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Andy2857 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
On that point - the accompanying note with the AGM papers says in effect that eight nominations were received for four vacancies; that list was whittled down to six candidates (unclear how but presumably based on their candidate statements); and...
Sep 30, 2026 at 12:56 PM -
Andy2857 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think regardless of how you might view the situation, personal attacks like that are not warranted and generally only serve to weaken your case, not strengthen it. Tom
Sep 30, 2026 at 12:51 PM -
Andy2857 liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It’s not the what but the how. At every single step at the moment the NYMR creates and reinforces a bunker mentality. None of what is being done is necessarily wrong, but the way it is being done is tone deaf. I mean how does anyone interpret...
Sep 30, 2026 at 12:51 PM -
Andy2857 liked FearOfManchester's post in the thread Stainmore Railway Company (Kirkby Stephen East).
The KSE lot haven’t sat idol these months past, one signal box just simply won’t do - The brickwork has been rising out of the ground, rails for the lead-out benches and servicing runs have been placed, not an easy task lugging those with...
Sep 29, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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Andy2857 liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
If realistic figures are put into the equation, the results are realistic. An industrial 0-6-0 is going to command £500/day and should be looking for 100 days/year. That’s £50k/year or £500k for the mythical 10 year ticket. A medium size ex BR...
Sep 29, 2026 at 8:54 AM
