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jnc gefällt 60044s Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I do get the impression, however, that the person who changed their mind about their large bequest was thinking 'the line is inevitably going bust, and will take my money with it, down the drain; I'd rather do something else with it, where it...
14 August 2026 um 13:54 -
jnc gefällt ghosts Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Well if you listen to Lineisclear, that person with the bequest is not that important because they are 'just' a member/supporter and he would rather time is spent chasing Arts Council grants than looking after the members and supporters who have...
14 August 2026 um 13:53 -
jnc gefällt 35Bs Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I made no comment on their level of commitment. I describe them as third parties because they are independent organisations, not formally part of NYMR, and have their own pressures and drivers which may cause them to change approach to NYMR...
14 August 2026 um 11:45 -
jnc gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Indeed, and I appreciate that. But a lot of this argument is being played out in very black and white terms, whereas in fact there is a spectrum of commitment from "I've never heard of you" to "I'm your number one fan, I volunteer 5 days a week,...
14 August 2026 um 11:44 -
jnc antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
There's one aspect of bequests that's worth thinking about, it seems to me. It feels like part of the mess at the NYMR is ('was', really - it's over, now, mostly) a struggle over power. One faction/group (I'm not sure how many there are,...
14 August 2026 um 11:43 -
jnc gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
There is another way to look at it, which is that if 10% of your members volunteer (*), what could you do with another 200 volunteers if you could get that membership up to 10,000? (*) And actually I suspect that is a rather impressive ratio Tom
14 August 2026 um 11:05 -
jnc gefällt 35Bs Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I beg to differ - and to the extent that it was, it was you that moved the conversation down the path of relative financial shares, rather than the purpose of engagement that was at the core of points made by @Steve, @Sawdust and others.
14 August 2026 um 10:33 -
jnc gefällt 35Bs Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
And if you then considered the efforts of people as donations in kind? What would those be worth? The point is not the precise ratio, but the emphasis on specific kinds of funding and contribution over time, and the way that by omission it...
14 August 2026 um 10:32 -
jnc gefällt 5944s Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
But dismissing the membership out of hand isn't going to help either. Ignoring 50% of your annual donations is incredibly foolish. It sounds like you expect other bodies to give to money and grants whenever you ask for it, and you need that free...
14 August 2026 um 10:30 -
jnc gefällt Sawdusts Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
That's interesting lineisclear, you are the only individual I can recall for a long time expressing a need to operate 7 days a week. I myself have frequently called for a pattern of operating days and timetables shaped to generate the maximum...
14 August 2026 um 02:14 -
jnc gefällt alexl102s Beitrag in dem Thema Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway.
Stunning job with the livery on that one. Best it's looked in years!
14 August 2026 um 00:44 -
jnc gefällt 60044s Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
If the hard facts are so clear, please state them - although I doubt that you can. For example, I read in Moors Line that the new MIC at Grosmont was made possible by a grant, but the match funding, of a similar amount, came from a private...
14 August 2026 um 00:41 -
jnc antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
As you point out, many lines face this problem. However, most of them seem to have found a way to answer it. Why not the NYMR? You seem to be looking for an answer inside the usual 'business' box. Perhaps you need to think/look elsewhere - as...
14 August 2026 um 00:40 -
jnc antwortete auf das Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
May one ask who/which message this was directed to? (The immediately preceding message was from me, but I suspect this might have been in response to another, earlier message.) May I also suggest in future the use of the convenient 'Reply'...
14 August 2026 um 00:30 -
jnc gefällt Big Als Beitrag in dem Thema West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
Tom Spot on with that reply. Many heritage lines rely on prebooked parties, often from coach companies, sometimes as an item on an itinerary as part of a wider tour. If the company gets messed around they will understandably not be happy. OK -...
13 August 2026 um 23:11
