{"id":2995,"date":"2023-07-11T12:09:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T11:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=2995"},"modified":"2023-07-11T12:09:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T11:09:59","slug":"monday-11th-july-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=2995","title":{"rendered":"Monday 11th July 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First, we start with the good news that Cast Iron Welding Services of Coalville have now been able to submit a price for the repair of Furness Railway No. 20\u2019s right hand piston and front cylinder cover, which has been accepted. This part of the overall repair should be completed in the next three weeks after which it will be possible to reassemble the motion. Once completed and tested, FR 20 will be able to continue its hire to the Pontypool &amp; Blaenavon Railway. Operating dates will be published once they can be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2986\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230705_115410-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"5643 now down to a rolling chassis\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230705_115410-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230705_115410-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230705_115410-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Back at Preston, work has started in earnest on 5643\u2019s rolling chassis which is now located in the main FRT shed. Removal of the bunker for the first time in preservation has revealed some wasted angle support which is now being cut away so that it can be replaced.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2987\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230705_142823-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"5643's boiler ready to be worked upon\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230705_142823-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230705_142823-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230705_142823-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>The boiler is now in the outer shed and work on descaling it has also commenced. It is expected that the tubes will now be removed in August.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2988\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230705_115644A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ade working on Caliban's valve rod covers\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230705_115644A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230705_115644A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Ade has once again been working on <em>Caliban<\/em> and is seen here fitting the valve rod covers.<\/p>\n<p>Alison is arranging for some carpet samples to be brought in for Great Eastern Railway royal saloon No. 5. Measuring up for an estimate will take place this Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2989\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230705_160656A-833x1024.jpg\" alt=\"John Dixon cutting rot from GER No. 5's floor\" width=\"660\" height=\"811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230705_160656A-833x1024.jpg 833w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230705_160656A-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230705_160656A-768x944.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Meanwhile, John Davis spotted some unwelcome rot in the corridor floor last week which John Dixon can be seen cutting out.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2991\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image2-MA-A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cumbria's ashpan sprinkler in action\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image2-MA-A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image2-MA-A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Over at Embsay, Hunslet \u2018Austerity\u2019 0-6-0ST <em>Cumbria<\/em> has been having a boiler wash out. Matt Anderson has taken the opportunity to remove the grate and fit an ashpan sprinkler, which can be seen in action above. Looks good!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2992\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image3-MA-A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The sprinkler take off in the cab\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image3-MA-A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image3-MA-A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>The second photo shows the arrangement in the cab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, we start with the good news that Cast Iron Welding Services of Coalville have now been able to submit a price for the repair of Furness Railway No. 20\u2019s right hand piston and front cylinder cover, which has been accepted. This part of the overall repair should be completed in the next three weeks &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=2995\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday 11th July 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-2995","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\/2995","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=2995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2996,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2995\/revisions\/2996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}