{"id":2928,"date":"2023-05-16T21:41:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T20:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=2928"},"modified":"2023-05-16T21:41:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T20:41:17","slug":"tuesday-16th-may-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=2928","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday 16th May 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With a busy weekend with FR 20 at Blaenavon approaching, there is just time to squeeze in a short blog, albeit a day late again!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2922\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230510_153408-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"5643's superheater header is carefully eased out of the smokebox\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230510_153408-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230510_153408-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230510_153408-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Work has continued apace in the FRT shed at Preston on dismantling GWR 0-6-2T No. 5643 and cleaning its components. The superheater header was removed last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2923\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230510_110033A-1024x893.jpg\" alt=\"Ron Crowe cleaning one of 5643's steam pipes\" width=\"660\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230510_110033A-1024x893.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230510_110033A-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230510_110033A-768x669.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Ron Crowe is seen cleaning up one of the steam pipes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2924\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230510_123433A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Shiny cupboard doors in GER No. 5\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230510_123433A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230510_123433A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>There has also been progress with the restoration of Great Eastern Railway royal saloon No. 5 with the kitchen starting to look ready for business. Both work tops have been installed and the kitchen cupboards given their final coat of varnish.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2925\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230510_123218-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"New sinks and tap installed in GER No. 5's kitchen\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230510_123218-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230510_123218-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230510_123218-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>The sinks and Phil\u2019s new tap have been installed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2926\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230510_110349A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Keith wires up the new water tank for GER 5 for Phil to test\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230510_110349A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230510_110349A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>We now need to install some running water. Phil is seen testing the new water tank with assistance from Keith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a busy weekend with FR 20 at Blaenavon approaching, there is just time to squeeze in a short blog, albeit a day late again! Work has continued apace in the FRT shed at Preston on dismantling GWR 0-6-2T No. 5643 and cleaning its components. The superheater header was removed last Wednesday. Ron Crowe is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=2928\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tuesday 16th 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-2928","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\/2928","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=2928"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2929,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2928\/revisions\/2929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}