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21B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
IF the charity is unable to meet its commitments it doesn’t necessarily mean the plc cannot, at least not immediately, and an orderly transfer of the Trust shares should be possible to another Trust with similar objects. We might be jumping a few...
Jan 30, 2026 at 11:33 PM -
21B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I’m not a civil engineer. The design of protection is a pretty specialist thing too. Personally I would start by talking to one of the half dozen firms that are used to this work for Network Rail and go from there.
Jan 30, 2026 at 10:52 PM -
21B liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Our learned friend may say the LRO is not transferable in any way. However, the original LRO obtained by the British Railways Board was transferred to the North York Moors Historical Railway Trust Ltd in 1975 using powers conferred under Section...
Jan 30, 2026 at 10:49 PM -
21B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Yes the scour is very believable
Jan 30, 2026 at 7:12 PM -
21B liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
If nothing else does it shows the follow of their communications strategy - they need to be on the front foot, not the back one. If you have a problem and you don't know all the answers, its better to say that than keep quiet hoping that people...
Jan 30, 2026 at 7:12 PM -
21B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I have no way of verifying the rumour, and it strikes me as something unlikely as charities can’t become bankrupt in quite that way, BUT if we decode the message a little there are wealthy individuals who have charitable trusts that they...
Jan 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM -
21B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I’m aware that there is a common thread. I think the changes were well intentioned, being a way to achieve compliance with CC guidance and ORR governance concerns. Sadly though I think they do not bear up in the real world inhabited by heritage...
Jan 30, 2026 at 9:59 AM -
21B liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Fortunately those more connected with the project than me have the answer to that. The core of that solution - "Project Unify" as it is being called around the railway - is that the current Trust is wound up. The land assets will then go into a...
Jan 29, 2026 at 10:10 PM -
21B liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
That's pretty much how I understand the situation to be. The only thing that I would take issue with is your last sentence. A large number of volunteers and staff are worried and concerned for the railway they love and that concern was there...
Jan 29, 2026 at 10:07 PM -
21B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Practically speaking the only way to influence in an organisation that has adopted the rather silly rules that the NYMR has adopted (and which are presented as best practice by the Heritage Railway Association quite wrongly in my opinion) is for...
Jan 29, 2026 at 10:06 PM -
21B liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Just to observe, many of us (myself included) do not have first hand knowledge of this. CC are not known for being a proactive regulator (too much to do, too little resource), and are VERY cautious about getting involved in internal disputes...
Jan 29, 2026 at 9:54 PM
