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21B 回复主题: Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
@Duty Druid it nice to see you too. I had no idea what was going on. How dreadful. As you say…scumbags.
2026-09-27 , 21:00 -
21B 回复主题: North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Which it may be argued is part of the problem. The legal minimum has never been enough to run a successful business.
2026-09-25 , 17:33 -
21B 支持 Jamessquared 在 North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.
There are a couple of points in there that I think need challenge, or at least perhaps a bit more rigour - one on fuel, one on staff costs. The first is that coal has risen by 300%. Over what time period? The LBSCR were paying 12/- a ton...
2026-09-25 , 14:06 -
21B 回复主题: North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
To be blunt I don’t think you mean that. You have excluded all manner of change already, so clearly you don’t mean whatever change. However, if there had to be one change I would suggest it is to restructure the SMT to include someone that has...
2026-09-25 , 12:59 -
21B 回复主题: North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
100% agree with @Jamessquared. The problems with deferring maintenance are; that the debt accrued becomes invisible to management as well the accounts; It also has a nasty habit of crystallising at the least convenient time often in an...
2026-09-25 , 09:22 -
21B 回复主题: North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Profit is a balance sheet thing. Cash flow or to be exact surplus cashflow is what pays down loans
2026-09-24 , 18:08 -
21B 支持 35B 在 North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.
I wholly agree; the NYMR has the structure it has, and no amount of "if only" will change that. This is not a logical consequence of what comes before. It reminds me of Charles Clarke when at the Home Office when he pleaded for his job on the...
2026-09-24 , 18:06 -
21B 回复主题: North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The problem though is that the railway appears to be long past the point where expecting the management and board to be backed is forlorn. That kind of cry can only work when they have the confidence of the organisation, and pretty clearly that...
2026-09-24 , 17:22 -
21B 支持 Obstruction Danger 在 North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.
I don’t think anyone assumes that an operational railway could be salvaged I think everyone knows that it would be extremely difficult and highly unlikely. I think what pretty much everyone knows is that if the current regime are allowed to...
2026-09-24 , 17:18 -
21B 支持 Jamessquared 在 North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.
I don't believe that conversion to a CCBS is automatically a route to get additional capital investment. There are different models. For example, if you were setting up a CCBS to preserve a village pub, you might ask for subscribers to inject...
2026-09-24 , 17:10 -
21B 回复主题: North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The stark contrast is that the BLuebell and SVR are transforming their governance in order to embed the culture they want to have. The NYMR is not as yet shifting the culture. It’s possible to turn the corner, but it must be turned first. It’s...
2026-09-24 , 12:38 -
21B 支持 35B 在 North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.
As you'd expect given my views of governance at other railways, I think this is an excellent idea, and should be regarded as a high priority. But. But. All the modifications in the world will only equate to moving the deckchairs on the Titanic...
2026-09-23 , 21:20 -
21B 回复主题: North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
This remains a fascinating debate. I do like the idea for structure proposed by @Lineisclear. I think that the only issue would be that such a change could only cement change, not catalyse change. @35B made an interesting point about authority...
2026-09-23 , 21:19 -
21B 回复主题: North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
De-notification is possible, just highly exceptional and usually only occurs when the environment is changed irrevocably. But I think we may be in a cul de sac here. The SSSI worries don’t seem to be an issue when it suits.
2026-09-22 , 22:29 -
21B 回复主题: North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
You take my quote massively out of context. I was referring to the use of fire risk by the railway as a reason to not run steam traction in its comms, and that it was being proposed here that this was only or partly a cover story. I used the word...
2026-09-22 , 20:49
