🚂 The LNER A1 Peppercorn Class ‘Tornado’ 🚂 A shining symbol of British engineering reborn from history itself. The Tornado is not a preserved locomotive — it’s a brand new steam engine, built from scratch in the 21st century! Completed in 2008 by the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, Tornado is the first newly built mainline steam locomotive in Britain since 1960. Designed to the classic LNER Peppercorn A1 specification, she embodies the golden age of steam — yet with modern features like air brakes,

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The LNER Class P2 – Britain’s Mighty 2-8-2 Giants! 💨 Few locomotives have ever looked as powerful—or as purposeful—as the LNER Class P2. Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley in the 1930s, these incredible 2-8-2 “Mikado” locomotives were built to conquer one of the toughest main lines in Britain: the winding, steeply graded route between Edinburgh and Aberdeen. With their muscular frames, long boilers, and unmistakable front ends, the P2s were the largest and most powerful express passenger steam locom

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The LNER Class P2 – Britain’s Mighty 2-8-2 Giants! 💨 Few locomotives have ever looked as powerful—or as purposeful—as the LNER Class P2. Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley in the 1930s, these incredible 2-8-2 “Mikado” locomotives were built to conquer one of the toughest main lines in Britain: the winding, steeply graded route between Edinburgh and Aberdeen. With their muscular frames, long boilers, and unmistakable front ends, the P2s were the largest and most powerful express passenger steam locom

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