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  1. jnc liked alexl102's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    From my house just south of Leeds at 15:50 on a normal working Tuesday, Pickering is 70 minutes whilst the ELR station at Bury is 99 minutes. But the point is absolutely valid, that there's a section of West Yorkshire where they're in...

    Mar 17, 2026 at 4:44 PM

  2. jnc liked Simon Smith's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    3 million to overhaul 7821 is a tidy sum. I suspect the main contributor to this cost is X amount of years of paying the engineering staff wage bill. The cost of the materials is probably only around 5-10% of the total amount.

    Mar 17, 2026 at 11:14 AM

  3. jnc liked RailWest's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    >>>> The 50th Anniversary Weekend has always been intended as a 'lower key' event if compared to a full scale Gala. We very much do not have the volunteer resource within the Gala Planning Team to deliver two large events back to back..... I can...

    Mar 17, 2026 at 11:14 AM

  4. jnc liked 8126's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

    I was also there on Saturday. A really well run event, everything seemed to fit together without friction or delays, even when all three operating services were somewhere within Alresford station limits. I was slightly curious about what was up...

    Mar 17, 2026 at 11:13 AM

  5. jnc liked flying scotsman123's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.

    Thanks to Martin for organising another excellent day, always a pleasure working one of these, especially when I can manage an escape to the gallery to see all our hard work roll past a few times :) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

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  6. jnc liked Dan W's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.

    As much as I’d love to say it was the long‑awaited Honeybourne to St James pick‑up goods, sadly not this time. It was actually a photographic charter with 3850. Still, lovely to see the wagons out again ahead of their main outing at the gala events.

    Mar 16, 2026 at 9:40 PM

  7. jnc liked WorkingPressure225's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.

    Not just yet - the service isn’t planned to start for another couple of months and the final few things are still being sorted out. I’m sure that all the information about the trial will be published by the railway when everything has been...

    Mar 15, 2026 at 11:43 PM

  8. jnc liked 60044's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    That's probably only because the thought hasn't occurred to them yet, though. Give 'em time!

    Mar 15, 2026 at 11:41 PM

  9. jnc liked 60044's post in the thread GWSR General Discussion and Operations.

    Might it be pulling an autocoach? That seems to me to make more sense, but it's difficult to be sure!

    Mar 15, 2026 at 2:33 PM

  10. jnc liked Chris86's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Also, you never know who the person who is your guest might be- they might be a person who would consider volunteering, or a person who might consider making a donation one day. On a more personal note; We had a lovely experience on the NYMR a...

    Mar 14, 2026 at 8:46 PM

  11. jnc liked gwralatea's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Hardly. You’re assuming I meant some sort of diktat or fiat. I was assuming an organisation, professional or amateur, comes up with and communicates what it is doing - ideally in the most collaborative way - and (especially in the volunteer...

    Mar 14, 2026 at 8:45 PM

  12. jnc liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I did say it was about balance. But, footplate staff will probably have to volunteer twice a month on average. It takes typically 10yrs to make it from cleaner to driver. Often more. I once worked out what accommodation and travel cost me each...

    Mar 14, 2026 at 8:45 PM

  13. jnc liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I think telling volunteers to “suck it up” is entirely inappropriate. There needs to be an explanation and clarity about why it is necessary, but telling people they simply have to just do it without giving them any voice is precisely the sort of...

    Mar 14, 2026 at 8:44 PM

  14. jnc liked gwralatea's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I totally get this, and I’m not disagreeing but I want to amplify the bit about balance. I have been steam dept, in the dim and distant past - but the reverse of your comment is also true. These are businesses and *if* they have come down on the...

    Mar 14, 2026 at 8:44 PM

  15. jnc liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    We would always have a third man for that purpose. I don’t think our rules would allow otherwise -.the driver and fireman are expected to fully concentrate on their jobs, so you need a third otherwise unoccupied, but footplate-competent, person...

    Mar 14, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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