Ropley TMD. Our diesels need your help.

To coincide with this weekends diesel gala, we have launched a covered accommodation appeal to keep our diesels under cover.

With all the locos being near or around 60 years old they desperately need to kept from the outside elements.

Please help us guarantee the future of these locos.

Link here for donations.


https://gofund.me/b7b2629e

 

Will try and remember to give something come pay day.

What is the plan for keeping them covered? 30k looks quite cheap (relatively speaking) so will this be a simple cover over the sidings rather than a full blown shed?

 

For the time being it’ll be a basic roof over the locos with a few feet down on the sides.
We’re not talking full depot facilities nor do we expect it.
But if the rain is bouncing off someone else’s roof it’s not hitting ours and doing any damage.

All the locos are suffering from this.

it’s something all railways should be thinking about doing.
Steam, diesel, coaches, wagons etc.
they’re not getting g any newer and everything is starting to suffer.

 

Sounds sensible. Out of all the schemes I hear railways getting up to, I've always felt that getting rolling stock under cover should be the number 1 priority.

No point getting more locomotives and carriages if they just rot outside.

 

True.

 

This is self financed by all the owners of the diesels on the line.

 

Fair play for taking the initiative!

 

A great response so far for what was admittedly a bit of a rushed launch of the appeal!

Thanks to all who have donated, especially the anonymous of £500.
With no name we can’t publicly thank you but if you do read this then many thanks.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/tkm6b7-rople ... =copy_link

 

A little bit about the diesels covered accommodation here

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19FTkSVqBz/?mibextid=wwXIfr