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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    Not my field either but I would have thought that the vacuum load on connecting to a (say) 5 coach train and creating a vacuum on both sides of 10...
    Post by: paul1609, Jun 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Rother Valley Railway

    I think the County Council ones were mostly removed when the replica ones were put in but this one was obviously too well embedded in the middle...
    Post by: paul1609, Jun 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Kent & East Sussex Railway

    Tom, You need to phone the office to make sure theyve got your size in tyrannosaurus rex suit for jumping up and down outside museum for the 4...
    Post by: paul1609, Jun 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Rother Valley Railway

    Have we established the (minus) datum for the buffer stops at Roberts bridge Junction yet Mike? I'm not sure where the original zero was either...
    Post by: paul1609, Jun 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    The NYMR is not unique in struggling with hmrcs interpretation of the gift aid legislation. Im aware of other heritage railways issues going back...
    Post by: paul1609, Jun 9, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    I wouldnt pretend to be au fait with the NYMR operations or accounts but taking a median of age 21 from 1.4.22 to 1.4.25 the national living wage...
    Post by: paul1609, Jun 6, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    Im no expert on Bluebell Geography but if you wanted such a facility wouldnt it be cheaper and loads more efficient cost wise to reinstate a very...
    Post by: paul1609, May 24, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Bluebell Railway General Discussion

    I can hear the alarm bells for the historical authenticity police going off even from Kent! ;) Flat bottom rail, 1980 Concrete sleepers with...
    Post by: paul1609, May 23, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Swanage Railway General Discussion

    If you check the latest ORR station usage figures Wareham Dorset had a total of 270,000 exits and entries of which around 20 % ish were travelling...
    Post by: paul1609, May 22, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    Presumably the "weekend" in Land Rover Weekend refers to the fact that the Land Rover Owners will have set off on Thursday night will have broken...
    Post by: paul1609, May 20, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Kent & East Sussex Railway

    As you correctly identify the problem with photography south of Rolvenden station is that the railway is blocked from view by the Sewage works....
    Post by: paul1609, May 12, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    This is obviously true but the point I'm trying to make is it's invalid to compare hugely subsided fares on the national network (Wareham to...
    Post by: paul1609, May 6, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    Of course in addition to the £54 fare for Wareham to Farnborough you also pay roughly £61 in tax based on the average UK subsidy of 22.9p/km and...
    Post by: paul1609, May 6, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

    Ive never got over leaving Tenterden in shorts and t shirt for a day trip to the North Norfolk on August Bank Holiday and having to go in to the...
    Post by: paul1609, May 2, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK
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    Kent & East Sussex Railway

    As you probably realise its only the country end of the 1920s concrete platform that survives. This was built by the SR in the late 1920s as part...
    Post by: paul1609, Apr 27, 2025 in forum: Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK