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  1. Neil W J Smith
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    And all that controversy about FS starting from Grosmont. I hate to be conspiratorial, but was such an effort made to start from the northern end...
    Post by: Neil W J Smith, Dec 13, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  3. Neil W J Smith
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    The success of the PE brand lies directly in the film. As it is Warner, I suspect they would take a very close interest in any attempt to recreate...
    Post by: Neil W J Smith, Nov 20, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  4. Neil W J Smith
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    the word ‘clearly’ is carrying out a serious amount of heavy lifting here, when it is an interpretation that seems to be clear to one person in...
    Post by: Neil W J Smith, Nov 14, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  5. Neil W J Smith
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    can I urge you to be very careful with that statement? It has potential ramifications for every railway using, or considering using, a for, of...
    Post by: Neil W J Smith, Nov 12, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  6. Neil W J Smith
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    but it was only a few months ago that @Lineisclear was advocating this approach.
    Post by: Neil W J Smith, Oct 5, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  7. Neil W J Smith
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    says a lot about the amount of attachment LiC feels his staff have to the organisation they are paid to run…
    Post by: Neil W J Smith, Oct 4, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  8. Neil W J Smith
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    Again, you are looking at this through a legal prism not reality. Think of it as crime; this takes place when the rewards (e.g. acquiring a...
    Post by: Neil W J Smith, Oct 4, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  9. Neil W J Smith
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    a volunteer manager can walk away with only emotional damage. Those in employment have to balance what they truly know is right against paying for...
    Post by: Neil W J Smith, Oct 4, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  10. Neil W J Smith
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    Whilst trying something new is always commendable, the dynamics of a preserved railway are very different to, say, Beamish. Beamish is a...
    Post by: Neil W J Smith, Sep 27, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  11. Neil W J Smith
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    NYMR | Steam Gala | 25th-28th September 2025

    first train of the day on a gala with one coach. What could go wrong?! Shades of when the SVR tried to run an auto coach at a spring gala one year...
    Post by: Neil W J Smith, Sep 25, 2025 in forum: Galas and Events
  12. Neil W J Smith
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    SVR Autumn Steam Gala

    who cares? I want 46443 turned as I have lots of photos of it in the engine house facing Kidder.
    Post by: Neil W J Smith, Sep 16, 2025 in forum: Galas and Events
  13. Neil W J Smith
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    QR code, which is scanned by TTI. On the part of the passenger, save the ticket as a pdf onto the phone before turning up at the railway. Same as...
    Post by: Neil W J Smith, Sep 3, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  14. Neil W J Smith
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    I am someone who has often asked for passenger numbers, and the reason is very simple. We have this data for every other comparable railway. It is...
    Post by: Neil W J Smith, Aug 31, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  15. Neil W J Smith
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

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    Post by: Neil W J Smith, Aug 31, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  16. Neil W J Smith
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    what are the visitor (or passenger) numbers then? I seem to be able to find them for almost every comparable railway, or indeed other major non...
    Post by: Neil W J Smith, Aug 30, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  17. Neil W J Smith
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    I’m confused by this narrative being pushed that there are a whole host of roles that volunteers won’t cover. I assume they have a) been...
    Post by: Neil W J Smith, Aug 30, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  18. Neil W J Smith
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    could you identify the HERITAGE (as opposed to those set up in an explicitly commercial way) railways that meet your first sentence?
    Post by: Neil W J Smith, Aug 8, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  19. Neil W J Smith
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    Mea culpa! Amended.
    Post by: Neil W J Smith, Aug 6, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  20. Neil W J Smith
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    Sadly there seems to be little evidence of the NYMR doing this though, just obfuscatory answers such as this. Whilst you can hide behind arguments...
    Post by: Neil W J Smith, Aug 6, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
  21. Neil W J Smith
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    I note from their annual report that it is another year of heavy losses for NYMR, losing £268,000. How much longer are these losses sustainable...
    Post by: Neil W J Smith, Aug 5, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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