Follow-up to Tornado: it's a Cock o' the North!

摘要

One of the worst-kept secrets of the railway world was officially revealed in April when the Al Locomotive Trust announced plans to build a Gresley P2 2-8-2.rnThe follow-up to its successful Al Pacific Tornado will create a sister to No. 2001 Cock o' the North - the most powerful express passenger steam type ever built for a British railway.rnIt is a project expected to create considerable support among enthusiasts even though most people aliverntoday never saw a P2 in action.rnThe trust - which also announced that by the end of June it will have halved the debt on Tornado - has started a feasibility study into the construction.