On the same day WB6 and WB9 were taken with a hasty dash across to the borders, the evening sun just catches A1 Class 4-6-2 No. 60163 ‘Tornado’ as it climbs towards Llanvihangel summit, near Abergavenny, with returning ‘Cathedrals Express’, which this locomotive hauled throughout from Paddington via Swindon and Hereford to Shrewsbury. Tornado is first new steam engine to run on the main line for 50 years, and due to extensive local and national publicity, ‘Tornado’ is probably the most famous steam engine in Britain today.
