station. 30th April 2025. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| GB_17_Day_7_Inverness_60163. Day 7 of the GB17 saw No.60163 return with the train from Inverness, over the Highland Main Line to Perth, before turning east, then south to run via Ladybank and re-cross the Forth Bridge to Edinburgh. There, 34067 TANGMERE was scheduled to take the GB17 on to Newcastle but the Pacific was unable to run so diesel 53714 once again substituted. Attempting to make up lost time the 60 years-old locomotive achieved a speed of 100mph (160kph) south of Berwick. 2nd May 2025. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| GB_17_Day_7_Slochd_viaduct. Soon after passing Slochd Summit, and descending at 1 in 70 (1.43%), No.60163 brings the GB17 across the 109-feet (33.2m) high, Slochd Viaduct. 2nd May 2025. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| GB_17_Day_7_ Aviemore_60163. While TORNADO takes water, one of the engines support crew has the laborious task of pushing forward coal in the tender, a job made marginally easier by the absence of overhead electrification catenary. 2nd May 2025. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| 56 GB_17_Day_7_ Aviemore_Perth_60163. From Druimuachdar Pass, it is a 52 mile (83km) journey, mostly downhill, to the GB17s next water stop at Perth. The stations very long Platform 4 allows 60163 to halt only partly under the overall roof, positioned for access from a water hydrant on the opposite Platform 3. 2nd May 2025. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| 58 GB_17_Day_7_ Aviemore_Perth_60163_arch. Perth station remains mostly as it was rebuilt in the 1890s, featuring such things as pedestrian archways connecting Platform 4 to Platforms 5 and 6. TORNADO is seen through one such arch. 2nd May 2025. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| 64 GB_17_Day_8_Newcastle_60163. Day 8 of the GB17 saw a complex journey which started at Newcastle, along the ECML to Durham, then a turn east to run through Stockton, in a salute to that place seeing the birth of public railways, 200 years before. Continuing on, the GB17 rejoined the ECML at Northallerton, to proceed via York and Doncaster, before another turn east for the lines though Gainsborough, Lincoln, Sleaford and Spalding, before rejoining the ECML north of Peterborough and a stop there to change locomotive. The magnificent and ever-reliable TORNADO was once again at the head of the train for the above route; she is seen here before departure, at Newcastle station. 3rd May 2025. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| 66 GB_17_Day_8_York. For many years, no passenger train has passed through York station without stopping, but the GB17 did! Hundreds of bemused waiting passengers grabbed their smart phones to capture the spectacle of TORNADO hurrying past, chime whistle sounding all the time. Superb! 3rd May 2025. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| 70_GB_17_Day_8_Sherburn_in_Elmet. After taking water at Church Fenton, 60163 turned east at Sherburn Junction, towards Selby, before heading south again at Hambleton Junction, for Doncaster. TORNADO is seen near Sherburn-in-Elmet. 3rd May 2025 roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| 71_GB_17_Day_8_Peterborough_60163. 60163 TORNADOs fast and faultless performances on the GB17 train came to an end at Peterborough. The locomotive is a tribute to those who built and maintain her. 3rd May 2025 roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
| 80_GB_17_Day_9_Kings Cross_60132. THE WAY IT ONCE WAS: 9. Sixty three years before, at Kings Cross. Class A1 Pacific No.60132 MARMION, built October 1948, withdrawn June 1965, has brought in an express from Newcastle. The 49 members of Class A1 were all scrapped, occasioning the building of the replica 60163 TORNADO, which featured so highly in the running of the GB17 tour. June 1962. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com |
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Bristol_steam_Tornado: Britain is unique in that virtually every week in the year sees one or more high-speed, long-distance, steam-hauled trains running on its main lines. This is especially so in summer where at Bristol in particular, summer Sundays often see one, sometimes two trains depart within minutes of each other. Here are three typical Sundays in August 2015.
Digital photo by Roger Griffiths roger.griffiths@hotmail.com Binary file Bristol_steam_Tornado.txt matches |
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An LNER steam locomotive 4-6-2 A1 Pacific No.60163 "Tornado" is seen in the Great Hall of the National Railway Museum at York. This magnificent steam engine was built at Darlington Works and then it was repainted in the works area of the National Railway Museum at York. There is a nameplate displayed on the front and it reads "THE A1 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRUST WWW.A1STEAM.COM". Wednesday the 21st of January 2009
Digital photo by Matthew Battye E-mail: matthew@rizzardi.karoo.co.uk |
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60163'Tornado'passes the Olympic Stadium at Pudding Mill on the 4th September 2009. 'Tornado'
had just hauled the last leg of the Sir Nicholas Winton special that had set of from Prague
earlier in the week. On arrival at London Liverpool Street from Harwich Sir Nicholas, now aged 100, was
there to greet those who made one of the original journeys as children and were able to take
part in this historic repeat.
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic. |
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This is Britain's BRAND NEW steam engine! A truly remarkable achievement over 19 years at a cost of
appropriately arriving at Kings Cross. Even at this small Bedfordshire town the turnout was several
hundred whilst at the'Cross' thousands were there to greet her. The historic date of this journey from
Darlington was February 7th 2009.
Should you wish to know more about the loco the following web site will do so ...http://www.a1steam.com/
Photo from James & Martin's Picture Collection Copyright 'Jampics' m.hawkes7@ntlworld.com British and Foreign Railway Pictures Jampics Fotopic. Binary file tornado-sandy-jp.txt matches |
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