Memberships
It would be great if you could join us on this exciting journey.
If you'd like to send us a email enquiry you can use our contact form.
If we've already convinced you to join us, the simplest way is by clicking one of the options below through PayPal, alternatively send us a postal application by downloading our membership form and posting it along with your remittance to:
Stuart Hiscock
Membership Secretary
NER 1903 Electric Autocar Trust
2 Lairs Crescent
Snainton
North Yorks
YO13 9BQ
We hope to hear from you soon!
Premium Memberships
We also welcome regular monthly donations by direct debit. When the sum total of your contributions reaches the appropriate Bronze, Silver and Gold thresholds below, the corresponding benefits will be triggered. (Only one benefit of each type will be issued.)
Please choose an amount for your monthly direct debit. Other amounts and frequencies are available too, contact us for more details.
Not ready to join us?
We'd be happy to recieve a donation to help further our cause. Click the PayPal link if you would like to make a one-off contribution to the restoration of the Electric Autocar.
Quarterly newsletter
We have a great quarterly newsletter which you will receive with all memberships.
Click here to view our back issues.
Standard memberships
You'll receive our regular newsletter keeping you up to date with fundraising and restoration progress.
- Quarterly newsletter
- Opportunity to help with restoration (but membership of E&BASR may be required). We are looking for volunteers to assist with restoration (both skilled and unskilled volunteers are welcome) and to staff our new shop at Bolton Abbey station.
- Be amongst the first to travel on this rail vehicle in eighty years!
- Available for donations of £12 or more
- Simply click one of the appropriate buttons to join the trust and pay through PayPal. A Paypal account is NOT necessarily needed.
- Ordinary memberships, £12 per year, or £30 for 3 years. Life membership £150.
Corporate membership
You'll receive our regular newsletter keeping you up to date with fundraising and restoration progress.
- Quarterly newsletter
- Opportunity to help with restoration (but membership of E&BASR may be required). We are looking for volunteers to assist with restoration (both skilled and unskilled volunteers are welcome) and to staff our new shop at Bolton Abbey station.
- Be amongst the first to travel on this rail vehicle in eighty years!
- Simply click one of the appropriate buttons to join the trust and pay through PayPal. A Paypal account is NOT necessarily needed.
- Available for donations of £50 per year
JOIN US NOW!
Family memberships
You'll receive our regular newsletter keeping you up to date with fundraising and restoration progress.
Additional family members, cost an extra £5 per person per year, or £12 per person for 3 years.
- Quarterly newsletter
- Opportunity to help with restoration (but membership of E&BASR may be required). We are looking for volunteers to assist with restoration (both skilled and unskilled volunteers are welcome) and to staff our new shop at Bolton Abbey station.
- Be amongst the first to travel on this rail vehicle in eighty years!
- Simply click one of the appropriate buttons to join the trust and pay through PayPal. A Paypal account is NOT necessarily needed.
JOIN US NOW!
Bronze memberships
You'll receive our regular newsletter keeping you up to date with fundraising and restoration progress.
- Bronze certificate acknowledging the donor’s gift
- Quarterly newsletter
- Opportunity to help with restoration (but membership of E&BASR may be required). We are looking for volunteers to assist with restoration (both skilled and unskilled volunteers are welcome) and to staff our new shop at Bolton Abbey station.
- Be amongst the first to travel on this rail vehicle in eighty years!
- Available for donations of £20 or more
Platinum membership
- A days experience on a replica of the oldest surviving railway locomotive in the world! Help prepare Beamish’s stunning replica of Puffing Billy, the original dating from 1813, for a days work on the Beamish waggonway. Clean the tubes, light the fire and raise steam pressure before driving and firing the engine under tuition from Beamish’s skilled staff. You can even wear authentic 1820s costume, which we will provide. At the end of the day you will dispose of the engine and return it to the shed, completing a unique 19th century shift in the 21st century. (Preparation and disposal activities and period costume are optional! Two guests will also get free access to the museum to witness your experience)
- Your name (or a name of your choice, if a gift) will be recorded on a plaque to be placed in the autocar, in recognition of your contribution
For £1500 or more, you recieve all the above, and:
Silver memberships
You'll receive all the benefits of our Bronze memberships, and a few additional benefits too:
- Silver certificate acknowledging the donor’s gift
- Quarterly newsletter
- Opportunity to help with restoration (but membership of E&BASR may be required)
- Be amongst the first to travel on this rail vehicle in eighty years!
- Free membership of the Trust for a year, with its associated benefits
- Invitation to 'meet the autocar' days, during which you will have the chance to view progress on the restoration of No. 3170
- Available for donations of £50 or more
Gift Aid
For all grades of membership (except corporate), you are given the option to choose whether your donation to us is eligible for gift aid or not. For this declaration to be valid you must be paying income or capital gains tax at least equal to the tax to be reclaimed by the charity (currently 28p for each £1 donated).
If you declare that your donation is eligible for Gift Aid, you are confirming that you want the charity to treat your donations as a Gift Aid donation, and/or all other donations that you make from the date of this declaration to be eligible until you notify us otherwise.
It is the intention of the trust to restore No. 3170 to operate as an autocar under it’s own power. However, should funds not be sufficient or other circumstances occur which prevent this, it is our intention to restore the vehicle as a non-powered coach.
Gold memberships
You'll receive all the benefits of our Silver memberships, and a few additional benefits too. There are staged incentive levels.
For £150 or more, you recieve all the above, and:
- Gold certificate acknowledging the donor’s gift
- Ticket for two on a Stately Trains strawberry special at the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. Running on selected summer Saturday evenings you will be served strawberries and cream during a steam-hauled journey in award winning Victorian carriages
For £300 or more, you recieve all the above, and:
- Invitation to be one of the first to ride behind the completed autocar during a special donators' day
For £500 or more, you recieve all the above, and:
- Behind the scenes guided tour of Beamish Museum for two people and free access to the Museum for the day; or a guided tour of Stately Trains restored Victorian carriages by the owner Stephen Middleton
- Life membership of the trust
For £1000 or more, you recieve all the above, and:
- Exclusive use for you and up to five other people of one of Stately Trains' Vintage Directors' saloons, which will be attached to a normal service train at the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. During the day two return journeys of the line will be completed, during which you will be served champagne and a light buffet.
