{"id":2204,"date":"2021-08-16T22:16:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T21:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=2204"},"modified":"2021-08-16T22:16:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T21:16:49","slug":"monday-16th-august-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=2204","title":{"rendered":"Monday 16th August 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2195\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210811_101227-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Give him a long enough lever and Ade will move the earth!\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210811_101227-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210811_101227-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210811_101227-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210811_101227-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Last Wednesday saw yet another working party convene at Embsay in an effort to improve the performance of <em>Cumbria<\/em>&#8216;s left hand injector. New parts had been fitted during the previous visit but the bottom cone had proved to be a tight fit and it had been decided not to put too much weight on it whilst being screwed into position. This time, on examination, there was far less resistance and, with the assistance of a length of pipe, Adrian was able to screw it until it reached the end of its thread.<\/p>\n<p>Well, that took all of ten minutes, so it was agreed to give <em>Cumbria<\/em> a steam test so that the effect of this tweak to the injector could be assessed. Needless to say, there was then a break of some hours whilst steam was raised which allowed time for cups of tea, lunch, more tea, cleaning of the engine and the taking of some photographs.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2196\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210811_113756-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Alan taking a carriage photo?\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210811_113756-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210811_113756-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210811_113756-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210811_113756-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Tim caught Alan apparently taking a photo of the lovely L&amp;NWR saloon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2197 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210811_120549-AT-A-498x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ade's artistic effort\" width=\"498\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210811_120549-AT-A-498x1024.jpg 498w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210811_120549-AT-A-146x300.jpg 146w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210811_120549-AT-A-768x1580.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210811_120549-AT-A-1200x2469.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210811_120549-AT-A.jpg 1960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/>Meanwhile Ade contented himself with one of his artistic cab spectacle photos of <em>Welsh Guardsman<\/em> departing Embsay with a train to Bolton Abbey.<\/p>\n<p>The outcome of all this was that, when pressure reached 115 psi, Ade lost patience and put the injector on with no problem. This then led to <em>Cumbria<\/em> being put into service for a short stint before being withdrawn for a scheduled boiler washout.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2200\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210813_101241A-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Planning the day's activities\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210813_101241A-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210813_101241A-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210813_101241A-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210813_101241A-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Back at Preston, the <em>Fluff<\/em> gang has again been busy. We see here a planning meeting on Friday &#8211; is this a new concept?!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2199\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210813_132325A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Test fitting more bits on Fluff\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210813_132325A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210813_132325A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210813_132325A-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>Phil and John Davis then set about test fitting the first side panel to the new angle support piece.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2201\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210813_103621-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Fred in familiar pose\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210813_103621-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210813_103621-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210813_103621-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210813_103621-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Fred then set about cleaning more of <em>Fluff&#8217;<\/em>s panels for painting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2202\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210813_113251-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Roger lying down on the job\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210813_113251-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210813_113251-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210813_113251-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210813_113251-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Meanwhile Roger took advantage of some better weather by continuing the paint job on the former Foxfield water column.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2203\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210813_134218A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"John Dixon heading into self isolation\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210813_134218A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210813_134218A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210813_134218A-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>Work also continued on FR 20 where Stewart Waugh had applied some anti-corrosion solution to the tender coal space after which Tim added some grey undercoat. Having finished (and won!) his long running battle with fitting the engine&#8217;s vacuum pipe, John Dixon was busy on the inside of the tender tank applying some two pack paint, again to prevent future corrosion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Wednesday saw yet another working party convene at Embsay in an effort to improve the performance of Cumbria&#8216;s left hand injector. New parts had been fitted during the previous visit but the bottom cone had proved to be a tight fit and it had been decided not to put too much weight on it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=2204\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday 16th August 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-2204","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\/2204","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=2204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2205,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204\/revisions\/2205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}