The runaway Neil went down the hill
Oct. 4th, 2025 02:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luckykaaI drove a train!
I had a train driving experience to go on. A birthday gift from my lovelyflickums ! So I took a day off work and drove down to the Sherwood Forest railway. A small narrow gauge railway in Nottinghamshire. They're only little engines.
Arrived in plenty of time to get lunch first. There's were signs to a nearby cafe which turned out to be a lot further than expected with signs taunting us every hundred or so metres. Eventually we found it, had lunch, and returned in time for the lesson. Bob introduced himself and as we were about to set off a family arrived - so I had passengers! Brief pause while he sold tickets and we were off.
A short journey - Bob showed me what to do - did the controls on the steep part - and let me operate the regulator the rest of the way down the hill. And then up the hill. Final segment I had a little more responsibility as I added coal to the engine, and on the way up, I even got to pull the whistle! Who doesn't love doing that!
Didn't stay for long but there was a coin operated radio control boat lake so we had a go at driving those around. They weren't all that easy to control.
It was a fairly simple little journey, but I really had fun. Even the horrible traffic on the drive home didn't ruin my mood.
I had a train driving experience to go on. A birthday gift from my lovely
flickums ! So I took a day off work and drove down to the Sherwood Forest railway. A small narrow gauge railway in Nottinghamshire. They're only little engines. Arrived in plenty of time to get lunch first. There's were signs to a nearby cafe which turned out to be a lot further than expected with signs taunting us every hundred or so metres. Eventually we found it, had lunch, and returned in time for the lesson. Bob introduced himself and as we were about to set off a family arrived - so I had passengers! Brief pause while he sold tickets and we were off.
A short journey - Bob showed me what to do - did the controls on the steep part - and let me operate the regulator the rest of the way down the hill. And then up the hill. Final segment I had a little more responsibility as I added coal to the engine, and on the way up, I even got to pull the whistle! Who doesn't love doing that!
Didn't stay for long but there was a coin operated radio control boat lake so we had a go at driving those around. They weren't all that easy to control.
It was a fairly simple little journey, but I really had fun. Even the horrible traffic on the drive home didn't ruin my mood.