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jnc replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Financial suicide has long been the specialty of the current NYMR management (by which I do not mean the current CEO, but the layers above her). They have lost massive amounts of money for several years running, now. Noel
Apr 30, 2026 at 12:31 PM -
jnc liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Not sure the comparison is like for like since at the moment the line can’t run to Whitby, so the comparison ought to be with the numbers and revenue they can earn with the current truncated set up, shouldn’t it?
Apr 30, 2026 at 12:27 PM -
jnc liked Sulzerman's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Hello. Its fag packet stuff, but shouldn't be too far out. 1xadult + 1xchild = 46.20 Minus booking fee of 10% = 41.58 Divide by 2 = 20.79 Take off Mattel fee at 25% = 15.59 Discount by 20% = 12.39 Using 25% as the Mattel fee, not 26% as...
Apr 30, 2026 at 11:32 AM -
jnc liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
A few years ago now, @Lineisclear poste on another forum something along the lines of; 'What is the NYMR there for?' I responded 'To enable the volunteer to enjoy their hobby.' @Lineisclear effectively poured scorn on that and quoted the...
Apr 30, 2026 at 11:30 AM -
jnc liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The changes he drove at NYMR were not entirely wrong, particularly in principle. The law has changed, and does favour combining company and charity structures; Gift Aid and other charity concessions are valuable and should not be ignored. The...
Apr 30, 2026 at 11:27 AM -
jnc liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The 'gang of four' is a group who are referred to by several people in e-mails to me and I think in common use on the Railway. They have not been named but I can make agood guess as to who they are. And I wouldn't include the person I think you...
Apr 30, 2026 at 11:26 AM -
jnc liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I suspect @Steve was referring to a different person to the one you are! Someone who commented from time to time on this thread, then became a trustee, then essentially disappeared. I seem to recall as well that there was talk of an edict about...
Apr 30, 2026 at 11:26 AM -
jnc liked Cuckoo Line's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
There are many aspects to public benefit including : Creating an environment for volunteering. Developing the knowledge of volunteers. Preserving history ad ensuring it continues to exist. Recreating history for the benefit of the public. .......
Apr 30, 2026 at 11:25 AM -
jnc liked 62440's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
IMHO this balance is surely the key point?
Apr 30, 2026 at 11:25 AM -
jnc liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I'd probably choose Bury. But the distance travelled for a kids' event might well bias me towards Pickering - travel isn't necessarily the key thing for a kids' experience (I still remember Santa at Didcot much more than many other trips out as...
Apr 30, 2026 at 11:24 AM -
jnc liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I agree. I have had similar experience. I argued that the principal customer of the railway was the volunteer. No, other board members cried, it’s th paying customer. But, the paying customer has no service if the volunteer isn’t there, was my...
Apr 30, 2026 at 11:24 AM -
jnc replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Of course not. But focus on the 'bottom line'. That person is self-evidently someone who at one point in time had a very strong connection to the NYMR (the line, not the current organization) - otherwise why would they intend to leave it a very...
Apr 30, 2026 at 11:22 AM -
jnc liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The problem with @Lineisclear 's view was that he would frequently seem to create logical fallacies around governance. For example, he'd start from the view point that a charity "exists to deliver a public good" (which is true), then go on to...
Apr 30, 2026 at 9:51 AM -
jnc liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
All heritage railways exist because enough people wanted them to. They continue (or not) for the same reason. Talking about profit and loss sort of misses that point. It is of course essential to know what your means are and live within them, but...
Apr 29, 2026 at 11:58 PM -
jnc liked ghost's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
You are of course talking about a legacy that does not exist until the person in question passes away, I don’t think any of us should be wishing for that just to save a railway. I suspect you would need to find money from elsewhere and I’m not...
Apr 29, 2026 at 9:23 PM
