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  1. Steve liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I believe they also tried to say that the Bluebell couldn't have an engine named "Stepney", until it was pointed out that the loco had first borne that name around 90 years before the book was written and therefore had prior claim! It always...

    Mar 18, 2026 at 12:28 PM

  2. Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Even the Moors isn’t that greedy. Yet.

    Mar 15, 2026 at 12:24 PM

  3. Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    In my earlier post I mentioned a driver who did not want footplate experience people on his locomotive. For the avoidance of doubt, in my experience, most NYMR crews are quite happy to take them.

    Mar 14, 2026 at 9:50 PM

  4. Steve liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I think telling volunteers to “suck it up” is entirely inappropriate. There needs to be an explanation and clarity about why it is necessary, but telling people they simply have to just do it without giving them any voice is precisely the sort of...

    Mar 14, 2026 at 9:24 PM

  5. Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    As @21B says, this means that the trainee/cleaner can't ride on the loco for that trip if one is rotered and. on the NYMR, that's usually the case. I try and make the footplate passenger part of the team by inviting him/her to fill the back end...

    Mar 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM

  6. Steve liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    That only works if there is no trainee/cleaner?

    Mar 14, 2026 at 5:52 PM

  7. Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Where possible, footplate passengers are matched with crews that are happy to take them. However, late alterations can affect this, especially where the diagram suddenly becomes a diesel turn and the passenger is swapped to another train to give...

    Mar 14, 2026 at 12:23 PM

  8. Steve liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    For something like a footplate ride that costs the host railway comparatively little marginal cost to deliver, I suspect the pricing is essentially "how high can we go and still fill the available places?" On the Bluebell, we started out at £110...

    Mar 13, 2026 at 9:09 AM

  9. Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    The footplate ride offering is very popular and, in times past, has been booked up for months in advance. The offering has previously been for steam in both directions and the railway goes to lengths to ensure this happens, changing the timings...

    Mar 13, 2026 at 9:08 AM

  10. Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    IMHO, getting around by car is generally much easier and quicker in the north than the south so longer distances are more likely.

    Mar 12, 2026

  11. Steve liked torgormaig's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    There seems to be a lot of angst over the yellow timetable despite its simplicity. I'm rostered on Wednesday 1st April to do three trips Pickering to Goathland on the steam loco which is on the north end. A diesel will be on the south end, so no...

    Mar 12, 2026

  12. Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    In my day we simply got the person a cup of tea.

    Mar 12, 2026

  13. Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    There isn't. Unless one has magically appeared this week, that is.

    Mar 12, 2026
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