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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    A better one would be to say that due to rising oil prices 2253 is going to be converted back to coal firing. Jon
    Post by: oldmrheath, Mar 5, 2026 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    SVR General Discussion

    It's clear to me that the SVR shouldn't have promoted the weekend. The whole idea of branch line trains is there's only a couple of people on them...
    Post by: oldmrheath, Mar 3, 2026 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    I suspect there will be a (colour-coded) school holidays table produced soon.... Jon
    Post by: oldmrheath, Feb 20, 2026 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    Will be interested to see if the 17:45 ex -Grosmont on Wednesdays runs as diesel like last year for 'operational convenience ' Anyway from this...
    Post by: oldmrheath, Feb 20, 2026 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    at least it wouldn't be on the bridge long enough to fall in the river Jon
    Post by: oldmrheath, Feb 13, 2026 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    At least it should help with the initial cost of propping. Jon
    Post by: oldmrheath, Feb 10, 2026 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    We did that last year, single tickets are available for rail trail, and yes, we went to the buffet when we got back :) Jon
    Post by: oldmrheath, Feb 9, 2026 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    Good luck to any railway trying to pretend the tourism market is what it was in the 1990's, or even pre-covid, particularly the longer lines....
    Post by: oldmrheath, Feb 8, 2026 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    Well 71,000 Polar Express passengers is almost certainly several times what the NYMR Santa Specials carried.... Jon
    Post by: oldmrheath, Jan 16, 2026 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    I did wonder what was happening with the 9F as the mpd update has only suggested 926, 44806 and 29 to start the season. 5428 and Q6 on repairs to...
    Post by: oldmrheath, Jan 13, 2026 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK