North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

Well, it is the 7th April today, so I wonder if work as started on the scaffolding?

 

I’m somewhat perturbed by the mention of a number of moving parts.
I’d rather hoped that the number of these would be zero……

 

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 Easter break at the moment!

Happy to be proved wrong. But I'm not sure who is kidding who...

 

You Northern Monkeys need to get realistic about London Costs, this is the venue https://www.thebrewery.co.uk/gallery/.
The companies shortlisted in category alongside the NYMR are Clarksons,a Global Shipping Agency and UK Flight networks an internet agency with 40 million customers specialising in flights to Thailand. there don't seem to be any other heritage railways for some reason.

 

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?

 

The NYMR are trying to snatch the Gold award from the current holders in their category, "Transpennine Express" (who I think have been privatised for about 3 years).

 

The parallels are remarkable. Cancelled trains, changing timetables, failure to reach the end of the line, obsessed with marketing, extortionate fares etc.

Throw in overpaid management who know sod all about trains and the trophy is in the bag.