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Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
£7 pints!!! Bitter has just gone up to £4 in my local. Talking to the landlord, who only took over the closed and run down pub 18 months ago, he is happy at the way things are going and business is good. His only downside is chefs, as they come...
Jun 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM -
Steve replied to the thread Bluebell Railway General Discussion.
The only things I can think of where the back is farthest away from you are wardrobes, cupboards and draws. I always tell new cleaners that it is a loco, not a piece of furniture when discussing this.
Jun 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM -
Steve liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Tax law operates in its own universe, so I see little hope in that! The language used has been that of the “entire operation”, not “control”. I struggle with the interpretation, but tend to see that as being another example of where the nature...
Jun 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM -
Steve liked cksteam's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I was wondering a similar thing in the middle of the night. Though my thoughts were more of classing the Rover as the internal section and completely separating the Whitby ticket to a Grosmont to Whitby addition. So you buy a Rover and if you...
Jun 9, 2025 at 7:55 AM -
Steve liked flying scotsman123's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
If it hangs by a thread as much as you're implying I'd be very nervous about making it a core part of the balance sheet... What exactly would that look like, and is the railway taking steps to do it? Or has it been decided not to based on...
Jun 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM -
Steve liked 5944's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The problem is you're seeing it as though suddenly everyone will be buying internal tickets rather than full line tickets - that's not the case. You've stated on a number of occasions that Whitby is the main destination, and nobody will refute...
Jun 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think that it was only my suggestion that it was converted to oil firing. I'm not aware that it became railway policy. Has ownership changed hands or is it simply some agreement or informal arrangement?
Jun 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Actual distance is a bit of a red herring. In mileage terms I’m closer to both the Worth Valley and Embsay but in time terms, getting to Pickering is so much quicker outside the chaos of the seaside and other day out traffic but that doesn’t...
Jun 8, 2025 at 8:23 AM -
Steve replied to the thread 1589 "Newstead".
IMHO the Hunslet range of 12-18” saddle tanks all are. They have very clean lines with an absolute minimum of pipework in view and, being inside cylinders, no ‘wiggly bits’ in view.
Jun 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM -
Steve liked Hicks19862's post in the thread 1589 "Newstead".
Handsome little engine
Jun 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM -
Steve liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I have. Didn’t like them much either! :)
Jun 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM -
Steve liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Try church accounts... Thank you, and my thoughts were aligned to the conditions that I'd understood were tied to the YMJ funding.
Jun 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM -
Steve liked simon's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The charity Sorp sets out the rules: It depends on what conditions are applied to the grant or other source of the income. If the money was given to the charity on condition that a certain activity takes place then there can be deferment but the...
Jun 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM -
Steve liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It’s a not uncommon effect. Personally I think the way in which charity accounts are presented doesn’t achieve the stated aim of aiding an understanding of the health of the organisation. I suspect that part of the problem is the rules were...
Jun 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It’s usual on large grants for it to be trickle fed in line with expenditure in which case I’d expect both to occur in roughly the same time period. I certainly wouldn’t expect (say) a £2m grant to be simply handed over as one lump sum and thus...
Jun 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
