However, the trust decided it could only adopt some of the proposals, and improved Tornado remains strictly a first-generation locomotive. Since the trust was not creating a replica A1, but the next A1, the proposals were duly considered. In 1992 he submitted a proposal to the trust, A proposal for the Tornado project12. Thus, Tornado will be able to haul lighter (10-11 coach trains) at higher speeds, to fit in with modern-day faster main line traffic patterns. The locomotives were capable of maintaining 60-70 miles per hour (95-110 kmh) on level track with such trains. The A1s were designed to cope with the heaviest regular East Coast trains of the post-war period. Therefore, building of Tornado fills a major gap in the preservation scene for former East Coast main line steam locomotives. The last remaining example was 60145 St Mungo, which survived until September 1966. Other famous East Coast Mainline steam locomotives have been preserved, for example several Gresley LNER Class A4 and one LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman but all 49 of the LNER Peppercorn Class A1 steam locomotives were scrapped.
East of Wallace, the Route of the Hiawatha (rails-to-trails) and the Lookout Pass ski area are popular with locals and tourists.įollowing the modernisation and dieselisation plans of the 1950s, the A1 Peppercorn class was eventually scrapped at a comparatively very young age of just 14 years.
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