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jnc liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
You could debate pricing models until the cows come home, and clearly different railways have chosen different models based on their own insight about their passengers. (One very clear divide for families, for example, are lines - such as the...
Oct 31, 2026 at 10:08 AM -
jnc liked Sawdust's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
That is what used to happen, there were peak fares that applied during the periods you suggest, and cheaper fares the rest of the time. There were times the trains would fill themselves and times you need to coax people on to them. Sawdust.
Oct 31, 2026 at 1:17 AM -
jnc liked WorkingPressure225's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
To be fair, that’s not actually too far off what we have now - the Mets, 1098, 7598 & the 4 wheelers have 55 compartments between them, weighing in at around 184 tons. Admittedly that is 10 coaches, but only 1098 is a “full length” coach, so the...
Oct 31, 2026 at 1:17 AM -
jnc liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
It was a near miss - offered, but the railway couldn't afford it as at the time they were paying off the purchase price for "Birch Grove" and a couple of other carriages purchased around the same time. A bit utilitarian, but you could have had...
Oct 31, 2026 at 1:16 AM -
jnc liked twr12's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Dynamic pricing is for the likes of Sleazy Jet and Ryanscare. Brutal capacity management by dynamic pricing has no place with leisure/ heritage businesses such heritage railways. However, there is definitely scope for heritage railways to...
Oct 30, 2026 at 2:04 PM -
jnc liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I get this but will spare myself the 22 minutes of YouTube. However, that then puts the focus sharply onto the quality of stakeholder engagement - the impact of the very welcome YouTube video is undermined by the lack of substance in what was...
Oct 30, 2026 at 12:48 PM -
jnc liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I have it in good authority that the main reason for five day running for the last two years is to give the railway a better chance of getting through the season by reducing the wear and tear on track and infrastructure and give the MPD a chance...
Oct 30, 2026 at 12:48 PM -
jnc liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Wow! I have a day out and about and I come back to over 30 posts. you keep trotting out the 'what's matters is generating surplus' line and ignoring everything else associated with it. Did the CEO learn it from you or did you learn it from her?...
Oct 30, 2026 at 12:46 PM -
jnc liked Kirk Oswald's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The contributions of both the outgoing Trust Chairman and the PLC Director were woeful and symtomatic of the incompetence and complacency which has brought the line to it's knees. The incoming Chair of Trustees was slightly more hopeful though I...
Oct 30, 2026 at 12:46 PM -
jnc liked bristolian's post in the thread Bridge that Gap: Great Central Railway News.
Someone in Someone in the end Brake Van of the approaching train has a Phone out too!
Oct 30, 2026 at 12:45 PM -
jnc liked Enterprise's post in the thread Bridge that Gap: Great Central Railway News.
Yes, unforgettable! Banging and crashing is clearly to be avoided with expensive and now quite rare rolling stock. The days when I remember seeing wagons with OMJ chalked on them are long gone! I think the GCR is an excellent railway despite my...
Oct 30, 2026 at 12:45 PM -
jnc liked misspentyouth62's post in the thread Bridge that Gap: Great Central Railway News.
Your post @Enterprise takes me back in an instant and prompts me to digress somewhat. I lived as a child about a mile from the ecml and sometimes weather dependant, used to identify the diesels (Deltic and 40s were most obvious) passing whilst...
Oct 30, 2026 at 12:44 PM -
jnc liked Flying Phil's post in the thread Bridge that Gap: Great Central Railway News.
Enterprise makes a good point but the GCR has operated much longer freight trains for special occasions. The 50 wagon 50th Anniversary event in 2023 being the most recent. In regular traffic, it operates 12/14 wagons plus two brakes (equals six...
Oct 30, 2026 at 12:43 PM -
jnc liked 73108's post in the thread Bridge that Gap: Great Central Railway News.
A gloriously historical re-enacted scene, the effect of which is slightly spoiled by the guard of the train on the left...! :confused:
Oct 30, 2026 at 12:43 PM -
jnc liked 73108's post in the thread Bridge that Gap: Great Central Railway News.
As a semi-regular videographer and frequent sound designer/editor, in your bemusement you are overloooking one key issue. Many promo videos for railway preservation are shot outdoors. Ever watched a video with wind noise all over it?...
Oct 30, 2026 at 12:42 PM
