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jnc liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Picking up a couple of bits from there: Charity Accounts are recognized as being pretty impenetrable even by those who compile them! However there isn’t any alternative. Well, actually there is. Provided you provide the minimum information...
Sep 29, 2026 at 9:12 PM -
jnc replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
My question is 'what exactly is getting put in the "admin" pot?' For all we know, the ticketing agents (for example) are salaried employees (I expect someone on here who's local knows the answer to this, but I don't - anyway, it's just a...
Sep 29, 2026 at 9:10 PM -
jnc liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I don’t solely go by what is said here, but looking at how for example your good self @Lineisclear stopped posting until you resigned from the board and other indications, it remains concerning that although you say that the board and management...
Sep 29, 2026 at 8:48 PM -
jnc liked Daddsie71b's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
Aerodynamics. :)
Sep 29, 2026 at 2:01 PM -
jnc liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
Yes, people often say uphill-facing locos are preferred because you keep the firebox crown covered on the gradient. Which is fine until you go over the top and the water runs away from you! So you compensate by keeping the water quite high to...
Sep 29, 2026 at 2:01 PM -
jnc liked Sawdust's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
On the NYMR locos fall into three categories, owned, service agreements and hire agreements. Only the latter cost money at the point of use, service agreements carry an obligation to overhaul at the end of ticket. Sawdust.
Sep 29, 2026 at 1:58 PM -
jnc liked Big Al's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
What Tom has just described is so fundamentally obvious that one assumes it must be data that the NYMR holds. If that is the case then that information should helpfully be shared in some shape or form at AGMs thereby removing most of the...
Sep 29, 2026 at 1:58 PM -
jnc liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
There was a bit of a conversation that started about here: https://national-preservation.com/threads/north-yorkshire-moors-railway-general-discussion.29732/page-407 (when, oddly enough, we were discussing the NYMR accounts ;) ) though I am...
Sep 29, 2026 at 1:57 PM -
jnc liked Chris86's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
That's absolutely lovely. It's also exactly the sort of thing that demonstrates how crap and lazy current graphic design and AI produced colour schemes and liveries are.
Sep 28, 2026 at 10:37 PM -
jnc liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
Hopefully this will be one of the goods wagons in the consist - latest output from the Bluebell Goods Division, just in the final stages of its restoration. [ATTACH] Photo from the Bluebell Goods Division Tom
Sep 28, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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jnc liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
If realistic figures are put into the equation, the results are realistic. An industrial 0-6-0 is going to command £500/day and should be looking for 100 days/year. That’s £50k/year or £500k for the mythical 10 year ticket. A medium size ex BR...
Sep 28, 2026 at 10:35 PM -
jnc liked Romsey's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
That's awful, the scrotes not caring about anyone else, just to get a bit of cash for themselves. ( Being in a group who had a pile of non ferrous components taken a few years ago, I know just how you feel.) Neil
Sep 28, 2026 at 6:47 PM -
jnc liked 21B's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
@Duty Druid it nice to see you too. I had no idea what was going on. How dreadful. As you say…scumbags.
Sep 28, 2026 at 6:47 PM -
jnc liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think expecting loco overhauls to be paid out of running costs is extremely optimistic. For example, you could spend £100k on an overhaul and depreciate it over 10 years, so £10k per year. If you are really cute, you put £10k per year away for...
Sep 28, 2026 at 6:01 PM -
jnc liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
In my experience both Trust and Company accounts are completely useless as a way of assessing the health or otherwise of a Heritage Railway. Only the management accounts provide a “real” view. These organisations rely utterly upon cashflow...
Sep 28, 2026 at 6:00 PM
