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jnc replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
This is the same entity which managed to turn a 'loan' into a 'profit' - and all within accounting rules! It's probably worth remembering that the publicly presented accounts of a company are intended only to give outsiders an accurate...
Oct 10, 2026 at 6:20 PM -
jnc liked 60044's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I would have expected rolling stock and PWay maintenance to be itemised separately. If all this is "administration" why don't they just back to basics and lump everything together as "cost of sales" and a second line against it as "income" ....
Oct 10, 2026 at 6:06 PM -
jnc liked Sawdust's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Given that the stolen lead hasn't been replaced on Pickering station roof, I don't think many will object to CCTV being installed and with the IT infrastructure existing on the railway now, probably not hard to implement. Sawdust.
Oct 10, 2026 at 4:20 PM -
jnc replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Credit where due: @echap had asked, up-thread a ways, for just that breakdown: "listing some of the items that are included in the large Administrative pot". Thanks for providing it. Legally-required financial reports, sadly, often seem to me to...
Oct 10, 2026 at 9:41 AM -
jnc liked cksteam's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think you need to be careful assuming the £2.7m is all 'pen pushers'. Just a quick Google tells me lots of stuff I wouldn't have assumed is quite often thrown under administration costs due being required overheads. Administration costs for a...
Oct 10, 2026 at 9:16 AM -
jnc liked Sawdust's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Funny you should say that. Towels being chucked wasn't mentioned on Monday, all the other stuff was. Patience is required, the AGM isn't very far away now. Communications will be forthcoming. Sawdust.
Oct 10, 2026 at 9:15 AM -
jnc liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
The other tanker out in the open; both are confirmed to be running in the goods train tomorrow. AM812 is in a 1940s Air Ministry colour scheme, which was reproduced after careful archaeology on the layers of paint uncovered as the vehicle was...
Oct 9, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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jnc liked Big Al's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
A bit like leaving a car on a hill with the hand brake off (or equivalent).
Oct 9, 2026 at 9:36 PM -
jnc liked misspentyouth62's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
I think we can all feel thankful that nobody was injured.
Oct 9, 2026 at 5:50 PM -
jnc liked Sawdust's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
There isn't going to any information coming out until the AGM, probably not much until next year. Stopping the ship sinking is I believe the top priority. Patience is required. Sawdust.
Oct 9, 2026 at 5:48 PM -
jnc liked Dead Sheep's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
Buckets aren’t automatically track-damaging just because they can ride roughly. Track damage depends on the forces each wheel puts into the rails, not simply on the locomotive’s weight, and those forces are affected by speed, wheel condition,...
Oct 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM -
jnc replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
If a ship sinks, it's not really relevant if its paint is nicely polished at the time. @Kirk_Oswald has the priorities for focus in the correct order: the first order of business has to be making sure the ship doesn't sink - which it currently...
Oct 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM -
jnc liked Kirk Oswald's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Agreed, but I do see my points as positive suggestions in that all three either release much needed capital or dramatically cut costs. As I made clear the forward-thinking nature of the other suggestions is welcome and the lack of dissent from...
Oct 9, 2026 at 3:51 PM -
jnc liked Kirk Oswald's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Despite having decided to become more actively involved with the KWVR I do find myself continuing to come back to NYMR concerns and over recent days I think posts have largely been of a positive nature and most welsome. The principle dissenting...
Oct 9, 2026 at 3:50 PM -
jnc liked paul1609's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
The new fencing looks like the same system thats used on the K&ESR now. Id guess its probably the same contractors. Only small and emergency repairs are done by volunteers. The rolling replaccement is done by the contractors. I think the same...
Oct 8, 2026 at 9:56 PM
