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  1. 35B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    You're confusing fixed and variable cost. The fixed cost is just that, and extracting more value from it is straightforward good value (provided you're not displacing other, wasting, assets). The variable cost of operation is what then...

    Oct 8, 2026 at 2:35 PM

  2. 35B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I'm taking an absolutely hard headedly commercial view. Your assertion assumes that the decision to hire is automatically attributable to a single event. It may not be - and the use of additional events within even a limited hire period may...

    Oct 8, 2026 at 2:22 PM

  3. 35B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Hard disagree. Whatever the event that something is brought in for, there is a fixed cost for simply having it present. If you can spread that cost, then that helps overall profitability - not least by boosting the return the gala provides to...

    Oct 8, 2026 at 1:11 PM

  4. 35B liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I think it was Britannia, but I might be wrong. It's worth doing some maths though. Let's say your loco owner wants to charge £2500 per day for the loco, which doesn't seem outrageous for a star engine. You've had to transport it, which is two...

    Oct 8, 2026 at 11:22 AM

  5. 35B liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Well, quite! Though being a southerner, I'd pronounce the "H" ;) It comes back to value. I'm in the somewhat fortunate position that I can afford £100 for a family day out. But it had better be bloody good value for that figure. If we go on...

    Oct 7, 2026 at 11:22 PM

  6. 35B liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I think it is the staggering change at the NYMR that is most noticeable. On the Bluebell, since Covid we have hovered around the 30,000 miles per year mark, of which steam is about 80-90%. There have been little fluctuations, but not too far from...

    Oct 7, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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