{"id":1014,"date":"2018-11-12T09:24:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T09:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=1014"},"modified":"2018-11-12T09:24:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T09:24:00","slug":"monday-12th-november-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=1014","title":{"rendered":"Monday 12th November 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1007\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181107_121724-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Ed and Alan move Caliban's wheels\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181107_121724-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181107_121724-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181107_121724-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181107_121724-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>There was a productive shunt last Wednesday when FR 20&#8217;s boiler was moved into the FRT shed to enable work to commence under cover. At the same time it was possible to release <em>Caliban<\/em>&#8216;s wheels which were moved out by hand, with Ed Tatham and Alan Middleton seen here with the driving set. Thanks to Phil, Matt B and Ade who moved the stock around to make it all happen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1010\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181107_145337A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"John Davis still up in the air\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181107_145337A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181107_145337A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181107_145337A-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>John Davis and Paul Balshaw spent more time this week in their efforts to release more of the south side cantrail on GER 5 while Paul Newton continued work on the L&amp;NWR platform seat.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1009\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181107_133454-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"John Dixon and Ed continue the demolition of the PMV\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181107_133454-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181107_133454-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181107_133454-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181107_133454-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>John Dixon and Ed spent time on Wednesday dismantling the body on the PMV.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1012\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181109_143243A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Rigg attempts to remove some of Fluff's footplate\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181109_143243A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181109_143243A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181109_143243A-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>Howard, Alan Ogden and Mike Rigg concentrated their efforts on <em>Fluff<\/em>, with Mike seen here trying to remove a stubborn piece of the cab footplate.<\/p>\n<p>Keith, George and Fred spent Wednesday over at Embsay preparing 5643 for its 14 month cold boiler exam, which is scheduled to take place at 10.00 on Friday, 16th November.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1011\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181109_103835A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Roger attends to the water pump with assistance from Fred\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181109_103835A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181109_103835A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181109_103835A-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>Fred was back at Preston on Friday with Roger and brought back from Embsay the high pressure water pump which was suffering from wobbly wheels! Roger set about making the necessary repairs and then subsequently also repaired the fan in the mess room which had disintegrated the previous week.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1013 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181109_161554A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Keith bolts on the tender steps fixing plate.\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181109_161554A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181109_161554A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181109_161554A-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>There was a further riveting session last Thursday although the absence of Matt G reduced the number of rivets fitted. There will be another session next Thursday. Keith is seen here fitting a step retaining bracket on the tender frames.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1008\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181107_084625-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Croston's new mural in place by the playground\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181107_084625-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181107_084625-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181107_084625-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181107_084625-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>And finally, outside the FRT shed, Bill Croston&#8217;s new mural has been erected alongside the new children&#8217;s playground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a productive shunt last Wednesday when FR 20&#8217;s boiler was moved into the FRT shed to enable work to commence under cover. At the same time it was possible to release Caliban&#8216;s wheels which were moved out by hand, with Ed Tatham and Alan Middleton seen here with the driving set. Thanks to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=1014\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday 12th November 2018<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1015,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014\/revisions\/1015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}