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  1. jnc liked Bail5029's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    Only so much labour. The focus has been on those two. 7828 will be in traffic by the Spring Gala following it's own winter maintainance. No alarm bells.

    Mar 27, 2026 at 2:36 PM

  2. jnc liked Steve's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.

    People have short memories. Back in June 2022 I was paying c187p/litre for petrol (I no longer had a diesel vehicle so didn't record diesel prices) but it didn't really stop things happening.

    Mar 26, 2026 at 8:07 PM

  3. jnc liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.

    My bigger worry of rising fuel prices would be the effect it has on passengers. A fag packet calculation: a 44 ton HGV gets supposedly about 7mpg, and a 10% increase in weight costs 5% more fuel. So let’s assume a 100 ton load has cut that fuel...

    Mar 26, 2026 at 4:40 PM

  4. jnc liked ruddingtonrsh56's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.

    I doubt it will go away completely. Apart from anything you will inevitably have some railways where hiring a loco is needed to cover a shortage or failure. There will still also be demand at Galas and the like for visiting engines, but you'll...

    Mar 26, 2026 at 3:36 PM

  5. jnc liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Yes to the first question - it is the total coal consumption (tons bought in a year divided by miles run - I think it was about 2017 when I did the calculation but I might be wrong). So that inflates the coal consumption, you aren't necessarily...

    Mar 26, 2026 at 10:36 AM

  6. jnc liked cksteam's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    The turntable was made operational again in October and was used to release one of the LNERCA carriages during the multitude of moves they were doing in the latter third of last year. If its gone awry again since then that would be bad luck, but...

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  7. jnc liked Gladiator 5076's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    They become like NCP and call in an administrator, who makes money off the back of your distress:)

    Mar 26, 2026 at 7:54 AM

  8. jnc replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I wouldn't say people here do (or don't) have a grudge about the NYMR (well, there may be someone, somewhere, who does; someone who has been harmed by then). What I see, rather, is two spectrums. The first is how worried people are about the...

    Mar 26, 2026 at 7:45 AM

  9. jnc liked torgormaig's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Is the Pickering turntable back in use again? It certainly was awaiting repairs at the back end of last season and if it cannot be used then we are stuck with the locos facing as they are now. Current instructions are that the steam loco is to be...

    Mar 26, 2026 at 7:08 AM

  10. jnc liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Who on here has a grudge about the NYMR.? I certainly don’t I do have a strong concern about how the railway is being run and the direction it is going in, as do a significant number of others, including volunteers and paid staff.

    Mar 26, 2026 at 7:07 AM

  11. jnc liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I'd be interested to know @Steve 's view on water consumption. But a fag packet calculation - ages ago I calculated we used 63lb of coal per mile all told, and I suspect the NYMR uses a bit more (bigger locos, more sustained gradient). Let's say...

    Mar 25, 2026 at 9:54 PM

  12. jnc liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Almost everything, even the simple stuff, seems to be too difficult for the NYMR at present. It’s such a shame, and if not reversed will be terminal.

    Mar 25, 2026 at 9:53 PM

  13. jnc liked Drewry Car's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Meanwhile, in the North Bay at Scarborough a banner invites people to meet 37264. Sadly the people responsible for this are unable to spell the fuel it runs on... How many marketing Professionals does it take to spellcheck 9 words? [ATTACH]

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  14. jnc liked Dan Bennett's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.

    Correct. The BG was used mainly as the Christmas store in platform 1 during the Santa special period each year. It was given a very quick coat of blood and custard one year to cover up the heavily faded maroon that it used to carry. It’s now in...

    Mar 25, 2026 at 9:51 PM

  15. jnc replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Ashpit -12 Late March report (permanently operational URL). Noel

    Mar 25, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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