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Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
When people like Peter, who doesn't hide behond a pseudonym, say and do these things, it really does need to be taken notice of. The post I quoted may be a total figment but the fact that a date for the solicitors meeting was quoted tends to...
Apr 10, 2026 at 9:07 AM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Posted elsewhere: "I have just resigned my membership too. 35 years of support but no more. ............ If I am hit by a bus between now and a solicitor's appointment on the 16th April the NYMRHT benefits to the tune of around £650,000 pounds....
Apr 9, 2026 at 9:09 PM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Maintenance costs money. But not as much as waiting until it is no longer maintenance that is required.
Apr 9, 2026 at 10:13 AM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
; I'm not a bridge engineer but can understand why RA9 locos were/are permitted on what was an RA5 line. It is more than simple weight; dynamics have a large effect, especially hammer blow, and that goes up by the square. Thus, an A4 at 30 mph...
Apr 8, 2026 at 5:27 PM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Bridge 42 (and Br.18) have been known avbout for a good while. I'm well on the outside of things now and I knew about it about 18 months ago. I think nothing was done until it was critical because of the financial situation. Similar could be...
Apr 8, 2026 at 9:11 AM -
Steve liked oldmrheath's post in the thread Dartmouth Steam Railway General Discusssion.
Out of interest how does the Standard compare to the Manor in terms of slipping? Jon
Apr 8, 2026 at 8:52 AM -
Steve replied to the thread Dartmouth Steam Railway General Discusssion.
A good question which I hope James T will answeer for us
Apr 8, 2026 at 8:51 AM -
Steve liked Sheff's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
So the NYMR have actually paying to attend a piss-up in a Brewery? Well if you can’t organise one, I guess contracting it out has a certain degree of logic?
Apr 7, 2026 at 7:37 PM -
Steve liked DerekTrotter's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I really hope the railway can fully re open soon. But the timescale shown, to have trains running over the bridge by the start of May, seems unrealistic to me. Given the work involved, testing afterwards etc. Half the contractors are likely on...
Apr 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM -
Steve attached a file to the thread 60019 Bittern.
For very many years there was a standard structure gauge that all new work had to comply with. This was published by the Railway Inspectorate in the ‘Blue Book’ and enforced by them. However, on privatisation things subtly changed. Gone was this...
Apr 7, 2026 at 9:28 AM
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Steve liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The whole point of these events is for the publisher to sell seats at the awards dinner. The "basic" package is for a table for 10 at £3490, which gets the lucky attendee the following: Pre-dinner drinks reception for all guests Table of 10...
Apr 6, 2026 at 10:38 PM -
Steve liked 5944's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Clucking bell (or something similar). I only had a quick skim read earlier, when it said price per entrant I thought that meant per organisation, not per person attending!
Apr 6, 2026 at 10:37 PM -
Steve liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
No, the £195 is per entry - the dinner is where the money is. And having run a bar at a local paper awards event, it will be a very wet evening
Apr 6, 2026 at 10:37 PM -
Steve liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Doubly so when the feedback on Moors Line is so consistently poor
Apr 6, 2026 at 10:36 PM -
Steve liked 60044's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Which only goes to show how completely out of touch with the membership they are - and similarly how far removed from reality those clowns who have nominated it are - presumably a bunch of telephone sanitisers, hairdressers and estate agents etc...
Apr 6, 2026 at 10:35 PM
