ladies and gents, anyone on here know what the new loco being built and tested at the NRM is? saw it today on the way back from middlesbrough but was so shocked i photo to snap a photo!!
ah yes, it was tornado then. 60163... but it was completely stripped down to the bare boiler. i take it this is THE tornado and not another one they're building?!
its tornado, the boilerwas returned the other day amd refitted to the frames and undergoing steam testing before refitting all the other bits and plan to have it back on mainline tests in may before recommencing mainline work at the end of may
