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Sawdust replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I am confident that these points are all recognised. Sawdust.
Nov 4, 2026 at 8:44 PM -
Sawdust liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I was told many years ago that, when given extra work, most people will claim that they already have enough to do and more staff should be employed/seconded to the job. However, that is rarely the case, just human nature and that those people...
Nov 2, 2026 at 8:30 PM -
Sawdust liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It depends on whether they work for a consulting firm, or an end user company. What you say is absolutely right for an end-user company; a consulting firm will often have some capacity and budget for precisely this kind of work.
Nov 2, 2026 at 5:39 PM -
Sawdust replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It doesn't take one chartered civil engineer for each 18 miles of railway, Nigel Trotter performed the role for many years along side his other work, so if such a secondment did happen I wouldn't envisage it being a full-time post. I do concede...
Nov 2, 2026 at 5:33 PM -
Sawdust replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I spoke to the new trust chair at length, I found him amenable to listening to what I had to say, he came across as sharp, I believe his background does equip him to sort this mess out. You have to remember that bridge 42 is only one front on the...
Nov 1, 2026 at 5:49 PM -
Sawdust replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Did anyone think to contact one of the huge international railway civil engineering companies at all for help? They might well have got someone qualified on secondment for a year or two, while they sort out a permanent solution. The company...
Nov 1, 2026 at 3:51 PM -
Sawdust replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
"I can't afford a qualified technician to replace my Airbus cabin windows, so I hired a window cleaner instead". Sawdust.
Nov 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM -
Sawdust liked 5944's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Yes, adverse comments on social media was the jist of what was said. Not the fact that they were after a director of civil engineering, then the person they employed was someone who is merely a project manager and quantity surveyor, not a...
Oct 31, 2026 at 8:30 PM -
Sawdust replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
And here it is:; [MEDIA] Footage given to me by the late John Reddish, with a LNER Coach Association flavour. Features lhjc 29, J27/P3 65894/2392, LMS 5 45212, A2/3 60532, 80135, V2 60800, K1 62005, 30926, D5061, D7628, 32678 and a cameo by...
Oct 31, 2026 at 7:26 PM -
Sawdust replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I'm mid digitising a four hour VHS tape, the first 90 minutes is Moors video footage from 2003, given to me by the late John Reddish, LNERCA volunteer and NYMR member. I'm going to put it all on YouTube. But how best to package it up? There is...
Oct 30, 2026 at 9:20 PM -
Sawdust liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Exactly my thought. As soon as I saw “from ..” my mind jumped to “much more than …” Tom
Oct 30, 2026 at 8:42 PM -
Sawdust liked Drewry Car's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
As soon as I see "from" in a price for anything the seller has put a serious dent in my interest in pursuing the transaction further. Adding "effectively you pay.." into the equation means the seller has pretty much lost my custom.
Oct 30, 2026 at 8:42 PM -
Sawdust replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
That is what used to happen, there were peak fares that applied during the periods you suggest, and cheaper fares the rest of the time. There were times the trains would fill themselves and times you need to coax people on to them. Sawdust.
Oct 30, 2026 at 4:30 PM
