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Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The requirement for every passenger to have a seat is part of the Reg 5 exemption from door locking. Clause 3 (vii) states: " the Company must ensure that passenger loadings do not exceed the total seating capacity available within the relevant...
Jun 4, 2026 at 11:13 PM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I don’t know the details but I assume it was for materials only. As I said, it was said to me by a person who was very much involved in the engineering management during a conversation and was to illustrate the problems of keeping the locos...
Jun 4, 2026 at 10:27 PM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The £5K figure I quoted was from 2023 if I remember correctly. It may be more or less, now.
Jun 4, 2026 at 8:40 PM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I don't think 2005 has been a regular resident for a lot longer than that. However, you can add 75029 to the list. Currently under overhaul are 3672, 34101 & 80135. I can't see any of those being back by next year but would be overjoyed to be...
Jun 4, 2026 at 8:37 PM -
Steve replied to the thread V2 4771 Green Arrow to return?.
It would be interesting to see the income and expenditure cost of operating Scotsman. However, if the hire figures I’ve seen are correct then it should be cash positive at the end of its current ticket. Whether that money is put back into...
Jun 4, 2026 at 7:14 PM -
Steve liked 35B's post in the thread V2 4771 Green Arrow to return?.
All true, but points that beg further scrutiny. Two immediately come to mind. The first is that if NRM are concerned about the costs of doing the job themselves, some of that will be the result of what went wrong last time with Scotsman....
Jun 4, 2026 at 6:53 PM -
Steve liked mikehartuk's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
Hi Steve. The old Manning Wardle valves were sadly cream crackered. The wonderful John Dunn performed his usual machining magic on some GWR valve casting SVR had in stock and made available to us. We were told GWR steam valves are the bees...
Jun 4, 2026 at 6:42 PM -
Steve replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.
Hi Mike, my comment was tongue in cheek, hence the smilies. It’s just that the valves stood out like a sore thumb in the picture, especially those wooden handles.
Jun 4, 2026 at 6:42 PM -
Steve liked Fireline's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
We're really looking forward to getting Charwelton back, just to see how well she performs now. She has limped on with a pretty much life expired cylinder block for a long time.
Jun 4, 2026 at 2:08 PM -
Steve replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I'm afraid that I no longer have access to the WTT and rosters so I can't answer that one. It seesm to be the favourite at the moment to put a diesel on the 09.20 ex Pickering. It's interesting that they seem to be managing with 6 coach trains...
Jun 4, 2026 at 12:52 PM -
Steve replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.
GWR style valves and handles.:eek: What's wrong with Mr. Mannings style? ;)
Jun 4, 2026 at 12:45 PM -
Steve liked 35B's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.
I think that’s fair, though the 10% uplift form has its own challenges (I’d probably not do it if I weren’t paying Higher Rate tax). As you say, one for very careful consideration.
Jun 4, 2026 at 9:15 AM -
Steve liked 35B's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.
But not below the cost of a non gift aided fare also purchased in advance, and the value of the 15% voucher depends on whether and how you would use it. All of which takes us back to the difficult question of what customers are willing to pay,...
Jun 4, 2026 at 9:15 AM -
Steve 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 9:13 AM
