Britain's first new steam locomotive in 50 years

Britain's first new steam locomotive in almost 50 years rolled out of the Darlington Locomotive Works yesterday. The Tornado is a replica A1-class Pacific. It will eventually be put to work hauling excursions throughout Britain.

It looks very nice!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7537462.stm
Some BBC pictures. (I can't see them, myself).

I believe Darth Vader put it best...

"Impressive... Most Impressive."

Very Impressive Indeed. Will she be limited to the UK or will she be allowed to travel abroad ? Occasionally, the Flying Dutchman has visited the USA with tremendous success. It would be interesting to have the Tornado visit and tour the USA. It really would be impressive to see her teamed up with # 844 or # 4449.

pennsy wrote:Very Impressive Indeed. Will she be limited to the UK or will she be allowed to travel abroad ? Occasionally, the Flying Dutchman has visited the USA with tremendous success. It would be interesting to have the Tornado visit and tour the USA. It really would be impressive to see her teamed up with # 844 or # 4449.

Flying Scotsman, I think you mean.

I have no idea what the owners, the A1 Trust, will do. They say it will be used for steam excursions in Britain. There is plenty of market for that sort of thing. I presume it has had all the necessary modifications for signalling systems built in. I doubt if it will travel abroad.

http://www.a1steam.com/
Everything you need to know is here. I've been tracking this for a few years through thier website. We should do this in the US with something we have lost to the torch or toward a restoration project that has been taking way to long.

Excuse the Senior Moment. Flying Scotsman it is.