{"id":2501,"date":"2022-03-14T21:28:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T21:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=2501"},"modified":"2022-03-14T21:30:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T21:30:35","slug":"monday-14th-march-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=2501","title":{"rendered":"Monday 14th March 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2492 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Embsay-Facebook.jpg\" alt=\"Cumbria showing its safety valves lifting last Wednesday - with thanks to Embsay's facebook page\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Embsay-Facebook.jpg 600w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Embsay-Facebook-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>We start with the news that the FRT&#8217;s &#8216;Austerity&#8217; 0-6-0ST <em>Cumbria<\/em> passed its formal 14 month steam test last Wednesday and successfully operated a test train in readiness for traffic this year at the Embsay &amp; Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. Thanks to Matt Anderson at Embsay for making this happen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2493\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220309_145508A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"John Dixon working on the gas lamp housings for GER 5\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220309_145508A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220309_145508A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Back at Preston, work continued on the overhaul of GER Royal Saloon No. 5. John Dixon has been checking over each of the repaired gas lamp housings and ensuring that tops and bottoms of each housing fit sweetly when paired up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2494\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220311_113539A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Roger and Fred at work in the corridor of GER 5\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220311_113539A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220311_113539A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>There has been more work inside the coach to remove old varnish, undertaken by Roger and Fred (pictured here) plus Ed and John Davis. Phil Bell has been attending to the doors and associated fittings to ensure that they all work satisfactorily.<\/p>\n<p>Keith has welcomed the arrival of three sheets of steel which will keep him busy repairing <em>Wootton Hall<\/em>&#8216;s tender tank whilst Ade has been working on <em>Caliban&#8217;<\/em>s pistons.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2499 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_9229-e1647293390888-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ade with Caliban's pistons\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_9229-e1647293390888-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_9229-e1647293390888-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2496\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220311_111633-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Sam vacuums the foundation ring on FR 20\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220311_111633-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220311_111633-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220311_111633-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Sam and Tim had a productive time on Friday cleaning out scale from FR 20&#8217;s foundation ring using an air line and even the vacuum cleaner, which accessed the ring through the mudholes. We will be starting to put FR 20 back together this week in readiness for its appearance at the RSR&#8217;s Steam Gala on the 26th and 27th March.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2497\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_9209-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"The newly welded smokebox door refitted to 5643\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_9209-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_9209-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_9209-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Finally, work has continued on 5643 at Bury with last Tuesday&#8217;s working party re-fitting the smokebox door which has had its inner plate patched up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2498\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_9216SMA-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Motion gas been refitted to 5643 in anticipation of receiving the valves.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_9216SMA-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_9216SMA-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_9216SMA-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>The motion has also been re-fitted in anticipation of receiving the valves back from Tyseley Loco Works, where the valve spindles are being skimmed to rectify wear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We start with the news that the FRT&#8217;s &#8216;Austerity&#8217; 0-6-0ST Cumbria passed its formal 14 month steam test last Wednesday and successfully operated a test train in readiness for traffic this year at the Embsay &amp; Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. Thanks to Matt Anderson at Embsay for making this happen. Back at Preston, work continued &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=2501\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday 14th March 2022<\/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-2501","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\/2501","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=2501"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2504,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501\/revisions\/2504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}