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Membership
Membership
of the Trust is open to anyone with an interest in railways, and is available in
several different forms :-
ANNUAL
MEMBERSHIP -
Adult : £10:00 (UK and
Ireland)
Adult : £15:00
(Worldwide)
Retirement or Child (Under 14) : £5:00.
Family : £20:00.
Annual
Memberships commence on the 1st January each year.
This type of membership, whether Adult; Child (Under 14); Retirement, or
Family, entitles the member to receive regular issues of the Trust's Newsletter "Down Line Telegraph", and one issue of the magazine "Down
Line" which is currently published once a year.
It also permits the Member to participate in work-parties for the
restoration of the line or rolling stock etc., and in other activities which are
arranged from time to time.
Members also receive information about special events, trips to U.K.
preserved railways, and discounts on purchases from the Trust's sales list.
Memberships
taken out after the end of June will be valid until the end of the following
year. i.e. Memberships taken out now will be valid until the end of
2009.
LIFE
MEMBERSHIP - £150:00.
FAMILY
LIFE - £175:00.
Life
Membership, or Family Life Membership, entitles the Member (and his or her
immediate family) to all the normal benefits of Annual Membership, but is not
renewable annually - It is literally for life!
EX.
B.& C.D.R. EMPLOYEES - Free.
It
is the Trust's policy that all former employees of the Belfast &
County Down Railway are given Honorary Life Membership on contacting the Trust.
We are always pleased to hear from former employees of the Company, and
would welcome hearing from any, or from the families of former staff, who have
not yet contacted us.
ASSOCIATE
LIFE MEMBERSHIP - £250:00.
We
invite you to join us as an "ASSOCIATE
LIFE MEMBER", in return for which you will receive the following
benefits and privileges :-
1)
A SPECIAL "ASSOCIATE
LIFE MEMBERSHIP" CERTIFICATE!
2)
A SPECIAL PASS PERMITTING FREE TRAVEL ON THE TRUST'S
TRAINS FOR LIFE WHEN WE ARE UP AND
RUNNING!
3)
A COPY OF OUR NEWSLETTER "DOWN
LINE TELEGRAPH EVERY THREE MONTHS (OR AS ISSUED) FOR LIFE!
4)
A COPY OF OUR MAGAZINE "DOWN
LINE" ONCE A YEAR
(OR AS ISSUED) FOR LIFE!
5)
YOUR NAME WILL BE LISTED ON A SPECIAL PLAQUE TO BE ERECTED
IN OUR MUSEUM BUILDING WHEN IT IS BUILT OR WHEN
A HOME FOR THE TRUST IS SECURED!
6)
PERMISSION TO TRAVEL ON THE FOOTPLATE OF THE TRUST'S LOCOMOTIVES AT
APPROPRIATE TIMES!
7)
A SPECIAL INVITATION TO THE FIRST DAY OF OPERATIONS ON THE LINE!
8)
A SPECIAL INVITATION TO THE
FIRST DAY OF STEAM OPERATIONS ON THE LINE!
9)
INVITATIONS TO SPECIAL EVENTS!
10)
UP TO 25% DISCOUNT ON PURCHASES FROM THE TRUST'S SHOP
OR SALES LIST!
11)
REGULAR MEMBERSHIP FACILITIES!
12)
ANY ADDITIONAL BENEFITS WHICH THE COMMITTEE MAY INTRODUCE FROM TIME TO
TIME!
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Are
‘YOU One in a Thousand’?
As we remember the 60th anniversary of the closing of the 'County
Down Railway, and work towards the restoration of part of it, we need to raise at least £100,000 very quickly. To
achieve this objective we are looking for 1000 people to donate £100 each to help put
the restoration of the line firmly on the ground.
Each contributor will receive a special numbered certificate, and will be
kept up to date with progress reports on the project for the next TWENTY years.
Each contributor will have all the privileges of regular membership, will
receive invitations to special events organised by the Trust during that period,
and will have privileged access to the Trust’s museum at any convenient time
once this has been established.
The funding raised from
this promotion will allow us to purchase the remainder of the track bed, and
will enable us to get the project firmly on the ground very quickly.
Simply
e-mail us at countydownrailway@yahoo.co.uk
for more information, or click here for an Application
Form
The
Next 50 people to take out 'One in a Thousand' membership will,
as
well as receiving their certificate,
also
receive an original Banbridge Extension Railway Company Share Certificate from
1861.
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'Down
Line Telegraph'
'Down
Line Telegraph' is the Trust's quarterly newsletter which is issued in
January, April, July, and October, and is a means of keeping members up to date
with developments and progress. We think the name is quite
appropriate as the 'Telegraph' was the means used by the railways to send
messages Down the Line. It also of course reflects the name of the
company.
On
joining the Trust each member receives a 'Membership Pack' which includes copies
of all the years issues to date, plus a copy of the current years issue of 'Down
Line', wiich is usualy published about April.
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'Down
Line'
'Down
Line' is the magazine of the Belfast & County Down Railway Museum Trust,
and is issued FREE to all members.
It
is published once each year and includes articles relating to the B.& C.D.R., and
occasionally has articles relating to other Irish railway companies.
Many of the articles are prepared from the company's minute books which are in
the possession of the Trust, and often there are reminiscences by former staff,
although these are becoming few and far between.
There
are also regular up-dates regarding new acquisitions by the Trust, and the
magazine gives us an opportunity to publish some of the Trust's collection of
photographs.
Issue
16 of 'Down Line' is now available.
It
is issued FREE to Members, but can be purchased by non-members for £3:50 plus
postage.
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Footnote
We had hoped
to be able to arrange for visitors to our web site to pay membership
subscriptions etc., on line, but we have found that any such method of payment
is so expensive to introduce that this has not yet been possible.
If you are
interested in Trust Membership, please click here to download a Membership
Form
or
e-mail us at countydownrailway@yahoo.co.uk
to request a brochure.
All photographs
on this web site are copyright, and are not to be copied for re-sale.
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