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

    Hi all, I totally agree with what the last 3 writers have said. I have been saying the same thing for years about a certain 2ft gauge rail in the West Country. I do take the heritage aspect of this very seriously, but the reality is that it needs...

    11. Rujan 2026. u 19:32

  2. MellishR liked 73108's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    Given the vast expense of building a new loco from scratch, I suspect 'some people' would be a vanishingly small number compared to, for example, those interested in forking out towards the prospect of seeing an A1 or P2 out and about on the main...

    11. Rujan 2026. u 19:31

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

    I'm afraid that the "light railway vision" is fabulous, but doesn't pay the rent. The fact is, we need engines that can get 5 mk1's up Tenterden bank. The ethos of getting "whatever is available" was prevalent at the start of preservation, but...

    11. Rujan 2026. u 19:30

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

    The whole issue of what steam locomotives to acquire for each railway is full of unexploded mines, while part of me would like to see a few more locos from Java or even Cuba, for that matter, back here in the UK; the realistic side of me asks the...

    11. Rujan 2026. u 19:30

  5. MellishR liked johnofwessex's post in the thread Fire Risk.

    Go over them carefully, I understand that if you follow the original instructions there are some major stability issues to say nothing of waste handling

    11. Rujan 2026. u 19:21

  6. MellishR liked acorb's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.

    Which is exactly why a trial like this is important - to demonstrate how it can work. One of the biggest obstacles to things happening is people saying 'oh no, that would be too difficult '. This trial is the opposite, it is showing that with a...

    9. Rujan 2026. u 20:11

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

    Meanwhile, back on the Kent & East Sussex....

    9. Rujan 2026. u 20:05

  8. MellishR liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread WCR Rail Tours.

    John, it's obviously homesick! ;) Bryan

    9. Rujan 2026. u 19:49

  9. MellishR odgovara u temi Saphos 2027.

    That is to be hoped for everyone's sake, on and off the railways.

    9. Rujan 2026. u 19:48

  10. MellishR odgovara u temi Danish F Class 654 and the ESPS.

    No harm in mentioning this here, but it was already announced two months ago on the Nene Valley Railway thread https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/nene-valley-railway.693667/page-53

    5. Rujan 2026.

  11. MellishR odgovara u temi VT: The Great Northern with Tornado - 26/09/26.

    I can't find the outward journey on RTT.

    5. Rujan 2026.
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