60163 Tornado: A Year In Blue

One year ago today, 60163 'Tornado' made her first public runs in her then new BR Express Blue Livery. This gave me an idea for a little compilation video, featuring all of the shots I have of Tornado running on the mainline in this livery from the past year. Not only is this livery gorgeous, it's also my personal favourite of all the BR livery for their steam locomotives. All shots in this video feature Tornado working Steam Dreams' popular 'Cathedrals Express' service, unless stated otherwise.

Shots included are:

24th November 2012
London Paddington - Shrewsbury - London Paddington
Locations: Ashbury Crossing, and Swindon Station

29th November 2012
London Victoria - Newbury - Bristol TM - Swindon - London Victoria
Locations: Crofton, and Swindon Station

1st December 2012
Ipswich - Bristol TM - Ipswich
Location: Wootton Bassett

8th December 2012
Southend - Oxford - Southend
Locations: Appleford Level Crossing, Appleford, and Cholsey

5th March 2013 - Test Run
Southall - Swindon - Melksham - Newbury - Southall
Location: Ashbury Crossing

21st March 2013
Peterborough - Swindon - Peterborough
Locations: South Marston, and Dauntsey Bank.

23rd March 2013
London Paddington - Kingswear - London Paddington
Locations: Goodrington, and near Stoke Cannon

3rd July 2013
London Kings Cross - York - London Kings Cross
Location: Retford Station

7th September 2013
London Waterloo - Cardiff - London Waterloo
Location: Upton Scudamore

19th September 2013
Canterbury - Salisbury - Canterbury
Locations: Brookwood, Salisbury (detailed look at the loco), and Grateley


Filmed on a Panasonic HDC-HS900 with Pro Sound L92AA and Panasonic VW-VM2SE microphones.

Enjoy.