Date: 14/02/2017

Timetabled services on a world-famous railway line have been powered by steam for the first time in decades.
Tornado, the newest steam locomotive in Britain, will pull 12 Northern services on the Settle-Carlisle line over three consecutive days.
It is part of celebrations to mark the upcoming reopening of the line after landslides closed a long stretch.

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Steam train takes over on Northern line

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The return to steam power is part of the celebrations to mark the full reopening of the line after landslip damage.

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Tornado emerges from the Calton Tunnel with the Auld Reekie on 28 February 2009
Location: Calton Tunnels
Company: North British Railway
28/02/2009 Norman Bews

A1 no 60163 'Tornado' at the head of the Royal Train having recently arrived from Preston at Manchester Liverpool Road station, now part of the Museum of Science and Industry. The photo is taken from Lower Byrom Street looking west through the gates of the museum. The chimneys on the roof of the building behind the loco are part of the station building.
Location: Manchester Liverpool Road
Company: Liverpool and Manchester Railway
04/02/2010 John McIntyre

Heading for London King's Cross, A1 Pacific no 60163 Tornado races along the East Coast Main Line near Musselburgh on 25 July 2012 hauling 'The Elizabethan' Diamond Jubilee Special.
Location: Musselburgh
Company: North British Railway
25/07/2012 John Gray

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