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  1. mdewell liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Exactly my thought. As soon as I saw “from ..” my mind jumped to “much more than …” Tom

    Oct 31, 2026 at 7:59 AM

  2. mdewell liked Drewry Car's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    As soon as I see "from" in a price for anything the seller has put a serious dent in my interest in pursuing the transaction further. Adding "effectively you pay.." into the equation means the seller has pretty much lost my custom.

    Oct 31, 2026 at 7:59 AM

  3. mdewell liked Kirk Oswald's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Dynamic pricing has given me an idea. How about dynamic salaries? At a rough estimate our CEO, FD and other Directors owe the railway about £1.5 million due to overpayments for the last three years.

    Oct 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM

  4. mdewell replied to the thread Boiler tubes.

    Have you read the HRA 'Tubing of Locomotive Boilers' guidance note? https://www.hra.uk.com/storage/HGR-B9001-Is03-%20Tubing%20of%20Locomotive%20Boilers.pdf

    Oct 30, 2026 at 12:01 PM

  5. mdewell liked NathanP's post in the thread 82045 The way ahead?.

    It's because the website doesn't have an SSL certificate, and Google is on a crusade to make all websites have one. But from what I can see you don't collect any personal data on your website, so you don't technically need one. There are no forms...

    Oct 29, 2026 at 1:49 PM

  6. mdewell replied to the thread 82045 The way ahead?.

    Exactly. I had the same (non-existent) problem on my website and only 'resolved' it when my website host offered free SSL certs.

    Oct 29, 2026 at 1:49 PM

  7. mdewell replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    It wouldn't be a 'better visitor experience' for those who couldn't afford it though. Obviously we all want heritage railways to achieve financial success (i.e. at least break even), but some are pricing people out of a chance to share that...

    Oct 29, 2026 at 11:51 AM

  8. mdewell liked NathanP's post in the thread 82045 The way ahead?.

    Just click "Continue to site" (bottom left of window) and it loads fine. No risk, as you're not entering any personal details, you're just reading the content. Just don't fill out any forms or anything on the site, just read it and you'll be fine.

    Oct 29, 2026 at 7:55 AM

  9. mdewell liked ross's post in the thread Southwold Railway.

    Got an email today from Ben Woolnough MRTPI , Head of Planning and Building Control at East Suffolk Council: Application no.: DC/26/2129/FUL Development proposed: To install a 3' gauge railway line along a route previously cleared for a...

    Oct 29, 2026 at 7:53 AM

  10. mdewell replied to the thread Oswestry Update.

    We've got the press back again tomorrow for the formal handover of Locomotive No.98 from National Trust to CHR. :) (ref https://www.national-preservation.com/posts/2991699/)

    Oct 27, 2026 at 1:37 PM

  11. mdewell liked SVR C&W's post in the thread Rolling stock, restoration and new build projects.

    There are an awful lot of variables in retrimming seats. A very rough ball park figure for a TSO with a contractor would be 9-12k minimum. 5 rolls of moquette @ £800 from Torrington heritage fabrics. £3200. Possibly new spring cages for the...

    Oct 26, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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