Activitate recentă pentru MellishR
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MellishR a răspuns la subiectul Oil Firing.
Interesting features are that it is a 3-cylinder loco and that the buffers at the front are hinged up, away from the cow-catcher.
26 Aug 2026 la 09:25 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui Sheffield în subiectul Oil Firing.
Unfortunately I do not think we have fifty years left while we wait for fossil fuel less planes. Climate change is upon us, and it is too late. I envisage that at sometime in the future the few survivors will sit, of an evening, around their...
26 Aug 2026 la 09:23 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui torgormaig în subiectul Rother Valley Railway.
This one here on the Taieri Gorge tourist line near Dunedin doesn't look like it will be replaced any time soon (taken last year).[ATTACH] Gisborne Airport may be the only runway/railway level crossing left but I remember leaving Peshawar to go...
24 Aug 2026 la 17:39
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MellishR a plăcut postul lui mikehartuk în subiectul Rother Valley Railway.
Of course. Intial Westerham Branch reinstatement planning has two M25 crossings. The crossing have also been identified as requiring large areas of yellow box markings to keep the crossings clear of cars for when the road swaps over to its...
24 Aug 2026 la 17:38 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui Steve în subiectul Rother Valley Railway.
Not the first time it's been suggested. When the M1 came to Leeds the highways authority didn't want to build a bridge over the Middleton Railway due to the cost and asked what the alternatives were. The then chairman of Middleton (Fred Youell)...
24 Aug 2026 la 17:37 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui clinker în subiectul Rother Valley Railway.
Yes, but one level crossing is on the M25.
24 Aug 2026 la 17:36 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui jnc în subiectul North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
In other words, by significantly expanding paid staff, the NYMR may well have already run itself into a financial dead end from which there is no exit? (If so, I am very unhappy to point it out - but if this is the situation, sticking one's head...
24 Aug 2026 la 17:29 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui 35B în subiectul North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Indeed it is a re-run of that debate. But my point is not to reopen Whitby good/bad, but to highlight that for 17 miles of infrastructure with associated fixed costs, driving the maximum cash inflow is key. And with very limited capacity to...
24 Aug 2026 la 17:27 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui Kje7812 în subiectul GWSR General Discussion and Operations.
Maybe, but that assumes that you shunt the sets into the shed every day. Even at Kidderminster, that rarely happens. Two of the four sets that will be used tomorrow are in the station (Platform 1 and 2 Engine Line), the other two are at Bewdley...
24 Aug 2026 la 17:24 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui Breva în subiectul GWSR General Discussion and Operations.
There you have part of the problem, there is no room for an 8 coach carriage shed at Toddington, where services start. There is room both sides of the line at Winchcombe. Then, from which end do you approach it? How many roads, given that the...
24 Aug 2026 la 17:23 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui Jamessquared în subiectul GWSR General Discussion and Operations.
What does your long term plan say about how many carriages you need to operate the line (including those awaiting overhaul). Because that sets how big it needs to be :) OK, that’s a bit of a trite answer. But the important point is that those...
24 Aug 2026 la 17:23 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui acorb în subiectul GWSR General Discussion and Operations.
I've said it before on here and I will say it again - a carriage shed is an absolute must for any heritage railway, especially one with a largish fleet and decent length. It should be in the top 3 priorities. Any arguments about 'residual life'...
24 Aug 2026 la 17:22 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui Jamessquared în subiectul West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
To me it looks like a pragmatic decision faced with difficult choices. I suspect firstly that, mid week, there is a fair amount of coach traffic. So if you have (say) two coaches for your morning train and two for the afternoon, then agreeing...
24 Aug 2026 la 16:57 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui Jamessquared în subiectul North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think enticing people to get out at intermediate stations will always be difficult, unless there is an absolutely compelling reason to get out there. (Such as Highley on the Severn Valley). If someone gets out and the station occupies them for...
23 Aug 2026 la 16:23 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui The_Rail_WAy în subiectul North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Just heard a steam train heading into Whitby for the first time in weeks, sounding like it was working very hard also. I went online to look at the loco roster to read no steam services are running due to fire risk! In addition to this we have...
23 Aug 2026 la 16:17
