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jnc liked 35B's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
And the wider, non monetary, debt owed to them is one of the factors lost by some in previous discussions on this theme
Apr 25, 2026 at 1:04 AM -
jnc replied to the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
As part of that assessment, here's something I wonder about - but I have no idea if the Bluebell has done it. Does anyone have any idea? Look at the legacies that come in each year, and divide them into i) legacies that come in from life...
Apr 25, 2026 at 1:02 AM -
jnc liked Dan Hamblin's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
A few years back at an AGM I was discussing with another life member whether a nominal £5 payment should be made for things like galas. Very much in favour but I get the sense it's all or nothing with this approach, which probably a lot easier to...
Apr 24, 2026 at 11:51 PM -
jnc liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
I think there is another point about life membership, which is that the CCBS structure is about providing a community benefit, and that makes it difficult to have tiers of membership that have different benefits. So for example you can have...
Apr 24, 2026 at 11:50 PM -
jnc liked Jonnie's post in the thread Spa Valley Railway - Latest News.
The current focus is to finish the Jinty; the aim is September this year. It'll then be 'Sutton'. Otherwise, everything else is paused and awaiting another day in the year, money or people to come along to do it. Ugly's owner sadly passed away...
Apr 24, 2026 at 11:49 PM -
jnc liked Cuckoo Line's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
Having gone through many reorganisation at work in my lifetime (now retired) even when the benefits far outweigh the positives there will be a small percentage who will resist change and want things to carry on as they were. Hopefully people will...
Apr 24, 2026 at 11:48 PM -
jnc liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
As @Paul42 says, it has been covered in the most recent issue of Bluebell News and also in communications to members about the upcoming Society AGM. The proposal is a structural change that will in effect merge the current PLC and Society as a...
Apr 24, 2026 at 11:47 PM -
jnc liked Gladiator 5076's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I also feel from our visits that most of the accommodation is at the Pickering end, and as apparently trains from their to Whitby are full presumably that reflects it. The railway will know how many tickets it sells from Whitby to Goathland, but...
Apr 24, 2026 at 11:43 PM -
jnc liked Sidmouth's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Don't forget as well , Llangollen had a structure where the trust held the majority of the assets and LRO , whilst the plc was the trading entity .They were fortunate in that and it aided a prompt return . what is the NYMR structure ? many...
Apr 24, 2026 at 11:42 PM -
jnc liked Kirk Oswald's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
That possibility is much closer than most members realise. The most upto date accounts reveal a £250,000 loss and the year before it was £500,000. This year is likely to exceed both those figures simply because the line isn't fully operational....
Apr 24, 2026 at 11:42 PM -
jnc liked Sidmouth's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
a bit off piste but at what point does the NYMR cease to be viable even allowing for running it as a heritage railway . The sheer costs of running and maintaining what feels is increasingly life expired infrastructure outweigh the railways...
Apr 24, 2026 at 11:41 PM -
jnc liked Kirk Oswald's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I wouldn't disagree that Pickering is the gathering point for road-borne custom from the south, and I'm certainly not recomending retrenchment from it. I'm simply expressing what I fear about the railway becoming shorter on the basis it can't...
Apr 24, 2026 at 11:39 PM -
jnc liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I hope that the forthcoming NYMR Thomas event is a success and brings in the much needed cash. However, the bookings so far aren't looking great. The event is being run over eight days and there are 11 Thomas trains each day for people to...
Apr 24, 2026 at 11:37 PM -
jnc replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I know the word 'Beeching' is a bad word around here; the basic concept (which was in part, as near as I can assess, that it was 'wrong', morally, to have highly-used lines subsidize little-used rural lines) may well have been problematic....
Apr 24, 2026 at 11:37 PM -
jnc liked 47406's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Unfortunately, the work required to resume services over the bridge will not be completed until June. V3.1 of timetable appears. so that means we have had 10 versions (so far). V1.0, V1.1, V2.0, V2.1, V2.2, V2.3, V2.4, V2.5, V2.6, V3.0, V3.1...
Apr 24, 2026 at 11:01 PM
