Win a R3810 Rocket pack and help the Dean Forest Railway

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Derails has a small handful of the 'standard issue' R3810 Rocket packs now available.

 

In a thoughtful move it is offering one in a £5 per entry draw, with funds towards the Dean Forest Railway. The others are being offered at Standard price, but you have to say why you should have one (see below)

 

https://www.derails.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=win+a&product_id=3356

 

About the competition it says:

Earlier this week, we found a few spare Hornby Stephenson's Rocket Train packs here at Derails; we had a few spares in-case of damaged models arriving and a few pre-order cancellations. We were wondering what to do, so we came up with something special for one of them...

Like many other heritage railways, the local Dean Forest Railway has been hit quite hard by the COVID-19 virus. Having shutdown their operations in March, they have not run a single passenger train since then and are only re-starting operations on the 1st August, with socially distant queuing and trains divided to comply with the rules.

With half of the year's normal running, both steam and diesel gala's and many other special events cancelled, the railway has really taken a HUGE financial hit with many new and existing projects facing lengthy delays and even potential cancellation, as the money is just not their to complete them.

Everyone here at Derails is a volunteer and supporter of the railway; Julie & Big Dan help out on dining trains, Saul is a guard, Little Dan is a guard and charity trustee and Edward is a raffle ticket seller - so to us it is vitally important we do all we can to help the railway continue to thrive.

So our "something special" is a fundraising competition!

Tickets are just £5 each. The draw will take place on Friday 31st July and the winner will be immediately notified, before it is pulblicly announced via email and social media.

100% of the profit from this competition will be donated to the Dean Forest Railway Society which is the charitable arm of the railway and as well as this, we will take £1 of your ticket price and purchase a DFR Annual Draw ticket with your name on too, so you could also win up to £250!

 

About the eight other packs it says:

The R3810 Rocket (which of course, you can win above!) was a pre-order sell out meaning at the time we didn't have any extras to sell upon arrival.

 

However, we did have a fair few spares: we don't believe in selling right to the limit of a limited item, as if any are broken on arrival here then we don't think it's fair you have to go and wait for a repair! Luckily the reliability on these sets has been 100% so we now have eight sets here that can be sold!

Now we could just put these on eBay at £1,000 a set but that's not fair - morally we think it's wrong just to whack the price up as soon as something becomes popular - so we're going to sell them out at the standard £161.99 with free UK shipping, our normal price. 

Putting them online would result in a massive "feeding frenzy" and disappointment when they inevitably sell out in the first three minutes, so we'll do this differently: if you're interested, please emails us on sales@derails.co.uk stating your interest in one of the packs. If over eight respond, we'll then hold ballot of those who email and if you get chosen, we'll call you and finalise your order!

 

(no connection with Derails, other than a happy customer)