{"id":2919,"date":"2023-05-09T22:04:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T21:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=2919"},"modified":"2023-05-09T22:04:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T21:04:35","slug":"tuesday-9th-may-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=2919","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday 9th May 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

With disruption caused by two Bank Holidays and a visit to Didcot to fit in, the blog has lost its regularity. Apologies, but here is a summary of the latest happenings.<\/p>\n

\"FRFurness Railway No. 20 successfully completed the last of its nine steamings at Didcot on Monday, 1st<\/sup> May. For this weekend it was paired with two Great Western Railway coaches of a more modern vintage than previously.<\/p>\n

\"LoadingJohn Dixon and Sam joined Tim on the 1st<\/sup> May to prepare FR 20 for its forward movement to the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway. This included loading the coupling rod that had been acquired for No. 4979 Wootton Hall.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"SamSam then received it in the tender.<\/p>\n

\"Caliban'sBack at Preston, last Wednesday saw Caliban\u2019<\/em>s cab being fitted onto the frames courtesy of Ribble Rail\u2019s recently acquired Road Rail Vehicle (RRV).<\/p>\n

\"5643'sOnce this had been achieved, it was time to remove 5643\u2019s cab roof.<\/p>\n

\"5643'sAnd then the tanks.<\/p>\n

\"KeithBack in the FRT shed, with the tanks removed, Keith has been cleaning oil and grease which is now accessible.<\/p>\n

\"SamSam has been cleaning the firebox top cladding.<\/p>\n

\"RonAnd Ron Crowe has been polishing the injector pipework.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With disruption caused by two Bank Holidays and a visit to Didcot to fit in, the blog has lost its regularity. Apologies, but here is a summary of the latest happenings. Furness Railway No. 20 successfully completed the last of its nine steamings at Didcot on Monday, 1st May. For this weekend it was paired … Continue reading Tuesday 9th May 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-2919","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\/2919","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=2919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2920,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2919\/revisions\/2920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}