Driving a Train at East Kent Railway

One of the items on my bucket list was to drive a train. After a bit of searching, I found that the East Kent Railway, a heritage site in the United Kingdom, offers a train driving experience on Into The Blue, an experience voucher website.
In two months, I was on my way to experiencing this unique feeling of driving a locomotive weighing dozens of tons myself. The crew: Clive and Andrew, were super nice, helpful, and knowledgeable. I learned a lot and would recommend this to everyone fascinated by machines, railways, and transport. The whole experience took about three hours.
I recorded it on a GoPro camera and edited it to show the most interesting bits. Clive told me many more stories and tidbits along the way, but on the recording, it was difficult to listen to it through the noise.
Enjoy!

[@davidthurman-newell3633]

Great video, thank you for sharing

[@DC4260Productions]

I see they have quite the odd collection on this line, referring to the combination of a Class 142 Pacer, an incomplete Class 365 Networker, this Class 08 and all the other EMU coaches.

[@stephensmith799]

‘It’s as simple as that!’ - are you sure it’s simple?! Interesting that ‘forward’ is in the direction of the engine compartment and backwards is with the cab leading. It seems like a legacy of steam shunters which of course movers ‘forward’ in the direction of the boiler

[@emeraldzebra9360]

I'd love to drive a 08/09

[@petersmith4455]

you can always buy a toy one