MellishR's Recente Activiteit
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MellishR reageerde op het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Could the NYMR become a CCBS where the "community" concerned is not only the railway itself but also the local community?
24 sep 2026 om 11:25 -
MellishR vond Kirk Oswald's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Clearly this is a more complicated issue than it first appears but Tom's expertise and knowledge convince me it is a possible solution. Certainly the Bluebell has achieved huge success in the preservation world and any organisation which can...
24 sep 2026 om 11:24 -
MellishR reageerde op het topic Bridge that Gap: Great Central Railway News.
And mine for continuing this serious thread drift! It is another instance of humans being strange creatures. YouTubers and the producers of films and TV programmes expend effort adding music that discourages some of us from watching. I surmise...
24 sep 2026 om 11:18 -
MellishR vond 35B's post leuk in het topic Bridge that Gap: Great Central Railway News.
The moment someone seeking engagement and support (which, frankly, is why these reports exist) criticises a potential member of their audience for not liking the preferred form as “their problem”, they lose the argument. If you are seeking...
24 sep 2026 om 11:12 -
MellishR vond 21B's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
This remains a fascinating debate. I do like the idea for structure proposed by @Lineisclear. I think that the only issue would be that such a change could only cement change, not catalyse change. @35B made an interesting point about authority...
24 sep 2026 om 09:12 -
MellishR vond 35B's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
As you'd expect given my views of governance at other railways, I think this is an excellent idea, and should be regarded as a high priority. But. But. All the modifications in the world will only equate to moving the deckchairs on the Titanic...
24 sep 2026 om 09:11 -
MellishR vond Kirk Oswald's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I don't think either Grosmont or Pickering are looking for handouts or railway funding, just action to restore confidence and a resurgence in passenger numbers. If that could be achieved consequential benefit to local business would automatically...
24 sep 2026 om 09:10 -
MellishR vond Jamessquared's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I might be wrong, but I think that is the sort of future that @jnc has been mooting. It does presuppose that there is a meaningful amount of money available from supporters who have the best interests of the railway at heart, but who are...
24 sep 2026 om 09:09 -
MellishR vond Kirk Oswald's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Pleased to hear you advocate a radical change, but you don't explain what that is. If you amplified maybe you would find it supported and possibly adopted, but keeping it under wraps isn't helpful. It is also far from academic. At this stage I...
24 sep 2026 om 09:09 -
MellishR reageerde op het topic Bridge that Gap: Great Central Railway News.
Yes we are strange creatures. Much that we do is highly irrational in the eyes of others. I spend a lot of time watching videos about all sorts of things but I am very intolerant of music unless it really is "background" and very quiet, or...
23 sep 2026 om 15:40 -
MellishR reageerde op het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
There seems some uncertainty as to what steam locos were available for traffic and therefore how much steam operation there might have been in the absence of fire risk; but anyway in some periods there was hardly any apart from Tornado. Insofar...
23 sep 2026 om 15:28 -
MellishR vond Sawdust's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Peat moorland damaged by fire in the NYMNP, the fires of 1976, still haven't fully recovered. So the risk is genuine, but it is no less genuine for more expensive steam trains. If it was too risky to run normal steam trains then it was too risky...
23 sep 2026 om 14:59 -
MellishR vond 73108's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Much as I also disagree with much of what @Lineisclear says*, I think it's perhaps disingenuous to suggest - hypothetically or not - that there 'never was' a steam ban. We all saw what happened elsewhere in the country this summer. Not only do I...
23 sep 2026 om 14:58
