• Steam Train Ramble Driving With A Twist Days To Amaze What could be more pleasant than an early evening summer footplate experience You can take the locomotive along the Dee Valley but this time with no train to worry about, firing in particular is less strenuous like this! Hopefully with good British summer weather this experience will give exceptional views that only this setting can offer With the chance to experience ‘firing’ of the train and some driving this package offers the best of both worlds for the avid train fan. Firing is a great challenge and isn’t as easy as people often think. The fireman does not just shovel coal; he manages the boiler, producing steam to meet the requirements of the driver. This means keeping the boiler supplied with water and the firebox sufficiently coaled to produce heat which turns water into steam. So, a spell on the shovel illustrates quite vividly the art of firing a steam locomotive, keeping an eye on the steam pressure and the boiler water levels, injecting water into the boiler as needed, as well as maintaining the state of the fire £229.00

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