Tornado steam locomotive

[Cazkumali]

This had ex-virgin mk2s

[emett80]

lol, the countries falling apart, and everyone thinks its wonderfull that a group of old weirdos waste £4m building an outdated,environment killing peice of crap like this! And that all OK with the powers that be, never mind those 'yobs' of the younger generation, they can all die in the smog produced by our toy... I'd laugh so much if the bloody kettle blew up in front of these wasters, one did in Paraguay a few years ago, and that was meant to be 'superiour british engineering'!

[bushwacker2008]

@emett80 I was going to send ole emett80 a personal message but this chap closed his account. but I was going to tell him to get back over here in the states and vote for these liberals.

[tom201090]

@bushwacker2008 good on you! The states may make the biggest locos...but the brits make the best (altho its a shame they contracted the Germans to do the boiler)

[KateFan]

@bushwacker2008 perhaps he's hanged himself and done the world a favour. We can but hope.

[andythesoupdragon]

@emett80 It's a bit rich for a yankee,I presume he is/was to accuse anyone of damaging the enviroment,remember,the USA uses up 25% of the planet's energy. The land of the free,the land of the 2.5 ton Cadillac left with the engine running to keep the aircon going. While in the UK,we're coughing up £1.30 @ litre for our fuel d:- ( Just wait & see the wars that happen when the oil runs out. & as for the kettle that blew up in Paraguay. They have evidently never heard of a bi-annual inspection

[ShaurntheSheep]

and just think she's only a year old, 1 year old

[JimTLonW6]

Very attractive vid, I liked the emphasis on the spectators.

I also got an ad on YouTube from 'The Bradford Exchange' trying to flog a 'Flying Scotsman Handcrafted Cuckoo Clock'. They claim it's 'official' merchandise, but I do wonder, however it is the most amazing piece of kitsch I've seen in years. If you got £125 to spare why not give it to the Flying Scotsman, or some other preservation appeal. Better than buying a 'Flying Scotsman Cuckoo Clock and then having your friends die laughing!

[trainlover657]

why is she carrying national express livery?

[WestCoastRailways]

it was a temporary sponsership livery, as Nat Ex sponsered the A1 group

[nxea321446]

it had national express logos on the tender

[robmcg567]

great film and interviews.

Ozzie Nock would know, and approve.

[Hstbenjamin23]

Tornado will never take evening stars cross of the last steam loco to be built in uk.

[VaderNES]

No, that title will never come, just as long as new engines like this wonderful 21st Century iron horse continue to be built.

I just hope that this wonderful project inspires a full-fledged comeback of steam (which could happen, due to high petroleum prices). Americans would have the best chance of this, since their country is so large, that electric is not cost effective, and diesels are already expensive to operate.

[Mess1960]

That would be great if they brought Steam Trains back to America. But that will never happen. The oil companies would have a tantrum.

I live in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. We are trying to get a High Speed Thain From Cleveland to Columbus to Cincinnati.

Politicians are fighting like a bunch of school boys.

For a 1st world country, The us has 3rd world politics.

[VaderNES]

The oil companies can do nothing, because American Railways are run by corporations, not the government. Since oil companies cannot interfere with the business of a seperate company, that means they can do nothing about it.

Union Pacific, in fact, still has a steam engine on their roster, which they never retired (numbered 844).

[Mess1960]

I wish that were true, but as soon as the High Speed Train Issue was put on the Ballot .Gas /Petro Prices went up $.40 GAL US. in the areas where the train was/is going to run. In areas where the train would not run Gas/Petro prices went down.

Oil companies can't stop them, but they can attack our wallets. Which in turn people would vote with there wallets, Not Common Sense.

[VaderNES]

The government doesn't control American Railways, either.

[thing2liv]

i liked the workshop light blue it had

[MrAnnonumous]

i thought it looked snazy in grey with nationalexpress

[h3ll0b0b]

Their next project should be to build an exact replica of Thomas the Tank Engine, because apparently (according to wikipedia) all the E2 Class Steam locomotives (the ones Thomas was based on) were all scrapped, and the ones you see on Thomas Days at railway museums are just replicas from other classes of locomotives

[falcons1988]

Sounds Great!

[40445ETH]

it seems strange that its hauling mk3 stock

[metadyneman]

They are "off lease" ex Virgin Mk2e's actually!

[No1RailwayEnthusiast]

fantastic, she looks like a nice engine

[AlxE92]

Brill video 5* But they could have chosen better stock than ex-virgin lol

[rog1957]

reply to above national express were a kind sponsor for these mainline test runs....

[bladefyre666]

I love it just love it! Great britain has done out steam locomotivves proud!

[jules46443]

brilliant

1 question was the national express logo real or digitally manipulated there?????

[LeamingtonSteve]

real

[lawsonrob]

Real, they sponsored the test runs. Presumably payed for the coal.

[NathanH5]

Wonderful to see a brand new steam locie! The whistle sounds indentical to the one used in the Harry Potter movies! Small 3-chime, sweet sound! I hope they plan on building more!

[acoustics101]

How cool!! Way to go Great Britain!!

[mangmangmang]

rad

[mly1944]

GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT!

[MHunt1000]

Great to see Tornado in action, saw her in pieces about a year ago in Darlington, they'd just delivered the boiler!

[LeamingtonSteve]

look for the ones of her at 75mph!