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Paul42 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I’m sure you could go very granular in the modelling, but I suspect in the end you wouldn’t come too far away from those figures. For example, if people use their discount to buy gala tickets, the amount “foregone” is a bit more, but I doubt...
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Paul42 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
We had some hard data presented at the Bluebell AGM last weekend which allowed putting some numbers to it. We have two classes of membership: life members (who currently pay something like £900, but who of course may have joined years ago) get...
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Paul42 liked Sidmouth's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Absolutely no criticism of yourself and sounds like a good deal for you, but one that costs the railway a significant sum in potential lost revenue (understanding that at normal cost you may not travel that often ) Problem with these deals is...
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Paul42 liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
John, You are indeed correct in saying that a majority of the Trustees today are working members but that was not the case a couple of years ago when the appointments board effectively denied volunteers the right to stand in favour of outsiders...
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Paul42 liked SVR C&W's post in the thread SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.
4150 has finally moved in preservation. Made its first moves around Bridgnorth uard this afternoon.
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Paul42 liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
My observation is that NYMR are doing precisely what you so rightly objected to when in government - making structural changes without properly understanding the impact on the ground, or what that is doing to the effectiveness of the...
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Paul42 liked Waterbuck's post in the thread LE movements, ECS and test runs 2026.
Coincidentally facebook reminded me with a photo I took 12 years ago yesterday of the 8f in Carlisle with Gordon Hodgson on the footplate [ATTACH]
16. Lipanj 2026. u 11:31
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Paul42 liked ghost's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
No grant awarding body would award money to the L&B (either group) so that they had money in the bank “just in case” a piece of land comes up for sale. Perhaps long term it doesn’t matter who buys what piece of land, but for the present the...
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Paul42 liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
couldnt agree more. The failure by the HRA advisors and advice to recognise this is lamentable. Furthermore, the failure of many directors and trustees to be able to wear more than one hat is an issue….. by which I mean: Railways are typically...
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Paul42 liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Elsewhere, away from railways, I’m involved in an ongoing governance review. It’s been prompted by an external review, and is looking at what we do differently in future. One thing that’s become very obvious is that “best practice” is a guide,...
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Paul42 liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
One of the things about volunteers is that they are usually very interested in such details, far more than the average employee. They want to know all the nitty gritty of the why and the wherefore of their railway. When things are deliberately...
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Paul42 liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
To existing (and recently departed) members and volunteers the only suggestion I have to make is this: - make your views known in a respectful way by speaking at forum or writing letters and emails - try to get organised and coordinated about...
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Paul42 liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I completely agree and indeed I have watched with dismay as the advice has been adopted elsewhere. There is no question that additional expertise was needed on many (most?) boards, but the loss of corporate memory caused the exclusion of anyone...
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