{"id":5422,"date":"2011-11-11T10:48:46","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T10:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=5422"},"modified":"2011-11-11T11:49:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T11:49:00","slug":"tornado-steam-loco-powers-dramatically-through-brixton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/tornado-steam-loco-powers-dramatically-through-brixton\/","title":{"rendered":"Tornado steam loco powers dramatically through Brixton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/a1-tornado-steam-loco-brixton-01.jpg\" alt=\"Tornado steam loco powers dramatically through Brixton\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Emerging through the mist of a chilly\u00a0autumnal\u00a0morning can be seen <a title=\"LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LNER_Peppercorn_Class_A1_60163_Tornado\" target=\"_blank\">60163 Tornado<\/a>, a\u00a0LNER Peppercorn Class A1 steam locomotive, which entered service in 2008.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/a1-tornado-steam-loco-brixton-02.jpg\" alt=\"Tornado steam loco powers dramatically through Brixton\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0first locomotive built in the United Kingdom since <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BR_standard_class_9F_92220_Evening_Star\" target=\"_blank\">Evening Star<\/a> in 1960, Tornado was built by the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A1_Steam_Locomotive_Trust\" target=\"_blank\">A1 Steam Locomotive Trust,<\/a> a charitable trust founded in 1990.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/a1-tornado-steam-loco-brixton-03.jpg\" alt=\"Tornado steam loco powers dramatically through Brixton\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The engine is theoretically capable of 100 miles per hour (160 km\/h), and it is hoped that it will gain permission in the future to run at 90 miles per hour (140 km\/h), which will make it the fastest steam locomotive on the British main line.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/a1-tornado-steam-loco-brixton-04.jpg\" alt=\"Tornado steam loco powers dramatically through Brixton\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Passing the site of the abandoned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/railway\/east-brixton.html\" target=\"_blank\">East Brixton railway station<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/a1-tornado-steam-loco-brixton-05.jpg\" alt=\"Tornado steam loco powers dramatically through Brixton\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/a1-tornado-steam-loco-brixton-06.jpg\" alt=\"Tornado steam loco powers dramatically through Brixton\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/railway\/\" target=\"_blank\">More railway features here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LNER_Peppercorn_Class_A1_60163_Tornado\" target=\"_blank\">Info on Tornado<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emerging through the mist of a chilly\u00a0autumnal\u00a0morning can be seen 60163 Tornado, a\u00a0LNER Peppercorn Class A1 steam locomotive, which entered service in 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