{"id":3118,"date":"2023-10-30T21:13:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T21:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=3118"},"modified":"2023-10-30T21:13:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T21:13:24","slug":"monday-30th-october-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=3118","title":{"rendered":"Monday 30th October 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3119\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20ger5gotobed-1024x596.jpg\" alt=\"FR20 and GER5 head off to the FRT shed for winter\" width=\"660\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20ger5gotobed-1024x596.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20ger5gotobed-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20ger5gotobed-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20ger5gotobed.jpg 1776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Ade kindly performed the shunt that brought Furness Railway No. 20 and Great Eastern royal saloon No. 5 back into the FRT shed where winter maintenance can be undertaken.<\/p>\n<p>A good clean of FR 20 would not go amiss and work is required to remove traces of burnt paintwork on the smokebox and smokebox door after its strenuous efforts at Blaenavon!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3116 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231025_145930-e1698700290621-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5643's frames \" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231025_145930-e1698700290621-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/20231025_145930-e1698700290621-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Work continues on the cleaning and stripping down of 5643\u2019s frames. The above photo indicates the progress being made with the paintbrushes.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, arrangements are currently being made for a non-destructive test of the boiler which will assist with assessing the extent of work required during the overhaul. It is planned that a second wash out of the boiler will take place this Wednesday now that the small tubes have been removed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ade kindly performed the shunt that brought Furness Railway No. 20 and Great Eastern royal saloon No. 5 back into the FRT shed where winter maintenance can be undertaken. A good clean of FR 20 would not go amiss and work is required to remove traces of burnt paintwork on the smokebox and smokebox door &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=3118\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday 30th October 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-3118","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\/3118","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=3118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3120,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3118\/revisions\/3120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}