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MellishR liked Jamessquared's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
Is it too early to ask what colour the bicycles should be? Tom
Jun 29, 2026 at 11:23 AM -
MellishR liked Big Al's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
It depends on the width of the road. PS. It's nice to see that so little of contentious railway note is happening on the WSR that thread drift is rife!
Jun 29, 2026 at 11:23 AM -
MellishR liked jnc's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I doubt this person dislikes the NYMR; I doubt fairly strongly that that's the motive for their frequent posting. In fact, quite the opposite; I would guess that the NYMR is fairly special to them, and that's why they post so much. I reckon the...
Jun 29, 2026 at 7:34 AM -
MellishR liked LMS2968's post in the thread GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.
I know you have the Book on Webb's Three-cylinder compounds. Have a look at all the additional pipework in the smokebox which gets in the way of routine maintenance, such as tube replacement and even cleaning. Take the Midland Compounds with...
Jun 28, 2026 at 11:02 AM -
MellishR liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Why would the ORR insist on that? The ORR isn’t in the business of setting prescriptive policies about how heritage railways operate. What it wants to see is that you have robust processes in place to identify and manage risks - that’s quite a...
Jun 27, 2026 at 12:20 PM -
MellishR liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Yes, but a local journalist can write what ever they choose to generate clicks, particularly if they decide actually reviewing the primary evidence sounds too much like hard work! In other words - given the original report or DevonLive as my...
Jun 26, 2026 at 8:43 AM -
MellishR liked DaveE's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Just want to point out incase you have never actually used the 310, it stops at the Fox and Goose, and also Bodley Lane and the Village stores and anywhere else you pretty much shove your hand out and the driver can safely stop. Many locals get...
Jun 26, 2026 at 8:43 AM -
MellishR liked RailWest's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
AFAIK the application is still in draft form, so I doubt anyone on here knows what it contains. One would hope however that those involved with its drafting have learnt from the past mistakes and will make renewed efforts to get it as...
Jun 26, 2026 at 8:41 AM -
MellishR liked Miff's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
It should be borne in mind that in any planning application residents’ objections are not the be-all and end-all, and Parracombe residents do not have some kind of veto. The previous application was refused not because of residents’ objections...
Jun 26, 2026 at 8:41 AM -
MellishR liked RailWest's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
The 'problem' - if there really is one - with any current PE extension proposal is that quite clearly it will be a terminus rather than a through station (halt) for such time until the L&BR can acquire the 'missing' sections of trackbed in order...
Jun 26, 2026 at 8:38 AM -
MellishR liked Old Kent Biker's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Do bear in mind that PP was GRANTED in 2018 (see the archive, at https://www.lynton-rail.org.uk/story/planning-application-news for more details) to reinstate the line from Killington Lane to Parracombe as part of the project to continue to...
Jun 26, 2026 at 8:38 AM -
MellishR liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
On a detail, planning officers did not reject Cricket Field Lane. Councillors did, after careful consideration, on the basis that it didn’t follow policy and where objectors could demonstrate fundamental weaknesses in the proposal in front of...
Jun 26, 2026 at 8:37 AM -
MellishR replied to the thread LTM Sarah Siddons & 1938 Tube Stock Metropolitan Line trips 24-26/7/26.
Interesting that it says "choose from three different routes along the Metropolitan line" if there's only Amersham-Harrow and back or Amersham-Watford and back. Maybe some of the runs do all three sides of the Watford triangle?
Jun 26, 2026 at 8:24 AM
