Tornado comes to grief on ‘Ebor Flyer’
THE bold attempt to run at up to 90mph from King’s Cross to York on April 14 with No. 60163 Tornado suffered an expensive and disruptive fate after its middle cylinder piston valve failed at Biggleswade.
The ‘A1’ took its 12-coach train up to Potters Bar on the slow line at a shade over 55mph and was subsequently checked to 49mph just before
