Tornado Steam Train
returns to Minehead

Monday 12th to Friday 16th July 2010 (Cancelled, see below)
and
Monday 13th to Friday 17th September 2010

There are plenty of steam engines in Britain, but none like this.

The Tornado steam train is a 4-6-2 Pacific mainline express locomotive. It is unique: the first full-size, standard-gauge steam locomotive to have been built in this country since 1960, when Evening Star rolled out of the Swindon works.

For 14 years a group of enthusiasts and professional engineers in Darlington, the birthplace of steam railway locomotion, have been hammering, turning, milling and brazing their way into the history books by creating from scratch the only example of an extinct breed of locomotives, the LNER A1 Peppercorns, all of which were exterminated in the great cull after British Rail's switch from steam in the Sixties

NEW EXPRESS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE VISIT TO
WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY IN JULY CANCELLED.

The owners of A1 Pacific locomotive 60163 Tornado have just made the West Somerset Railway aware that the locomotive will not be able to perform its publicised duties on the Railway during the week 12th to 16th July due to a fault on the engine which requires immediate attention.

The West Somerset Railway is attempting to source a replacement engine for the publicised duties. The trains will run but the motive power is unlikely to be known until just before the days concerned. All passengers who have booked journeys during this period will be contacted by the Railway who will, it is hoped, support the railway by still travelling and enjoying a day on one of the premier heritage railways.

The Tornado will be running on the West Somerset Railway .
For further information contact them at
Web: www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
Tel: 01643 704996
Email: info@west-somerset-railway.co.uk

Come and stay at the Yarn Market Hotel, Dunster while enjoying the experience
of travelling on this historic train

3 nights Half Board midweek £180 per person
3 nights Half Board weekends £195 per person
Quote "Tornado" for 10% discount
(cannot to be used in conjunction with any other offer)

Courtesy Transport available from Hotel to Station at 10am and return at 5pm

Email: hotel@yarnmarkethotel.co.uk
Tel: 01643 821425