After a safety briefing and a demonstration of the controls you will take the controls of one of our industrial diesel locos as we travel around the site. if you wish to bring family members please let us know and we can attach a brake van to the rear of the loco.
Duration 2 Hours
1 Driver £225
2 Drivers £325
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Our full-day experiences can be booked on most days.
You will prepare the locomotive for the day's activities, and our experienced instructors will explain the controls to you. We will have a few practice runs in the shed yard before embarking on a 7-mile ride around the site.
After lunch (not included), we will take the locomotive out again with a small freight train around the site, before returning to the shed and safely disposing of the locomotive.
Duration: 6.5 hours
1 Driver: £400
2 Drivers: £600
To arrange your full-day driver experience, please call Glenn at 07889 297271 or email glenn@afrps.co.uk.
After a safety briefing and a demonstration of the controls you will take the controls of one of our industrial steam locos as we travel around the site. if you wish to bring family members please let us know and we can attach a brake van to the rear of the loco
Duration 2 Hours
1 Driver £300
2 Drivers 500
Our full-day experiences can be booked on most days.
You will prepare the locomotive for the day's activities, and our experienced instructors will explain the controls to you. We will have a few practice runs in the shed yard before embarking on a 7-mile ride around the site.
After lunch (not included), we will take the locomotive out again with a small freight train around the site, before returning to the shed and safely disposing of the locomotive.
Duration: 8 hours
1 Driver: £500
2 Drivers: £800
To arrange your full-day driver experience, please call Glenn at 07889 297271 or email glenn@afrps.co.uk.
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After a safety briefing and a short demonstration of the controls you will take the drivers seat as we travel around the site- your welcome to bring up to 6 family members along with you for the ride
Duratrion 2 Hours
1 Driver £225
2 Drivers £325
Terms and conditions of booking
1 | Participants must be over 18 years of age and be physically and mentally fit with reasonable hearing and vision. In particular participants must be capable of climbing up and descending the vertical steps between the footplate of the locomotive and ground level (approximately 6’) |
2 | All participants must follow the instructions of the instructor at all times - British Steel Scunthorpe is not a mainline railway and speeds will be limited at various points around the site. |
3 | If you wish family members to ride with you please let us know before the day and we will add a brake van to the train. |
4 | Due to Insurance requirements all drivers must be over the age of 18. |
5 | You must arrive on time for the experience, time on the footplate is limited , late arrivals will only get the time from arrival upto the end of their allocated period - if a late start is due to the railway , we will ensure you get your full time. |
6 | The railway reserves the right to refuse access onto locomotives to anyone who appears to be unfit to operate them. This includes anyone who appears to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol. |
7 | The railway reserve the right to cancel these experiences should we have a mechanical or electrical failure on the unit which makes it impossible to continue. Should this occur , we welcome you to arrange another day. |