The need to know exactly which loco is pulling each train *seems* only to be a "big engine" thing. Railways which run small engines (like the...
Under *your* radar perhaps. Try not to generalise too much from your own particular likes and dislikes. Anyway, there are plenty of "little"...
Fortunately for heritage railways, there are *lots* of enthusiasts who aren't so fussy about exactly which loco appears on which train each day....
It's entirely up the railway whether it wants to absorb the fee and quote an inclusive price or not. It's also not very clear how much discount...
How many heritage railway offer discounted "advance" tickets? What discount do they offer? We were thinking of going to the Bluebell Railway...
The other big question is how does a heritage railway select this volunteer director with all these people skills, against all the available...
From this forum alone, there appear to be a number of heritage railways with in-house directors or trustees who have apparently not got all their...
But see there enough enthusiasts who want to take on the responsibilities or difficult decisions of directors? Do they have any similar ideas...
But if these paid roles fail to meet these criteria, what then? Paid staff are unlikely to take a drop in salary below a certain level. Are there...
But whose definition of "necessary" applies? Yours will probably differ from many people.
What do you mean by this? What do you want to see changed? No paid staff at all? All paid staff must be ex-members? No "outsiders"?
Because lineside passes are largely for photographers!
Maybe these railways have had too many bad experiences with photographers who think they know better or don't like being told where they can go?
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