{"id":1244,"date":"2019-04-29T21:25:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T20:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2019-04-29T21:25:11","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T20:25:11","slug":"monday-29th-april-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=1244","title":{"rendered":"Monday 29th April 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The job of re-boring Caliban&#8217;s cylinders was finished last Tuesday by Team Marrow, which marks the completion of another important stage in its overhaul.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1237\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190428_100309-AT-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"Cumbria being prepared on Sunday, 28th April\" width=\"840\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190428_100309-AT-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190428_100309-AT-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190428_100309-AT-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190428_100309-AT-1200x583.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Ade got himself out of bed at an early hour to light up <em>Cumbria<\/em> (thank you, Ade) so that it could undergo a pre-hire inspection in steam by Tony Wright of the Embsay &amp; Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. All went well and <em>Cumbria<\/em> then went on to appear at the RSR&#8217;s Spring Steam Gala on Saturday and Sunday. It is seen here being prepared on Sunday morning and also at the head of the 11.30 train from Riverside station on Saturday with Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0ST No. 1208 <em>Illingworth<\/em> (also bound for Embsay in the near future) on the rear.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1238\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190427_112339-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Cumbria on the 11.30 train at Riverside Saturday 27th April\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190427_112339-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190427_112339-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190427_112339-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190427_112339-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A myriad of jobs have been taking place at Preston. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1242\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190424_102222-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"John Dixon measuring one of Wottoon Hall's axleboxes in order to make a pattern for a missing piece.\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190424_102222-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190424_102222-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190424_102222-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190424_102222-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>John Dixon has been measuring up one of <em>Wootton Hall<\/em>&#8216;s tender axleboxes so that he can make a pattern for a casting to repair some damage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1241\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190424_145416A-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"John Davis at work on Wootton hall's tender tank\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190424_145416A-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190424_145416A-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190424_145416A-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190424_145416A-1200x2133.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/>John Davis has been spending more time working on <em>Wootton Hall<\/em>&#8216;s new tender tank.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1240\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190426_105823-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Roger Benbow getting down to work on Fr 20's boiler crinolines\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190426_105823-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190426_105823-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190426_105823-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190426_105823-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Tim has again been cleaning up FR 20&#8217;s frames whilst Roger Benbow set to work on cleaning up the crinolines for FR 20&#8217;s boiler.<\/p>\n<p>Fred has cleaned up the platform ticket machine pedestal ready for it to be re-painted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1239\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190427_153158-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The new running board support on Fluff\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190427_153158-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190427_153158-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190427_153158-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190427_153158-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Work has also continued on Fowler 0-4-0DM <em>Fluff<\/em> where a replacement running board support, fabricated by John Stewart, has been fitted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1234\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/5643-768x1024.png\" alt=\"5643 at work at Embsay\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/5643-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/5643-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/5643-1200x1600.png 1200w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/5643.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>Over at Embsay, 5643 has been busy turning its wheels again and we have an Instagram photo here of it on a dining train there.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1236\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mystery-Photo-MR-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Mystery photo\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mystery-Photo-MR-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mystery-Photo-MR-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mystery-Photo-MR.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/>Also, Mike Rigg has submitted a mystery photo for you identify. Answer next week.<\/p>\n<p>Finally the fruits of our Treasurer&#8217;s work on the 2018 accounts have been delivered today to the Independent Examiner for scrutiny. We shall no doubt have to fix up an AGM soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The job of re-boring Caliban&#8217;s cylinders was finished last Tuesday by Team Marrow, which marks the completion of another important stage in its overhaul. Ade got himself out of bed at an early hour to light up Cumbria (thank you, Ade) so that it could undergo a pre-hire inspection in steam by Tony Wright of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=1244\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday 29th April 2019<\/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-1244","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\/1244","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=1244"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1245,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244\/revisions\/1245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}