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Paul42 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
The subtitles are auto-generated by YouTube (if you have the "CC" button clicked) - so not the fault of the producer of the video. For an automatic system they are quite good, but from time to time you do see such howlers as you noticed! Tom
Aug 4, 2026 at 2:55 PM -
Paul42 liked cksteam's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The Bridge 42 saga just keeps giving. In the latest Moors line there's a piece about it as you would expect. In it they give the updated fundraising target of £950k, split between the two phases. Phase 1 was the temporary propping 'Has...
Aug 4, 2026 at 2:41 PM -
Paul42 replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.
The Edilon Sedra embedded rail system is also being used by London Trams for replacement crossing. https://www.edilonsedra.com/system/embedded-rail-system/
Aug 3, 2026 at 9:10 PM -
Paul42 liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I believe Repton is out on the diner tomorrow. Time was when annual steam mileage was 60k +. This year you can probably knock a nought off that.
Aug 3, 2026 at 8:56 PM -
Paul42 liked 5944's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Except they're a couple of diesel failures away from cancelling services again. The travelling public seem to be accepting the use of diesels at the moment due to the weather, although that's not the reason the NYMR are using them.
Aug 3, 2026 at 8:56 PM -
Paul42 liked 5944's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
In ticket but in various states of repair - 44806, 45428, 2253, 926 and 92134. Plus 29 and 60163.
Aug 3, 2026 at 8:56 PM -
Paul42 liked cksteam's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It is a consideration but they already blank out carriages from online booking, I assume expecting walk ups on the day. You could still have the book seats deal with particular carriages saved for the 'rover' option. You could also stick a limit...
Aug 3, 2026 at 8:53 PM -
Paul42 liked 5944's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
One of the biggest problems is that hire fees for diesels aren't anywhere near that of steam either, due to the perceived cheaper running costs. I've heard of some diesel locos being paid £100 a day. You could barely even get a steam loco warm...
Aug 3, 2026 at 11:23 AM -
Paul42 liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The fundamental economic shift for diesel, at the time of their introduction, was productivity. Even without timetable enhancements, the same number of duties could be served by fewer locomotives because they didn't need to go to the shed...
Aug 3, 2026 at 11:22 AM -
Paul42 liked Nexuas's post in the thread FR & WHR & WHHR News.
[IMG] One from today.
Aug 2, 2026 at 10:07 PM -
Paul42 liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
If you travel to the North York Moors by road from various directions you will see the brown tourist attraction signs. They don’t point the direction to the NYMR, they simply say ‘Steam Railway’. The NYMR must have agreed that wording when they...
Aug 2, 2026 at 10:05 PM -
Paul42 liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
A diesel loco is definitely cheaper to run whilst it runs. However, when it comes to a major overhaul, that is when the problems will start to arise. Steam loco engineering is basically simple engineering and, as has been shown, nothing that is...
Aug 2, 2026 at 10:04 PM -
Paul42 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
If you think of a whole-railway cost and imagine running, say, a six coach train with either a steam loco or diesel hauling it, almost all the costs are identical. P/way, C&W, signalling, the basic business costs - everything is the same. Only...
Aug 2, 2026 at 10:03 PM -
Paul42 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Didn't use to be a problem is the key. Lots of things have changed in the last 20+ years. Worse roads, more deer, brighter headlights, wider cars while roads have stayed the same width; (whisper it quietly) probably a less strict attitude to...
Aug 2, 2026 at 10:02 PM -
Paul42 liked 5944's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
And it's not just diners. There's the staff to consider as well. You may get back to Grosmont at 10pm, but catering staff won't be booking off until gone 11, and rail staff even later.
Aug 2, 2026 at 9:53 PM
