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Tornado launches Stockton & Darlington 2025 celebrations

PEPPERCORN A1 Pacific No. 60163 Tornado – a steam icon of the 21st century – hauled a private tour along the route of the Stockton & Darlington Railway to kick-start the build-up to global celebrations to mark a defining moment of the 19th century.

Darlington Borough Council booked to head a charter on September 27, to mark the 195th anniversary of the world’s first public steam-hauled railway – and to start the countdown to

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