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  1. Rander replied to the thread RTC 2026.

    Photo posted on RailUK Forums showing 46115 with the Railway Touring Company headboard at Carnforth, apparently taken this morning. The plot thickens ahead of tomorrow's Whitby trip.

    Oct 8, 2026 at 4:18 PM

  2. paul1609 replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.

    The new fencing looks like the same system thats used on the K&ESR now. Id guess its probably the same contractors. Only small and emergency repairs are done by volunteers. The rolling replaccement is done by the contractors. I think the same...

    Oct 8, 2026 at 4:17 PM

  3. jnc replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Perhaps a business-person, instead? There are standing jokes about academic economists who can't do math! (Business-people who can't make the numbers add up often wind up out of business!) Noel

    Oct 8, 2026 at 4:06 PM

  4. Steve liked 60044's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Look at it another way. If a loco is brought in for a gala and doesn't cover the cost of bringing, should it have been brought in the first place? Any additional use needs to be pure "surplus" (because we don't use the "....." word as a...

    Oct 8, 2026 at 3:45 PM

  5. silversteellady liked nige757's post in the thread 89001 restoration.

    BR Prototype 89001 Avocet tnt DVT 82139 seen from a blustery Shap Wells with the Avocet Achievement re - run. [MEDIA]

    Oct 8, 2026 at 3:41 PM

  6. silversteellady liked neildimmer's post in the thread 89001 Avocet @ Crewe & King Edward I @ Stafford 7/10/26.

    I decided to go over to Crewe on Wednesday for 89001 Avocet with the re run of the Avocet Achievement rail tour at Crewe, and later in the day took a gamble and went down to Stafford hoping that 6024 King Edward 1 was running without a diesel...

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  7. Lewis B liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Hard disagree. Whatever the event that something is brought in for, there is a fixed cost for simply having it present. If you can spread that cost, then that helps overall profitability - not least by boosting the return the gala provides to...

    Oct 8, 2026 at 3:21 PM

  8. Lewis B liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    You're confusing fixed and variable cost. The fixed cost is just that, and extracting more value from it is straightforward good value (provided you're not displacing other, wasting, assets). The variable cost of operation is what then...

    Oct 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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