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Hirn liked 5944's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Exactly. There's no point in running 7 coach trains with a capacity of 400 seats if only 150 people want to travel on each train. Shorter trains, smaller locos. There's even a case for using the teaks for the first time in a long while if only...
Jan 25, 2026 at 11:26 AM -
Hirn liked Jenno's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
All of this is very interesting but in the meantime what is going to happen to Grosmont's shops and cafés and pub? With the possible exception of the Co-op (which has already announced on Facebook that it expects to struggle this year) every...
Jan 25, 2026 at 9:55 AM -
Hirn liked Aberdare's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Hopefully somewhere in the NYMR organisation there is a person in charge who has the vision/ability/drive to recognise all the problems/difficulties which might arise if access to Grosmont is not possible during 2026 (or longer), and can see...
Jan 25, 2026 at 9:51 AM -
Hirn liked jnc's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
That appears to probably be unavoidable, at this point. Noel
Jan 25, 2026 at 9:37 AM -
Hirn liked Big Al's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It's often not possible, but historically on the network there was always an attempt to have level track (or less steep) through stations where loco movements/changes/reversals might take place. (Thinking here of the S&D and LSWR main line to...
Jan 25, 2026 at 7:54 AM -
Hirn liked torgormaig's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I'm not sure that I can satisify your curiosity but here goes. In BR days and earlier it wasn't an issue as you could not run round anything anyway. There was a double line through the station and the only main to main connection was the single...
Jan 25, 2026 at 7:42 AM
