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

    I’ve been involved in the heritage railway volunteering game for over 60 years and I learnt many years ago that the average volunteer will not step up to fill a vacancy. After all, why should you? Unless you have a particular desire to do so you...

    Sep 20, 2026 at 11:33 AM

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

    Repton, Sir Nigel Gresley and the 9F out today, with all but two Grosmont departures steam hauled. That's more like it.

    Sep 20, 2026 at 11:29 AM

  3. Sheff replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    The more I read about the doom and gloom surrounding the NYMR, and by extension the future of some other heritage operations, the more I find it difficult to countenance in the light of the regular positive financial reports in the house magazine...

    Sep 18, 2026 at 10:13 PM

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

    If it lasts long enough...... Whitby Goth week. A properly licensed Rocky Horror show train. Actors in costume move up down the train acting out notable dialogue and singing songs to a prerecorded backing tracks (or even just recorded songs)...

    Sep 18, 2026 at 10:00 PM

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

    When staffing numbers are quoted for Heritage Railways (including in annual reports & accounts), it is often not made clear whether the numbers are full time, full time equivalent or a mixed headcount of full time, part time and seasonal workers....

    Sep 17, 2026 at 7:30 AM

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

    "Bridge design and repair works can be phased to suit cashflow" This bit should have been tackled years ago. The bridge has been propped because the civil engineer has assessed it to be structurally failing, not at some time in the future but...

    Sep 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM

  7. Sheff replied to the thread Chemin der fer de Chauny à St. Gobain..

    I really only use it to visualise DIY jobs before we order the materials tbh.

    Sep 14, 2026 at 7:28 PM

  8. Sheff liked 45669's post in the thread Chemin der fer de Chauny à St. Gobain..

    I've had a play with it and although it's improved the overall appearance, it has also made various changes I didn't ask it to. I managed to reverse some of them, but it took me all the morning and half the afternoon and I can't spend all that...

    R2024 - AI version.png Sep 14, 2026 at 7:26 PM

  9. Sheff replied to the thread Chemin der fer de Chauny à St. Gobain..

    Oh yes, very true. Though you can be very proscriptive in what you request of course.

    Sep 14, 2026 at 5:43 PM

  10. Sheff liked Breva's post in the thread Chemin der fer de Chauny à St. Gobain..

    Fantastic. But you have to be careful, because AI will change other things, without telling you. Eg move cylinders back, change the wheel arrangement, change white steam for blue sky. Look at the new image very carefully.

    Sep 14, 2026 at 5:42 PM

  11. Sheff attached a file to the thread Chemin der fer de Chauny à St. Gobain..

    [ATTACH] This took 2 mins using ChatGPT Free. There are a few errors, eg loco number, but you can request it to correct these. There’s a daily limit on the free version, but there are free apps y that I haven’t tried yet too.

    35FDAB75-E71D-45C7-AABF-D7ED89A21A74.png Sep 14, 2026 at 7:43 AM
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