NOTTINGHAM RUDDINGTON K O O R B A 6 M 0 A H R I A F NOTTINGHAM HERITAGE CENTRE !RUDDINGTON FIELDS" CROSSING THE CANAL RUSHCLIFFE BRITISH HALT GYPSUM EAST LEAKE STATION KINGSTON BROOK EAST LEAKE EAST LEAKE TUNNEL It’s time for Bridging the Gap part two! STANFORD The Great Central is working to VIADUCT reconnect two halves of the railway to LOUGHBOROUGH MIDLAND CROSSING STATION THE CANAL create an eighteen mile heritage line. You’ve already helped us to build a new R I V E LOUGHBOROUGH R S bridge across the Midland Main Line. O A R LOUGHBOROUGH G RAND U CENTRAL NION C Now it’s time to work on the next part of STATION ANAL MIDLAND MAIN LINE the project. We’re raising half a million BARROW UPON SOAR QUORNDON pounds to restore the canal bridge at QUORN & Loughborough and to finish the design WOODHOUSE STATION A6 work for the rest of the reunification scheme. SWITHLAND MOUNTSORREL RESERVOIR HALT MOUNTSORREL MOUNTSORREL HERITAGE BRANCH CENTRE ROTHLEY R I SWITHLAND V E SIDINGS R S O A R ROTHLEY STATION ROTHLEY BROOK A46 MAIN LINE BIRSTALL BRIDGING MlTHE NATION GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY MUSEUM LEICESTER NORTH LEICESTER STATION The project to reunify A number of major pieces of CROSSING two halves of the Great infrastructure remain to be built. THE CANAL Before we can tackle them, we need to Central Railway is one complete design work and secure of the most ambitious planning permission. But something undertaken by any we can do right now is restore the heritage railway. canal bridge (immediately north of the engine shed) at Loughborough. Despite this, millions have A full survey has taken place on the pounds have already been raised and a bridge. It’s a local landmark; an elegant brand new bridge built over the Midland structure dating from the late 1890s. It Main Line to carry heritage trains. It’s an needs major repairs to the steel deck incredible start. and the brickwork but does not need to be replaced. Current thinking is, it won’t even need to be lifted to be overhauled. Using techniques developed for the national rail network, the work can be done while it GCRN remains in situ. This will mean some NOTTINGHAM ROAD FALCON disruption to the canal below, so we WORKS need to do the repairs out of peak A60 boating season. LOUGHBOROUGH STATION We aim to raise four hundred and BU RD CHORD seventy five thousand pounds. This will ER ST LINE R PRECI SPARK NEW RAIL allow us to carry out the work and AT CL CAR PARK BRIDGE IFF 3 continue the design process for the E NOW BUILT! RD RA T ILW ER A rest of reunification. If the fundraising RA Y CE M goes well, we will commence the work O RL EY in Autumn 2018. ST PRECI By working together we’ve already A60 MIDLAND FALCON SPARK MAIN LINE achieved a great deal. Now its time for STREET RECYCLING & WASTE the next part of the reunification plan. SITE We’ve reached the canal bridge. THE MISSING Q Together we can cross it. U EMBANKMENT E E N S R O CROSSING A D THE CANAL N scale G 100 m R LOCOMOTIVE A N SHED D U RAILWAY TO N I BE REBUILT D O R N E C F A F I N L A Based on Ordnance Survey C L N Mapping (c) Crown copyright R A 2016 Ordnance Survey. H EMPRESS RD W Media 049/16 Please support our appeal with a one off donation by cheque, or set up a standing order to give a little each month. Fill in the form overleaf and don’t forget to make the Gift Aid declaration if you can. Send the form to: Canal Bridge Appeal, David Clarke Railway Trust, Lovatt House, 3 Wharncliffe Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1SL Give online at www.gcrailway.co.uk/unify Thank you. ESS: OP PR ST Great f the e ends o e hav Fri ain Lin ral M to the Cent 0,000 al! ed £1 l appe pledg Cana ng the Pictures courtesy of Steve Hallam Crossi and Graham Wignall CROSSING THE CANAL Find out more or donate online at www.gcrailway.co.uk/unify The Canal bridge appeal is being run by The David CROSSING THE CANAL Clarke Railway Trust; the official supporting Title (Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss): . charity of the Great First Name(s): . Central Railway. As a registered charity it takes Surname: . part in the Government’s Gift Aid Scheme. If you Address: . are a UK taxpayer, the DCRT can reclaim the tax . Post Code: . you have paid on every donation you make. For Telephone: . every £1 you give we can Donation amount: £ . claim 25p back from HM Please make cheques payable to The David Clarke Railway Trust Revenue and Customs. It costs you nothing, but to Signed: . Date: . the appeal it will make a massive difference. Gift Aid I want to Gift Aid my donation and any donations I make in the future or have made in the past 4 years to The David Clarke Railway Trust. I am a UK taxpayer and understand that if I pay less Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax than the amount of Gift Aid To make a donation, claimed on all my donations in that tax year it is my responsibility to pay any difference. please complete the form opposite. FOR STANDING ORDER DONATIONS, PLEASE COMPLETE THE FORM BELOW A Standing Order is a To the manager of (your bank / building soc): . great way to give small regular sums to the Branch address: . appeal. Over a year - and with Gift Aid, it can add . up to a really special My / our account name: . contribution. My / our account number: . Thank you for any My / our account sort code: . support you can Please pay to Yorkshire Bank plc (Sort code 05 03 81, Account number 49363819) give. Together, we’re the sum of £________ , commencing on _____ /_____ /20_____ and every calendar taking the Great month until I give further notice. Central Railway Signed: . Date: . closer to We’ll complete the standing order arrangements. reunification. Gift Aid I want to Gift Aid my donation and any donations I make in the future or have made in the past 4 years to The David Clarke Railway Trust. I am a UK taxpayer and understand that if I pay less Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax than the amount of Gift Aid claimed on all my donations in that tax year it is my responsibility to pay any difference. CROSSING THE CANAL Send the completed form to: Bridge to the Future Appeal, The David Clarke Railway Trust, Lovatt House, 3 Wharncliffe Road, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE11 1SL The David Clarke Railway Trust is a registered charity supporting the Great Central Railway. Registered Charity No.1104839 For more information, head to www.gcrailway.co.uk/unify/ where you can make donations on-line..