الأنشطة الأخيرة الخاصة بـ MellishR
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أعجب MellishR بمشاركة Steve' في موضوع SVR General Discussion.
A cunning plan to divert things away from the current hot topic?:):):):)
19 جويلية 2026 في 6:37 صباحاً -
أعجب MellishR بمشاركة LMS2968' في موضوع SVR General Discussion.
How exactly did a thread about the Severn Valley Railway suddenly develop into a discussion about carriage door handles on the Bluebell?
19 جويلية 2026 في 6:37 صباحاً -
أعجب MellishR بمشاركة Jamessquared' في موضوع SVR General Discussion.
I think it is quite reasonable that a railway places limits on staff (paid or volunteer) sharing photos where those photos are taken from an area of privilege, i.e. from a viewpoint not open to the public. As an example not related to this...
18 جويلية 2026 في 7:27 صباحاً -
أعجب MellishR بمشاركة acorb' في موضوع SVR General Discussion.
Given the very public place the incident took place, avoiding speculation seems an extremely unlikely and futile expectation. Early realisation of this and an attempt to control narrative by releasing the facts (however brief), would seem to be...
18 جويلية 2026 في 7:25 صباحاً -
المشاركة في موضوع North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Certainly NR could impose a steam ban everywhere else but with an exception between Grosmont and Whitby if they saw fit to do so, but is there any suggestion why they might do so, or any reason to suppose that they have done so?
17 جويلية 2026 في 10:54 صباحاً -
أعجب MellishR بمشاركة 35B' في موضوع SVR General Discussion.
That's fine, but it relies on there being something "official" to fill the void.
17 جويلية 2026 في 10:38 صباحاً -
أعجب MellishR بمشاركة Dead Sheep' في موضوع SVR General Discussion.
In the age of social media and smartphones, communication is crucial. This strikes me as a situation where the SVR would have been better served by owning the narrative from the outset, rather than referring to a collision simply as an...
17 جويلية 2026 في 10:37 صباحاً -
أعجب MellishR بمشاركة bluetrain' في موضوع GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.
That's a comprehensive summary of the usage of 2-cylinder compounds in England. But for the full UK picture, don't forget Bowman Malcolm's engines for the Belfast & Northern Counties. The last of the 3-ft gauge compound 2-4-2Ts was in use until...
17 جويلية 2026 في 10:34 صباحاً -
أعجب MellishR بمشاركة Jamessquared' في موضوع GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.
On the second point, it is not quite true to say no one bothered with two cylinder compounds. T.W. Wordsell built 11 such locos for the GER (most of which came out after he left that railway) and then a relatively significant number of various...
17 جويلية 2026 في 10:15 صباحاً -
أعجب MellishR بمشاركة 21B' في موضوع GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.
I really feel like this discussion is trying to argue black is white, but I think it summarises to this: 1. Compounding in the UK context never made any business sense at the time. 2. You could build a 2 cylinder compound engine, but it comes...
17 جويلية 2026 في 10:14 صباحاً -
أعجب MellishR بمشاركة 21B' في موضوع GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.
The only truly superfluous thing about this thread is this thread. A two cylinder high speed steam engine would never have been permitted by the civil engineers, even assuming any mechanical department were convinced of there being advantages....
16 جويلية 2026 في 11:49 صباحاً -
أعجب MellishR بمشاركة LMS2968' في موضوع GWR four-cylinder arrangement?.
I'd like to see the evidence! Even with balancing, which would not eliminate all the out of balance stresses anyway (you can't balance to 100% of the reciprocating masses), and which becomes ever more problematic as speed rises, you still have...
16 جويلية 2026 في 11:45 صباحاً -
أعجب MellishR بمشاركة acorb' في موضوع Fire Risk.
What would be the cost of a structural failure of a bridge or viaduct as a result of root damage? Weight restrictions, route closure, complete replacement. God forbid if a train was crossing at the point of failure.. Trouble is the longer its...
16 جويلية 2026 في 11:41 صباحاً
