{"id":3286,"date":"2024-04-01T20:39:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T19:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=3286"},"modified":"2024-04-01T20:39:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T19:39:04","slug":"monday-1st-april-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=3286","title":{"rendered":"Monday 1st April 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s no joke! It\u2019s the 1<sup>st<\/sup> April and we are already a quarter of the way through 2024!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3277\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240330_115456A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Fred's collection of books\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240330_115456A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240330_115456A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>First of all, we would like to thank the family of the late Fred Jones who have generously donated Fred\u2019s considerable collection of books to the FRT. The books have now been sorted into size and stored on the recently acquired shelves in the mess room whilst we take stock of what we have. A wonderful gift.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3278\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240330_140304A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ed working on 5643's cab roof\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240330_140304A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240330_140304A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>The overhaul of Great Western Railway 0-6-2T No. 5643 continues with Ed taking the opportunity of some fine weather (is that really blue sky?) to work on 5643\u2019s cab which is outside the workshop.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3279\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240327_140042A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"John Dixon busy with 5643's motion\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240327_140042A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240327_140042A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>John Dixon unexpectedly finds himself the subject of yet another photo whilst attending to 5643\u2019s motion.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3280 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4264-SM-e1712000093750-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Keith removes another stay\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4264-SM-e1712000093750-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4264-SM-e1712000093750-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4264-SM-e1712000093750-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Meanwhile Keith has been applying some heat to remove one of the firebox stays.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3281\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240327_135222A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Sam preparing joints for Caliban's valve covers. That is quite some protrusion from his neck!\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240327_135222A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240327_135222A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Sam has been preparing new joints for Peckett 0-4-0ST <em>Caliban\u2019<\/em>s valve covers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3282 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4267-SM-e1712000199276-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Tim applying a second coat of undercoat to the left hand of Wootton Hall's tender tank.\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4267-SM-e1712000199276-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4267-SM-e1712000199276-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Tim has been applying a second coat of green undercoat to the left-hand side of Great Western Railway 4-6-0 No. 4979 <em>Wootton Hall\u2019<\/em>s tender tank having, after the first coat, decided that the tank side needed considerably more work to repair indentations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3283\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240330_155544-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Second coat of undercoat green drying in the shed\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240330_155544-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240330_155544-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240330_155544-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>The result looks far more acceptable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s no joke! It\u2019s the 1st April and we are already a quarter of the way through 2024! First of all, we would like to thank the family of the late Fred Jones who have generously donated Fred\u2019s considerable collection of books to the FRT. The books have now been sorted into size and stored &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=3286\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday 1st April 2024<\/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-3286","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\/3286","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=3286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3287,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3286\/revisions\/3287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}