<p>Brand new steam locomotive <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/60163_Tornado" title="60163 Tornado">60163 <i>Tornado</i></a> hauls a charter train from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley on 25 April 2009. The private trip was filmed by the BBC for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear_Race_to_the_North" class="extiw" title="w:Top Gear Race to the North">Top Gear Race to the North</a>, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_May" class="extiw" title="en:James May">James May a.k.a Captain Slow</a> in a vintage Jaguar and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hammond" class="extiw" title="en:Richard Hammond">Richard Hammond</a> on a classic motorbike, racing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Clarkson" class="extiw" title="en:Jeremy Clarkson">Jeremy Clarkson</a> on the train, but with the car and bike only allowed to use <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain_road_numbering_scheme" class="extiw" title="en:Great Britain road numbering scheme">A roads</a>.
</p><p><i>Tornado</i> was booked to leave London at 07.25 BST and arrive in Edinburgh at 15.27 BST. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t09/t0425c.htm">Booked times</a>
</p><p>The train carried the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headboard" class="extiw" title="en:Headboard">headboard</a> for a Cathedrals Express journey, and barring the maroon support coach at the front, was formed from a uniform rake of nine <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Scot_(passenger_train)" class="extiw" title="en:Royal Scot (passenger train)">Royal Scot</a></i> blood and custard coaches.
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Seen here crossing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bawtry" class="extiw" title="en:Bawtry">Bawtry</a> viaduct, South Yorkshire
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/8395698@N06">Rob Terrace</a> from Doncaster, United Kingdom
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/8395698@N06/3472371531/">60163 Tornado. LNER A1 Peppercorn. 1Z63 London Kings Cross - Edinburgh Waverley. Bawtry Viaduct, Saturday 25th April 2009.</a>