{"id":1714,"date":"2020-03-09T22:22:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T22:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2020-03-09T22:22:20","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T22:22:20","slug":"monday-9th-march-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=1714","title":{"rendered":"Monday 9th March 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1709\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200304_142623-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"The Coronavirus handshake\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200304_142623-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200304_142623-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200304_142623-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200304_142623-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>There was a certain amount of jubilation on Wednesday when <em>Fluff<\/em> was finally lowered back onto its springs. However, given the current Coronavirus health advice, John Davis and Phil Bell decided to avoid the high fives and went for the now more fashionable touching of elbows.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1710\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200304_142655-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Don't lower locomotives before clearing tool boxes out of the way...\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200304_142655-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200304_142655-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200304_142655-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200304_142655-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>The lowering of <em>Fluff<\/em> has not been without its issues for somebody had left a tool box under the loco which now looks a little worse for wear!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1712\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200306_113421A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Fred paints Fluff's sand boxes\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200306_113421A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200306_113421A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200306_113421A-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>Fred applied some gloss black paint to the sand boxes on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1713\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200306_113439A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Roger primes the lower part of Fluff's cab back plate\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200306_113439A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200306_113439A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200306_113439A-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>Roger coated the lower part of the back cab with primer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1711\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200304_150723A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ade raises pressure on FR 20's boiler whilst Alan tops up the water bucket\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200304_150723A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200304_150723A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200304_150723A-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>Alan and Ade spent Wednesday raising pressure on FR 20&#8217;s boiler and got it up to 200 psi before making a note of a few areas of dampness that need to be attended to.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1707\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200304_134455-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"John Dixon cleans out FR 20's tender tank\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200304_134455-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200304_134455-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200304_134455-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200304_134455-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Tim continued to paint FR 20&#8217;s tender frames whilst John Dixon decided to spend some time in self isolation, cleaning out the tender tank.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1708\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200304_141207-e1583683591261-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"New firebox cladding for Wootton Hall\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200304_141207-e1583683591261-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200304_141207-e1583683591261-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200304_141207-e1583683591261-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>There has been more progress on <em>Wootton Hall<\/em> with some new firebox cladding appearing for fitting.<\/p>\n<p>The Ribble Steam Railway has recently received a large collection of OO gauge locomotives and coaches of both two and three rail operation. These are being sold to members in the Exploration Centre to raise funds this Wednesday between 8 am and 4 pm.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, news from Embsay is that 5643&#8217;s steam test for the boiler surveyor is now scheduled for this Friday 13th March.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a certain amount of jubilation on Wednesday when Fluff was finally lowered back onto its springs. However, given the current Coronavirus health advice, John Davis and Phil Bell decided to avoid the high fives and went for the now more fashionable touching of elbows. The lowering of Fluff has not been without its &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=1714\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday 9th March 2020<\/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-1714","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\/1714","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=1714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1715,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions\/1715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}