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YorkyLad liked Oswald T Wistle's post in the thread Saphos Trains 2026.
I definitely escaped the worst of the day's rain with my morning trip. It looked horrendous, my thanks and admiration to John, Shep and Nige for braving the elements and posting some excellent images, despite the conditions. In the past I have...
Jun 4, 2026 at 3:33 PM -
YorkyLad liked Shep Woolley's post in the thread Saphos Trains 2026.
[ATTACH] The S&C really did itself proud weather wise today, wind, rain and plenty of it greeted the inaugural 'Fellsman' rail tour headed by No. 60532 'Blue Peter' as it worked 1Z46 away from Helwith Bridge over the River Ribble heading for...
Jun 4, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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YorkyLad liked Oswald T Wistle's post in the thread Saphos Trains 2026.
After last week's heatwave we came back to normality with a bump. The weather forecast for today was not good, in fact it was bad, with rain forecast for much of the day. Would the weather gods be kind? Probably not! Would Oswald be able to...
Jun 3, 2026 at 9:08 PM -
YorkyLad liked 60044's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I suggest that your observations of steam being "a luxury, rather than an expectation" go more or less to the heart of what is currently wrong a the NYMR's management level. I think it comes across that the operational departments are...
Jun 3, 2026 at 9:03 PM -
YorkyLad liked 5944's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I'm not sure it's even that at the moment - it all seems to be about the diner. When we visited last year it was in the middle of a dry spell and high fire risk (Langdale fire was at it its peak) so everything was diesel hauled, except the diner...
Jun 3, 2026 at 9:02 PM -
YorkyLad liked Kirk Oswald's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
About £90,000 pa, plus pension and National Insurance.
Jun 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM -
YorkyLad liked Kirk Oswald's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Spot on with this SECR65. I used to volunteer on the line and about 60% of complaints were due to non-provision of steam "it's what we've come for" was such a frequent comment that it became routine. On days when the Moorlander was the only steam...
Jun 3, 2026 at 8:59 PM -
YorkyLad liked 73108's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I might not be right either, but my impression of visiting the NYMR at least annually over the past few years is that the only priority is delivering the bucket and spade brigade to Whitby, by whatever means possible, and overlooking/overcharging...
Jun 3, 2026 at 8:57 PM -
YorkyLad liked SECR 65's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
In no way am I trying to criticise anyone at the nymr in my post, and I understand the immense challenge of maintaining a large and varied loco fleet running 5-7 days a week with such steep gradients and mileage. What I would say, though, is...
Jun 3, 2026 at 8:57 PM -
YorkyLad liked Oswald T Wistle's post in the thread Northern Belle 2026.
Tangmere on the front of a Northern Belle steam special is hardly the hottest ticket in town, throw in a week of hot, dry weather and Oswald began to wonder if it would be worth the effort. I took him to one side and gave him a bit of a pep...
Jun 1, 2026 at 12:29 PM -
YorkyLad liked staffordian's post in the thread Churnet Valley Railway General Discussion.
I was a passenger on today's Borders Explorer day and would just like to highlight what a superb day it was We travelled the entire line including the short stretch towards Stoke, the new extension to the temporary Leek platform, and were...
Jun 1, 2026 at 12:22 PM -
YorkyLad liked 26D_M's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Andy Wilson. ELR bought a more than half share of the loco circa 1992, and it was moved to Kirkby where Ian finished it off on behalf of the ELR. It arrived at the ELR, undertook successful testing September 1993. Then Wilson promptly initiated a...
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YorkyLad liked torgormaig's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Here's a picture of the start of that day during the Sunday morning tea stop at Levisham. With the diner being out on the Saturday night we had to wait while Levisham box was switched in while taking the light engine through to Pickering. There...
May 30, 2026
