North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

31128 also gone home to Burton for maintenance ,by road .
Previous returns were by rail ,but that wouldn’t have been an option this time ,unless it had accompanied 60103 pre the bridge inspection .

 

If trains only run to Goathland and on the assumption a point isn’t purchased /installed to reinstate the loop all trains will have to be top and tail as at Christmas …more costs and maintenance…

 

You mean, like the Beeching cuts? Been there, etc. Unless you meant 'change it from a fundamentally transport business to a fundamentally entertainment business'.

Noel

 

A former chairman, known for his utterances on legal matters on this forum, is known to be both an admirer of the Torbay and Jacobite's business models, and also as a regarder of members as a cash drain, rather than as a resource. It's not in the least fanciful to believe that he'd like to see the NTYMR resculpted along those lines.

 

Sorry if not up to speed.

But if bridge repairs run on, could trains not operate Pickering to Goathland. Is there no ability to run round at Goathland at the moment?

 

No.

 

I write only as a member and long time lapsed volunteer (moving house meant helping at the nymr was no longer practical). What is going on with the bridge at Grosmont? The only thing I have seen in the public domain is that it requires work and until that is complete no services can run.

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What you’ve written is basically it. Due to the bridges condition no train movements are currently permitted over it. What the plan is going forward is not yet known to us outside the privileged few and may not even be known to them.

 

I think this sums up the current situation, taken from the staff newsletter dated 12/1/26. It seems that we need to be patient while the assessment is carried out but there is a promise that we will be kept informed as things progress.

Peter

 

So basically ,it’s been allowed to deteriorate ,to an extent its immediately post inspection ,unusable without repairs of which no plans to repair were in place ?
The madmen really are in charge of the asylum if that’s correct .

 

No that is not the case. The problem with the bridge was known about and I understand that plans were in place to deal with it. However it has since been overtaken by events. I have heard that part of the problem is the increased rate of river bank erosion in addition to the bridge structure itself. This may just be internal speculation on the railway but given current weather patterns it is quite feasable.. I think the current management can be criticised for much about the current state of the railway but the state of Bridge 42 is not down to them.

Peter

 

The Mallaig extension of the West Highland Line (used by the Jacobite) is maintained by Network Rail. What's his plan for getting NR to take over maintenance of the NYMR?

Noel

 

Peter many thanks the article is helpful.

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