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

 

For those on Facebook, a Ropley tmd page has been set up to help promote the diesels within the line.


All welcome to join and post all diesel related photos etc.
available for questions and answers as well.

https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1JK1Bh ... tid=wwXIfr

 

A full and proper estimate has been obtained and it’s an agreeable price so we will be moving forward hopefully in the next few weeks.

Many thanks to those who have already donated.
If you’d like to ease the burden on all the loco owners then anything given to the link below will be much appreciated

https://www.gofundme.com/f/tkm6b7-rople ... -your-help

As a guide, in my last 8 visits to Ropley 6 of those days have been ruined by rain.
With Lion under cover that could have been a full 8 days where I would have been able to concentrate on getting the roof water tight meaning I could be moving forward with other repairs caused by living outside of 30 odd years.

Who knows, maybe a much needed repaint could be just round the corner everything has progressed…..