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  1. MellishR a plăcut postul lui Deepgreen în subiectul Fire Risk.

    So predictable, which is the shame of it. We all want steam to run, but it does more harm than good when it does so in the obviously wrong conditions and fires are the result.

    21 Iun 2025 la 18:46

  2. MellishR a răspuns la subiectul Vintage Trains 2025.

    The pathing stop at Bromsgrove will make for an interesting climb of the Lickey. Edit: There is a side trip to Port Talbot while the pax are at Swansea: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U56844/2025-07-05/detailed

    21 Iun 2025 la 11:20

  3. MellishR a răspuns la subiectul Bluebell Railway General Discussion.

    There must have been many MPDs in BR days that had less locos than that. How has the Bluebell found space for them?

    20 Iun 2025 la 11:29

  4. MellishR a răspuns la subiectul Tornado.

    However much of Tornado's troubles over the last few years have been due to bad management and however much to bad luck, it is certainly very bad luck to be prevented from running by this hot dry weather so soon after main line operation finally...

    20 Iun 2025 la 11:17

  5. MellishR a plăcut postul lui Musket The Dog în subiectul Tornado.

    I would agree that there are tools that make certain aspects of the job easier, but I would go further and say that because of those tools an engineer in the 21st century is expected to do more of the individual tasks. Your drawing office might...

    20 Iun 2025 la 11:11

  6. MellishR a plăcut postul lui The Gricing Owl în subiectul British Pullman 2025.

    We are now in yet another heatwave covering much of the country. For quite a few of us this has followed a very dry spring. The 'great storm' that went over Kent a week or so ago only gave the mid Kent area 4 mm of rain. To me, a 100% steam...

    20 Iun 2025 la 11:09

  7. MellishR a plăcut postul lui Chris86 în subiectul Bridge that Gap: Great Central Railway News.

    Looks pretty reasonable to comply with to me- also, I think that it's a bit unfair on the EA- I work with multiple staff members, from multiple departments pretty regularly and have had some interesting chats regarding the issues with...

    19 Iun 2025 la 11:51

  8. MellishR a plăcut postul lui Gladiator 5076 în subiectul SVR General Discussion.

    Just think what could have been achieved with dynamic pricing. :)

    19 Iun 2025 la 09:17

  9. MellishR a plăcut postul lui Jamessquared în subiectul The 10A Allocation.

    Indeed - I'm sure if you found yourself in a situation with a stranded train full of passengers and the options were "detrain possibly hundreds of people onto an electrified mainline" or "tow them unbraked to a station" surely the option would be...

    19 Iun 2025 la 09:09
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