{"id":8819,"date":"2012-06-26T12:28:55","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T11:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=8819"},"modified":"2012-06-26T12:28:55","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T11:28:55","slug":"new-steam-locomotive-tornado-shimmies-through-a-sizzling-brixton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/new-steam-locomotive-tornado-shimmies-through-a-sizzling-brixton\/","title":{"rendered":"New steam locomotive Tornado shimmies through a sizzling Brixton"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Summer’s finally arrived over the rain-drenched plains of sarf London, and today a mighty steam engine coud be heard powering its way across the rooftops.<\/p>\n

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Seen weaving its way along the high level line that cuts across Brixton\u00a0can be seen the\u00a0LNER\u00a0Peppercorn Class A1\u00a0\u00a060163 Tornado<\/a>\u00a0a\u00a0steam locomotive – not a restored old loco from Barry scrapyard<\/a>, but a brand new engine which only entered service in 2008.<\/p>\n

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Tornado has the honour of being the first mainline locomotive built in the United Kingdom since\u00a0Evening Star<\/a>\u00a0in 1960, and its creation was thanks to the pioneering work of the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust,<\/a>\u00a0a charitable trust founded in 1990.<\/p>\n

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Here, loco number 60163 can be seen passing the much missed Brady’s pub<\/a>, with its distinctive six-sided clock tower (which sadly hasn’t worked for years).<\/p>\n

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Steaming past the site of the abandoned\u00a0East Brixton railway station<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The locomotive was pulling a huge rake of carriages. In this view you can see the pointy Shard tower<\/a> to the far left and the assorted office blocks of Canary Wharf<\/a> to the right.<\/p>\n

See more railway pics and features here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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