{"id":2831,"date":"2023-02-20T21:30:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T21:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=2831"},"modified":"2023-02-20T21:30:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T21:30:03","slug":"monday-20th-february-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=2831","title":{"rendered":"Monday 20th February 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2822\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/PSX_20230216_130145-GS-1024x701.jpg\" alt=\"5643 negotiates the unloading ramp\" width=\"660\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/PSX_20230216_130145-GS-1024x701.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/PSX_20230216_130145-GS-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/PSX_20230216_130145-GS-768x525.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>5643 finally arrived home to Preston on a very damp Thursday morning in anticipation of its 10-year boiler overhaul.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2823\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/processed-7312e945-61c0-4df3-ac4b-094b1e915f86_KYn8OBM2-Ap-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"5643 safely inside the RSR running shed\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/processed-7312e945-61c0-4df3-ac4b-094b1e915f86_KYn8OBM2-Ap-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/processed-7312e945-61c0-4df3-ac4b-094b1e915f86_KYn8OBM2-Ap-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>It was \u00a0transferred into the RSR running shed where Keith soon set about removing the washout plugs and mudhole doors on Saturday in readiness for a planned washout of the boiler this Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2824\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215_105443A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"John Davis staining some new mouldings for GER No. 5\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215_105443A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215_105443A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Work continued this week on the overhaul of Great Eastern Railway Royal Saloon No. 5. John Davis is seen here staining some new mouldings created by Phil Bell. Meanwhile John Dixon worked on the tricky job of inserting a replacement set of window scissors, which had been found to be missing, \u00a0underneath one of the opening door windows.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2825\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215_114347A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Shed tidying in progress\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215_114347A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215_114347A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Last Wednesday saw a concerted effort to tidy the FRT shed in readiness for the forthcoming rearrangement of rolling stock. This necessitated the movement and safe storage of a spare engine for the RR Sentinel diesels. All in all, a very useful exercise.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2826\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215_134114A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Sam at work with the sand blasting booth\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215_134114A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215_134114A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Sam has been cleaning up components from <em>Caliban<\/em>\u2019s replacement manifold using the sand blasting booth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2827\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215_134131A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The finished article\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215_134131A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215_134131A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>The outcome of his work can be seen on one of the valves.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2828\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215_093513A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"FRT members are now able to view the local tits flocking to John Davis's nuts whilst having their lunch.\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215_093513A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230215_093513A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>John Davis spied the opportunity to hang some bird feeders alongside one of the FRT messroom windows. Unfortunately, none of the local tits deigned to make an appearance for the photographer!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2829\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230219_175252A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Alan and cake\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230219_175252A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230219_175252A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Finally, Cake Watch: there were plenty of cakes in the mess room this week as both Keith and Alan celebrated birthdays. There was also a celebratory gathering at Longridge on Sunday with yet another cake. The engine number gives a clue as to Alan\u2019s age.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2830 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230220_141043-e1676928335261-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A very content trailhound!\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230220_141043-e1676928335261-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230220_141043-e1676928335261-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Ade had to leave before the cake was cut to catch the last bus home. The good news is that Tim took some cake home to bring in on Wednesday. The bad news is that Tim\u2019s trailhound, Della, found the cake in his rucksack where it had been placed ready for Wednesday!! (Don\u2019t worry, Ade, Alison will see you right this Wednesday!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5643 finally arrived home to Preston on a very damp Thursday morning in anticipation of its 10-year boiler overhaul. It was \u00a0transferred into the RSR running shed where Keith soon set about removing the washout plugs and mudhole doors on Saturday in readiness for a planned washout of the boiler this Wednesday. Work continued this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=2831\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday 20th February 2023<\/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-2831","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\/2831","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=2831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2832,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2831\/revisions\/2832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}