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MellishR liked Gladiator 5076's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
So do I understand you want the franchisee to convince the ORR to become an OAO to Middlesborough, or have I misunderstood. Not sure current Northern users would like NYMR type fares or the franchisee the government fares.
Jun 8, 2026 at 9:53 AM -
MellishR liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I go out for a bit and all hell breaks loose! Thanks Tom. :) After a minutes thought, whilst it is a reasonable idea, I don't think that it is practical. If the venture is to satisfy the demand it is going to require two train sets c/w locos....
Jun 8, 2026 at 9:53 AM -
MellishR liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
My hunch is that the situation at NYMR is complex, and they have problems with both volume and price. The changing price strategies have shown that their fares are already right at the top of what the market will stand, hence the discounting...
Jun 8, 2026 at 9:44 AM -
MellishR liked jnc's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
If my memory is not failing me (which I cheerfully admit it might), ISTR people saying that the Whitby trains were a good share of the NYMR's income. Would they be able to charge a third-party enough to make up for that (lost, if this happened)...
Jun 8, 2026 at 9:43 AM -
MellishR liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Interesting thought from Tom. I think what it provokes is the question, “if another operator could make Whitby profitable why couldn’t the NYMR?” I think that the question might boil down to how high a ticket price the service could bear. And...
Jun 8, 2026 at 9:41 AM -
MellishR liked 30567's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Agree. Maybe the question is--- why should it be any more commercial to separate out the Whitby than not? If you are going to run a service 300 miles from your base, I can see the case for subcontracting the loco operation and maintenance as WCR...
Jun 8, 2026 at 9:41 AM -
MellishR liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
My suspicion is not that there’s no way to operate steam economically to Whitby, but that the fundamental challenge is with the cost model of NYMR as a whole. While splitting the operation would force careful self examination, my fear would be...
Jun 8, 2026 at 9:39 AM -
MellishR liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
So indulge an off-the-wall thought. I was thinking about the NYMR, and in particular the Whitby situation, which in many ways seems to be a 6 mile tail wagging an 18 mile dog. It struck me that from a passenger perspective, the Whitby operation...
Jun 8, 2026 at 9:38 AM -
MellishR liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Yes, that was the tightest year - 73082, 80151, 541, 65 all year; 263 for the beginning of the year and 6989 from June. I guess technically there was a period between March and June when only four steam locos were available. The position has...
Jun 8, 2026 at 9:35 AM -
MellishR liked Petra Wilde's post in the thread V2 4771 Green Arrow to return?.
Regarding the T1 group’s ambitions to set a new record (or, according to them, just a properly documented repeat one) - and does this need another thread? … Seems a good point about no suitable and available track of high enough quality being...
Jun 8, 2026 at 9:18 AM -
MellishR liked Enterprise's post in the thread V2 4771 Green Arrow to return?.
Similarly, many British retain post-imperial delusions. Americans are on the same journey and will soon arrive. "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Jun 8, 2026 at 9:16 AM -
MellishR liked Jamessquared's post in the thread V2 4771 Green Arrow to return?.
I agree that there is absolutely no chance of seeing Mallard run close to 100mph in the future. But as a restoration candidate for more modest mainline and heritage line running, I can see a considerable opportunity in having the loco operational...
Jun 8, 2026 at 9:11 AM -
MellishR liked The Green Howards's post in the thread V2 4771 Green Arrow to return?.
Not. A. Chance. Mallard is simply too valuable to try that again - besides which, the Yanks might have built, steamed and lifted the record with that T1 thing of theirs by then!
Jun 8, 2026 at 9:11 AM -
MellishR liked 45698Mars's post in the thread Jacobite 2026.
A nice thought but it doesn't really make sense. Note too that the WCR Jacobite website advertises "heritage Mk2 coaches". If I had a nice shiny rake of CDL fitted Mk1's then why would I send it to work with air brake fitted locos in Scotland...
Jun 8, 2026 at 8:11 AM -
MellishR liked Michael Whitehouse's post in the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
£62.50 Castle to Liverpool on 13th June in Standard Class. Unbeatable price I suggest. We can achieve this by adding more TSOs than we usually do (up to five instead of two) and listening to the non enthusiast market for days out to an...
Jun 8, 2026 at 8:06 AM
