Thought others may be interested in reading this article:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1535382,00.html

No picture sadly, but the front of the Railway magasine will show all,
apparently!

Quote from article:

>From the front, 60163 Tornado was a vision in scarlet and gold, lamps

twinkling, copper and brass pipes glittering, ready to steam out of the
Darlington steam shed and down the line into the future.

It is almost 40 years since anyone has seen such a thing, the splendid
face of an A1 Peppercorn class Pacific locomotive. Sideways on there
were a few gaps, not least a gaping hole where the boiler should be.
The tracks run 20 metres from the shed to a clump of nettles.

Phil

Welll, that Guardian story is a load of old bollocks.

Scarlet and gold - is someone colour blind?  60163 will be BR Brunswick
Green.

Ready to steam out of the shed. Hardly. Someone been on the scrumpy?

Lets not forget this project first started in 1990 and after 15 years
still needs £300k, but hey, I wish them well.

On 3 Aug 2005 10:05:37 -0700, Phil Holbourn wrote:


> Sideways on there were a few gaps, not least a gaping hole where the
> boiler should be.


Looks like those south sea super-mice have landed.

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