{"id":273,"date":"2017-07-03T22:24:17","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T21:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=273"},"modified":"2017-07-03T22:31:03","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T21:31:03","slug":"monday-3rd-july-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=273","title":{"rendered":"Monday 3rd July 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve reached July already &#8211; where has the first half of the year gone?!\u00a0Well there&#8217;s been quite a bit of progress on our projects during that time and that\u00a0has continued in the last week.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-263\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170630_140525_34822987263_o1MRA-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Trial fitting of melamine panels\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170630_140525_34822987263_o1MRA-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170630_140525_34822987263_o1MRA-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170630_140525_34822987263_o1MRA-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170630_140525_34822987263_o1MRA-1200x2133.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/>Mike has been fitting more wood in the buffet car and arranged a trial fit of the melamine panels in the servery area to check the location of the securing holes for the &#8216;bum rest&#8217; which has then to be fitted and aligned with suitable wooden backing pieces behind the melamine. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-268\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/dsc04454_34803746054_o1MR-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Mike rivetting the gas box sign\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/dsc04454_34803746054_o1MR-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/dsc04454_34803746054_o1MR-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/dsc04454_34803746054_o1MR-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/dsc04454_34803746054_o1MR-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Mike also refitted the original sign back on to the old gas box door. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-261\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170628_145604_resizedMR-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Tim laying lino\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170628_145604_resizedMR-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170628_145604_resizedMR-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170628_145604_resizedMR-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170628_145604_resizedMR.jpg 1161w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/>Tim took the plunge and cut the first piece of lino to rough dimensions ready for detailed fitting whilst John continued his task of repairing the flooring at the door entrances and also started the task of setting the brass door treads into the floor.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-264\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/100_5055A-1024x741.jpg\" alt=\"Alan welding\" width=\"840\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/100_5055A-1024x741.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/100_5055A-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/100_5055A-768x556.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/100_5055A-1200x868.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>There has been more fitting and welding of new pieces for <em>Caliban<\/em>&#8216;s new running board. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-265\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/100_5052_2A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Howard making a square hole\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/100_5052_2A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/100_5052_2A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/100_5052_2A-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>Staying with\u00a0<em>Caliban,\u00a0<\/em>Howard has been preparing the tooling for creating a square hole in the new piece of sanding gear.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-270\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170630_134600_35501386861_o1MRA-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Fred cleaning the bracket\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170630_134600_35501386861_o1MRA-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170630_134600_35501386861_o1MRA-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170630_134600_35501386861_o1MRA-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170630_134600_35501386861_o1MRA-1200x2133.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/>Fred has been busy again with the wire brush cleaning up a borrowed cylinder lubrication bracket which is to be used as a pattern for a new one for <em>Wootton Hall. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-260\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image-MR-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Matt painting Wootton Hall's cylinders\" width=\"840\" height=\"840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image-MR-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image-MR-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image-MR-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image-MR-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image-MR-1200x1200.png 1200w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image-MR.png 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/em>Matt has again been busy with the paintbrush priming the Hall&#8217;s cylinders.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget that the AGM will be held at 7.30 pm on Tuesday, 11th July at the new shed at Preston.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-267 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_20170703_193045.jpg\" alt=\"Cumbria badge\" width=\"390\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_20170703_193045.jpg 390w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_20170703_193045-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/>And finally, Alison has now received a new batch of <em>Cumbria<\/em> badges (sponsored by a member) to add to the 5643 badges displayed last week &#8211; why not buy one of each at \u00a33.95 per badge?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve reached July already &#8211; where has the first half of the year gone?!\u00a0Well there&#8217;s been quite a bit of progress on our projects during that time and that\u00a0has continued in the last week. Mike has been fitting more wood in the buffet car and arranged a trial fit of the melamine panels in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=273\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday 3rd July 2017<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273","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\/273","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=273"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions\/277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}