"Tornado's" first publicly available train, and also her first trip to London, was hauling an A1 Trust "Talisman" railtour on 7 February 2009 from Darlington to King's Cross. "Tornado's" first trains out of London were two Valentine's Day "Cathedrals Express" excursions from London Victoria on 14 February 2009, a lunch tour and a dinner tour. The lunch tour was later modified to leave from London Waterloo station, making Waterloo as "Tornado's" first London departure point. "Tornado's" first Pullman class train was expected to be a "Yorkshire Pullman" on 26 February 2009, hauling the British Venice-Simplon Orient Express (VSOE) coaching stock from King's Cross to York. This was later postponed to 18 April 2009. The new date also saw "Tornado" scheduled to run a return journey back to King's Cross on the same day. This was still expected to be "Tornado's" first passenger departure from King's Cross. "Tornado's" first trip to Scotland was "The Auld Reekie Express" on 28 February 2009, with steam traction one way from York to Edinburgh. With Following Saturday 7 March making her first journey from Scotland. As of January 2009, the Trust planned to run their own excursions with "Tornado" over the Settle-Carlisle Line on 3 October 2009 and 4 October 2009.