{"id":2593,"date":"2022-06-06T22:02:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T21:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=2593"},"modified":"2022-06-06T22:02:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T21:02:08","slug":"monday-6th-june-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=2593","title":{"rendered":"Monday 6th June 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a short update after the half term holiday break.<\/p>\n<p>We now have details of Andy MacGregor&#8217;s funeral. This will take place at Beetham Hall Crematorium, LA7 7BQ, at 12.30 pm on Friday, 17th June. Please pass the message on to those who may not read this blog.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2589\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220527_104354-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Rain strips, gas lamp housings and torpedo vents refitted on to the roof of GER No. 5\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220527_104354-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220527_104354-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220527_104354-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Work has continued on Great Eastern Railway Royal Saloon No. 5 where the gas lamp housings and torpedo vents now have been re-fitted to the roof. Again, there has been more progress in refurbishing the interior woodwork.<\/p>\n<p>Further progress has also been made by Matt Crabtree in welding in replacement steelwork into <em>Wootton Hall<\/em>&#8216;s tender tank. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2588\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220525_103522A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Matthew Owen grinding old steelwork in readiness for inserting a new steel plate.\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220525_103522A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220525_103522A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Young Matthew Owen, having achieved a welding certificate, also appeared a week last Wednesday to lend a hand and is seen here grinding rust from the old steelwork in readiness to weld in new plate. Needless to say, Matthew found that welding rusty metal is more of a challenge than the pristine steel found in the college workshop!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2590\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220605_111114A-1024x955.jpg\" alt=\"FR 20 at Preston Riverside on Sunday, 5th June\" width=\"660\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220605_111114A-1024x955.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220605_111114A-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220605_111114A-768x716.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Finally, the Jubilee Weekend saw Furness Railway No. 20 in service at Preston on both the 4th and 5th June, complete with headboard and flags.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a short update after the half term holiday break. We now have details of Andy MacGregor&#8217;s funeral. This will take place at Beetham Hall Crematorium, LA7 7BQ, at 12.30 pm on Friday, 17th June. Please pass the message on to those who may not read this blog. Work has continued on Great Eastern Railway &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=2593\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday 6th June 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-2593","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\/2593","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=2593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2594,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593\/revisions\/2594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}