Tornado Steam Engine A1 Steam Locomotive Trust Peppercorn Class A1 Pacific locomotive at Goathland North Yorkshire
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5616 x 3744 px | 47.5 x 31.7 cm | 18.7 x 12.5 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
2 May 2009More information:
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Peppercorn Class A1 is a type of express passenger steam locomotive. Forty-nine original Peppercorn Class A1s were built to the design of Arthur Peppercorn (who was the last Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Eastern Railway) during the early British Railways era, but all were scrapped with the discontinuation of steam, with none of the original production run surviving into preservation. In 2008 a brand new Peppercorn A1 locomotive, 60163 Tornado, was completed. None of the original production run of 49 Peppercorn A1s survived the scrapyard to be preserved, however in 2008 a brand new Peppercorn A1, 60163 Tornado, was completed.[4] In 1991, a project was started by the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust to build a new steam locomotive for the British main line. Due to the lack of preserved examples, the Peppercorn A1 class was chosen as the locomotive to build, which was assembled in the Trust's own Darlington Locomotive Works, a stone's throw from the original Peppercorn A1 Darlington works. The A1 Trust considers Tornado to be a new engine to the original design and not a replica or reproduction, and so refer to the locomotive as the 50th member of the class, a description which is repeated by other railway enthusiasts and societies, the national press, the railway press, and professional engineering institutions such as the IMechE and IET. Its running number, 60163, reflects this as being next in sequence from the original class members.[5][6][7] It was built from brand new components to the original designs of the Peppercorn A1 retrieved from the National Railway Museum. The subsequent changes from the original design were also made by the Trust to allow Tornado to be capable of operation on the 21st century main line, to meet modern safety regulations, to reflect advances in manufacturing techniques and materials, and to reduce costs.