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  1. jnc liked Kirk Oswald's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    That's certainly an intriguing take on the Whitby service and offers all manner of interesting solutions. The aspect of it I think tempting is that it simplifies the core Grosmont - Pickering operation making it more of a heritage offering as...

    6. Lipanj 2026. u 18:45

  2. jnc liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I am not convinced the franchise concept would work economically because of the constraints imposed by integration of the “core” and Esk Valley sections of the line, which is imposed by the limited line capacity throughout. These are what force...

    6. Lipanj 2026. u 18:44

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

    Whilst the franchise idea is an interesting concept of debating point I suspect it would come with a bundle of subsidiary issues to drive cost/reduce the price to the franchiser. So a third party is likely to want guaranteed paths, so the NYMR...

    6. Lipanj 2026. u 18:41

  4. jnc liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    My hunch is that the situation at NYMR is complex, and they have problems with both volume and price. The changing price strategies have shown that their fares are already right at the top of what the market will stand, hence the discounting...

    6. Lipanj 2026. u 18:40

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

    I worry that the filled carriages on the Whitby trains is indicative of the wholly thinking rather than demonstration of sound business model. It looks a bit too much like a focus on revenue to me and the focus needs to be first cashflow and...

    6. Lipanj 2026. u 18:39

  6. jnc odgovara u temi North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    If my memory is not failing me (which I cheerfully admit it might), ISTR people saying that the Whitby trains were a good share of the NYMR's income. Would they be able to charge a third-party enough to make up for that (lost, if this happened)...

    6. Lipanj 2026. u 13:41

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

    When the new signalling is installed the section times to Whitby will improve. It will much easier to work. Whitby does bring passengers in their hundreds every day, numbers that other railways see only on gala days. I saw the first train from...

    6. Lipanj 2026. u 13:35

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

    Yes, that was the tightest year - 73082, 80151, 541, 65 all year; 263 for the beginning of the year and 6989 from June. I guess technically there was a period between March and June when only four steam locos were available. The position has...

    6. Lipanj 2026. u 13:33

  9. jnc liked 73108's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Yes they were. Back in the day as a kid I 'drove' the Ugly (aka No. 56, KESR 26 then 29) when it was in steam and remember messing around on the footplates of Arthur and Peckett Westminster when they were rusting elsewhere on the KESR. ISTR...

    6. Lipanj 2026. u 13:31

  10. jnc liked Mark Thompson's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Absolutely. It's totally right for the railway, and personally I'd love to see it one day carrying the old KESR blue livery, standing at the head of a train of 4-wheelers, even if the name isn't one from Greek mythology!

    5. Lipanj 2026. u 22:14

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

    Major overhaul costs have gone through the roof. The days when any railway can have a shed full of operational locos have gone, unfortunately. It is now a case of sweating the assets.

    5. Lipanj 2026. u 22:13

  12. jnc liked pmh_74's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    Dolobran is, as I understand it, still at GCRN, has been up for sale for a while, but is still being worked on (although whether seriously worked on, or just being reassembled to make eventual removal easier, is unclear to me). Rhyl, along with...

    5. Lipanj 2026. u 15:44

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

    Thanks for that Steve and I can see some logic. However I understood it applies to CDL fitted stock on tours as well.

    5. Lipanj 2026. u 13:38

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

    The requirement for every passenger to have a seat is part of the Reg 5 exemption from door locking. Clause 3 (vii) states: " the Company must ensure that passenger loadings do not exceed the total seating capacity available within the relevant...

    5. Lipanj 2026. u 05:14

  15. jnc liked 26D_M's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    On the upside it makes using 4MT tanks etc full line to Whitby more viable if the trains are 2 fewer in length, perhaps?

    4. Lipanj 2026. u 13:55
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