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Steve liked Jamessquared's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
What happened to the steam service? Presumably the three possibilities are that it continued after a bridge inspection; propelled its train back to the previous station; or was rescued by a rescuing loco from BL entering the section and hauling...
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Steve odgovara u temi North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I've just renewed my membership on line and it tells me my card will be sent within 2 weeks. However, @Sidmouth4me of this forum is now the membership secretary and I believe is on the case. It would be good if he could tell us how the membership...
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Steve odgovara u temi North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
As I understand things, if you volunteer on any heritage railway you are covered under the railways employees liability insurance provided that the insurance does include volunteers, which is the norm. You don't have to be a member of any...
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Steve liked torgormaig's post in the thread Jacobite 2026.
You are right - you shouldn't speculate:). That is not how the loop at Mallaig would work anyway. Peter
18. Lipanj 2026. u 22:51 -
Steve odgovara u temi North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I'm told that the reference to an Almoner at the Volunteer Forum suggests a paid post is being considered. Will they never learn?
18. Lipanj 2026. u 17:16 -
Steve odgovara u temi North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
A few years ago it was stated to be about 10,000. It would be interesting to see todays figure but I gues it will be another one of those statistics considered to be irrelevent/top secret. Tom's calculation in post 10790 is an interesting one....
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Steve liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It's important to make sure you don't fall into the trap of thinking the plural of anecdote is data. Which is why I think the figure given at the BRPS AGM (that on average, annual members travelled 1.4 times) is useful - obviously, each railway...
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Steve liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Keeping in touch with the dead? Will this be the start of the afterlife subscription model? (seriously though, I think it’s a lovely idea to keep in touch, but as with many coms it could have done with a bit of a proof read perhaps. Another...
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Steve liked gwralatea's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Joking aside, I’m not sure it’s a totally stupid idea - a masonic almoner deals with the ill and elderly brethren and their widows/relicts. given that at their best some railways are like family I think many more should be doing likewise....
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Steve odgovara u temi North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The Middleton Railway (which I’m involved with) introduced the idea of an almoner to keep in touch with those volunteers who could no longer be involved for whatever reason. It has been a very successful idea and our almoner recently gave a...
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Steve odgovara u temi North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The £24.95 fare is Pickering - Goathland. For reasons only known to those in marketing. the website does not even offer Pickering - Grosmont, not even on the 10.55 which only goes to Grosmont and no further. Nothing is offered from Grosmont...
17. Lipanj 2026. u 18:11 -
Steve odgovara u temi North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
After a lot of soul searching I’ve just renewed my membership. £60 is a lot to pay for four poor magazines a year ( I get free travel in any case) but I do want the railway to survive and prosper and being a member is one way to support it.
17. Lipanj 2026. u 12:45 -
Steve liked Sulzerman's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I don't want to reopen the debate on charitable objectives but, since the latest ones were devised and the railway imported people from the wider heritage sector, including a GM with no railway background, and consultants obsessed with how to be...
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Steve liked torgormaig's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The 9.20 from Pickering is intended to be a steam service but alas there are not enough working steam locos available. If this changes then steam will appear but this seems unlikely in the forseeable future. Peter
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Steve liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Thank you for the clarification, which is appreciated. However, I stand by my comment. The key phrase was “as volunteers”, where you have taken a robust position on the interpretation of charitable objectives and the inappropriateness of taking...
17. Lipanj 2026. u 12:16
