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Paul42 gefällt Steves Beitrag in dem Thema 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.
3 August 2026 um 20:56 -
Paul42 gefällt 5944s Beitrag in dem Thema 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.
3 August 2026 um 20:56 -
Paul42 gefällt 5944s Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
In ticket but in various states of repair - 44806, 45428, 2253, 926 and 92134. Plus 29 and 60163.
3 August 2026 um 20:56 -
Paul42 gefällt cksteams Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
3 August 2026 um 20:53 -
Paul42 gefällt 5944s Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
3 August 2026 um 11:23 -
Paul42 gefällt 35Bs Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
3 August 2026 um 11:22 -
Paul42 gefällt Nexuass Beitrag in dem Thema FR & WHR & WHHR News.
[IMG] One from today.
2 August 2026 um 22:07 -
Paul42 gefällt Steves Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
2 August 2026 um 22:05 -
Paul42 gefällt Steves Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
2 August 2026 um 22:04 -
Paul42 gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
2 August 2026 um 22:03 -
Paul42 gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema 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...
2 August 2026 um 22:02 -
Paul42 gefällt 5944s Beitrag in dem Thema 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.
2 August 2026 um 21:53 -
Paul42 gefällt 35Bs Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
From Pickering to York absolutely is. From Grosmont to Pickering, however…
2 August 2026 um 21:53 -
Paul42 gefällt Sulzermans Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think when they book they hope for steam. They also want Whitby. They're putting up with diesel for the sake of the journey.
2 August 2026 um 17:44 -
Paul42 gefällt Inzyniers Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
We've been told many times earlier in this thread that people just don't want to travel behind diesel locomotives - they want steam. And yet it seems the steam train was half full but the diesel was more coaches and full to standing. That...
2 August 2026 um 17:43
