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Tornado back in Brunswick for A1 Trust’s 30th anniversary

THE A1 Steam Locomotive Trust (A1SLT) has marked the 30th anniversary of its formation by returning its raison d’être – ‘A1’ No. 60163 Tornado – to British Railways locomotive (Brunswick) green.

During the course of the Peppercorn Pacific’s first 10-year boiler certificate it carried

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