Beautiful, just beautiful.
She was eighteen years in the making, cost £3 million of private money and demanded much sweat and toil – but what a result! With the maiden journey of the Tornado steam locomotive at the weekend, Britain became a little more civilised. One day I will ride behind her.
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Wow, that’s superb! Nice post Pete. What do you mean you will "ride behind her".
ehem!
The Tornado is the engine only. One day I will don the finest British worsted and brogues and travel in style. This is the future!
Yessiree, it’s a fine loco all right, and it was wonderful to see Brown there at her maiden trip, standing on the fireplate and giving a lecture about British jobs and engineering expertise……
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Beautiful loco and a tribute to British engineering.
I love trains, old and new. May have to check this one out someday.
A labor of love, with a superb result. Bravo!
Phantom –
Details are in the link. If you spend more time here again I’ll be happy to join you.
Deal
By the way, this was a recent test run:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpXt7QX0NZM&feature=related
Stunning!
Pete/Phantom
Don’t count your chickens. You will arrange the trip on this train only to turn up and find out it’s been cancelled due to a fluttering of snowflakes, or late engineering works means there’s a bus replacement service 😉
As long as it’s a Routemaster …
Just saw the youtube clip now – its blocked at work.
What a beautiful,majestic piece of work that locomotive is. The guys who worked it must be so proud.