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North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion

Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by The Black Hat, Feb 13, 2011.

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  1. Steve

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    That’s relatively easy. Persuading people to use these tickets will be the hard part.
     
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    I can quite see the operational need for extra locomotives. My suspicion is that this would definitely mean the railway living beyond its means.
     
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    It is probably living beyond its means. However, had things been as planned, it would have been hiring 63395 and 825. Their unavailability is the reason for a loco shortage. Having said that, I'm sure that bringing in third party locos would have been a more expensive option.
     
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    Probably, but can they afford not to? They're always very short of locos for most of the season.

    The whole of the diesel fleet was out today, and other than no. 29 and Lucie, it seems 44806 is currently the only fully operational steam loco. 92134 is undergoing repairs according to Grosmont MPD Facebook page. 926 isn't ready. 45428 is still out of traffic. 2253 appears to spend most of its time being tweaked. Yes the loss of 63395 is unfortunate, but 825 has been out for 3 years.
     
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    It’s a difficult call. You need the fleet that can cope with the service, but if you can’t generate the cashflow…
     
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    Pity as walkers they never tried to open Farwath as a halt, pleasant trek from Pickering, slightly tricky from Levisham.
     
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    Sadly though the reality is that too few would make use of such a halt to make it viable or aid the railway to be more viable. People tend not to make intermediate journeys in big numbers.
     
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    We used to stop at Farwath several times a week to take the lady who lived at the farm there to and from Pickering. She didn’t drive and used to make besom brooms which she sold in the market. All part of a service long gone.
     
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    My suggestion was based around the "Whitby problem". The only short term fix to that is hiring certified locos but I fully understand that might not be viable. In which case the "Whitby problem" resolves itself, to the commercial detriment of the railway.
    Ultimately the situation has become one where only a philanthropic gesture is perhaps going to provide the leg up needed to sustainability.
     
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