MellishR's Recent Activity
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MellishR liked 5944's post in the thread 4270.
They'll fit in perfectly, what with already having a station ending in Road due to it being nearly 3 miles away from the village it's meant to serve.
Jan 20, 2026 at 7:53 AM -
MellishR liked 60044's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Two threads have converged in this one I feel. The first is the lack of information being made available to members. This is a long-standing problem and has been acknowledged by the NYMR Management, who have pledged to improve the situation,...
Jan 19, 2026 at 5:51 PM -
MellishR liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I suspect this has hit NYMR partly out of the blue, certainly as to when it has hit if not that something would be required. They are due some sympathy for having to contend with the problem - the question is how much sympathy, and whether other...
Jan 19, 2026 at 5:49 PM -
MellishR liked 5944's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
All true - most railway GMs (or equivalent role) don't post regularly elsewhere in a personal capacity. The notable exceptions being Gus Dunster (SVR) and Jonnie Pay (Spa Valley). Robin Coombes used to give occasional insights to the running of...
Jan 19, 2026 at 5:48 PM -
MellishR liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
At work, our default confidentiality setting is where we regard information as confidential, have protocols for keeping it that way, but do not get heartbroken if it gets into the public domain - we have higher security settings for that...
Jan 19, 2026 at 5:46 PM -
MellishR liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I'm not sure a staff newsletter should necessarily be public (though it depends I suppose what you put in it). Clearly there will always be some things of operational or other significance that you don't want to broadcast too widely. ("Can staff...
Jan 19, 2026 at 5:45 PM -
MellishR liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Understood. What I find interesting is the way that some railways - notably Spa Valley - use social media to build and develop support. They are open about their challenges, and they generate goodwill in doing so. When they do so, it's clear...
Jan 19, 2026 at 5:42 PM -
MellishR liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Social media only becomes a problem as far as organisations are concerned when it is negative comment. If it is praise, it is generally welcomed. The vast majority of negative comments have an element of truth in them and that should be of...
Jan 19, 2026 at 5:41 PM -
MellishR liked Sidmouth's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
the counter to that is one railways gm is very active on linkedin and facebook to both promote their railway but also give a lot of support , encouragement and gratitude to volunteers . Guess which railway as a result has positive morale
Jan 19, 2026 at 10:16 AM
