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Written by Admin
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Sunday, 24 May 2009 17:30 |
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If you are interested in assisting in the Ribble Steam Railway Project,
please do join us as a member.
We need your support to continue the development of the railway.
Your local preserved railway needs you!
Without the sterling efforts of committed volunteers our heritage railway and preservation movement simply would not exist.
Our Railway developed from a handful of enthusiasts clubbing together to buy a few industrial engines that were fast disappearing nearly 40 years ago, to what you see today.
It is then you realise just what has been achieved by volunteers from virtually nothing.
The expansion places ever increasing pressures on the volunteers involved with locomotive, carriage and wagon restoration and maintenance, building and track work, signalling, operating the trains and, of course, a key source of income for the railway - the shop.
Being a volunteer is not about strutting around the Station in a smart uniform (there are a few!), but there are many in the background doing rather less glamorous jobs.
Perhaps lighting up an engine at 6am, humping sleepers and rails around, scraping the rust off an old wagon, or cleaning the toilets.
It is on these people that the railway is totally dependent for its continued viability.
All the volunteers have to be trained, and periodically examined, to ensure the safe operation of the railway. It can be a dangerous environment so the safety of its volunteers and our visitors is paramount.
Volunteers are not necessarily from a railway background. We have teachers, health workers, factory workers, a retired bank manager and retired policeman.
Just because you retire from your daytime job does not mean you have to retire from life altogether.
There is a lot fun to be had in volunteering. The railway offers good camaraderie, light hearted banter and plenty of tea drinking. Building friendships is so much easier with a common interest in the world of railways.
There is great joy to be had in volunteering. If you have some spare leisure time why not give it a try? Whatever you skills (or not) your local heritage railway needs you!
PLEASE NOTE:
FULL ADMISSION CHARGES WILL BE APPLIED IF YOU DO NOT PRODUCE A VALID MEMBERSHIP CARD ON YOUR VISIT
To subscribe as a member send your cheque payable to Ribble Steam Railway. to :
RSR Membership Secretary
32 Barn Meadow
Clayton Brook
Preston
PR5 8DU
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