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Clacton Express Preservation Group raised £1,765 from 49 supporters
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Closed 31/01/2022
Iʼve raised £1,765 to Save an at-risk Class 309 EMU
- Funded on Monday, 31st January 2022
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If you want to read our plans once the unit has been purchased, please check out our facebook for more information. Our facebook
UPDATED 10/11/21
Over 1.5k raised now! Thank you for the kind support. Time is now running out for securing the set, And we want to keep fundraising! We also however want to assure people we are finalising backup plans in case we cannot save 624, and any money raised will still be put to good use.
Hello and welcome to the Clacton Express Preservation Group (CEPG), a newly formed organisation with a clear goal, To Purchase, Restore and eventually run BR AM9 (BR Class 309) “Clacton Express” First Gen 3-Car EMU. The unit in question is currently up for sale and is at risk, So with your help we can save it for future generations. We are looking at saving unit 309 624, Currently sitting as 960 102 (From its Railtrack days). We have a several phase plan to ensure the successful acquisition and restoration of this unit.
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The 1st phase is this initial fundraising, purchase and moving the set. The final asking price has now been Finalised. We cannot disclose this now, but if we can raise £5k in donations, We can match this with a grant to cover the costs of purchase.
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We then have a place the set can reside, with a backup plan if the first falls through. As mentioned above, we also have backups if we cannot reach the final asking price, with details on these being confirmed as soon as we are allowed to do so. No money raised here will ever go to waste!
Please share this as much as you can, and let’s save a “Clacton Express” from being broken up for spares!
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49
Malcolm
Jan 31, 2022
I have travelled on this unit more times than I care to remember during the 1960s from home in Walton to school in Colchester and back. It would be great to see it preserved.
£40.00
Anonymous
Jan 11, 2022
Anonymous
Dec 13, 2021
£20.00
Perry McDonagh
Nov 18, 2021
Hope all goes to plan, to few AC electrics preserved.
Anonymous
Nov 10, 2021
£10.00
Anonymous
Nov 10, 2021
£35.00
Mark Thompson
Oct 30, 2021
Part of Clacton’s heritage
£15.00
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