recomendation wanted

biggles99 · Post by **biggles99** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 11:06 am

can anyone recommend a good place to experience driving a train for a day.
i would like to pay for my wife to drive a train either steam or diesel with myself as a guest.
any ideas greatly welcome.
thanks
biggles99

mattcarey · Post by **mattcarey** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 11:14 am

West Somerset Railway. Check out http://www.wsr.org.uk/

Regards

Matthew

highterrace · Post by **highterrace** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 11:15 am

The Severn Valley does a load of 1 day courses as well.

mjt222 · Post by **mjt222** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 11:19 am

Mid Hants Railway is absolutely fantastic, as you get to open the engines up with a fair bit of regulator, climbing the bank up to Medstead & Fourmarks from Ropley, and again coming away from Alton you are straight into the 3.5 miles of 1in60 bank up to Medstead, you only shut off as you reach the home signal.

:lol

http://www.watercressline.co.uk/footpl.htm

spinemaligna · Post by **spinemaligna** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 11:45 am

Drive real twin track mainline at GCR Loughborough. Best day out ever.

Ross

Lad491 · Post by **Lad491** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 1:14 pm

Bluebell Railway also does driver training days.

Bressingham steam museum will let you drive one of the narrow gauge locos for a morning, including breakfast (i believe) for an early start to clean and get steam up, and then with about 3 hours actual running, but you cant run any service trains

It looked a good overall package when i checked up on it last year and i was very nearly tempted. Maybe this year.

thedarkness · Post by **thedarkness** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 3:41 pm

East Kent railway, near Dover. Drive a Class 33 and do some shutning aswell as trips of the line. Feel the engine come to life as you open it up going through the tunnel near Shepherdswell.

DanBB · Post by **DanBB** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 4:28 pm

So basically just pick the nearest presevered railway to you.

thedarkness · Post by **thedarkness** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 7:39 pm

DanBB wrote:So basically just pick the nearest presevered railway to you.

I'm glad i'm not the only one who said that

Seriously though, the Mid Hants are very good. The guy who does it is strict, but strict in a way that you learn so much so easily.

ca55ie · Post by **ca55ie** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 7:44 pm

The NNR also does a driving experiance