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Paul42 liked 5944's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
KWVR membership is £45 for an adult for the year which includes 3 day rovers, half price on other running days, and discounts on galas and events. A day rover is £24. I've had membership there in the past and used the three tickets in a year, and...
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Paul42 liked Kje7812's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Quite, it's this line of thinking that ends up with accusations of calling shareholders/members freeloaders. A dangerous line of thinking.
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Paul42 liked MellishR's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
Satnav is often a contributory cause of bridge strikes, when drivers rely on it instead of planning their routes. There is a long discussion on railforums.co.uk following the recent strike near Bedworth on the WCML.
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Paul42 liked jnc's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
The GWSR got so tired of drivers striking the Broadway bridge that they gave up and implemented the Hitchhiker's Guide heavy metal beam solution. ("Mr. Prosser: Do you know how much damage this bulldozer would sustain if I just let it roll over...
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Paul42 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I'm been thinking about this argument overnight - specifically, the impact of members on a railway's bottom line. This is based around a model in which members get a discount on tickets (typically 50% or thereabouts), which they can use an...
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Paul42 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
Not my photo, but Sharpthorn going home after the High Weald steam rally. Since the location of this photo is Fletching, it looks like a slightly circuitous route was chosen - it's certainly not on the shortest route back! I think it is the same...
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Paul42 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Swanage Railway General Discussion.
Walkers would be the other option. Park at Norden in the morning, have a nice walk across the hills to the beach, and catch a cheap fare back to your car at the end of the day. It’s more enticing than paying essentially full price for something...
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Paul42 liked Kje7812's post in the thread SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.
4150 made it out as far as Highley earlier. A quick snap at Hampton: [ATTACH]
17. Lipanj 2026. u 23:28
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Paul42 liked Obstruction Danger's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
A little light relief to give us a break from the heavy depressing stuff… The Head of People has sent out an update from the Volunteer Forum that has been passed to me where he has asked if the railway “needs an almoner to keep in touch with...
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Paul42 liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The £24.95 fare is Pickering - Goathland. For reasons only known to those in marketing. the website does not even offer Pickering - Grosmont, not even on the 10.55 which only goes to Grosmont and no further. Nothing is offered from Grosmont...
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Paul42 liked SECR 65's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Just a little annecdote: I'm a volunteer at 'my line', to which I went this afternoon for a round trip. I've spent many hours at home over the past week writing and reviewing timetables, and sending emails regarding railway matters. I payed...
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Paul42 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think that is very difficult to answer. BT isn’t a membership publication, so isn’t a valid comparison, but Bluebell News is produced explicitly for the membership. So let’s assume I spend 1 day per quarter on that to produce the loco report....
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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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