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Sawdust vond Steve's post leuk in het topic P2 Locomotive Company and related matters.
As I understand it the NYMR’s plan is to get the Footplate Inspectorate trained upband sufficiently experienced first. They will then start to roll out a training plan for other footplate crew which will start off with classroom training in the...
26 aug 2026 om 22:03 -
Sawdust vond Sulzerman's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Today, I was on Pickering station for 20 minutes or so today and at least five people with family groups were trying to decipher the timetables. (I would like to see a clear large departure board displayed together with the full timetable, as the...
24 aug 2026 om 22:39 -
Sawdust reageerde op het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
That used to be normal for the time of year. Sawdust.
24 aug 2026 om 22:06 -
Sawdust reageerde op het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Cheapness is relative, affordability is absolute. Seriously, once corrections to product or price are made it takes a couple of years for word of mouth to completely reverse the damage. This based on observations of past situations. Sawdust.
24 aug 2026 om 21:57 -
Sawdust reageerde op het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It's the fares init. Sawdust.
24 aug 2026 om 19:31 -
Sawdust vond Sulzerman's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Pickering is gateway to the Moors. It's busier than ever and supports hotels including Premier Inn and numerous holiday cottages. It's the entry point for the railway and they founders fought hard, against the local council (!), for the station....
24 aug 2026 om 13:47 -
Sawdust vond jnc's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Even the Trust now finally admits operational break-even is an impossible dream. PS: I may have mis-represented what they said. They said they couldn't get by without financial help; but that might have included spending on maintenance. Someone...
24 aug 2026 om 13:45 -
Sawdust vond Big Al's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
When the combination of a long heritage railway plus challenging infrastructure issues, known at the time the railway was opened 50+ years ago, all come together it makes you realise that the NYMR may have a lot on its hands. A lack of the...
24 aug 2026 om 13:44 -
Sawdust vond 35B's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Some cultural properties have greater and more lasting reach than others... The hand is what it is, and needs to be played - but that's why I also emphasise the need to consider the virtues of Goathland as a destination in its own right bearing...
24 aug 2026 om 09:34 -
Sawdust vond 60044's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
A valid point, but can you provide any examples of what is being done at the NYMR? Because I can't see any of them!
24 aug 2026 om 09:31 -
Sawdust reageerde op het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The sluggish run to Goathland is probably the temporary speed restrictions, which show no sign of going away. Some of it to do with concrete sleepers which have effectively reached end of life and problems over fen bog. Oh and then of course are...
24 aug 2026 om 09:30 -
Sawdust vond jnc's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
In other words, by significantly expanding paid staff, the NYMR may well have already run itself into a financial dead end from which there is no exit? (If so, I am very unhappy to point it out - but if this is the situation, sticking one's head...
24 aug 2026 om 09:18 -
Sawdust vond Steve's post leuk in het topic Rother Valley Railway.
Not the first time it's been suggested. When the M1 came to Leeds the highways authority didn't want to build a bridge over the Middleton Railway due to the cost and asked what the alternatives were. The then chairman of Middleton (Fred Youell)...
23 aug 2026 om 22:39 -
Sawdust vond Sulzerman's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I've been consulting with my fag packet 1 carriage per day (on a 5 day week) carrying 64 passengers at £38.50 would bring in £400,000 in a season. That equates to the amount brought in by Gift Aid in 2024. Ticket pricing is so sensitive and...
23 aug 2026 om 22:33 -
Sawdust reageerde op het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It's interesting you mention heartbeat, I don't think it was the only driver of traffic because things were already on the up before the programme began production but obviously it did supercharge things once it became established. I think a bit...
23 aug 2026 om 22:32
