<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/stevetrain.jpg"><img class="alignleft wp-image-4339 size-thumbnail" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/stevetrain-150x200.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="200" /></a>Okay, not exactly my description of a day driving a steam train but that's how some people viewed it.

It was one of the best experiences I've had and there were strong similarities to flying a balloon because there's a delay between the action you take on the controls and what happens - this is true for the regulator and the brake.