60044s letzte Aktivitäten
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60044 antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
You would know better than me, but I wonder if the diesel is there as a precaution whilst firemen are still being trained?
8 Juni 2026 um 22:57 -
60044 antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think he "liked" one of my posts on 76079 quite recently, so he's obviously still watching. I spoke to him a couple of months ago, and I would say that he's as dismayed at the current state of the NYMR as most of us long-timers seem to be,...
8 Juni 2026 um 22:55 -
60044 antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Well I haven't seen a post by him as yet, so I do wonder where it was - welcome though!
8 Juni 2026 um 22:25 -
60044 antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It certainly would, and for many that don't know, Tornado will be an adequate substitute, but for those who know, it will not be.
8 Juni 2026 um 11:51 -
60044 antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Looks like an opportunistic, but desperate, measure to pull a rabbit from the hat.. I don't think the NYMR's management have realised that the more often it visits the more its "star appeal" will dwindle. I will welcome the, nowadays, rare...
8 Juni 2026 um 10:53 -
60044 antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
There is a theory ~(I think it has previously been expressed on here) that Chris Price left the NYMR because his wife wanted to move away from the area - I think there's some truth in that but not for the reasons publicly expounded, I think the...
7 Juni 2026 um 14:37 -
60044 gefällt Sulzermans Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
NYMR used to have a range of events....... The diesel gala was discarded as the management thought it was a loss maker, until they tried it again and discovered the opposite, that it did make money. A spring steam gala abandoned (probably...
7 Juni 2026 um 14:04 -
60044 antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Maybe someone who is a member should "plant" a pre-registered question along the lines you suggest, and see what answer follows. I would do so, but have cancelled my membership, after over 50 years, because all it mostly got me nowadays was the...
7 Juni 2026 um 12:00 -
60044 antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I agree, but I have highlighted what I consider your key point to be. When Whitby services started they were intended as a logical extension of what was already offered, an addition to the "menu". They have since become the overriding item on...
7 Juni 2026 um 11:09 -
60044 gefällt Sulzermans Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Getting the price right is critical. At just one carriage of extra passengers per day, £48.50 per seat, revenue over the season would be almost half a million. That's a high price point which may deter 100 people per day who would pay £40...
7 Juni 2026 um 11:07 -
60044 gefällt Jark91s Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Do services out of Whitby have to be steam? Could they not be diesel as standard with an upgrade to steam on days when there are enough locos fit and available? That would seem low-compromise. If you do a journey from Pickering through to Whitby...
7 Juni 2026 um 11:06 -
60044 gefällt Steves Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I go out for a bit and all hell breaks loose! Thanks Tom. :) After a minutes thought, whilst it is a reasonable idea, I don't think that it is practical. If the venture is to satisfy the demand it is going to require two train sets c/w locos....
7 Juni 2026 um 00:13 -
60044 gefällt 21Bs Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Interesting thought from Tom. I think what it provokes is the question, “if another operator could make Whitby profitable why couldn’t the NYMR?” I think that the question might boil down to how high a ticket price the service could bear. And...
6 Juni 2026 um 18:34 -
60044 antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think that a franchise arrangement could work well, allowing a franchisee to develop a specific marketing campaign and would leave the NYMR management to focus and concentrate on running its own railway - which is what it really, really needs...
6 Juni 2026 um 10:28 -
60044 gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
So indulge an off-the-wall thought. I was thinking about the NYMR, and in particular the Whitby situation, which in many ways seems to be a 6 mile tail wagging an 18 mile dog. It struck me that from a passenger perspective, the Whitby operation...
6 Juni 2026 um 10:25
