{"id":2968,"date":"2023-06-26T20:47:53","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T19:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=2968"},"modified":"2023-06-26T20:47:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T19:47:53","slug":"monday-26th-june-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=2968","title":{"rendered":"Monday 26th June 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The date for 5643\u2019s boiler lift is now confirmed for this Friday, 30<sup>th<\/sup> June.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2963\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230623_110509A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Keith sets up the gas torch, unless he's preparing for a night out?\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230623_110509A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230623_110509A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Not sure who\/how Keith is identifying as this week, as the current vogue goes, but he (other pronouns are available) is seen here setting up the gas torch.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2964\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230623_110617-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Another smokebox retaining nut gets the chop\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230623_110617-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230623_110617-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230623_110617-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>He (They?!) then set about removing another stubborn smokebox retaining nut in readiness for the boiler lift.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2965\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230623_120522A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"John Dixon fits one of the lights in GER No. 5\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230623_120522A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230623_120522A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>John Dixon has been fitting the remaining lights in Great Eastern Railway royal saloon No. 5.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2966\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230623_144250-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"John Davis fits moquette in the guard's compartment of GER No.5\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230623_144250-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230623_144250-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230623_144250-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Finally, the chaise longue in the east saloon of GER No. 5 is almost complete, courtesy of Anne and Phil Burton. Meanwhile, John Davis and Tim have been fitting moquette in the guard\u2019s compartment of GER No. 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The date for 5643\u2019s boiler lift is now confirmed for this Friday, 30th June. Not sure who\/how Keith is identifying as this week, as the current vogue goes, but he (other pronouns are available) is seen here setting up the gas torch. He (They?!) then set about removing another stubborn smokebox retaining nut in readiness &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=2968\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday 26th June 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-2968","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\/2968","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=2968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2969,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2968\/revisions\/2969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}