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  1. jnc 支持 Fred Kerr 在 Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway Updates 内发表的帖子.

    Surely you are comparing apples and oranges here. NELPG own 4 (or more) locomotives actively hiring them out to heritage lines - any heritage line including Embsay which currently has 2392 on hire - hence it has many opportunities to earn income....

    2026-04-27 , 12:53

  2. jnc 支持 60044 在 Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway Updates 内发表的帖子.

    In addition to what I have previously written, I think there are some glaring mistakes in @FredKerr's last post. Whilst it is true that the NYMR, like most heritage railways benefits mostly from non-enthusiasts filling the fare box, it still...

    2026-04-27 , 12:53

  3. jnc 回复主题: North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I'm not sure that the construction on the river edge there (most clearly visible at 2:52) is the bottom of a temporary pier; two on each side, in the drawings shown previously (visible here), although it's in roughly the right place. I wonder...

    2026-04-27 , 10:58

  4. jnc 回复主题: Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway Updates.

    Heritage railways, as I keep trying to convince people - unsuccessfully, apparently - are not, fundamentally, businesses. Yes, they have business-like aspects - in that income has to exceed expenses, they have employees and assets, etc - but...

    2026-04-27 , 10:27

  5. jnc 支持 Steve 在 Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway Updates 内发表的帖子.

    I’ve just had a quick look on their website and find some of the headline fares being quoted are quite misleading. For instance this coming weekend there is a Bluey event and train fares are advertised as ‘from £2.12’. That sounds like a real...

    2026-04-27 , 10:03

  6. jnc 支持 60044 在 Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway Updates 内发表的帖子.

    I have to disagree with your analysis. Whilst agreeing that heritage railways need to diversify their offering, it is all too easy for lines like the NYMY to shy away from offering anything but a standardised offering of BR Mk1s and BR/LMS...

    2026-04-27 , 10:01

  7. jnc 支持 Fred Kerr 在 Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway Updates 内发表的帖子.

    Whilst I acknowledge your support as an enthusiast, sadly enthusiast finance is insufficient to keep a heritage railway afloat; a few years ago the Mid-Hants identified that enthusiasts only provided about 10% of its income hence the need to find...

    2026-04-27 , 02:35

  8. jnc 支持 alexl102 在 North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.

    On the note of the Thomas services - I'm absolutely not shocked at the low bookings given the points around price I made a few pages back.

    2026-04-26 , 22:35

  9. jnc 支持 Sulzerman 在 North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.

    If all trains were filled over the 41 day operating period between March and Thomas in May, I think revenue would be just less than half of the revenue possible in the normal timetable at the same loading using five carriages for Whitby. That's...

    2026-04-26 , 18:51

  10. jnc 支持 5619 JS 在 North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.

    We could always send the CEO to St Micheals Mount, like the one from the Valley did, only to leave a few weeks later. Even better a friend on the trust broad has just told me 3 of the long term members (John Bruce, John Bailey and Chairman Jerry...

    2026-04-26 , 18:51

  11. jnc 支持 free2grice 在 West Somerset Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.

    When we read of the list of vehicles under repair and overhaul, it brings it home what a time consuming and expensive job it is to keep a heritage railway operating. [BJ]

    2026-04-26 , 18:50

  12. jnc 支持 SebWelsh 在 West Somerset Railway General Discussion 内发表的帖子.

    We tend to swap sets over occasionally to even out wear. The reason that Set A (Crimson and Cream) has been allocated to the lower mileage diagram this week is that there was a small fault with Buffet 4346 which meant this was better suited to...

    2026-04-26 , 13:59

  13. jnc 支持 60044 在 Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway Updates 内发表的帖子.

    But that's thinking like a heritage railway, and offering something better than usual. It was never going to happen!

    2026-04-26 , 11:19

  14. jnc 支持 60044 在 Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway Updates 内发表的帖子.

    You may be right, but I find it very sad that both the LNERCA and now, increasingly, NELPG are finding that their best interests lie away from the NYMR. It really amplifies the fact that the NYMR has lost sight of its roots as a heritage...

    2026-04-26 , 11:19

  15. jnc 支持 cksteam 在 Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway Updates 内发表的帖子.

    I doubt the NYMR would have much work for the P3 this year either. They've got a much more limited service than historically and stretched finances. I suspect they wouldn't be unhappy at losing this one off the hire bill for another year. NELPG...

    2026-04-26 , 11:18
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