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Sheff liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread Fire Risk.
As with Petra's post too, I would be amazed if any railway in the very considerable fire risk area even thinks about running steam. It has to stay stopped and not re-start until it is certain the fire risk has gone. And I would suggest that...
Aug 14, 2026 at 8:24 PM -
Sheff liked Petra Wilde's post in the thread Fire Risk.
Coming back closer to the debate about steam and fire risk - Surely after the many catastrophic house fires being a headline story on the TV news, it is a huge PR own-goal for any steam railway (unless copiously being rained on) to continue to...
Aug 14, 2026 at 8:24 PM -
Sheff replied to the thread Churnet Valley Railway General Discussion.
Took me a moment ….
Aug 14, 2026 at 6:48 PM -
Sheff liked John Petley's post in the thread Saphos Trains 2026.
I must take my hat off to the signalmen who are responsible for the Brighton Man Line and East Sussex Coast lines. Today, a Statesman charter train was due to run from Derby to Eastbourne for the air show. By the time I checked Real Time Trains...
Aug 14, 2026 at 2:54 PM -
Sheff liked ghost's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Well if you listen to Lineisclear, that person with the bequest is not that important because they are 'just' a member/supporter and he would rather time is spent chasing Arts Council grants than looking after the members and supporters who have...
Aug 14, 2026 at 2:12 PM -
Sheff liked Sawdust's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Here is the very problem, an organisation addicted to tax payers money like it is crack! It sees no reason for reform of its gargantuan wage bill. I travelled on the railway for the first time in ages this year, in fact the last time was when...
Aug 14, 2026 at 2:04 PM -
Sheff liked Cuckoo Line's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Isn't someone here forgetting the financial saving of having volunteers doing some of the labouring. I asume to.be a volunteer you need to be a member if you had to replace them all by paid staff that would be a big hole to fill Sent from my...
Aug 14, 2026 at 2:02 PM -
Sheff replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Rather than shoot the messenger, why not take their advice on board? If they had included a simple explanation as per the latter part of this post and the more detailed one in your previous post then the speculation would never have happened.
Aug 13, 2026 at 3:43 PM -
Sheff liked Gladiator 5076's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Speculation and discussion, surely the purpose of a forum?
Aug 13, 2026 at 3:37 PM -
Sheff liked free2grice's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Unfortunately, you have forgotten to mention about the main gist of my post, that if a short note had been added explaining why there was a change of date, this would have prevented unnecessary speculation and discussion. <BJ>
Aug 13, 2026 at 3:37 PM -
Sheff liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Putting aside the misuse of the word cancelled instead of postponed, a tiny bit of common sense would tell people that, as @free2grice said, a simple explanation would have done wonders.
Aug 13, 2026 at 3:37 PM -
Sheff liked free2grice's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
To prevent endless speculation and discussions such as this one on Nat-Pres, the NYMR should have learnt by now that instead of simply announcing that the AGM has been cancelled, they should have added a short note explaining why. <BJ>
Aug 13, 2026 at 3:36 PM -
Sheff liked jnc's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
One has to wonder what's going on behind the curtain which led to that? Could be something minor - or not. Any guesses? Noel
Aug 13, 2026 at 11:33 AM
