Poor coal causes Tornado failure

摘要

Steam Dreams' three-day 'Christmas Coronation' charter began on November 18 when 'A1' 60163 Tornado worked from King's Cross to Edinburgh. The first day's run was a great success, and the locomotive also performed well on the second day's Edinburgh-Newcastle-Carlisle circular tour. However, on the final day's Edinburgh-Euston leg, the crew struggled to maintain boiler pressure south of Crewe due to poor-quality coal, and despite considerable effort the loco eventually failed at Rugby. Passengers made their return to the Capital by service train and the empty stock was dragged to Wembley by DB Schenker's 66051.