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Thought it was a requirement for being classed as "public transport" was to be able to offer single journeys? Without that, isn't it classed a pleasure - and therefore VAT-able???

Embsay has announced a Transport Festival / Gala! - https://www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk/events/transport-festival -...

Thought it stemmed back to the Royal Scotsman contract - with "plumb" coloured carriages. Having all locos in the same livery maximised flexibility. A bit like the dedicated locos for the Northern Belle being in "Belle" colours, although there's more fleet locos to choose from nowadays. Some...

Magnet not operational... It was put in decades ago for the Class 107 DMU but never wired up to signal 20 - just acted as a permanent warning to test the AWS horn. Whether it gets relocated to a more suitable location when the Bolton Abbey signalling scheme comes on line, who knows!

I guess it depends on what experience you want? and your definition of 'better'? If I was going to a pres line (which essentially the Fort Bill to Mallaig is) and wanted sounds and smells of a working steam loco drifting in through an open toplight or drop light, then I suspect a Mk. 1 is the...

WCRC have a monopoly on Mk.1 TSO's! A quick scan of the various Regulation 5 exemption list (https://www.orr.gov.uk/guidance-compliance/rail/health-safety/infrastructure/mark-1-rolling-stock/mark-1-and-hinged-door-exemptions) shows how little stock is available... What ToC is going to find...

G'night all, if you have any further questions, find us on WNXX Forum, the home of sensible debate :-) Will

Apart from my name appearing at the bottom of my reply... (sorry If you were confused by the absence of a capital 'W' however!) I can't speak for (or apologise on behalf of) the Embsay railway in any official capacity (or other volunteers for that matter), but perhaps if the anonymous '433N'...

wow! So many pointless questions from an anonymous (uninformed) source - not sure which, if any, I can actually be bothered to answer!!! However, perhaps there is a reason Embsay (not EMBASY as per the thread title!) volunteers no longer post on here (or even on the major forums for that...

UK Steam still thinks so - http://uksteam.info/tours/lem18.htm#twk

hence the high cost of signalling the branch from York!

Not sure where you heard that little gem? ;) Sadly when the A59 bridge / tunnel over the current Rylstone branch was built (in c1981?) it was only built as single track, otherwise all other structures, including Haw Bank tunnel are to the original double track formation. Not so much a rebuild...

It is been sold off. http://www.richmondshiretoday.co.uk/wensleydale-railway-shareholders-vote-favour-selling-off-aysgarth-station/ :-(

List amended for Sat 30th May. Full list now available at http://www.dalesdieselgroup.co.uk but will update the list in the OP as and when I receive confirmation. PS. Hope to have Steam on the Hambleton Valley Miniature Railway at Bolton Abbey on Saturday too.. Will

There are very few opportunities to experience travel on a goods train anywhere in the world, and we are delighted to be able to offer this NEW for 2015. You will need to purchase a special ticket which costs just £5 per person per single journey (in addition to the normal fare) and enables you...