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    Tornado saves the day for RTC

    Jan 14, 2020 2 minutes
    By Brian Sharpe
    SANDY SMEATON

    THE Railway Touring Company (RTC) always ends the year with an impressive programme of main line tours during the festive season, many destined for various Christmas markets around the country.

    As in previous years, the mainstays of the December 2019 programme were the two Class 8 Pacifics, LMS Princess Coronation No. 6233 and LNER A4 No. 60009 . For the first time though, LNER A1 Pacific No. 60163 was scheduled to feature in a couple of trips.

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