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Sidmouth4me replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It is not a hypothetical situation as I was talking with a volunteer driver, who said he’d has previously volunteered for such turns (diesel piloting between Levisham and Goathland), and he commented it wasn’t an enjoyable turn but still did it....
Apr 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM -
Sidmouth4me replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I always thought that such paid staff, when they “volunteer” to cover such footplate turns (when no volunteer is otherwise available) are not actually paid for such footplate duties. Nevertheless, to say infer that all footplate staff are paid...
Apr 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM -
Sidmouth4me replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The ecosystem is completely different from BR days.
Apr 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM -
Sidmouth4me replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
No it is not right, but has been effectively reposted as fact, when in fact cab crew (driver / fireman or secondman) are unpaid.
Apr 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM -
Sidmouth4me replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Didn’t say I was. I was simply trying to make the point that it has been exceptionally dry around here for the last 2 weeks.
Apr 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM -
Sidmouth4me replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I did, but “who” said they were paid, or was it another assumption?
Apr 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM -
Sidmouth4me replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Who said they were paid?
Apr 20, 2025 -
Sidmouth4me replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The BBC weather forecasts for the last 10 days have been showing rain on most days but has never materialised.
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Sidmouth4me liked Lineisclear's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The test of any customer facing business is how it responds in a crisis. By all accounts the management and all involved yesterday did a great job in getting everyone back where they needed to be. No mean feat organising road transport over a...
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Sidmouth4me replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I do wonder why you did call them a management shower, and still wonder
Apr 20, 2025
