RailAdvent
  • Home
  • News
    • All News
    • Freight
    • Infrastructure
    • Mainline Network
    • Heritage on the Mainline News
    • Narrow Gauge Railway News
    • Standard Gauge Railway News
  • Mainline Steam Info
  • All Railtours
  • Community
  • Online Shop
  • Simulation
  • Upgrade!
No Result
View All Result
  • Login
Cart / £0.00

No products in the basket.

  • Competitions
  • Email Newsletter
  • Reviews
  • Events Calendar
  • Video
  • Birthday Cards
  • Home
  • News
    • All News
    • Freight
    • Infrastructure
    • Mainline Network
    • Heritage on the Mainline News
    • Narrow Gauge Railway News
    • Standard Gauge Railway News
  • Mainline Steam Info
  • All Railtours
  • Community
  • Online Shop
  • Simulation
  • Upgrade!
No Result
View All Result
RailAdvent
No Result
View All Result
  1. Home
  2. Standard Gauge
  3. Swanage Railway
  4. Drive a steam train with the Taster Driver Experience at the Swanage Railway 

Drive a steam train with the Taster Driver Experience at the Swanage Railway 

Jamie Duggan avatar by Jamie Duggan
21st August 2021
in Standard Gauge, Swanage Railway
Reading Time: 3 mins read
0
34028 Eddystone Harman's Cross

Credit: ANDREW PM WRIGHT

3.3k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The Swanage Railway has announced the return of their Taster Driver Experience courses, where you can take the controls of a steam locomotive and drive along the line.

Looking for the perfect gift for that special person, or keen to learn to drive a steam engine on an 11 mile, one-hour round trip through the beautiful Dorset coastline, then the Swanage Railway has the right experience for you.

Starting your experience with an introduction, the footplate crew will guide you through each step of preparing, starting and driving that you need to know to drive and fire the locomotive.

Starting out at Swanage Station, you’ll head down the line, passing Corfe Castle Station, on your way to Norden Station. Here you’ll ‘run around’ your train (switch ends) before working your way back to Swanage, swapping over to either driving or firing, depending on which role you started with. With a friendly and experienced crew with you the whole time, you can learn much about the engines and railway. On finishing the course, you will receive a Swanage Railway goody bag, which includes a framed certificate and a Swanage Railway Driver Experience mug, along with photo opportunities at both Swanage and Norden Station.

The current dates available for booking are as follows:

  1. Friday 1st of October
  2. Monday 4th of October
  3. Friday 8th of October
  4. Monday 11th of October
  5. Friday 15th of October
  6. Monday 18th of October
  7. Friday 22nd of October

For more information or to book your place on a Taster Driver Experience course, please click here to visit their website

RelatedPosts

34072 257 Squadron arrives into Quorn and Woodhouse, Great Central Railway

May 2022 steam locomotive update from Southern Locomotives Ltd

24th May 2022
Sentinel 7109 Freight Train (Harry McConnell)

Nine locomotives lined up for Gloucestershire Warwickshire ‘Cotswold Festival of Steam’

21st April 2022
34028 Eddystone Harman's Cross

Steam locomotive 34028 Eddystone set to visit the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

7th March 2022
80104 on it's Last Day in Traffic // Credit Peter Milford

June 2021 steam locomotive update from Southern Locomotives Ltd

27th June 2021
Load More

Where Next?

RAILADVENT NEWS
The latest railway news
RailAdvent Plus
Railway Discounts, 4k Video, pictures and more!
FREE NEWSLETTERS
Signup to our daily and weekly newsletters
RAILADVENT SHOP
Railway Prints, DVD’s / Blu-Ray’s, books and more
LOCOSTOP COMMUNITY
Come and share your railway pictures
UK STEAM INFO
Upcoming mainline steam tours/loco movements
Swanage Railway
Visit their website

Tags: SR 'West Country' No. 34028 'Eddystone'
ShareTweetPinShareShare
Subscribe
Notify of
guest
guest
0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments

Where Next on RailAdvent?

Railway News DVDs, Prints, Cards and Gifts MAINLINE STEAM INFO Competition Time! Share your pictures FREE NEWSLETTERS Subscribe for More
Previous Post

Fly tipper from Burnley fined £3,000 after rubbish on Network Rail property contained address

Next Post

Young train enthusiast from Surrey designs his own collection of Top Trumps celebrating his favourite Great Western Railway stations

Related Posts

34028 Eddystone Harman's Cross
Swanage Railway

PHOTOS: Steam locomotive 34028 Eddystone undergoes loaded test runs following overhaul 

by Jamie Duggan
30th May 2021
1

The Swanage Railway and Southern Locomotive Ltd (SLL) has shared photos of loaded test runs hauled by recently...

Read more
steam locomotive 34028 Eddystone on test on the Swanage Railway

PHOTOS: Steam locomotive 34028 Eddystone goes on test at the Swanage Railway

13th May 2021
34028 Eddystone at Norden

Steam locomotive 34028 Eddystone arrives at Norden on the Swanage Railway

28th April 2021
Frames for 34010 Sidmouth

Lots of progress – Update on steam locomotives from Southern Locomotives Ltd

10th March 2021
Load More

Top rated products

  • KWVR diesel gala Keighley & Worth Valley Railway - 2019 Diesel & Mixed Traction Gala
    Rated 5.00 out of 5
    £19.99 – £21.99
  • Flying Scotsman Ruler Flying Scotsman steam locomotive 30cm plastic ruler
    Rated 5.00 out of 5
    £3.99
  • Flying Scotsman steam train christmas card Christmas Card featuring steam locomotive 60103 Flying Scotsman
    Rated 5.00 out of 5
    £2.99
  • Keighley and Worth Valley Railway steam train christmas card Christmas Card featuring 41241 & 78022, Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
    Rated 5.00 out of 5
    £2.99
  • 48305 at Grosmont MPD, North Yorkshire Moors Railway 48305 at Grosmont MPD, North Yorkshire Moors Railway
    Rated 5.00 out of 5
    £3.49 – £29.99

Our latest release

Watch Instantly

NYMR DVD 2019
FR Victorian DVD

You May Like

Latest Reviews

Whitland to Pembroke Dock cover
Book Review

Book Review: Whitland to Pembroke Dock by John Hodge

by Roger Smith

Newly published on 22nd April this year, Whitland to Pembroke Dock is the latest book in the West Wales Railways...

Read more
East Kent 001

Book Review: The East Kent Railway by John-Scott-Morgan

Load More

Latest News

Coradia Stream Intercity Next Generation train
World

Coradia Stream Intercity Next Generation Train revealed by Alstom and NS

by Chloe White
4th July 2022
Hackney Central New Entrance
Network

Second entrance opened at Hackney Central station

by Roger Smith
4th July 2022
Bodyworn Camera at station
Network

Body-worn cameras to be introduced by South Western Railway

by Chloe White
4th July 2022
David Lloyd George departs Porthmadog with the 13.15 to Tan-y-Bwlch
Narrow Gauge

Porthmadog-based Ffestiniog Railway reveals plans for the Summer

by Michael Holden
4th July 2022

FREE RailAdvent newsletters

Get the latest news, reviews, deals and more straight into your inbox.

Click here to sign up today !

Our latest release

Deals at Amazon

RailAdvent Online Store

  • Clock featuring steam locomotive 45596 Bahamas

    9 inch Wall Clock featuring steam locomotive 45596 Bahamas, Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

    £19.99
    Add to basket
  • Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Spring Steam Gala 2018 DVD

    Reliving Preservation – Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Spring Steam Gala 2018 Set with 4 Prints

    £16.99 – £17.99
    Select options
  • Steam locomotive and high speed train mouse mat – Rocket and 43002

    Steam locomotive and high speed train mouse mat – Rocket and 43002

    £6.99
    Add to basket
  • 45596 Bahamas Steam Train Greeting Card

    45596 Bahamas steam locomotive Greeting card, Keighley & Worth Valley Railway

    £2.99
    Add to basket
  • Avanti West Coast Pendolino at Oxenholme Lake District

    Avanti West Coast Pendolino at Oxenholme Lake District

    £3.49 – £29.99
    Select options
  • 31163 on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

    31163 heads for Mytholmes Tunnel – Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

    £3.49 – £29.99
    Select options
  • How Not to Paint a Locomotive

    How (not) to paint a locomotive by Christopher Vine

    £20.00
    Add to basket
  • Peters Railway A Big Smellie Bogie

    Peter’s Railway A Big Smellie Bogie

    £2.99
    Add to basket

From RailAdvent

Peters Railway Books
RailAdvent

© RailAdvent Ltd 2014 - 2022
Registered in England & Wales
Company Number: 13512367
VAT Number: 392755949

More Links

  • About Us
  • Advertising on RailAdvent
  • How to Contact Us
  • RailAdvent Product List
  • Delivery, Returns & Refund Policy
  • RailAdvent Privacy Policy
  • LocoStop – The Railway Social Network
  • Mainline UK Steam Info
  • RailAdvent Points

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Login
  • Cart
  • Home
  • News
  • Mainline UK Steam Info
  • Online Shop
  • Birthday Cards
  • Community
  • Book Reviews
  • Competition Time
  • Subscribe Today!
  • Simulation
  • Railtours
  • Streaming Video
  • Railway Special Events Calendar
  • Videos
  • Find A Railway
    • Railways In England
      • By County
      • By Name
    • Railways In Scotland
    • Railways In Wales
  • More Stuff
    • Miniature Railways In The UK
    • Museums In The UK
      • By Name
      • By County
    • Model Railways
    • Review of the week
    • Flying Scotsman
    • Throwback Thursdays
    • About Us
    • How to Contact Us
    • Advertising on RailAdvent
    • Featured Fridays
      • Share your Railway Photo’s & Video’s

© RailAdvent Ltd 2014 - 2022
Registered in England & Wales
Company Number: 13512367
VAT Number: 392755949

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Session expired

Please log in again. The login page will open in a new tab. After logging in you can close it and return to this page.

>
X
X