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jnc 支持 Bayard 在 West Somerset Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.
My experience is that things are seldom as good or bad as they are made out to be, that both doomsters and cheerleaders have an axe to grind and that Mandy Rice-Davies hit the nail on the head when she said "they would say that, wouldn't they?"
2026-07-01 , 22:30 -
jnc 回复主题: SVR General Discussion.
I wonder if their financial problems are local to this particular situation, or more general? If the latter, that could have implications for several heritage lines, where Sustrans is in charge of sections of their track-bed. PS: The OP was...
2026-07-01 , 16:32 -
jnc 支持 cksteam 在 North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.
Great memories both, thanks for sharing.
2026-07-01 , 10:44 -
jnc 支持 21B 在 North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.
Back when I worked on the W&L in the late 80s there were several locals who used the train every market day to go shopping in Welshpool. The last return was often late while we waited for them to struggle back with their shopping. And one old...
2026-07-01 , 10:43 -
jnc 支持 26D_M 在 North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.
My suggestion was based around the "Whitby problem". The only short term fix to that is hiring certified locos but I fully understand that might not be viable. In which case the "Whitby problem" resolves itself, to the commercial detriment of the...
2026-07-01 , 10:43 -
jnc 支持 Steve 在 North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.
We used to stop at Farwath several times a week to take the lady who lived at the farm there to and from Pickering. She didn’t drive and used to make besom brooms which she sold in the market. All part of a service long gone.
2026-07-01 , 10:42 -
jnc 支持 21B 在 North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.
Sadly though the reality is that too few would make use of such a halt to make it viable or aid the railway to be more viable. People tend not to make intermediate journeys in big numbers.
2026-07-01 , 10:42 -
jnc 支持 MellishR 在 West Somerset Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.
The point is not to rake over past issues in themselves but to enquire by what miracle the railway has (apparently) recovered from the supposedly dire financial situation of a few years ago. Was it never as bad as was claimed (management being...
2026-07-01 , 10:41 -
jnc 支持 Hawkeye28 在 Bluebell Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.
Richard, Is there a case for resurrecting SOBT 4035, currently only an underframe? SOBTs 4008, 4036 and 4035 have arrived at the Bluebell over the years and stripped for spares. Indeed, you commented that 4035 had framing of a larger cross...
2026-07-01 , 10:40 -
jnc 支持 Steve 在 North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.
The NYMR really needs more operational locos but hiring in to simply operate the service costs money which is simply considered as part of the overall operating cost and I suspect that there is a reluctance to do that. However, hiring certain...
2026-06-30 , 22:11 -
jnc 支持 Kje7812 在 North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.
Quite, I don't think there are many (any?) lines where one can say they are in a good financial position.
2026-06-30 , 18:04 -
jnc 支持 SECR 65 在 North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.
Firstly, nothing I've said is from internal information. The accounts are publically visible and have been discussed on Nat Pres on the Bluebell thread. I appreciate the concern regarding this; I have no involvement in the finance part of the...
2026-06-30 , 18:04 -
jnc 支持 Ian Monkton 在 West Somerset Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.
Yes, something has happened! A few years ago weight restrictions were introduced due to rail wear. Those rails have now been replaced so larger locos can run again.
2026-06-30 , 18:00 -
jnc 支持 MellishR 在 West Somerset Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.
I seem to recall repeated claims that the WSR needed the odd half million or so every year for a backlog of maintenance, without which it would have to close; no reports of any such moneys being received; and yet the railway apparently still...
2026-06-30 , 18:00 -
jnc 支持 Fireline 在 Kent & East Sussex Railway 内发表的帖子.
It is critical. We have a duty not only to our customers, but to our neighbours, too. Farms right along the line have crops in tinder dry fields right now. In one area, we have flax planted right next to the line. I am told that if that were to...
2026-06-30 , 17:57
