TWO steam locomotives with differing heritage have been working together despite the more than 80 years difference in their respective ages.

With holidays abroad still a daunting prospect for many, the chance of some old-fashioned luxury aboard a steam train has proved a pull. Tornado, the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust’s express engine built in 2008 at Darlington, has been working with the more elderly Flying Scotsman hauling steam excursions across the North.

Although working together for the first time, Tornado has done much of the work, hauling excursions from central England along the UK’s most scenic railway, the Settle Carlisle line.

Flying Scotsman, built in 1923, as befits its age, has done many of the return journeys.

On Wednesday, Tornado departed from Middlesbrough passing through Stockton and Yarm and startling early morning commuters at Northallerton’s two level crossings before making its way south to York and onwards to Carlisle.

Flying Scotsman was due to take the return. Both locomotives have an army of fans who come out to picture them in action.