CRHnews - Peppercorn Class TORNADO blasts through Chelmsford
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ส.ค. 2010
- LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado became the first steam train to stop at Chelmsford Station since the early 60s when she dropped off passengers on May 28, 2010.
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LNER Class A1 Peppercorn 60163 Tornado
60163 Tornado is a main-line steam locomotive built in Darlington, England, the first such locomotive built in the United Kingdom since Evening Star, the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, in 1960.
Designed to meet modern safety and certification standards, Tornado runs on the UK rail network and on mainline-connected heritage railways.
The locomotive is named after the Panavia Tornado military jet.
The locomotive was built by the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, a charitable trust founded in 1990 to build Tornado and possibly further locomotives.
Tornado was conceived as an evolution of the LNER Peppercorn Class A1 class, incorporating improvements likely had steam continued, and changes for cost, safety, manufacturing and operational benefits, while replicating the original design's sound and appearance. Tornado, completely new-built, is considered the 50th Peppercorn A1, numbered next in the class after 60162, Saint Johnstoun, built in 1949.
The 49 original Peppercorn A1s were built in Doncaster and Darlington for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). Tornado was built in the trust's Darlington works.
The original 49 locomotives were scrapped by 1966 after an average service of 15 years.
None survived into preservation, and Tornado fills a gap in the classes of restored steam locomotives that used to operate on the East Coast Main Line.
Tornado moved under her own power for the first time on 29 July 2008 at Darlington, and then spent two months at the preserved Great Central Railway double-track tourist railway in Loughborough, where she was tested up to 60 mph (97 km/h) and operated her first passenger train.
Tornado then moved to the National Railway Museum (NRM) in York for three test runs on the main line up to 75 mph (121 km/h).
After repainting into LNER Apple Green, Tornado was approved for main-line passenger operation.
On 31 January 2009 she hauled her first passenger trip on the main line, The Peppercorn Pioneer, from York to Newcastle and back.
By hauling various A1 Trust railtours, charters and other activities, Tornado will begin to recoup the estimated £800,000 debt from the project, which cost around £3 million.
With a shorter rake of 11 coaches compared with the original Peppercorn A1's usage, Tornado is expected to achieve contemporary mainline speeds.
Theoretically capable of 100 mph (160 km/h), Tornado will be limited to 90 mph (140 km/h), making her the fastest steam locomotive on the UK main line.
Once on the main line, Tornado is not expected to leave it again until 10-year fire-tube boiler re-certification in late 2018.
On 21 June 2009, Tornado featured in the Top Gear Race to the North, coming second to a car in a three-way race from London to Edinburgh, against a 1949 Jaguar XK120 sports car and a 1949 Vincent Black Shadow motorbike. - กีฬา
You captured the sound of her departing perfectly - what a beast!
Have you spotted her since?
Incredible acceleration!
Its a Rocket worthy of George Stevenson
Love the whistle! Well done
It should be fitted to all Vespas
Being a Yankee, LOVE hearing the sound of that compound air compressor after she comes to a stop! Us American steam railfans know the sound of a compound Westinghouse-type air compressor well! ^^
Dont get all steamed up buddy, this train dont take prisoners
fantastic sight and great vid!!
Many thanks it was a blast
Why thank you kindly!
Man what a beast of a engine did you guys know that that loco was produced in 2008 it's 2012 that engine is NOT that old I was surprised when I herd it was made in 2008!!!
How many times have you managed to see Tornado since?
Hey, just thought I would let you know this train is returning on the 12th of this month! There is an articil in the Essex Chronicle about it! :-) Great video btw!
Thanks for that heads up - just returned from hols and too shattered to wake up that morning, there isn't one of those lovely sweeping bends in the countryside to film it puffing along. I used to work for that newspaper until I got too old
Yeah, she stormed off into the still night waking up the dead en route
It finished in 2008, but started the 'impossible' task back in 95 I believe?
I think they are now building a new loco thats ever bolder and more expensive and flashier?