Oppurtunity to drive a GBRF class 66 or class 73 - Severn Valley Railway

[Crawley Ben]

For the price of £875 you can take the controls of a GBRF class 66 or class 73 locomotive at the Severn Valley Railway. All proceeds to be donated to charity.

I've posted the link to the article below for anyone interested at all.

http://www.svr.co.uk/NewsItem.aspx?a=830

Cheers

Ben

 

[50039]

Wow, deep pockets required!

 

[theblackwatch]

Wow, deep pockets required!

Indeed - but definitely a one off opportunity! I'm not aware of any chance to drive a main line operator's loco being offered before (and I exclude preserved main line stuff like 55022, before anyone starts). The normal prive of a Driver Experience on the SVR is £350, and judging by how many of them are filly booked for this year already (see http://www.svr.co.uk/Footplate_DieselDrivingExperience.aspx ), they don't have any trouble filliing them. I hope that for GBRf's charity and the SVR, that these two fill as well.

 

[Trainfan344]

The details from the Severn Valley's facebook, for the Class 66 is that you get 16 miles of Driving the locomotive, 16 miles of being secondman, and 32 miles of breakvan rides. If you're a shed fan then it's not to be missed!

 

[route:oxford]

The details from the Severn Valley's facebook, for the Class 66 is that you get 16 miles of Driving the locomotive, 16 miles of being secondman, and 32 miles of breakvan rides. If you're a shed fan then it's not to be missed!

So that's probably around 4 hours of experience. Compares very favourably to a flight simulator experience.

 

[railfan100]

So that's probably around 4 hours of experience. Compares very favourably to a flight simulator experience.

Not sure, flying a small aircraft is around £135 - 140 per hour if you shop around.

 

[AnthonyRail]

Depends on which shed, If it’s 66789 in BR blue. Take my money

 

[trainmania100]

Certainly a step up from "driver for a fiver"

 

[alexl92]

Certainly a step up from "driver for a fiver"

'Driver for 175 fivers'?

 

[cj_1985]

Will be well worth the cash

 

[AnthonyRail]

Anyone doing it

 

[cj_1985]

booked it this afternoon...

 

[cj_1985]

Looks like the only remaining slots are in the class 73