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MellishR liked acorb's post in the thread FR & WHR & WHHR News.
Quite remarkable statement really given the size of the FR's fleet, only 3 locos are in long term storage, everything else is either active or under repair. I remember reading something that it is current policy to keep locos operational, as...
Jun 24, 2026 at 11:33 AM -
MellishR liked meeee's post in the thread FR & WHR & WHHR News.
Welsh Pony has been repaired however it still needs it's annual boiler exam before it can enter service again. Blanche is stopped now pending a bottom end overhaul. James Spooner is now in the works having stay repairs. Likely to be back out...
Jun 24, 2026 at 11:32 AM -
MellishR liked LMS2968's post in the thread Bahamas.
The two systems work on very different principles and the mass of air to be moved in a vacuum system is much greater than in an air system, so it requires more time to, for instance, fill and drain a cylinder. Look tat the thickness of an air...
Jun 24, 2026 at 11:16 AM -
MellishR liked LMS2968's post in the thread Bahamas.
The different air / vacuum (air pressure in reverse) are compensated by the use of bigger cylinders for a vacuum system so equalising the brake effort. A vacuum brake can be just as effective as an air system although slower acting, hence the...
Jun 24, 2026 at 11:15 AM -
MellishR liked Olde576's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I say this with more about how the L&B didn’t exactly suit itself well with locals the first go around: be it by a lack of proximity as was the case with Woody Bay or Lynton’s stations to the towns and villages they were supposed to serve, or...
Jun 22, 2026 at 10:40 AM -
MellishR liked Old Kent Biker's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
To be fair, this thread has been running since 2009, and has 818 pages, so it is perhaps a bit much to expect anyone to remember or read through all of it, and not everyone is within easy distance of the L&B to visit 'in the flesh' so to speak....
Jun 22, 2026 at 10:39 AM -
MellishR liked RailWest's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Indeed :-( Do people never actually (a) read what has already been written on the subject so many times and (b) go and look at the area and appreciate the impractical nature of their suggestions (however well-meant they may be) ???
Jun 22, 2026 at 10:38 AM -
MellishR liked David Mylchreest's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.
Yep thank you for that. I did look at this before I posted but it doesn't nail the question. I gather that BR built the loco to an LMS design in 1952 (I can remember it at Crewe), so far so good. As built, did BR give it an LMS makers plate?...
Jun 21, 2026 at 8:31 AM -
MellishR replied to the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
As for example seeing an amber traffic light, with plenty of time to stop, but instead keeping going and passing it after it has turned to red.
Jun 21, 2026 at 8:28 AM -
MellishR liked Jamessquared's post in the thread West Somerset Railway General Discussion.
What happened to the steam service? Presumably the three possibilities are that it continued after a bridge inspection; propelled its train back to the previous station; or was rescued by a rescuing loco from BL entering the section and hauling...
Jun 21, 2026 at 8:25 AM -
MellishR liked Vulcan Works's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
There are many potential different grants and awarding bodies for different aspects of heritage, the environment, economic regeneration, education and so on but hardly any will award a grant to purchase land. It might be possible to apply for...
Jun 20, 2026 at 11:06 AM -
MellishR liked Miff's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Thank you! Both old websites are out of date, with the EA one apparently still looking for shareholders and the YVT one saying the only 'Members' are the trustees. No doubt the new website will resolve this :)
Jun 20, 2026 at 11:05 AM -
MellishR liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Keeping in touch with the dead? Will this be the start of the afterlife subscription model? (seriously though, I think it’s a lovely idea to keep in touch, but as with many coms it could have done with a bit of a proof read perhaps. Another...
Jun 19, 2026 at 10:02 AM
