MellishR's Recent Activity
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MellishR liked 5944's post in the thread Bluebell Railway | Giants of Steam | 16th-18th October 2026.
It is compared to half the Bluebell fleet!
Jul 31, 2026 at 6:33 PM -
MellishR liked Gladiator 5076's post in the thread Bluebell Railway | Giants of Steam | 16th-18th October 2026.
Interesting definition of a "Giant"
Jul 31, 2026 at 6:33 PM -
MellishR liked andyjhatton's post in the thread Oil Firing.
I think what they're trying to say is that the stays / rivets don't protrude into the firebox, so they aren't ablated by the hot flame and gasses. Not that there aren't crown stays at all.
Jul 31, 2026 at 6:27 PM -
MellishR liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
It hardly seems beyond the whit of man to be able to inform the guard before departure whether they are on the final service, or the penultimate one! That said, I'm surprised there is that level of what is basically operational detail in a...
Jul 31, 2026 at 9:28 AM -
MellishR replied to the thread Oil Firing.
Can someone elaborate about the roof stays please. How can you not need stays between inner and outer fireboxes?
Jul 31, 2026 at 9:24 AM -
MellishR replied to the thread East Lancashire Railway.
How do those practices affect someone (like me) who occasionally follows a link to a Facebook page but has no Facebook account?
Jul 30, 2026 at 5:54 PM -
MellishR replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I thought "the latest bout" was move to much more co-operation.
Jul 30, 2026 at 5:35 PM -
MellishR liked LMS2968's post in the thread Oil Firing.
Indeed. The oil firing plans were, to say the least, odd since all the oil would need to be imported and Britain had little in the way of reserves to buy anything from abroad. A lot of money was spent installing the oil storage and refueling...
Jul 30, 2026 at 5:31 PM -
MellishR liked 60044's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Quite so. Everyone tends to focus on specifics of language or organisational details, but the reality is that there are potential opportunities there, and the NYMR doesn't seem to have a clue about ideas for taking advantage of them. Forget...
Jul 30, 2026 at 7:46 AM -
MellishR liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
@5944’s post and my response seem to have sparked a lot of comment. I used the term park and ride and period shouldn’t have. What I think both of us are saying is than opportunity has been missed. The end of October is unlikely to be a time when...
Jul 30, 2026 at 7:46 AM -
MellishR liked Musket The Dog's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think the counter to that point is that at this event, this isn't a crowd necessaraily going for a day out in Whitby. They are there for the goth weekend, which happens to be in Whitby. In a similar vein to the argument about the CVR and the...
Jul 30, 2026 at 7:42 AM
