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  1. Steve liked 60044's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Look at it another way. If a loco is brought in for a gala and doesn't cover the cost of bringing, should it have been brought in the first place? Any additional use needs to be pure "surplus" (because we don't use the "....." word as a...

    Oct 8, 2026 at 3:45 PM

  2. silversteellady liked nige757's post in the thread 89001 restoration.

    BR Prototype 89001 Avocet tnt DVT 82139 seen from a blustery Shap Wells with the Avocet Achievement re - run. [MEDIA]

    Oct 8, 2026 at 3:41 PM

  3. silversteellady liked neildimmer's post in the thread 89001 Avocet @ Crewe & King Edward I @ Stafford 7/10/26.

    I decided to go over to Crewe on Wednesday for 89001 Avocet with the re run of the Avocet Achievement rail tour at Crewe, and later in the day took a gamble and went down to Stafford hoping that 6024 King Edward 1 was running without a diesel...

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  4. Lewis B liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Hard disagree. Whatever the event that something is brought in for, there is a fixed cost for simply having it present. If you can spread that cost, then that helps overall profitability - not least by boosting the return the gala provides to...

    Oct 8, 2026 at 3:21 PM

  5. Lewis B liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    You're confusing fixed and variable cost. The fixed cost is just that, and extracting more value from it is straightforward good value (provided you're not displacing other, wasting, assets). The variable cost of operation is what then...

    Oct 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM

  6. 60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I'm not an economist, but I think I can grasp the basics! IMHO it is necessary to cover the fixed costs, bringing a loco for whatever event at that event. Then, go on to generate (hopefully, additional) profit from subsequent use; that should...

    Oct 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM

  7. jnc liked 60044's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    .... but then that additional use means it is being run at reduced profitability throughout its stay, and that makes it harder to justify bringing it it all sounds to me like running harder to stand still, which is not where the NYMR needs to be...

    Oct 8, 2026 at 2:39 PM

  8. jnc liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I'm taking an absolutely hard headedly commercial view. Your assertion assumes that the decision to hire is automatically attributable to a single event. It may not be - and the use of additional events within even a limited hire period may...

    Oct 8, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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