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  1. Sheff vond 5944's post leuk in het topic Nene Valley Railway.

    60163 arriving on Saturday afternoon 3rd May and will work services on Sunday 4th.

    25 apr 2025 om 17:10
  2. Sheff vond 5944's post leuk in het topic 6201, her new lease of life..

    "Spring overhaul update The main focus of the overhaul remains with the boiler with the removal of the outer wrapper fire box sides. These are to be renewed utilising modern equivalent steels to replace the original nickel steel plate that is...

    25 apr 2025 om 17:09
  3. Sheff vond 21B's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    You’re not wrong, but I do hope you don’t try implementing that policy using that sort of language. Demanding from me details like where I intend to be after I finish a duty would in my case result in me telling you where to put the information....

    24 apr 2025 om 06:46
  4. Sheff vond std tank's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    What does the NYMR's S.M.S have to say about the hours worked by safety critical workers?

    23 apr 2025 om 21:36
  5. Sheff vond 21B's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    It needs management. Sometimes active management like “ take some time off xxxx”, but in general if paid staff stuck their hours most railways would lose some of their biggest volunteers. Staff are staff, paid or otherwise, you just don’t want...

    23 apr 2025 om 07:56
  6. Sheff vond Chris86's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Have seen/come across that/worked that (we run our own small business). It's all good, until it isn't- there has been some interesting discussions in the safety community recently regarding working time & safety. There's been a prosecution...

    23 apr 2025 om 07:55
  7. Sheff vond 60044's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I was a scientist, and my contract (back then, it probably wouldn't be allowed now!) said much the same - you will work the hours necessary to do tyour job". I was a biochemist, and one soon discovers that biochemistry can take up very long hours!

    23 apr 2025 om 07:55
  8. Sheff vond 21B's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I have always regarded my first job as a manager to ensure so far as is humanly possible that everyone goes home at the end of the day in the same state they arrived. I have had cause a few times to remind people that this is their #1 job too.

    23 apr 2025 om 07:54
  9. Sheff vond 35B's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I work to an expectation like that. I also have contracted bours, and there are legal regulations about how long I work. For lower paid staff, there is also the national minimum wage to consider, if they are working unpaid overtime. As @Chris86...

    23 apr 2025 om 07:54
  10. Sheff vond Jamessquared's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    It's hard I think to be prescriptive. For example, consider two railways. Railway A has a large workshop with paid staff and does most of its overhauls in house. Railway B has no similar workshop, and sends locos and carriages away to be...

    22 apr 2025 om 11:48