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D7076 liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Thursday is generally one of the busier days of the week in terms of passenger numbers so why choose to shut on Thursday is an odd one. I suspect, but don't know, that those in charge, having decided to only open on five days, have been...
Apr 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM -
D7076 liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
So what steps are the NYMR taking to comply with its responsibilities as you describe them? How are you monitoring and recording this and what steps might you take in the future to address working hours balanced with the needs of volunteers? From...
Apr 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM -
D7076 liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Be careful what you preach. two of the NYMR footplate turns are currently over 11 hours with the longest being 11h 40m. These are theoretical times but I know that, quite often these are exceeded for various reasons. Late running is a prime...
Apr 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM -
D7076 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
June is the diesel gala ,and end of Sept the steam gala dates so hardly random . However ,not running Spring bank Thursday and Friday ,probably the most popular single week of the year for holidays …surprising ,unexplainable,inexcusable….is...
Apr 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM -
D7076 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
What about percentages for a railway that has several marketing people on the payroll AND uses an external agency ? Or employees maintenance and overhaul staff then subcontracts some boiler repairs and new tender fabrications etc out to third...
Apr 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM -
D7076 replied to the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
Visited and travelled on seven lines since Friday morning upto this afternoon ..six of the seven indicated (accurately) which locos would be running ,without which they wouldn’t have been visited . The seventh I was sort of passing and had never...
Apr 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM -
D7076 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
As it was the hypothetical situation of common sense of a diesel pilot over the middle section then it was never fact .However ,I’ll believe the ex loco crew roster clerk over the TTI for the facts rather than what the mushrooms are fed from above .
Apr 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM -
D7076 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Driver and secondman ..
Apr 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM -
D7076 replied to the thread Mid Suffolk Light Railway - Easter Steam Up.
A good afternoon ,all ran per roster .
Apr 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM -
D7076 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
In the past when locos like 4277 and D200 were NYMR based trains were steam hauled but diesel piloted from Goathland to the signal before Levisham crossing ,would come off there and drop into the front of the train to Goathland etc . Trains were...
Apr 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM -
D7076 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I thought all customers wanted to go to /from Whitby by train ..something not provided yesterday afternoon or this morning … Or are you referring to dining passengers demand steam ?
Apr 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM -
D7076 liked 5944's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
https://www.nymr.co.uk/news/fire-risk-restrictions "Update: 19/04/2025 20:40 We will be running all services with diesel locomotives until further notice." To make it super confusing, the banner at the top of the page states "We are OPEN...
Apr 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM -
D7076 liked brennan's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
A meeting with no coffee or biscuits for somebody.
Apr 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM -
D7076 replied to the thread Heritage Railways, are they in trouble, generally?.
Llangollen has a feel good buzz about again ,good ,open management and happy volunteers working to a common goal and living within their means … It was enlightening this week to receive a breakdown of branchline weekend income and expenditure...
Apr 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
