Passenger Operation
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After leaving the GCR, it is intended that Tornado will, as much as possible, not be transported by road; therefore she will only see service on the main line, or on heritage lines with a main line connection. Exceptions have been made to this: the locomotive revisited the GCR in spring 2010, and was to have been transported by road to the Bluebell Railway in August 2010. It will be put onto a low loader again to be transported back to Darlington for overhaul, after five years' service.
It was expected that the first phase of main line operational running would be limited to trips of 200 to 250 miles (400 km). The expanded water capacity of the tender allows legs of over 100 miles (160 km) between water stops, 25 miles (40 km) further than the original Peppercorn A1s.
To assist in passenger operation, in 2008 the Trust purchased their own support coach, a British Railways Mark 1 Brake Composite Corridor type, No. 21249, which as of spring 2010 is still not in use. Tornado has a route availability of 9.
Read more about this topic: LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado
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