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Hirn liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Online, and I had to be out of the door at 8:45
Jun 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM -
Hirn liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
An interesting piece in today’s Sunday Times about the pricing of concerts, the costs of promoting the, the role of Live Nation in setting them. It finishes with the following quote from one of the interviewees: “Do you want a thriving music...
Jun 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM -
Hirn liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The problem is that the issue of an offer of deep discounts like this also doesn’t support the hypothesis that there is sustainable demand for the fares being charged. There’s a reasonable question about pile it high sell it cheap (though it can...
Jun 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM -
Hirn liked Mark Thompson's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
Just wondering- considering that bridge 26 (Austens) spans a river, and the eastern bank is, and was, owned by RVR, as of June 2023, who nominally owned the bridge?
Jun 16, 2025 at 4:18 AM -
Hirn liked FearOfManchester's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
You would think such an act of contempt and challenge against the due process of ownership handover would stir some keen action from the authorities to maintain faith in the ridiculous buereacracy of it all, what’s the point in following the...
Jun 16, 2025 at 4:16 AM -
Hirn liked DaveE's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I feel with Stuart at Woody Bay you have perhaps the best working culture you can have, both employed and volunteer. The problems with gaining and holding volunteers is right across the volunteer sector and has been now for many years and due to...
Jun 16, 2025 at 3:44 AM -
Hirn liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Tax law operates in its own universe, so I see little hope in that! The language used has been that of the “entire operation”, not “control”. I struggle with the interpretation, but tend to see that as being another example of where the nature...
Jun 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM -
Hirn liked 35B's post in the thread SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.
I almost agree. I think diesel preservationists are well aware of this, and finding the bills coming in for their increasingly delicate steeds. I'm less sure that all of the railways that host them have adapted to that reality. But then I...
Jun 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
