

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Steam Engineman Taster Courses
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 04 Apr, 2026 at 09:00 am – Sat, 04 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: Join the team on the footplate and live the childhood dream! Shovel coal into the firebox, blow the whistle, open the regulator and feel the power! Treat someone special (even yourself) to the thrill of a life-time learning what it feels like to be a real fireman and engine driver. If you are buying a course for someone else, please let us know the name of the participant at the time of booking.  This will ensure that those taking part in the course are on our register and are covered by our insurances. 

Our taster course is the perfect introduction to the mysteries of the Steam Engine using the Bishops Lydeard to Norton Fitzwarren section (where the West Somerset Railway meets the mainline). 

We use locomotives and a heritage brake van. 

The course starts at Bishops Lydeard station at either 9.15 or 13.15 and takes between three and four hours to complete.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/taunton/steam-engineman-taster-courses/200029683436947
- **Event Categories**: workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 16

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk/events/view/steam-engineman-courses?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=taunton-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Taunton
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: West Somerset Railway, Bishops Lydeard
- **lat**: 51.053584041651
- **long**: -3.1936856268445
- **full address**: West Somerset Railway, Bishops Lydeard, Taunton, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: West Somerset Railway (https://allevents.in/org/west-somerset-railway/8141364)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 04 Apr, 2026 at 09:00 am (+01:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** West Somerset Railway, Bishops Lydeard, Taunton, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** West Somerset Railway
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Steam Engineman Taster Courses ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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