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

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

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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 odgovara u temi 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 odgovara u temi 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 odgovara u temi 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 ?? :-)