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  1. Sheff gefällt Chris86s Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Also, you never know who the person who is your guest might be- they might be a person who would consider volunteering, or a person who might consider making a donation one day. On a more personal note; We had a lovely experience on the NYMR a...

    14 März 2026 um 22:39

  2. Sheff gefällt gwralateas Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Hardly. You’re assuming I meant some sort of diktat or fiat. I was assuming an organisation, professional or amateur, comes up with and communicates what it is doing - ideally in the most collaborative way - and (especially in the volunteer...

    14 März 2026 um 22:38

  3. Sheff gefällt gwralateas Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I totally get this, and I’m not disagreeing but I want to amplify the bit about balance. I have been steam dept, in the dim and distant past - but the reverse of your comment is also true. These are businesses and *if* they have come down on the...

    14 März 2026 um 22:37

  4. Sheff gefällt Steves Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    As @21B says, this means that the trainee/cleaner can't ride on the loco for that trip if one is rotered and. on the NYMR, that's usually the case. I try and make the footplate passenger part of the team by inviting him/her to fill the back end...

    14 März 2026 um 22:36

  5. Sheff gefällt Rumpoles Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I know it creates an extra staff requirement, but when I was involved in such matters elsewhere we tried to roster a footplate rider to accompany the paying passenger so that any questions or discussions could take place without distracting the...

    14 März 2026 um 17:07

  6. Sheff antwortete auf das Thema Battlefield line.

    I did drop in at Shackerstone back in 2010 when I retired, looking to volunteer in the loco, but it was like the Marie Celeste of sheds - apparently the loco(s) were on hire and came with their own support, so I joined the Churnet …. on the pway,...

    13 März 2026 um 21:49

  7. Sheff antwortete auf das Thema Battlefield line.

    There’s a climb? (He says from the giddy heights of Stoke Golding).

    13 März 2026 um 20:52

  8. Sheff gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    For something like a footplate ride that costs the host railway comparatively little marginal cost to deliver, I suspect the pricing is essentially "how high can we go and still fill the available places?" On the Bluebell, we started out at £110...

    13 März 2026 um 09:15

  9. Sheff gefällt Gladiator 5076s Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Does £300 just for a ride on the footplate not seem excessive, when the Bluebell charge £149 for a round trip and Swanage charge £365 for a driving experience. Although I do not think either give you a bottle of water:)

    12 März 2026 um 22:06

  10. Sheff gefällt LMarsh1987s Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Thanks for the link, I like how they advertise 'you'll receive a bottle of water to take onto the footplate' spared no expense !

    12 März 2026 um 22:05

  11. Sheff gefällt 5944s Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    And it's still wrong! Showing dining trains running from end of March, but you can only book them on the website from 25th April. V2.3 incoming...

    12 März 2026 um 22:03

  12. Sheff gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    It's the modern approach to design - you put an initial version of your product out there that is buggy as hell, and allow your customers to do the user acceptance testing for you in production ... When you think of all the factors that go into...

    12 März 2026 um 22:02

  13. Sheff gefällt Jamessquareds Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    If you look a a large scale map from the mid 1950s, you can see that there some tracks shown in the timber yard, linking the wharf, mills and timber shed: https://maps.nls.uk/view/188608843#zoom=5.1&lat=5505&lon=4819&layers=BT Tom

    12 März 2026 um 20:09

  14. Sheff gefällt brmp201s Beitrag in dem Thema Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    A very interesting and comprehensive update for L&B followers: [MEDIA]

    12 März 2026 um 20:05
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