North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

As usual, the silence from official sources is deafening, so anyone wanting positive news has to rely on gossip from the local shop.

 

Is it finished?
Has the track been relaid?

What were you expecting rom the railway a blow by blow account?

 

If it were GlobalMegaCorp PLC doing the work, probably not. But for an organisation that is making an appeal for every penny it can get to fund the works, I’d expect every opportunity possible to push the message (1) look how much we’ve done already (2) look how much more remains to do and (3) here’s how you can help us get from 1 to 2.

Tom

 

Last update was 21st April about the crane turning up. Since then, nothing. They've almost got the railway back from the contractors to allow them to prepare for services. They're meant to be reopening next weekend for through services, two months late. They should be spamming their social media to say there's been substantial progress; instead they're trying to flog key rings and sell the last half a dozen seats on a dining service. Even the Thomas event publicity seems half-arsed considering the lack of advance ticket sales.

 

Believe you me the ladies in Grosmont Co-Op are far more knowledgable about the railway than the Park Street Polit Bureau.

 

https://bridgestobroadway.blogspot.com/2026/05/gotherington-slip-repairs-week-4.html Just saying....

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Total GWSR employees - 22.
Number of admin and marketing employees at NYMR - 17.

I think I'm right in saying Spa Valley has around 7 employees, and yet they managed to put out a daily blog about the bridge replacement as well.

 

Yet, they are still after donations!

 

I'm fairly certain The Spa Valley Railway has no permanent paid staff, only contractors for specific engineering tasks or ad hoc help such as behind the Bar in big events like Real Ale Festival and Polar Express.

The Broom Lane Bridge blog was run by a volunteer and I was thinking of posting about it already from the above comments (rather than lurking as I have done on Nat Pres for a bit) as it was a railway that bit the bullet and did expensive bridge work that cut the line for a few weeks (about 6) before it was forced into an emergency closure

 

Unless I’m being told porkies by a volunteer there, the Spa Valley has no paid employees.

 

@Jonnie

 

I think you're correct, but it's one of those various shades of grey rather than black and white situations with a mix of volunteers, employees and contractors at most railways

 

The NYMR CEO apparently does not read posts on Nat Pres - if she did she would certainly have discerned what the tealeaves were saying by now - but just in case she is struggling with the fact that all the messages on this forum are anything but mixed, all the evidence suggests that the NYMR Publicity Dept. can't get anything right - and responsibility for that must rest with the CEO who, if doing their job properly, ought to approve all press releases. It's a basic part of the job, and the buck should stop here.

 

If that is the case. Why don't you contact the CEO directly with your views and Ideas how you think the NYMR should be run, Instead of keep blathering away on this forum.
To be honest it is all getting rather boring.