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Spitfire liked City_Steam's post in the thread NYMR | Autumn Steam Gala | 24-27 September 2026.
An exhausting 3 days of riding, walking, and taking some shots. The Castles bark sounded great, and the T3 looked born to haul teaks. Fridays afternoon run from Levisham to Goathland with T3 at the head and Repton as banker was great fun....
Sep 27, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Spitfire liked wazza588's post in the thread NYMR | Autumn Steam Gala | 24-27 September 2026.
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Sep 27, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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Spitfire liked LittleRedTrain's post in the thread VT: The Great Northern with Tornado - 26/09/26.
So that Tornado could leave the train with its support coach at Darlington, without having to shunt the GUV out of the way first.
Sep 27, 2026 at 11:38 AM -
Spitfire liked Michael Whitehouse's post in the thread The Volunteer - 2/11/26.
I suggest it's not at all odd. The purpose of the day is to celebrate 75 years of voluntary run railways. Birmingham was and remains a core City involved in this subject (including by the way the establishment of the Science Museum where many of...
Sep 25, 2026 at 9:02 PM -
Spitfire liked twr12's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Quite frankly this thread has become John Bailey vs half a dozen people. None of you are going to change your minds how the NYMR should be run.
Sep 25, 2026 at 8:58 PM -
Spitfire liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
100% agree with @Jamessquared. The problems with deferring maintenance are; that the debt accrued becomes invisible to management as well the accounts; It also has a nasty habit of crystallising at the least convenient time often in an...
Sep 25, 2026 at 8:30 PM -
Spitfire liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
You don't even necessarily have to sell assets. As an example, you could sell a functional Mark 1 coach for £25k and use the proceeds to pay down some debt and everyone would notice. But if you forwent £1,000 of maintenance on each of a fleet of...
Sep 25, 2026 at 8:29 PM -
Spitfire liked Lineisclear's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
After the angst and acrimony expressed on here recently it was a delight to see photos and videos of the first day of the Autumn Steam Gala. Even though we may disagree on some things it’s a reminder of the fundamental cause that unites us. Sadly...
Sep 25, 2026 at 7:29 AM -
Spitfire liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
As a folksy example: suppose you are a jam maker, and I wish to start a business selling your jam at a market. I go to the bank, borrow £100 as starting capital (or I guess $100 as it is you!) and you sell me 100 jars of jam at £1 each. At that...
Sep 24, 2026 at 7:46 PM -
Spitfire liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Profit is a balance sheet thing. Cash flow or to be exact surplus cashflow is what pays down loans
Sep 24, 2026 at 7:44 PM -
Spitfire liked paul1609's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I'm not sure that a return to the passenger numbers that have existed in the past is possible in the current economic situation, at least covering costs/ breaking even. Im not aware of any heritage railway that is achieving the passenger numbers...
Sep 24, 2026 at 7:40 PM -
Spitfire liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Just on the point of status, some grant giving bodies are getting quite attentive to legal structure. This is especially true for CIOs, where their use by service providers for their own practice is massively blurring the boundary between...
Sep 24, 2026 at 9:02 AM -
Spitfire liked M59137's post in the thread North Norfolk Railway General Discussion.
The Carriage & Wagon Blog has been updated: C&W Blog - September News
Sep 23, 2026 at 6:48 AM -
Spitfire liked mikehartuk's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
All three RVR level crosings will identical. Full barrier, etc, etc. Mike.
Sep 22, 2026 at 6:29 PM -
Spitfire liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Quite - traction is only part of the total cost of running a service. Substitute steam for diesel and everything else - C&W, p/way, S&T and general business costs remain the same. My own feeling is that substituting steam with diesel has only a...
Sep 22, 2026 at 5:59 PM
