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60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I would have expected rolling stock and PWay maintenance to be itemised separately. If all this is "administration" why don't they just back to basics and lump everything together as "cost of sales" and a second line against it as "income" ....
Oct 10, 2026 at 5:10 PM -
unslet liked Sulzerman's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
There was excellent coverage of the bungeeeee e e e e e jump, the other day from Larpool Viaduct. The marketing lead certainly led. It played well on Look North
Oct 10, 2026 at 5:04 PM -
26D_M liked Dead Sheep's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
Buckets aren’t automatically track-damaging just because they can ride roughly. Track damage depends on the forces each wheel puts into the rails, not simply on the locomotive’s weight, and those forces are affected by speed, wheel condition,...
Oct 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM -
60044 liked cksteam's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The bit I pasted was yes, but there were a lot of results including links to other railways matching the general message that admin is used to put any required to run overheads under. Not what i would have thought but I have seen this sort of...
Oct 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM -
26D_M liked brennan's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.
From my experience 42xx are very good at making business for spring manufacturers. Some of the failures were spectacular. Transport by road was guaranteed to cause problems with springs sooner or later as were any dropped rail joints. The spring...
Oct 10, 2026 at 5:02 PM -
Spitfire liked alastair's post in the thread 6024 King Edward 1.
Ironic that you wrote this just hours after an enthusiast orientated trip with 6024 was announced https://saphostrains.com/journey/the-cumbrian-mountaineer-11-11-2026/ Standard at £99 has already sold out, First (£149) is available. Similar...
Oct 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM -
jnc liked Sawdust's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Given that the stolen lead hasn't been replaced on Pickering station roof, I don't think many will object to CCTV being installed and with the IT infrastructure existing on the railway now, probably not hard to implement. Sawdust.
Oct 10, 2026 at 4:20 PM -
5944 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I guess the important thing to realise is that “Head of Security” is presumably a function, not a role - in other words, you need to define who it is for an event, but don’t have to automatically recruit another paid manager ;). I’d imagine for...
Oct 10, 2026 at 4:12 PM -
Sawdust replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Given that the stolen lead hasn't been replaced on Pickering station roof, I don't think many will object to CCTV being installed and with the IT infrastructure existing on the railway now, probably not hard to implement. Sawdust.
Oct 10, 2026 at 4:11 PM
