Appleby  Frodingham Railway- Scunthorpe


Footplate Exprences

Drive a train around  the  uk's  largest  private railway


2 Hour  Diesel Driving  Experience 

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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Full Day Diesel 
Driving Experence

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.

 

2 Hour  Steam Driving Experience


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


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Full Day  Steam Driving  Experience

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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2 Hour  Pacer  Driving Experience

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


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Terms and conditions  of  booking 

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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. 

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 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.