A1 60163 Tornado at Darlington Works and NRM York

A record of the construction and testing of Peppercorn A1 Pacific 60163 Tornado at Darlington and after painting at the National Railway museum York, The first brand new full size locomotive for many years and it isn't going to be the last, Pictures taken by Chris Duckers and Myself, more info on Tornado and its upcoming mainline tours at www.a1steam.com See the links section

60163 on jacks	The valves and cylinders	The A1s motion	The drawing board
Cladding is fitted	A1 60163 Tornado Picture taken by Chris Duckers	A1 60163 Tornado Picture taken by Chris Duckers	A1 60163 Tornado Picture taken by Chris Duckers
Chris Duckers	A1 60163 Tornado Picture taken by Chris Duckers	A1 60163 Tornado Picture taken by Chris Duckers	A1 60163 Tornado Picture taken by Chris Duckers
A1 60163 Tornado Picture taken by Chris Duckers	A1 60163 Tornado, The day after its press launch Picture taken by Chris Duckers	A1 60163 Tornado Picture by Chris Duckers	A1 60163 Tornado Picture by Chris Duckers
Chris Duckers	Chris Duckers	A1 60163 Tornado Picture by Chris Duckers	Tea can and the boilermakers plate
Not much of a fire was needed to keep Tornado around the mark, Obviously going to be a good steamer	Duckers in the driving seat	A taste of things to come, A few minutes dabbling in Ulead Photo Express 2.0 puts 60163 in Apple Green	Making a move along the yard
On a demo run	Stopped outside the shed after another "chuff" ?	Nice new motion, Who will be first to dent it?	Adrian dennis and Chris Williams
Temporary number and nice shiny worksplate	The Smokebox	Side view of the A1 showing what a well proportioned machine it is	60163
60163	60163	Number and worksplate	60163
Smokebox plate and new headboard	60163	60163
	60163	60163	60163
60163	60163	Tornado in the works	Worksplate
Fettling	Driving Wheel	Motion	Oil pipe runs
New and extremely bright lamps	60163 in the works	Cylinder draincocks