ghost's Recent Activity
-
ghost liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
I think that rather misses @21B point. It's easy to say in hindsight "we tried X and it didn't work". But that is difficult to know in advance, and if what you were already doing wasn't working (in the sense - is not generating enough to make the...
Oct 31, 2026 at 9:48 AM -
ghost liked Wozzy18's post in the thread Sandringham New Build.
Daniela Works Ltd is moving steadily forward with the key machining work for Spirit of Sandringham;- the focus is on completing the few items we have left to be able to assemble all three wheelsets. Currently on her machines are one of our two...
Oct 31, 2026 at 9:47 AM
-
ghost liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Tom, Have you not realised that it is an IQ test. The NYMR only want intelligent people travelling on their trains, certainly none of the Hoi Polloi that might want to do so. It helps keep the numbers down on what would otherwise be busy...
Oct 30, 2026 at 10:36 PM -
ghost liked Drewry Car's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
As soon as I see "from" in a price for anything the seller has put a serious dent in my interest in pursuing the transaction further. Adding "effectively you pay.." into the equation means the seller has pretty much lost my custom.
Oct 30, 2026 at 10:35 PM -
ghost liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
You could debate pricing models until the cows come home, and clearly different railways have chosen different models based on their own insight about their passengers. (One very clear divide for families, for example, are lines - such as the...
Oct 30, 2026 at 10:35 PM -
ghost liked twr12's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Dynamic pricing is for the likes of Sleazy Jet and Ryanscare. Brutal capacity management by dynamic pricing has no place with leisure/ heritage businesses such heritage railways. However, there is definitely scope for heritage railways to...
Oct 30, 2026 at 5:20 PM -
ghost liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Dynamic pricing only works if there is no alternative if you want to do a particular thing, such as watch a one day performance in your area. If there are alternatives, people will seek out the cheaper ones. Or not bother.
Oct 30, 2026 at 5:18 PM -
ghost liked NathanP's post in the thread 82045 The way ahead?.
It's because the website doesn't have an SSL certificate, and Google is on a crusade to make all websites have one. But from what I can see you don't collect any personal data on your website, so you don't technically need one. There are no forms...
Oct 29, 2026 at 2:51 PM -
ghost liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
As you haven't quote anyone, I'm not sure who the "you" is in your comment "I agree with your analysis". On dynamic pricing: yes, some leisure businesses use it, but I'd suggest it is far from popular, so good luck with the PR aspect if you were...
Oct 29, 2026 at 2:34 PM -
ghost liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
An ex company Chairman of ours was quite keen on pointing out that many of our passengers had spent Monday - Friday standing on crowded trains going to work, and didn't want to repeat the experience as part of their leisure. A consequence of...
Oct 29, 2026 at 2:28 PM -
ghost liked mdewell's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It wouldn't be a 'better visitor experience' for those who couldn't afford it though. Obviously we all want heritage railways to achieve financial success (i.e. at least break even), but some are pricing people out of a chance to share that...
Oct 29, 2026 at 2:27 PM -
ghost liked 73108's post in the thread 2026 Entries/Returnees and Withdrawals.
I have been following the progress of 4253 with interest for several years. It's a superb record of the almost unimaginable amount of time, resources, effort, money, successes and setbacks it takes to restore an ex-Barry hulk to working order....
Oct 28, 2026 at 2:13 PM -
ghost liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Oswestry Update.
Glad the photographer dispatched from the local rag was able to capture the moment in all its glory :) [ATTACH] Tom
Oct 27, 2026 at 1:41 PM
