Steam locomotive No.60163 Tornado has taken its first steps to returning to the mainline today, as it began running in at the Nene Valley Railway.

This evening, the A1 locomotive set off for Yarwell Junction on the Nene Valley Railway. This is part of its mileage accumulation.

60163 Tornado is on schedule to pick up her mainline diary this month.

There is still plenty of chances to see Tornado in 2018 – more news, and timings on that, will be released soon.

Once running in is completed at the Nene Valley Railway, a loaded test run on the test can be organised to make sure that Tornado is back up to scratch for running mainline tours once again.

After all of these checks are completed, and a mainline test is approved, 60163 Tornado can return to the mainline once again (once all timings have been announced, we will report these once more).

This is superb news to report on. We look forward to seeing 60163 Tornado back on the mainline in the future.

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