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Footplate Taster Gift Voucher Footplate Taster Gift Voucher
Ride on the locomotive with the crew on the 21 mile trip from Tenterden to Bodiam and back.
You are accompanied at all times by one of our driver/instructors who will meet and brief you about the experience and will explain the functions of the driver and fireman throughout the trip. This experience is not a 'hands-on' trip but continues to be a most popular choice both in cost and as a 'taster' to the other experiences listed below. We hope that by watching the teamwork that exists between the crew you will want to return for an Introductory Course to learn the skills needed to drive the engine yourself.
Tasters are available throughout the year on selected days and at selected times. Please ring the Commercial Office on 01580 765155 for more details. 



Price:   £80.00


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Introduction to Driving Gift Voucher Introduction to Driving Gift Voucher
Join us for a day during which you will learn some of the basic skills required to drive a steam locomotive. Under the eye of an experienced instructor you will take the controls and learn how to move off and stop smoothly. As the day progresses you will have several opportunities to develop your skills, culminating in gently ‘buffering up’ your engine to a 20-ton brake van.

Standard annual K&ESR Membership is included

Also included is a visit to the Signal Box and a tour of the locomotive yard and repair shed.

Please ring the Commercial Office on 01580 765155 for more details. Vouchers are now being issued for redemption in 2009. 



Price:   £225.00


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Advanced Driving Gift Voucher Advanced Driving Gift Voucher
Having mastered the basic techniques with an ‘introduction’ course, why not try and ‘advanced’ experience? You will drive a train from Tenterden to Bodiam and back under the careful supervision of your instructor. You will gain first hand experience of operating a locomotive on one of the most challenging lines in the Country, through varied countryside and on gradients of up to 1:49.
Please ring the Commercial Office on 01580 765155 for more details. 



Price:   £650.00


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A One-Day Signalbox Experience A One-Day Signalbox Experience
Enjoy a fully operational day in an authentic Southern Region Signalbox with a qualified signalman who will allow you a 'hands-on' experience of what's involved to operate the K&ESR safely. An initial safety and etiquette briefing is quickly followed by despatching one or two light engines for the day's duty. The principles of interlocking and block working are examined before a packed lunch is delivered along with the token on the 1:15 ex Tenterden steam service. The signaller will explain and demonstrate where possible the variety of his/her role and features of the afternoon session can include allowing the locomotives to water, the re-coaling of bunkers and token exchanges. Participants each receive a set of track and signal diagrams for each station on the line together with a certificate and souvenir mug at the end of the day.
This experience is available on many days throughout the year, a list of available dates will be sent to you for a choice of date to be selected or please indicate a date in the box below and we'll try to accomodate the request. Open to all 18 - 70 years. Click here for an exterior shot of Rolvenden Signalbox



Price:   £95.00 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)


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A DMMU Cab Ride Gift Voucher A DMMU Cab Ride Gift Voucher
This is a unique opportunity to view the 21-mile line from a totally different perspective. You will travel in the cab of the DMMU with the driver on one of our scheduled passenger trains along the line. During the trip your driver will be happy to answer any questions you may have about the line, operation of the controls or the techniques employed in driving a Diesel Mechanical Multiple Unit.

Whilst sharing a 'driver's eye view' of signals, points and stations we're confident the experience will be a memorable one! The approximate journey time is 1hr 50min. The experience starts and ends at Tenterden Station

This experience is available on many days throughout the year, a list of available dates will be sent to you for a choice of date & time to be selected. Open to all 18 - 70 years. Click here for a large image of cab interior



Price:   £70.00


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