Activitate recentă pentru MellishR
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MellishR a răspuns la subiectul GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.
It is nonsense to say without qualification that compounding is good or compounding is bad. The choice between simple and compound expansion is like many choices in engineering, with each having pros and cons. Two factors in France, the high cost...
6 Iul 2026 la 07:42 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui MarkinDurham în subiectul GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.
Well, the Midland compounds seemed to do OK, but yes, the UK loading gauge was/is pretty restrictive. I do wonder how Fowler's proposed compound Pacific would have turned out - hopefully with decent axleboxes, but that's another discussion... Mark
6 Iul 2026 la 07:18 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui RAB3L în subiectul GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.
I think that you will find that the match between Churchward's locos and the French Atlantics was fairly equal but only because the former had advanced large, long-travel valves whereas the latter had narrow steam passages and slide valves for...
6 Iul 2026 la 07:17 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui 26D_M în subiectul RTC: Tynesider - 4/7/26.
"Asthmatic figurehead" is cruel but also perfectly accurate. In defence of WC, I dont think they've ever succumbed to using 3 diesels to assist one steam loco on a charter like Saphos LSL did yesterday ....
6 Iul 2026 la 07:04 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui henrywinskill în subiectul RTC: Tynesider - 4/7/26.
Isnt it strange that the 10 year olds seem to respond to the posts though.
6 Iul 2026 la 07:04 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui Sheff în subiectul RTC: Tynesider - 4/7/26.
I have every sympathy with @Big Al’s views, I wouldn’t want to be shoved around in a coffin by a diesel with an asthmatic figurehead up front. However, my solution is simple - I save my money and no longer book any tour that involves WCRC.
6 Iul 2026 la 07:04 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui Johnb în subiectul RTC: Tynesider - 4/7/26.
There is an old saying when thing go right you tell a couple of people, when they go wrong you tell everyone. In the case of the Tynesider things went wrong and it’s created a lot of comment but let’s look back at the Great Britain a complex...
6 Iul 2026 la 07:02 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui Johnb în subiectul RTC: Tynesider - 4/7/26.
Unfortunately the criticism is aimed at the wrong target. When things go wrong and it looks as if there were problems with the service trains too, our threadbare rail network seems unable to cope with it. In addition to that I do wonder about how...
5 Iul 2026 la 09:55 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui 26D_M în subiectul RTC: Tynesider - 4/7/26.
It betrays a very peculiar mindset to suggest somebody goes to the trouble and expense of travelling with the aim of being disappointed in order to criticise the operator! On the broader points about 'performance', it seems to me that the heart...
5 Iul 2026 la 09:55 -
MellishR a răspuns la subiectul West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
Very often exactly right, but in the case of the WSR a few years ago it was the railway's own management that were telling us how bad things were.
3 Iul 2026 la 09:24 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui Bikermike în subiectul SVR General Discussion.
It's not how it's taught in schools, but how it is twisted by those with an agenda. At this distance we have generally lost those who were maimed physically or mentally, so the survivor bias is worse. When Dad's Army was written, it was seen by...
2 Iul 2026 la 16:52 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui Nathanjw032 în subiectul Nene Valley Railway.
Hi all, As chairman of the newly formed European Steam Preservation Society, I thought I’d address the points made above to clarify our position :) Firstly, the group is made up of volunteers who have been involved with heritage steam and...
2 Iul 2026 la 15:25 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui The Green Howards în subiectul Nene Valley Railway.
Something a lot of people seem oblivious to - and I'd also suggest that once you've steamed it, that's when it becomes a different sort of expensive.
2 Iul 2026 la 15:24 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui 21B în subiectul North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Back when I worked on the W&L in the late 80s there were several locals who used the train every market day to go shopping in Welshpool. The last return was often late while we waited for them to struggle back with their shopping. And one old...
1 Iul 2026 la 10:50 -
MellishR a plăcut postul lui Jamessquared în subiectul North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think “serious financial trouble” is too much, but it is not a secret that for many years the Plc has run at a loss, cushioned by transfers from the Society membership subscriptions and donations. There is no imminent crisis brewing, but...
1 Iul 2026 la 10:44
