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  1. jon5051 нравится сообщение 60044 в теме North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    What the NYMR really needs, I suggest, is not a "head of people" but a "head of motivation" - rather like a roman emperor - but not whispering "remember you are mortal" in the ear of the CEO and other members of the SMT, but rather "remember...

    24 апр 2025 в 08:45
  2. jon5051 нравится сообщение Cuckoo Line в теме Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    From our point of view when the timetable says steam and diesel would be good to know which is scheduled steam and which is scheduled diesel. If the rostered motive power is changed due to.iperstipnal issues well living on GWR mainline we are...

    23 апр 2025 в 19:41
  3. jon5051 нравится сообщение acorb в теме LE movements, ECS and test runs 2025.

    If this was a railtour with paying passengers I would understand your argument, but given this is a loco movement back to base then I am afraid time, convenience and money will be the main factors here. I doubt West Coast gave the slightest...

    22 апр 2025 в 19:39
  4. jon5051 нравится сообщение dan.lank в теме Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    If people have genuinely been aggressive with staff when loco changes have happened, there’s no question that’s awful. I don’t think anybody on here would condone that sort of behaviour. But the question remains, if it’s so difficult to provide...

    22 апр 2025 в 19:24
  5. jon5051 нравится сообщение Sidmouth в теме North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Thinking back to the the Great Yorkshire Steam Railway , whilst I appreciate made for TV there is a level of manufactured near crisis to be saved at the last minute, those involved at times came across almost as Perry/croft comedy characters ....

    21 апр 2025 в 15:37
  6. jon5051 нравится сообщение 5944 в теме North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    https://www.nymr.co.uk/news/fire-risk-restrictions "Update: 19/04/2025 20:40 We will be running all services with diesel locomotives until further notice." To make it super confusing, the banner at the top of the page states "We are OPEN...

    20 апр 2025 в 09:05
  7. jon5051 нравится сообщение Jamessquared в теме Heritage Railways, are they in trouble, generally?.

    Coming back to @Steve's question - "Or perhaps rather than look on the gloomy side, which railways are doing relatively well?" - and also picking up on what one might, charitably, call the "business realist" school of pronouncements from some in...

    19 апр 2025