{"id":3035,"date":"2023-08-21T21:21:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T20:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=3035"},"modified":"2023-08-21T21:21:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T20:21:10","slug":"monday-21st-august-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=3035","title":{"rendered":"Monday 21st August 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3028\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_2587A-SM-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"FR 20's test run approaching Whistle Inn Halt\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_2587A-SM-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_2587A-SM-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>We start this week\u2019s blog with the very good news that Furness Railway No. 20 underwent a successful test run yesterday on the Pontypool &amp; Blaenavon Railway following repairs to its right-hand front cylinder cover, piston and motion. Alan, Andrew and Sam Middleton made the journey down to Blaenavon to help prepare the loco and to witness the test. The above photo shows a spotless FR 20 approaching Whistle Inn Halt at the top of the line.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3029\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_2589-SM-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Footplate view of FR 20 on the test run\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_2589-SM-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_2589-SM-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_2589-SM-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>The second footplate view is of the loco descending back to Furnace Sidings with Alan centre. FR 20 is now scheduled to operate at the P&amp;BR\u2019s 40<sup>th<\/sup> Birthday Celebrations this next weekend on the 26<sup>th<\/sup>, 27<sup>th<\/sup> and 28<sup>th<\/sup> August. It is also due to appear alongside L&amp;NWR Coal Tank 0-6-2T No. 1054 at the Gala on the 8<sup>th<\/sup>, 9<sup>th<\/sup> and 10<sup>th<\/sup> September. Our thanks go to Ryan Pope and the people at the West Somerset Railway who have arranged the repairs.<\/p>\n<p>And while we&#8217;re talking about FR 20, we should point out that this very day marks the old girl&#8217;s 160th birthday!\u00a0 Happy Birthday!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3030\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230818_150345A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"GER No 5 large saloon with carpet\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230818_150345A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230818_150345A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Back at Preston there is more good news in that the new carpet was laid in Great Eastern Railway royal saloon No. 5 last Friday. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3031\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230818_145938A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"GER No 5 small saloon with carpet\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230818_145938A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230818_145938A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>The photos show the carpet in the two saloons. As you would expect, it makes a big difference to the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3032\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230816_134157A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"John Davis upholstering the last door on GER No 5\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230816_134157A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230816_134157A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>The previous Wednesday, Anne and Phil Burton had completed the reupholstery of the guard\u2019s compartment and John Davis has completed the upholstery on the last door. There are, however, still quite a few jobs to complete, including the kitchen where our gas fitter is due to attend on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3033\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230816_112923A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jon Dixon working on 5643\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230816_112923A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230816_112923A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Finally, work has also continued on the overhaul of GWR 0-6-2T No. 5643 where Jon Dixon is seen suitably togged up whilst removing old paint and rust from the frames.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We start this week\u2019s blog with the very good news that Furness Railway No. 20 underwent a successful test run yesterday on the Pontypool &amp; Blaenavon Railway following repairs to its right-hand front cylinder cover, piston and motion. Alan, Andrew and Sam Middleton made the journey down to Blaenavon to help prepare the loco and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=3035\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday 21st August 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-3035","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\/3035","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=3035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3036,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3035\/revisions\/3036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}