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  1. MellishR liked lynbarn's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    Hi all, I totally agree with what the last 3 writers have said. I have been saying the same thing for years about a certain 2ft gauge rail in the West Country. I do take the heritage aspect of this very seriously, but the reality is that it needs...

    Sep 11, 2026 at 7:32 PM

  2. MellishR liked 73108's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    Given the vast expense of building a new loco from scratch, I suspect 'some people' would be a vanishingly small number compared to, for example, those interested in forking out towards the prospect of seeing an A1 or P2 out and about on the main...

    Sep 11, 2026 at 7:31 PM

  3. MellishR liked Fireline's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    I'm afraid that the "light railway vision" is fabulous, but doesn't pay the rent. The fact is, we need engines that can get 5 mk1's up Tenterden bank. The ethos of getting "whatever is available" was prevalent at the start of preservation, but...

    Sep 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM

  4. MellishR liked lynbarn's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.

    The whole issue of what steam locomotives to acquire for each railway is full of unexploded mines, while part of me would like to see a few more locos from Java or even Cuba, for that matter, back here in the UK; the realistic side of me asks the...

    Sep 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM

  5. MellishR liked johnofwessex's post in the thread Fire Risk.

    Go over them carefully, I understand that if you follow the original instructions there are some major stability issues to say nothing of waste handling

    Sep 11, 2026 at 7:21 PM

  6. clinker liked Jamessquared's post in the thread 1994 Blue Peter incident.

    And if that was Doncaster practice, Marsh did of course take it pretty much wholesale to Brighton - so quite likely that is where it comes from. Though he did add the Stroudley air-assistance to the reverser which you don't get on Doncaster...

    Sep 11, 2026 at 7:16 PM

  7. Hicks19862 liked M59137's post in the thread North Norfolk Railway General Discussion.

    This will be a fairly rare opportunity for a complete 19th-century-built formation to run on the line. Whilst often marketed as the Victorian train, it's usually hauled by 20th century locomotives! Sent from my moto g85 5G using Tapatalk

    Sep 11, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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