{"id":2065,"date":"2021-04-12T20:19:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T19:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=2065"},"modified":"2021-04-13T10:55:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T09:55:18","slug":"monday-12th-april-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=2065","title":{"rendered":"Monday 12th April 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2057\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210409_135513-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"John Dixon constructs the formers for the new brick arch in FR 20\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210409_135513-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210409_135513-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210409_135513-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210409_135513-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>We are heading towards the casting of a new brick arch for FR 20 with John Dixon now in the final stages of constructing the formers in the confined space of the fire box.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2058\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210407_144524A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Alan annealing copper steam pipes for FR 20\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210407_144524A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210407_144524A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210407_144524A-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>With the injectors now fitted, Alan has been annealing the copper steam pipework that now needs to be connected. Meanwhile Ed has continued his work\u00a0cleaning up the chimney.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2062\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210409_120858A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"John Davis paints controls in Fluff\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210409_120858A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210409_120858A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210409_120858A-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>John Davis has been painting the controls in <em>Fluff<\/em>&#8216;s cab.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2061\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210409_132020-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Fred cleans up the water crane\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210409_132020-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210409_132020-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210409_132020-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210409_132020-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Fred has been back in action after the lockdown break and has been cleaning up the former Furness Railway water crane from Foxfield. Needless to say, it didn&#8217;t take him long to wear out his first cup wire brush of the year!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2060\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210407_144530A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"New fire box for the water crane\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210407_144530A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210407_144530A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210407_144530A-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>Meanwhile Keith has finished fabricating a new fire box for the water crane.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2059\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210407_115840-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Ade drilling out smokebox rivets on Caliban's boiler\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210407_115840-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210407_115840-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210407_115840-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210407_115840-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And finally, Ade has\u00a0continued to drill out out the rivets on\u00a0<em>Caliban<\/em>&#8216;s smokebox to allow it to be removed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are heading towards the casting of a new brick arch for FR 20 with John Dixon now in the final stages of constructing the formers in the confined space of the fire box. With the injectors now fitted, Alan has been annealing the copper steam pipework that now needs to be connected. Meanwhile Ed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=2065\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday 12th April 2021<\/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-2065","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\/2065","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=2065"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2068,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065\/revisions\/2068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}