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Cathedrals Express, Top Gear and Tornado |
The Cathedrals Express is the Top Gear Steam Train!!
On June 21st on BBC2 the new series of Top Gear returns to our screens and the Cathedrals Express takes centre stage as part of a race from London to Edinburgh.
Tornado hauls the Cathedrals Express at speed near Offord during the Top Gear race to Edinburgh
Credit: Paul Townsend
As the latest great Top Gear race, presenter Jeremy Clarkson climbed aboard the new steam locomotive Tornado for an historic journey to Edinburgh. Racing him were fellow presenters James May, driving a vintage 1949 Jaguar XK120 and Richard Hammond who was astride a 1949 Vincent Black Shadow motorbike. As will be seen when the programme is aired, Jeremy did not keep as clean as his colleagues!
Jeremy Clarkson ©Steam Railway
Bringing a taste of 1949 to Top Gear, the Cathedrals Express departed London Kings Cross and blasted north, hauled by the new A1 Tornado as the car and bike took the existing A1 road route. It was a thrilling race and is sure to make for a stunning TV experience and you too can travel on the very same train, albeit not on the footplate getting covered in coal dust, but perhaps in one of our dining carriages being served champagne and a fine meal.
For further information on tours with Tornado on the Cathedrals Express please click this link.
Cathedrals Express and TornadoFor all our other exciting tours please go to our dates page via this link.
The tour carried around 200 passengers each paying £250 for the privilege. All suppliers involved undertook the operation at cost meaning any profits raised went to the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, builders and custodians of Tornado. For more information about Tornado please go to www.a1steam.com .
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