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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. MellishR a plăcut postul lui 21B în subiectul North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    The truth is that all heritage railways are in financial distress. The degree of the distress depends on a few factors: - Size of operation - Length - quality of structures and roadbed - Ability to introduce new products that attract different...

    1 Iul 2026 la 10:42

  10. MellishR a răspuns la subiectul West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    The point is not to rake over past issues in themselves but to enquire by what miracle the railway has (apparently) recovered from the supposedly dire financial situation of a few years ago. Was it never as bad as was claimed (management being...

    1 Iul 2026 la 10:36

  11. MellishR a plăcut postul lui RWJP în subiectul Swanage Railway General Discussion.

    What an awful and ridiculous comment... First, there's no confirmation that the person in that photo is the person in question. It could be any Swanage staff member/volunteer who happened to have a camera with them or anyone else with a lineside...

    30 Iun 2026 la 13:18

  12. MellishR a răspuns la subiectul West Somerset Railway General Discussion.

    I seem to recall repeated claims that the WSR needed the odd half million or so every year for a backlog of maintenance, without which it would have to close; no reports of any such moneys being received; and yet the railway apparently still...

    30 Iun 2026 la 13:12

  13. MellishR a plăcut postul lui Steve în subiectul North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    One of the things that I class as a part of the heritage experience when visiting a heritage railway is the issue of an Edmondson card ticket stamped in a dating press. It’s such a simple thing to do and provides an experience of something once...

    30 Iun 2026 la 12:57

  14. MellishR a plăcut postul lui cksteam în subiectul North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Of course the big flaw to advance tickets on the NYMR is you still have to visit the ticket office to collect them. So unless you are after the discount there's little point as there isn't much of a time saving at all. What they should do is give...

    30 Iun 2026 la 12:56

  15. MellishR a plăcut postul lui Big Al în subiectul North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I'm sorry if I am partly responsible for what some might see as a digression over passenger journeys on the NYMR but it was well intentioned and simply posed a question that I don't think anyone on here has yet answered, even if they knew. I...

    30 Iun 2026 la 09:26
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