jnc's Recent Activity
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jnc liked Daddsie71b's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
Dan, this is NP. Don't let the facts get in the way of a story....
28. Ožujak 2026. u 19:02 -
jnc liked ruddingtonrsh56's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
Given that the Bluebell calls their pullman service The Golden Arrow there's an argument that any loco hauling it is authentic because they are actually hauling a train called the Golden Arrow!
28. Ožujak 2026. u 19:01 -
jnc liked 5944's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Wow... [ATTACH]
28. Ožujak 2026. u 18:59
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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.
27. Ožujak 2026. u 14:36 -
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.
26. Ožujak 2026. u 20:07 -
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...
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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...
26. Ožujak 2026. u 15:36 -
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...
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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...
26. Ožujak 2026. u 10:35
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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:)
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jnc odgovara u temi 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...
26. Ožujak 2026. u 07:45 -
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...
26. Ožujak 2026. u 07:08 -
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.
26. Ožujak 2026. u 07:07 -
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...
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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.
25. Ožujak 2026. u 21:53
