Great Central Railway Brings The Tornado To Nottingham

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Great Central Railway - Nottingham is excited to announce the visit of legendary steam locomotive, 60163 
Tornado, to Ruddington, home of the only Heritage Railway in Nottinghamshire during February 2018. 
This superb A1 Pacific class locomotive is Britain’s newest steam locomotive built in 2008 and as part of 
the celebrations of her 10 th  year in service will be appearing for the first time at Ruddington. Despite her 
young age, Tornado is already iconic as a regular sight on mainline services and also having found fame on 
the television in “Top Gear” and “Tornado: The 100 MPH Steam Engine” alongside big screen fame in the 
2017 film “Paddington 2” as well as being the first steam locomotive to reach 100mph in 50 years, so it is 
no surprise that we are excited to welcome her. 

You will be able to travel on the former Great Central Railway main line on a return journey from 
Ruddington to Loughborough Junction behind this locomotive with 4 trains per day on Saturday 10 th  and 
Sunday 11 th  February 2018. Full details of how to book a journey will be available at www.gcrn.co.uk and 
tickets will be on sale from Monday 22 nd  January. Advance online booking is advised and tickets are strictly 
limited. 

The locomotive has been undergoing annual maintenance at Locomotive Maintenance Services Limited 
who are based in Loughborough and we would like to thank them and the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust for 
their cooperation in making this visit to Ruddington possible.