NRM offers chance to drive locomotive (From York Press)
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NRM offers chance to drive locomotive
9:59am Wednesday 6th March 2013 in News
Noel Hartley with the recently overhauled diesel engine 09017, which budding train drivers can drive at the National Railway Museum this weekend
IT’S said to be every schoolboy’s dream – and this weekend a top York visitor attraction will make it a reality.
The National Railway Museum is staging a weekend event to remember, when visitors with a driving desire for diesel-electric shunters can not only experience passenger rides behind four of the hard-working stars of the diesel collection in the museum's South Yard, but can pay £15 to drive their favourite diesel locomotive.
Rail fans can also enjoy cab access free of charge, and the footplates will be manned by volunteers who can explain what it is like to drive a shunter and how a diesel-electric engine works.
Once the passenger rides have finished for the day, those with an eye for photography can make the most of a free Shunter Sunset photography event, when all three shunter stars can be photographed in the Museum's South Yard – weather permitting.
Noel Hartley, the museum’s rail events co-ordinator, said: “The shunters in our collection are the unsung heroes of the railways, so it’s only fitting that they get their well-deserved turn in the limelight.”
Comments(7)
Ignatius Lumpopo
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11:21am Wed 6 Mar 13
YorkPatrol
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12:08pm Wed 6 Mar 13
Garrowby Turnoff wrote:What about them??
IT’S said to be every schoolboy’s dream – and this weekend a top York visitor attraction will make it a realityWhat about the schoolgirls who fancy a try?
ReginaldBiscuit
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12:19pm Wed 6 Mar 13
YorkPatrol wrote:Indeed. Can't really see that many schoolgirls being interested. For one thing, the shunter isn't Justin Bieber.
Garrowby Turnoff wrote:What about them??
IT’S said to be every schoolboy’s dream – and this weekend a top York visitor attraction will make it a realityWhat about the schoolgirls who fancy a try?
Buzz Light-year
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1:01pm Wed 6 Mar 13
HeidTheBa'
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7:16pm Wed 6 Mar 13
ReginaldBiscuit wrote:
YorkPatrol wrote:Indeed. Can't really see that many schoolgirls being interested. For one thing, the shunter isn't Justin Bieber.
Garrowby Turnoff wrote:What about them??
IT’S said to be every schoolboy’s dream – and this weekend a top York visitor attraction will make it a realityWhat about the schoolgirls who fancy a try?
ReginaldBiscuit wrote: Can't really see that many schoolgirls being interested. For one thing, the shunter isn't Justin Bieber.
That's true - the shunter sounds musical and it usually turns up on time.
Magicman!
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9:15pm Wed 6 Mar 13
HeidTheBa' wrote:And it doesn't go around offending everybody by being a jerk.
ReginaldBiscuit wrote:
YorkPatrol wrote:Indeed. Can't really see that many schoolgirls being interested. For one thing, the shunter isn't Justin Bieber.
Garrowby Turnoff wrote:What about them??
IT’S said to be every schoolboy’s dream – and this weekend a top York visitor attraction will make it a realityWhat about the schoolgirls who fancy a try?ReginaldBiscuit wrote: Can't really see that many schoolgirls being interested. For one thing, the shunter isn't Justin Bieber.
That's true - the shunter sounds musical and it usually turns up on time.
Garrowby Turnoff says...
10:26am Wed 6 Mar 13