SOCIAL MEDIA STORM HIGHLIGHTS FINANCIAL PRESSURE FACING YDHR

The York Durham Heritage Railway is facing a firestorm of social media criticism.

The heritage railway, whose popular Christmas-themed trains and other events have long been a major tourist draw in Uxbridge, recently found itself in the crosshairs on social media after young actors hired to perform on their North Pole Light Up Express holiday trains were not paid on time.

YDHR staff pointed to issues with a third-party producer hired for the event, as well as a Decem