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  1. MikeParkin65 liked twr12's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Is there a risk that NYMR making engineering and operational changes such as restricting window opening and fitting additional door locks or even CDL; could set a precedent that ORR would expect all heritage railways to follow?

    Feb 18, 2026 at 10:07 AM

  2. MikeParkin65 liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    There are usually a number of station staff at the busier stations so the delays are unlikely to be significant. Using these locks does help to control access and egress at short platformed stations, as well. An emergency T key would be...

    Feb 18, 2026 at 10:05 AM

  3. MikeParkin65 liked cksteam's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Just for interests sake you can get to the current certificate pretty easily. [ATTACH] https://www.orr.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-04/nymr-plc-railway-safety-regulations-1999-regulation-4-certficate-of-exemption-nymr.pdf

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  4. MikeParkin65 liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I've seen that post; it is hearsay and does little more than repeat the "what ORR say is inevitable and unarguable" line that @Lineisclear has presented on here in the past. Going back to the WCRC judicial review, I suspect ORR's justification...

    Feb 18, 2026 at 10:02 AM

  5. MikeParkin65 liked LMarsh1987's post in the thread Vintage Trains 2026.

    A couple of video stills from yesterday.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]

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  6. MikeParkin65 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Agree its not reassuring. I suspect they have said the the same in a press release as Yorkmix ran a story on it yestersday - the first comment in the Facebook version literally said 'Well I'll be avoiding that for starters'. I posted in reply...

    Feb 13, 2026 at 4:01 PM

  7. MikeParkin65 liked Sheff's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I think the eyebrow raiser felt that saying they were ‘propping up” the bridge on a public Facebook page might not have been the most reassuring term to use to the uninitiated? Maybe ‘reinforced’ ‘strengthened’ or similar might have sounded better?

    Feb 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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