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Paul42 liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
That’s what I thought you were suggesting was the problem. What it points to I think is that you need to view your pricing model as a work in progress. It looks to me (and I have some relevant experience) that it still needs work, and that you...
Jun 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM -
Paul42 liked Jonnie's post in the thread Spa Valley Railway Cuckoo Line Gala - June 13-15 2025.
No, we've just spent £70,000 last week on repairing a broken culvert and slipped embankment. The 25mph was reinstated last weekend. The only TSR is over Broom Lane and a 10mph behind the houses at Groombridge.
Jun 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM -
Paul42 liked torgormaig's post in the thread Paddle Steamer Waverley.
I am very impressed by the distances she covers around our coastline. They seem very keen on exposeing her to as large an audiance as possible. I was on her only a fortnight ago sailing past the Ardnamurchan peninsular on her final Hebridean...
Jun 10, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Paul42 liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think what tends to happen is that general problems get discussed with a specific line as exemplar. I think you’re right that the Moors is not particularly unusual. My impression is that actually things are brighter this year on the whole. I...
Jun 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM -
Paul42 liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Or maybe put a couple of Mk1s on the rear of the diner, and have it in the timetable as a "restricted capacity" service, so that there's an option for non-diners who might not want to risk a long gap between trains.
Jun 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM -
Paul42 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
But as you carry fewer and fewer people, you end up spreading your fixed costs onto a smaller and smaller number of shoulders. The reductio ad absurdum of your approach might be to find a single person willing to pay £8m for a single return...
Jun 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM -
Paul42 liked 1472's post in the thread SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.
So much assumption and confused thinking there! Where are the figures mentioned in the first sentence? How many folk are NOT now visiting because they find the current offering (disregarding the landslip) is no longer sufficiently attractive?...
Jun 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM -
Paul42 liked Pete Thornhill's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
The railway offers discounts which are currently still available but somewhat hidden away on the website. They offer - 50% off a return visit within 28 days 20% off for National Trust members. In addition, there is also a 10% discount on...
Jun 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Paul42 replied to the thread Vintage Trains 2025.
Peter Many years ago I walked the Eastside of the Avon from the Tramway Bridge until the old railway bridge crosses, then over that, back along the old railway line, and after that along the West Bank of the Avon stopping for a pint before...
Jun 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM -
Paul42 liked 30567's post in the thread Vintage Trains 2025.
I had a day out to Stratford yesterday. Not a bad schedule from Derby, just two stands at signal/loop on the way back. Particularly in the morning the schedule was quite demanding but as far as I could tell the tractor did nothing at all. Put it...
Jun 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM -
Paul42 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Did the NYMR ever explore whether a Gift Aid, “Grosmont - Pickering only” fare was available in addition to the Whitby -Pickering? You’ve made much play on the HMRC deeming that the price had to include viewing the “whole” work of the charity,...
Jun 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM -
Paul42 liked 60044's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The question then must be whether it was ever necessary to include the stated clause in the charitable objectives? Or, if the intention was to include operations further afield - e.g. to Battersby or Middlesboro - it could it not have been...
Jun 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM -
Paul42 liked Andy B's post in the thread 76077.
We’ve now had our final public appearance before 76077 returns to LMS for continued work. We have had a fantastic few weeks with some really good feedback on the work we have completed and a goodly amount of new shareholders and additions to...
Jun 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Paul42 liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Tax law operates in its own universe, so I see little hope in that! The language used has been that of the “entire operation”, not “control”. I struggle with the interpretation, but tend to see that as being another example of where the nature...
Jun 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
