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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]
Jun 17, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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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...
Jun 17, 2026 at 11:27 PM -
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...
Jun 17, 2026 at 11:26 PM -
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...
Jun 17, 2026 at 11:26 PM -
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....
Jun 17, 2026 at 11:25 PM -
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...
Jun 17, 2026 at 3:15 PM -
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...
Jun 17, 2026 at 3:13 PM -
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...
Jun 17, 2026 at 12:40 PM -
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...
Jun 17, 2026 at 12:39 PM -
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.
Jun 16, 2026 at 10:58 PM -
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...
Jun 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM -
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]
Jun 16, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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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...
Jun 16, 2026 at 11:15 AM
