2014 calendar - appeal for images

The Fifty Fund and Renown Repulse Restoration Group are producing a 2014 calendar to help raise funds for our respective ongoing projects. This will be published in the next few months. To complete the set of images we are looking for a good shot of 50050 in preservation and a number of pictures of certain Class 50 locomotives in BR service.

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New delivery options for online shopping

We are pleased to announce that we are now able to offer a courier delivery service for purchases from our online shop, in addition to the regular Royal Mail services.  Royal Mail raised their prices and changed their services as of April 2013 and regrettably we have had to pass these alterations on to our customers.  A side effect of the changes to Royal Mail's prices has been the effect on our ability to offer fully insured delivery for valuable items purchased from us, such as our range of Hornby models.  Delivery by courier can be more competitively priced and just as quick as Royal Mail, with a two day service available in most cases.  As a result, our range of Hornby models can now be purchased at very keen prices and with even more competitive delivery options!  Why not check out our range?  Remember you'll get discounts of up to 10% on the published prices if you are an RRRG member!

How to help RRRG

RRRG membership conveys benefits and the purchase of shares brings additional entitlements over and above membership alone, as detailed in our Shareholder benefits page.  Share purchases are extremely important to RRRG as they help us fund our project.  If you don't wish to purchase a share for £100 in one go, we strongly encourage you to set up a standing order in favour of the Group.  This can be for as little as £5 or £10 per month but your contribution will go towards share purchases unless you instruct us otherwise.  Standing orders give us regular income and help us plan our expenditure and as such we encourage all our members and supporters to set up a monthly standing order in our favour!

Please note that RRRG membership applications are handled exclusively by the site registration system (rather than the online shop).  Please visit the registration page to purchase membership.

Membership of RRRG

RRRG welcomes new members and supporters.  They are the lifeblood of our project, whether by volunteering and getting your hands dirty or helping to finance what is a very expensive project.  Some of the questions we often get asked is "When will 50030 be ready?" and "Why is it taking so long?"  Take a look around our picture gallery showing the restoration work we're doing.  Read our reports for Peak Rail's house magazine The Peak Express on our progress.  It's a very thorough job and that's why it's taking so long!  We intend 50030 to be a brand new locomotive inside with a very long and secure future ahead of it in preservation.  Partly this is through choice and partly it's the situation we found ourselves in given the neglect the locomotives suffered since withdrawal from BR.  However we are aiming to have 50030 Repulse back in traffic in time for the 50th anniversary of the Class in 2017 and we believe this to be realistic and achievable.

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