60163's first move

[StanKingston420]

Such A Beautiful Engine.. Its Good To See Her Back In Great Health.

[JD41796]

i hope hornby makes a model of that engine!

[steven37401]

Bachmann have already!

[megatwingo]

5*****!

A loco that unites our both countries.

Boiler: German

Loco: British

Result: Beautiful!

[40445ETH]

amazing.other new build projects like the F5 im looking forward 2

[cyclotec]

On 7th July 2008, when on holiday in Teesdale, my wife & I visited the "Head of Steam", the railway museum in Darlington. From the car park, I took photos of a 'strange' loco on the track behind. It was this loco in its workshop livery. From the last frame in the video it looks as though it had not moved since. As I do not own a camcorder, yet, it is nice to see it move.

[soupdragon90]

O_o wait, i thought all the LNER A1/A3 class execept for Flying Scotsman were scrapped. Or is this a different kind of engine?

[Bigaid]

this loco is a brand new loco. Its built to the original A1 drawings, its the next loco,e the last was 60162 this is 60163.

[soupdragon90]

i see. so it's not like flying scotsman then.

[steamvids]

No its a totally different class of locomotive. Scotsman was an A1 when built but the lner changed the names of the classes so scotsman became A3 and the class tornado is being built to A1

[L24UGT]

Great to see steam on a come back!

[mychemicaljosh]

I would LOVE to see a come-back of steam. It would be fantastic! If the keep on building these beauties i would be awesome to see them actuly be put to use for proper passanger and freight services.

[jonny7england]

Well,well,well..A brand new steam locomotive..it brings a glimmer of hope to these sad old eyes to know that somebody out there is actually building new locos..aptly named too..perhaps she will cause a storm when she is totally completed,,what will be her livery I wonder..thanks for trhis great footage, and I for one will be following Tornado closely!!

[Paraffinmeister]

Stunning! But not half as much as she will be when she's painted and out on the mainline!!!:D

[lolguy543returns]

this is deffo gonna be a new engine for me on my layout!!!!!

[Driverman2008]

Bring this locomotive over to the USA (just like with the Flying Scotsman)!

[yourmamaluigi]

ok, someone better make this for trainz.

[Driverman2008]

YAY! LNER steam lives on!

[kav442s5]

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL INVOLVED!!!!!!!!

I look forward to seeing and hearing more about Tornado, Who would have thought it? A new steam locomotive in the 21st century? Here's cheers from Australia! :-)

[austgms]

And they said it couldn't be done. It might have taken 18 years but they did it. Congrats all round

[pacificlipper]

20 million to get a Vulcan in the air!!!!! I know what id prefer.... what a bargain...how "CHEAP" was this NOW ? I knew you could do it lads.What an achievment. You showed the sceptics didnt you...I would be ordering 100 of these beautys BRITISH (so called)GOVERNMENT...instead of running around like headless chickens during this petrol crisis and forgetting it can happen again ha ha !....

[squilky1951]

Awesome

[Damocles178]

This class A1 Tornado is a perfect recreation of the A1 class. I remember reading about it last year and I am glad to see it up and running :) The guys that built this did an excellent job!

[yourmamaluigi]

lovely! wow i never knew a steam engine could take off that fast! so what are her colors going to be? green apple?

[steamvids]

After running in at the gcr she is getting painted lner apple green. The plan then is every 2 years to paint her in a different livery that the a1's carried. I think its br blue next.

[yourmamaluigi]

i kinda like the blue gray undercoat. but whenever they do the blue i bet that would be awsome. there ar 2 differnt shades of blue arent there?

[crazyracer12]

@steamvids it has British Railways on its tender :P

[lozfan001]

@yourmamaluigi most british locomotives can take off fast

[railwayduncan]

A fantastic achievement. Well done for everyone involved. Can't wait to see it in person.

[SnowflakeTH]

Its a shame that I'm in the US, and unable to see Tornado! Looks amazing! Am I the only one who, if had won the lottery, would use the money on a steam locomotive! :P

[redcarmodels]

At last,been worth the wait. Can't wait to see her up here on the NYMR. Well Done A1 TRUST. AN A1 JOB(LOL)

[Zadster]

It seemed an impossible challenge at the start, but looking at her now, £2.9M actually seems cheap for such an impressive machine. I can't wait to see her painted up and working for a living!

[chevronb191972]

Absolutely wonderful It brings back some memories for me.

Well done you people. Sterling achievement!

[mark508fotopicnet]

Excellent, Can't wait to see it working on a loaded run

[PrentonPimp]

A tremendous achievement! 5* for the vid!

[edwardianeccentric]

P.S. Is she coal or oil? I heard she was going to be coal then they changed their minds to oil then back to coal.

[steamvids]

Coal fired

[edwardianeccentric]

I do love that creak at metal at 0:23-0:24- just proves she really is NEW!!! And in need of running in of course...lucky I live near the GCR...

[croescarneinon]

As a much younger man I worked on locos from Barry scrapyard restoring them to working order. We never thought that we would see a new mainline steam locomotive again. This is a fantastic achievement for the tenacious group who never gave up, and shows that spirited and independent people have not been bureaucratised out of existence in this risk-averse country. What a wonderful, historic and very British thing to have done..it wouldn't have happened anywhere else..and now for the next one???

[tiddles4x4]

What an amazing achievement for all those people who put there hart and soul in to creating a dream. Proof if anything that we can still be world engineering leaders. And I believe it is set up for modern main line running requirements so we should see a lot of her :)

There was talk of building a new steam engine with modern technology that would have been more efficient and economical that todays modern diesels I wonder what ever happened to that idea?

[railwayduncan]

That idea is still going and is the 5AT trust to build a modern locomotive based on a class 5 though not sure on whats happening exactly.

[drob1980]

This is a wonderful achievement for all those who contributed and built (from scratch) the first main line steam locomotive in nearly fifty years - who knows we might build some more A1/A2/A3/A4 to make up the numbers (compared to preserved express steam engines from the other big four companies. Well done Darlington!

[nigelthebriton54]

Yes - let's re-build an "as built" Merchant Navy. Not one of these magnificent Bulleid beasts survived in an un rebuilt state.

Lets name her 35007 Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line - owners of what became the legendary HMS Jervis Bay.

[AndreiTupolev]

I've often thought that would be a neat idea. I think there was talk of doing that with the one at Swanage, I can't remember which one it is now, I'm sure someone will know, but it was put on ice for financial reasons, probably. Would be interesting.

[AndreiTupolev]

(N.B. I was replying to a comment earlier about a prospective un-rebuiling of a Merchant Navy, in case this seems a little obscure. The reply function seems inconsistent here.)

[dunpauchlin]

Pity the driver didn't open the cylinder cocks though.

[steamvids]

I will be uploading videos from yesterday today and tomorrow(when i film them of course) when i get chance and she has been running with them open all the time.

[Paraffinmeister]

I'm guessing she had just moved backwards from the shed with them open, so there would be no need to open them again so soon.

[SSTotenkopf1488]

Wonderful,An outstanding achievement.Such a shame that there are always the dim-witted fools who insist on posting their ridiculous comments when they have not the slightest grasp on what is involved with a project of this magnitude.

Well done to all concerned, this engine is a masterpiece, and anyone who doesn't appreciate this magnificent machine should, in my opinion, be shot.

[ruberyb45]

I bet it won't go mainline.

[tractor255]

Think that bet may cost you a bit...

[Typhoon6666]

It's had all the standard wiring and stuff fitted. Why wouldn't it?

[steamvids]

The a1 trust are even trying to get her past for 90mph running:-)

[jiffyman]

What a fantastic achievement!

Now, Loads 12 over the Devon Banks, just for a quick test...........

[nigelthebriton54]

In a country bureaucratised to death, what magic there is in those names...!

Pommern...Peregrine...Wilson Worsdell...A H Peppercorn...Guy Mannering...Meg Murrillies...Bongrace...Curlew­...Madge Wildfire...

And now Tornado. Long may she run!!!

[jules46443]

horray it moves it lives !

[trainpro]

Congrats to the A1 trust and all involved with Her. Bring the Ultimte Gathering: Tornado, Mallard and Co, Scotty, Blue Peeter, Green Arrow and the other LNER locos. Truly Magnificent

[GWRDec]

yay, glad to see shes running, its a great sight after all the hard work has gone into building it

5*

[Typhoon6666]

Sure is nippy starting off.

[LNERMallard]

@Typhoon6666 ANY steam locomotive can do that when running light.

[tantive4]

What a beast. Well done to all concerned - I honestly thought it couldn't and wouldn't be done.

And to think every bit is brand new - no worrying about rust, dodgy previous repairs and layers of porridge oats hiding microcracks in the boiler. This baby is going to last.

[angelandthesnake]

Back in the late 80's I joined as a covenantor at the age of 11, It's amazing to see it in steam and having not seen an A1 previously I have to admit to being in awe, congratulations to all involved.

[edwardianeccentric]

And how long will they last when the youngest* in preservation is well over 40?

*ex-BR that is.

[Typhoon6666]

Well Prince of the Ffestiniog Railway is well over a hundred years old. Still doesn't excuse hst43100's behavour though.

[steamvids]

If it was such a waste of time and effort then why did the press turn up in their hundreds today, and most of darlington as well. I know how hard it is just restoring these brilliant machines*, never mind building a new one. If anyone else out there is thinking of putting up stupid comments like this don't bother, you will be blocked just like hstlover here.

*nelpg volunteer

[PrentonPimp]

hst43100 = Tosspot.

[rhysicus]

incredible outcome to a long construction, this loco is simpley stunning. she'll do her owners proud :D i want to see her double heading with an A3 or A4 now tho :D

[northerner2]

First class !

Congratulations to all concerned.

Battleship grey, too !!

[simierski]

Brings a tear to my eye. Simply a beautiful sight, can't wait to see her on the GCR.

[smhorse]

Amazing. A-bloody-mazing. Congrats to all those involved.

[Bomper153]

Not my favourite class, but congratulations to all involved, and here's to building something else!

[PrentonPimp]

Yes - a Baby Deltic!

[andersley]

Absolutely brilliant!!! I look forward to seeing an A1 on the East Coast main Line again. :)

Hearty congratulations to all concerned in this supergb acheivement!

[correlis]

My other half texted me while in Morrisons on North Road telling me she could have sworn she heard a steam loco's whistle - this must have been it!

Congratulations to everyone at Hopetown on this monumental achievement!

[williamwesterkirk]

This is a great piece of history. Why did Great Britain stop being a manufacturer of great machines like this.

A big WELL DONE to all who had a hand in this project.

[cray1996]

Congrates on the Project, now can we at the SVR have it :p

Will be looking forward to see the locomotive in action on the mainline.

[6024kingedward1]

There aren't many achievements left that put the 'Great' in Great Britain - but this is absolutely one of them!

[fredlark]

Wow, congratulations to all involved in this project. What has it been - 45 years since an A1 graced East Coast Main Line metals. Superb job!

[61dgh]

All involved deserve a big pat on the back for this achievement.