Full steam ahead for new engine [BBC]
Date: 01/08/2008
The first steam engine built to run on the UK mainline for almost 50 years has made a successful trial run. Tornado was funded and assembled by steam enthusiasts in Darlington in an 18-year project costing £3m. [Railscot note: Regulars will be familiar with the photographs of the late Robin Barbour, kindly contributed from time to time by Bruce McCartney. As a result of a bequest in his will the late RB is the owner of the left hand eccentric crank on this locomotive!]
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The first steam engine built to run on the UK mainline for almost 50 years makes a successful trial run.
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