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Shovel coal and help drive a steam locomotive on a Bluebell Railway footplate taster
Climb onto the footplate of a working steam engine at Sheffield Park alongside the driver and fireman for about an hour, firing the boiler and taking a turn at the controls.

- Where
- Sheffield Park, East Sussex (day trip, ~45 miles) TN22 3QL
- Format
- One-off
- Cost
- £££
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