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LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163

Eeomer

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Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:51 am

Good Day to you all!

i'm not sure if you are aware of the LNER Peppercorn A1 Class Steam Locomotive, it was one of the Last steam trains built by LNER before Nationalisation as British Rail and then the transfer to diesel.
"What does this have to do with steampunk?!" i hear you cry, well on th 29th of July 2008 engine 60163 was completed, a brand new engine built from scratch and was named Tornado on the 19th of February 2009, she is now certified for Mainline use and tickets can be bought for journeys round the UK.
Tornado is a completely new engine built with new techniques and is more efficient than the original Peppercorn Class.
more information can be found here : Wikipedia and here:A1steam