Severn Valley Railway FLOOD DAMAGE APPEAL

[GWR9600]

The title says it all here is a link, http://www.svr.co.uk/appeal.php. The Severn Valley Railway was hit by flash floods on Tuesday 19th June 2007 causing major damage to the railway, with 45 seperate incidents of which 9 were serious.

[John H-T]

I am sure the Heritage Railway World will rally round and all of us will do our little bit to help.

Best wishes,

John H-T.

[Shed Cat]

Originally Posted by GWR9600

The title says it all here is a link, http://www.svr.co.uk/appeal.php. The Severn Valley Railway was hit by flash floods on Tuesday 19th June 2007 causing major damage to the railway, with 45 seperate incidents of which 9 were serious.

GWR9600 - I think they are missing the Gift Aid Forms on the website so SVR can reclaim an extra 20% in tax. They have a donation form:- It just needs a couple of lines adding to it.

The photos look horrible. Much muck-shifting to do, and at the height of the tourist season too. Give your vistors a wheelbarrow and spade each and charge them for an authentic Railway-Navvy Experince weekend. [evil-grin smilee]

[GWR9600]

Originally Posted by Shed Cat

GWR9600 - I think they are missing the Gift Aid Forms on the website so SVR can reclaim an extra 20% in tax. They have a donation form:- It just needs a couple of lines adding to it.

The photos look horrible. Much muck-shifting to do, and at the height of the tourist season too. Give your vistors a wheelbarrow and spade each and charge them for an authentic Railway-Navvy Experince weekend. [evil-grin smilee]

I dont know if they can as the SVR isnt a charity as such, if donations were made to the SVR Rolling Stock trust maybe they could then. But the charities commission might have a look and say that money donated to the SVR Rolling Stock Trust they must be used to restore/maintain coaches and wagons not the line.

[Shed Cat]

Looks like good news for the SVR....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6283176.stm

Nice that the big organisations have coughed up as well

[GWR9600]

This is good news, but will it get to the SVR intime to enable us to re-open the line without getting into too much debt. I hope we dont end up like the Weardale Railway where we are dependant on goverment grants to such and extent that if they pull the plug we go belly up.

[John H-T]

Great News Shedcat, Thanks for the link.

I think there is a big difference between SVR and Weardale. The SVR is a long standing and integral part of its local economy which needs the SVR up and running quickly again for the Summer Season if possible.

Best wishes,

John.

[pavorossi]

During the East Lancs Diesel Gala the guards where going through the trains collecting for the SVR appeal, and I only saw one person who didn't put in, so hopefully that should be a good step in the right direction. Does anyone know how well the fund raising is going so far?

Adam

[GWR9600]

Originally Posted by pavorossi

During the East Lancs Diesel Gala the guards where going through the trains collecting for the SVR appeal, and I only saw one person who didn't put in, so hopefully that should be a good step in the right direction. Does anyone know how well the fund raising is going so far?

Adam

That is great news, hopefuly the next newsletter will have a thank you to all our friends on other railways. Was it an official ELR policy or just a casual collection?

[pavorossi]

I'm not sure, but as there where no collections at the stations (to my knowledge anyway) I'm going to presume that it was a casual collection organised by the gaurds. Either way, it doesn't matter who's idea it was, it shows that the preservation movement as a whole are supporting the campaign, and that can only be a good thing.

Adam