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  1. 60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    My suspicion is that a big Brio set would just be too much for them to work with meaningfully - they need something simpler!

    Mar 12, 2026 at 1:44 PM

  2. 60044 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    It's the modern approach to design - you put an initial version of your product out there that is buggy as hell, and allow your customers to do the user acceptance testing for you in production ... When you think of all the factors that go into...

    Mar 12, 2026 at 1:41 PM

  3. 60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Doing such events well seems to be the key to success - and other than enthusiast-orientated events, I'm afraid there isn't much evidence of the NYMR doing events aimed at non-enthusiasts particularly well. But I don't think they are shy about...

    Mar 11, 2026 at 10:07 AM

  4. 60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I don't think it matters what you call them, but this is another mistake attributable to John Bailey's opinion that the NYMR is a medium size business which, really, it isn't. It's actually quite a small, but very top heavy with employees,...

    Mar 9, 2026 at 1:40 PM

  5. 60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Issuing a timetable, on which the railway's income depends so heavily, seems to me to be a detail worthy of the CEO's (or GM's) attention. I'm sorry to have to keep saying it, but I don't think this CEO is sufficiently competent. If she had a...

    Mar 9, 2026 at 1:37 PM

  6. 60044 liked Sulzerman's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    CEO is a misnomer. General Manager is more apt. In such a small organisation as NYMR, I would expect the GM to check timetables. I'm sure Philip Benham checked them. Someone skilled in railway operations management should be GM. It is a...

    Mar 9, 2026 at 1:32 PM

  7. 60044 replied to the thread The 10A Allocation.

    I think there can be very few groups who could claim that it is possible to keep their locos running without the subsidy from fundraising. Without the income from the Jacobite, I think even Ian Riley will struggle.

    Mar 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM

  8. 60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I think that even Chris Price had started losing the plot by the time he left - take his summary removal of the Levisham volunteers, for example - but, really, the rot started when John Bailey became Trust Chairman, with his obsession with...

    Mar 9, 2026 at 11:52 AM

  9. 60044 liked jnc's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Thank you ever so much for letting me know that you couldn't make the numbers work either, so I haven't gone (even further :--) mad (OK, OK, maybe that's a stretch on what you've accomplished :--)! If someone does know the correct numbers...

    Mar 9, 2026 at 10:35 AM

  10. 60044 liked mdewell's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I always wonder about anyone who feels the need to say 'Being honest'. Being a trusting soul I would usually assume that anyway. To me if they need to state that, then does it imply that sometimes they might not be? PS. The wife often starts a...

    Mar 9, 2026 at 10:33 AM
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