Project Milestones
- 1990 – A1 Steam Locomotive Trust formally launched, 11 November
- 1994 – First and last components ceremonially presented (a bogie swivel pin and a regulator nut)
- 1994 – Construction starts (frame plates rolled at Scunthorpe), 22 April
- 1995 – Nameplates presented at the frame laying ceremony, January
- 1995 – First wheel cast
- 1996 – Three cylinder castings unveiled at Tyseley, 25 May
- 1997 – Frame displayed at the Great Hall at the National Railway Museum, March
- 1997 – Tornado unveiled at Darlington Locomotive Works
- 1999 – Smokebox door complete, Tornado's symbolic 'face'
- 2000 – Construction over 50% complete (Summer)
- 2000 – Wheelset added (Autumn)
- 2004 – The book value of Tornado components reaches 1 million pounds
- 2004 – First synchronous smooth wheel motion, 25 August
- 2007 – Boiler/firebox assembly fitted to frame, June
- 2008 – First static steaming, January
- 2008 – Tender completed, February
- 2008 – Tornado publicly launched, Darlington Locomotive Works, 1 August 2008
- 2008 – First passenger train hauled, preserved Great Central Railway. Loughborough, 21 September
- 2008 – Main line testing begins, National Railway Museum, York, 4 November
- 2008 – Third and final main line test run completed, York, 19 November
- 2008 – First full livery unveiled (minus nameplates), LNER Apple Green, York, 13 December
- 2009 – The Peppercorn Pioneer, the first passenger journey on the UK Main Line, 31 January 2009
- 2009 – Hauls her first Talisman from Darlington to Kings Cross, 7 February
- 2009 - First London departures Waterloo and Victoria, 14 February
- 2009 - First A1 to run on the Southern Region, 14 February
- 2009 - Tornado was officially named by The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, 19 February
- 2009 - Becomes only the 3rd steam locomotive to haul the Royal Train behind 6233 Duchess of Sutherland and 6024 King Edward 1st, 19 February
- 2009 - Tornado made her first journey into Scotland with "The Auld Reekie Express" from York - Edinburgh, 28 February
- 2009 - Tornado becomes the first A1 out of Edinburgh for 40 years with the North Briton from Edinburgh to York, 7 March
- 2009 - First departure from Kings Cross, 18 April
- 2009 - First A1 out of Kings Cross for 40 years, 18 April
- 2009 - Hauls VSOE stock for the first time, 18 April
- 2009 - BBC Top Gear Race filmed, 25 April 2009
- 2009 - Suffers first mechanical failure at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, 2 May 2009
- 2009 - First A1 on the Great Western, 30 May 2009
- 2009 - Top Gear Race to the North broadcast on BBC 2, 21 June
- 2009 - First A1 and LNER/BR locomotive to run in Kent, 21st June
- 2009 - Returns to Tyseley Works for Tyseley 101 Gala, 27/28th June
