Your Hand on the Throttle

The Valley Railroad Company is proud of its educational program: Your Hand on the Throttle. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn about and actually operate a full size steam locomotive.
Morning and afternoon sessions will be offered in 2015 as follows: April 2 - 4 / April 9 - 12 / Oct 29 - Nov 1 / Nov 5 - 8
For more information: essexsteamtrain.com/special-ev...

[@PennRailVideos]

This is a great compilation! Looks like a great opportunity which I hope to participate in someday.

[@ClearSignalProductions]

Awesome, i cant wait to do that myself someday!

[@davebelk5415]

I'm from Charlotte NC.& have done this before in Petersburg WV,Roanoke VA.& Bonsal NC.on 2 different 0-4-0T steam engines.What I see here's a little more different from what I normally take in a typical student train engineer lesson.May be real pricey to take it & real far for me to travel to.But with the proper money & travel arrangments,One day,I'd like to come to Essex & take the lesson.Would be a real experience tryin' out a larger steam locomotive if I'm up to the challenge.Have just the right historical railroad uniform to prove it.Would bring out the train engineer inside me.Make me a modern-day Casey Jones since I play his namesake great-grandson & follow the right rules to make a perfect run on the rails.Have over 40 years of railfan experience since 1970.Hope to try it when the time's right.Signed:"Engineer"Dave Belk.

[@brianfalzon6739]

I would like to do that one day!

[@Engineer5344]

you n me both adam. this looks ten times better than williams grove

[@Buynot]

hownold do you have to be to do this?

[@Mr.RailYard-LJLRailYard]

How old do you have to be to do this program