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MellishR liked 2857Harry's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.

It is funded through the WMRE. It’s a really joined up, collaborative scheme which is designed to test the water. There’s no loser in it at all. SVR get paid to run it as a contract job, so can’t lose. WMRE fund it, and get the data needed to...

MellishR liked ilvaporista's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

I think it is more a question of one trailer, rather than one each for engine and tender A very sensible move. That leads me on to another question of any other variations possible of hire locos with already available tenders. Would we see...

MellishR liked jnc's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.

I understand your desire to point out the contradiction, and I get the joke, but I feel the need to be pedantic, and observe that in the real world, languages appropriate vocabulary from each other all the time. Ironically, English (the focus of...

MellishR liked Robin's post in the thread Vintage Trains 2026.

Confirmed: Change of date for the Mayflower. Correct decision and well handled IMO.

MellishR posted a new thread.

Pendon Museum

The only post I can find mentioning Pendon is in a thread from 2009 https://www.national-preservation.com/posts/293588/ so I'm starting a new one. Pendon is not only, or even mainly, a model railway. It's model of a stretch of the Vale of White...

Forum: Model Railways

MellishR replied to the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

Those are all valid considerations, but my question was a specific response to which I took, perhaps mistakenly, to refer to the economics of operating Canadian Pacific on the Mid-Hants.

MellishR replied to the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

Would a Bulleid on the Mid-Hants ever be worked hard?

MellishR liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.

Although I get the point that a Merchant Navy is a very large loco for operating 5 coach trains, it remains the case that the cheapest loco to operate is the one you have available right now. In other words - 35005 may burn a lot of coal, but the...

MellishR liked ghost's post in the thread 82045 The way ahead?.

No credit, but there's always blame to be shared out... :D

MellishR liked KHARDS's post in the thread 35025 Brocklebank Line.

Thanks Tom. That was exactly the point I was making. Or trying to make. I knew a loco owner who did most of the overhaul himself, but wasn't a driver and almost lost interest when it worked. Some people are happy sleeping in a support coach...

MellishR liked Jamessquared's post in the thread 35025 Brocklebank Line.

I think the point being made isn't necessarily about age per se. Rather, in a group like that, there will inevitably be some people who are primarily interested in the restoration / mechanical side, and some primarily in the operational side; and...

MellishR replied to the thread Current and Proposed New-Builds.

HS1? :D

MellishR liked Jamessquared's post in the thread 82045 The way ahead?.

Maunsell had a design philosophy, right back in SE&CR days, of "make everything get-at-able". But you need to think of the context of "before I do (and maybe introduce other design challenges), why might I actually want to get at that thing?"...

MellishR liked RailWest's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

Is an Austin Princess a Texan version of M Markle ?? :-)