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jnc liked 5944's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
As @std tank says, it was mentioned previously. The limit of the line at present is the signal at the north end of Goathland station, meaning there's no way of heading down the bank to run round. If they'd repaired the slip at the south end of...
May 13, 2026 at 12:23 PM -
jnc liked 5944's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It gets worse the more you think about it, even using guesstimates, rough figures and trying to extrapolate from the accounts. I can't imagine lighting up a 9F is going to be cheap with current coal prices, and an extra loco is lit up solely for...
May 13, 2026 at 11:41 AM -
jnc liked cksteam's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
When you read the numbers you do really get the feeling that the powers that be for this line are not in touch with reality. To repeat myself (and others) somewhat... Bridge 42 was known about long before the stoppage yet nothing was done in...
May 13, 2026 at 11:39 AM -
jnc replied to the thread Dean Forest Railway.
While at a quick glance this does not sound good, a look at the details shows it in another light: So in the 'shortish' term, that sounds pretty good; only time will tell, in the long term. It all depends on what the new owner eventually does...
May 13, 2026 at 11:36 AM -
jnc liked free2grice's post in the thread Dean Forest Railway.
Latest news from The DFR. <BJ> ''New Owners for Wilbert and Warrior. The Dean Forest Railway (DFR) has announced that two of its locomotives, no. 3806 ‘Wilbert’ and no. 3823 ‘Warrior’, have passed into new ownership. ‘Wilbert’ is now wholly...
May 13, 2026 at 11:25 AM -
jnc liked William Fletcher's post in the thread Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway Updates.
Plenty good enough for me. Anyone else remember the days when galas happened with NO visiting locos at all? ;)
May 13, 2026 at 11:22 AM -
jnc liked 60044's post in the thread Stainmore Railway Company (Kirkby Stephen East).
Phew! Means that the NYMR still has a few NYMR artefacts left! Seriously, though, with a management headed up by an ex-marketing person, it seems odd that it hasn't occurred to any of them that the NYMR - as the foremost ex-NER heritage railway...
May 13, 2026 at 10:02 AM -
jnc liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It's pretty stark when you put it like that. When you look at the 2024 accounts, the staff costs alone (including pensions and NI) came to slightly under £10,000 per day, 365 days of the year. You'd better hope they sell a lot of keyrings! (To...
May 13, 2026 at 9:52 AM -
jnc liked 5944's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I don't think it's just that. They simply can't carry enough people with the current method of operation. The majority of the timetable at the moment is 3 x four coach trains per day, plus one return trip with the autocar, and an afternoon diner....
May 13, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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jnc liked FearOfManchester's post in the thread Helston Railway.
More sleepers laid towards helston and the newly acquired viaduct, I believe approx 800 metres of trackbed is in railway ownership beyond truthall halt. [ATTACH] clearance work on the viaduct has already begun: [ATTACH]
May 13, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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jnc liked FearOfManchester's post in the thread Stainmore Railway Company (Kirkby Stephen East).
There’s always something happening with these lot: No sooner have they put the finishing touches to the original S&D box, they’ve started the junction box! concrete foundations poured already: [ATTACH] A rare surviving NER coal hopper has...
May 13, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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jnc liked Paul Grant's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I looked at all the other ADOWT events and they all had their own images. So it probably is doing the first Thomas in a generation rather than some copyright demand.
May 13, 2026 at 12:17 AM -
jnc liked Jonnie's post in the thread Strathspey Railway.
The owners of 828 (Caledonian 828 Trust) are quite happy with the relaxed lifestyle 828 has at Tunbridge Wells. It was never our intention to keep her on hire beyond October 2022, but alas, she has been with us for 4 years now, and whilst she is...
May 12, 2026 at 11:25 PM -
jnc liked Wonkyturntables's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think that the rats need to start running a bit quicker because the water is past the engine room and the bow is about to start to submerge. My anonymous email friend who shares the newsletter and other titbits informs me that there’s a new...
May 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM -
jnc liked FearOfManchester's post in the thread Peak Rail General Discussion.
Darley dale station bridge update: The bridge components have returned and are at rowsley ready for the engineering dept to get their teeth into the many hundreds of rivets, and of course paint: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Padstones are...
May 12, 2026 at 8:57 PM
