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  1. Spitfire liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I suspect that this is a case where correlation does not equal causation, and the root causes are significantly deeper

    Jun 6, 2026 at 3:21 PM

  2. Spitfire liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I am not convinced the franchise concept would work economically because of the constraints imposed by integration of the “core” and Esk Valley sections of the line, which is imposed by the limited line capacity throughout. These are what force...

    Jun 6, 2026 at 3:19 PM

  3. Spitfire liked Jamessquared's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.

    On the Gift Aid on fares point: how that works out is still to come. But my sense in the NYMR case is that it was not the Gift Aid per se that was the problem. It was that they initially chose the "free returns within one year model" and it is...

    Jun 4, 2026 at 7:56 PM

  4. Spitfire liked Shep Woolley's post in the thread Saphos Trains 2026.

    [ATTACH] The S&C really did itself proud weather wise today, wind, rain and plenty of it greeted the inaugural 'Fellsman' rail tour headed by No. 60532 'Blue Peter' as it worked 1Z46 away from Helwith Bridge over the River Ribble heading for...

    Fellsman 60532 1 NP.jpg Fellsman 60532 2 NP.jpg Jun 3, 2026 at 10:08 PM

  5. Spitfire liked jnc's post in the thread Martyn's Law.

    Exactly; 'good intentions' are one of the major illnesses of our age (post the onset of the Industrial Revolution). The old aphorism 'the road to hell is paved with good intentions', and its implications, doesn't seem to be taught (or, at least,...

    Jun 3, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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