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Unusual Birthday Present


StevoD

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well my birthday was yesterday (cheers for the wishes ) and my parents got me something a bit unusual

When i was a wee lad both my grandads got me into trains, with Thomas the tank and models etc, we will getting old, PlayStation computer phone etc all came into my life and any interested i had kind of vanished, and in my mid teens cars became the main front of interest and stll is, but something i always wanted when i was a kid was ride in the cab of a steam train, Well my Parents have got me a drivers experience, Giving me the chance to get get behind the wheel erm levers of what looks to be this loco at the nene valley railway in Peterborough

 

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i mean ive got a bit of stick at work when i told them how can i be this drifty street racer kid yet like trains haha, but with both my granddads pasted on feels like a nice way of honoring there memory in a way

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Got my dad a similar experience for his 65th on the Severn Valley Railway - he loved it. The train took us to Bridgnorth where the steam trains are worked on and seviced/restored and we got to have a look round the workshops. Was really interesting.

 

Enjoy! :thumbs:

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