Talk:York and North Midland Railway

message: In York_and_North_Midland_Railway#George_Hudson_departs it states 
::The line was initially worked by the York, Newcastle & Berwick Railway when it opened to a temporary station at Hay Park Lane on 30 October 1848. The line was then worked by E.B. Wilson & Company before the company was taken over by the York & North Midland on 1 July 1851
Fairly sure it was not worked by E.B Wilson (engineering company of Leeds) - Hoole (p.113) says the engines were supplied from this firm though. Tomlinson p.510 does seem to say it was worked by EB Wilson - though I never heard of them operating a railway before - hence wonder if this is 100% right?
Is this a mistake in this text, or does Aubrey or Allen actually say this? Prof.Haddock (talk) 02:15, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I found this http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TnkOAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA2-PA9#v=onepage&q&f=false which states The line is worked, under contract with Messrs. E. B. Wilson and Co., of Leeds, at a mileage rate, and a percentage on receipts, with lighter engines than those formerly used by the Berwick Company - I'm not 100% sure of this - I suspect this means a locomotive lease, rather than a purchase - not convince that EB Wilson were actually "working the line" though.Prof.Haddock (talk) 03:06, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Prof. Haddock. It's not our place to say a book is in error, only that sources differ. I'm travelling at the moment without access to the books I used and I will come back to this next week after I return home. It's quite possible I made a mistake or misunderstand the text.  Edgepedia (talk) 04:04, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it is a matter of detail in this case as to what was meant by "worked the railway" - eg did they collect tickets, wave flags etc - the answer seems to be they supplied the engines as a certainty, but I haven't found any more detail on it.Prof.Haddock (talk) 04:09, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: When my books said that EB Wilson "worked" the line, I took it they just provided the trains, which is why I hadn't expanded this. Thanks for providing the details on this. Edgepedia (talk) 12:30, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: error

message: Milford Junction railway station exists. Built after 1840, but haven't got an exact date - is on Y&NMR..Prof.Haddock (talk) 12:29, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Milford Junction railway station

message: The 'Origins' paragraph that starts GeorgeHudson could do with a re-write. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.137.63.170 (talk • contribs) 04:25, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grammar 

message: Substituted at 11:06, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: The picture shewn here as the original station is actually the second station. Many books get this wrong and in fact sorting it all out comes close to original research. As far as can be determined the first station became the coal depot that was sited at the location now in front of the present station.
If you go through the history of the station illustrated you will realise it was built long after the Y&NMR was opened.
TanyaJ  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tanyajane (talk • contribs) 16:33, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original Station