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Andy2857 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
But as you carry fewer and fewer people, you end up spreading your fixed costs onto a smaller and smaller number of shoulders. The reductio ad absurdum of your approach might be to find a single person willing to pay £8m for a single return...
Jun 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM -
Andy2857 liked 1472's post in the thread SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.
So much assumption and confused thinking there! Where are the figures mentioned in the first sentence? How many folk are NOT now visiting because they find the current offering (disregarding the landslip) is no longer sufficiently attractive?...
Jun 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM -
Andy2857 liked 1472's post in the thread SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.
The cost of coal is not quite the issue which it was a while ago. Prices per tonne are now around half those quoted at the peak. The depressed passenger figures and the actual, rather mininmal steam offering are not entirely unrelated.
Jun 8, 2025 at 9:24 AM -
Andy2857 liked Wagoniester's post in the thread 1589 "Newstead".
Well, things have taken a huge step forward. On Monday it was crunch time as the boiler inspector came to do what we hoped would be the final steam test - and gave the boiler a clean bill of health! That could only mean one thing, and so today,...
Jun 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Andy2857 liked 2857Harry's post in the thread SVR Autumn Steam Gala.
https://www.svrwiki.com/GWR_9581_Wheelchair_accessible_Buffet_Car Looks very likely now we will be able to launch Coach 9581 at the Autumn Gala. All being well this should go in to the main GWR rake, which will be formed of 8 Collett Coaches in...
Jun 4, 2025
