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  1. Sheff liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I was told many years ago that, when given extra work, most people will claim that they already have enough to do and more staff should be employed/seconded to the job. However, that is rarely the case, just human nature and that those people...

    Nov 2, 2026 at 7:25 PM

  2. Sheff liked Sawdust's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I spoke to the new trust chair at length, I found him amenable to listening to what I had to say, he came across as sharp, I believe his background does equip him to sort this mess out. You have to remember that bridge 42 is only one front on the...

    Nov 2, 2026 at 7:20 PM

  3. Sheff liked Sawdust's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Did anyone think to contact one of the huge international railway civil engineering companies at all for help? They might well have got someone qualified on secondment for a year or two, while they sort out a permanent solution. The company...

    Nov 2, 2026 at 7:17 PM

  4. Sheff liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Wow! I have a day out and about and I come back to over 30 posts. you keep trotting out the 'what's matters is generating surplus' line and ignoring everything else associated with it. Did the CEO learn it from you or did you learn it from her?...

    Oct 30, 2026 at 4:30 PM

  5. Sheff liked Kirk Oswald's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    The contributions of both the outgoing Trust Chairman and the PLC Director were woeful and symtomatic of the incompetence and complacency which has brought the line to it's knees. The incoming Chair of Trustees was slightly more hopeful though I...

    Oct 30, 2026 at 4:29 PM

  6. Sheff liked Jark91's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    The idea of the NYMR doing dynamic pricing is suicidal and could only come from a mind wildly out of touch with reality. Heritage railways need a set price point per journey. Offer specific discounts for low traffic weeks or for the last return...

    Oct 30, 2026 at 4:27 PM

  7. Sheff liked 5944's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    By all accounts the place is heaving and a parking wardens paradise.

    Oct 30, 2026 at 4:25 PM

  8. Sheff liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I have it in good authority that the main reason for five day running for the last two years is to give the railway a better chance of getting through the season by reducing the wear and tear on track and infrastructure and give the MPD a chance...

    Oct 30, 2026 at 4:24 PM

  9. Sheff liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Dynamic pricing only works if there is no alternative if you want to do a particular thing, such as watch a one day performance in your area. If there are alternatives, people will seek out the cheaper ones. Or not bother.

    Oct 30, 2026 at 4:23 PM

  10. Sheff liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread Photographing steam in the Karoo.

    Another amazing Karoo sunrise - or in this case maybe 2o minutes after sunrise - the day after a strong wind had blown across the Karoo putting dust and sand up into the atmosphere. 25NC 3502 heads north through Graspan on the 03.50 from De Aar....

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  11. Sheff liked James Hewett's post in the thread Southwold Railway.

    Thanks very much - yes, we heard this morning - a great day for the HSR! Yay indeed! We have now broken out of the station confines.... There are pages and pages of conditions, all of which we have to dealt with before a single piece of track...

    Oct 29, 2026 at 3:52 PM

  12. Sheff liked The Green Howards's post in the thread Southwold Railway.

    Hmmm. At least what we do is harmless. Perhaps they'd be happier if folk turned up wearing balaclavas and marched through Southwold chanting "Stop The Boats" instead? I also wonder how many of these objectors are truly local or just escapees...

    Oct 29, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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