Membership
A casual visitor may want to recognise our aims and objectives through a donation by becoming a Member. If they return, they will benefit from free entry on each of our operating days. Our Members also benefit from a magazine called “the Roperunner” which is published regularly. This outlines development progress at the Museum, reports on activities and personalities at the Museum. The rather strange name refers to the shunter who was responsible for attaching the narrow gauge wagons to the haulage rope on the once numerous inclines in the early quarries. The name stuck and became the common reference for all “shunters” in the ironstone quarry railways.
We base our activities around training for all our volunteers so that they can assist in operations at the museum while learning new skills or improving existing ones! These opportunities include driving and assisting with the large exhibits, diggers, steam and diesel engines, rolling stock and other items of unique equipment.
Some volunteers like to offer their skills in other ways and many of our members are attracted by the diverse group of people who share a common set of interest and goals and the sense of collective achievement. We offer full training and support as well as externally assessed accreditation for all our safety critical jobs. Achievement of qualifications is a goal in itself for many of our volunteers. If you would like to join or would like further details about volunteering, please contact our Membership Secretary at membership@rutlandrailwaymuseum.org.uk or one of our existing volunteers all of whom would be pleased to hear from you. Shop We have an active sales team and we stock various lines which relate to our themes. For further details please contact |
We welcome support for our activities through membership. Members join for a variety of reasons. 
While the visitor and casual member will benefit from observed experiences at the Museum on operating days, we are very much volunteer based and central to the ethos at the Museum is the range of authentic “hands-on” experience which we can offer our members. There are no restrictions on volunteering at the Museum.
Other volunteers like the challenges of maintaining and improving our rural site and in recent years we have worked hard to improve the diversity of wildlife at the Museum through careful ecological management.
