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I’d like to suggest the South Tyneside EPB, just about to move from the closed Electric Railway Museum to the Battlefield Line. Such a donation would help with the movement costs and help kickstart the restoration at its new home.
https://www.facebook.com/tynesideunit/
There is finance in place for most stock moves but not all, anyone wanting to help out get the ERM toward its final site clearance bill can make a donation by PayPal to:
ppdonations@electricrailwaymuseum.co.uk
This is the definitive list of what is happening next to the ERM collection, or at least those that can be confirmed so far:
309 624 (960 102) is to move permanently to be part of the fleet at The Lavender Line in East Sussex. The railway will take ownership of it and have exciting plans to...
The bus timetable for our final event on Sunday October 8th is now live on our website. We have added some intermediate stops between the city centre and our site to get as many of you as possible to the party!
You can also get the full tasting notes for the ales and ciders that will be on sale...
We are really hoping to have one or two heritage buses running between the city centre, railway station and our site on the last open day; it will tie in so well with the beer festival we have planned for that day on site as part of the event.
Personally speaking I'm not sure if I would have the stomach to start again, I'd rather get on with vehicle restoration and not spend my time on infrastructure and planning public events; that is after all what I got into railway preservation to do.
'Everything that matters' includes the 506...
Over a thousand visitors this weekend, many thanks to those who turned out to be part of the Heritage Open Weekend event.
We have one final open day on Sunday October 8th and then it's time to move on.
Nothing is getting scrapped if we can get them to their new homes, and yes we have found...
The 312 does have an offer of a new home, I can't give any details here but if you private message me your contact details I will gladly put you in touch with the owner.
For information it looks very promising for the future of the collection after two months of hard work and a lot of phone...
If you are coming this weekend there is a free vintage bus service from the city centre to both the ERM and other local attractions participating in the Heritage Open Weekend.
Details here: http://www.coventry.gov.uk/events/event/5454/heritage_bus_schedule_-_heritage_open_days_2017
Please sign and share this petition requesting support for the future of The Electric Railway Museum.
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/support-a-future-for-the-electric-railway-museum?source=facebook-share-button&time=1502840097
The crowdfunding page covers the SERA items, the 309 units, 307 & 308 cars are owned by ERM and they are accepting PayPal donations to support these via a pinned post on the ERM Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/electricrailwaymuseum/posts/10155529483238624
This leaves the 312, 501...
You'll be pleased to know that the 4-SUB was the first unit to get offered a new home, I can't confirm the location just yet as it is yet to be signed off but it's coming home.....
Can I just say that the response from the railway heritage community has been immense; my phone hasn't stopped in the past 72 hours with messages, calls, emails and notifications. The positive response has been very encouraging.
What are we doing in the way of plans? I can't go into specifics...
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