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MellishR reageerde op het topic Oswestry Update.
[Severe thread drift continuation] Gowers is good but I can't forgive him for removing "bastard enumeration" when he revised Fowler.
8 aug 2026 om 09:24 -
MellishR reageerde op het topic Oil Firing.
That paper expresses an intention that, if at all possible, one coal mine should remain in production on a small scale, to supply the heritage sector and as a working museum in itself.
8 aug 2026 om 09:17 -
MellishR reageerde op het topic Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Passengers push?;)
6 aug 2026 om 13:17 -
MellishR reageerde op het topic SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.
Not to challenge but just for clarification, how do you define "stronger"? The TE is more than a Black 5's by virtue of the smaller wheels, but only marginally. Anyway I look forward to a ride.
6 aug 2026 om 12:25 -
MellishR vond Jamessquared's post leuk in het topic Rother Valley Railway.
The subtitles are auto-generated by YouTube (if you have the "CC" button clicked) - so not the fault of the producer of the video. For an automatic system they are quite good, but from time to time you do see such howlers as you noticed! Tom
5 aug 2026 om 08:24 -
MellishR vond cksteam's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It is a consideration but they already blank out carriages from online booking, I assume expecting walk ups on the day. You could still have the book seats deal with particular carriages saved for the 'rover' option. You could also stick a limit...
4 aug 2026 -
MellishR vond cksteam's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Just looking back at the Tornado loadings during this visit I'm wondering whether there was opportunity to try something different. Apologies if this has been mentioned already but I haven't waded through every post I've missed over the last few...
4 aug 2026 -
MellishR vond jnc's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
If the genuine take of people (some with considerable experience on successful heritage lines, to inform their thinking) is that the NYMR has management issues, what are they supposed to do, say nothing? This thread actually has recently had...
4 aug 2026 -
MellishR vond Steve's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
If you travel to the North York Moors by road from various directions you will see the brown tourist attraction signs. They don’t point the direction to the NYMR, they simply say ‘Steam Railway’. The NYMR must have agreed that wording when they...
4 aug 2026 -
MellishR vond Jamessquared's post leuk in het topic North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It's a poor comparison. The really big issue with steam is that it is very labour intensive in day-to-day operation (all that shifting ash around ...) That's a big problem if you are paying for your labour, as British Railways was; less of an...
4 aug 2026
