<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 a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear_Races" class="extiw" title="en:Top Gear Races"><i>Top Gear</i> Race</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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The train is pictured here passing through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_Central_Station" class="extiw" title="en:Newcastle Central Station">Newcastle Central Station</a> on time at 13.09 BST (GMT+1), but is believed to have arrived early in Edinburgh.
User:Ultra7
2009-04-25
<span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>