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  1. MellishR vond Deepgreen's post leuk in het topic 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 jun 2025 om 18:46
  2. MellishR reageerde op het topic 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 jun 2025 om 11:20
  3. MellishR reageerde op het topic 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 jun 2025 om 11:29
  4. MellishR reageerde op het topic 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 jun 2025 om 11:17
  5. MellishR vond Musket The Dog's post leuk in het topic 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 jun 2025 om 11:11
  6. MellishR vond The Gricing Owl's post leuk in het topic 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 jun 2025 om 11:09
  7. MellishR vond Chris86's post leuk in het topic 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 jun 2025 om 11:51
  8. MellishR vond Gladiator 5076's post leuk in het topic SVR General Discussion.

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

    19 jun 2025 om 09:17
  9. MellishR vond Jamessquared's post leuk in het topic 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 jun 2025 om 09:09