{"id":3339,"date":"2024-05-20T21:14:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T20:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=3339"},"modified":"2024-05-20T21:14:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T20:14:07","slug":"monday-20th-may-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=3339","title":{"rendered":"Monday 20th May 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3333\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240515_154703A-1024x725.jpg\" alt=\"5643's radial wheelset ready to go back under the frames.\" width=\"660\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240515_154703A-1024x725.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240515_154703A-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240515_154703A-768x543.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>GWR 0-6-2T 5643\u2019s radial wheelset, which returned from the East Lancashire Railway last Monday after its tyres had been re-profiled on the wheel lathe, was duly positioned behind 5643\u2019s frames last Wednesday, ready for it to be returned to its rightful position.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3334\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240517_131957A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"John Davis grinding off more stay heads on 5643's firebox\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240517_131957A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240517_131957A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>John Davis has been busy grinding off more stay heads on 5643\u2019s firebox, this time on the backhead.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3335\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240517_132416A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Keith services 5643's manifold\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240517_132416A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240517_132416A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Keith has been fettling up 5643\u2019s manifold ready for re-fitting when required.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3336\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240517_140139-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"John Dixon cleaning 5643's bunker of rust and old paint\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240517_140139-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240517_140139-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240517_140139-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Meanwhile, John Dixon has started work on cleaning up 5643\u2019s bunker. We hope that the recent warm dry weather will continue to enable him to complete the work without too much down time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3337\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240517_141705A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The west end of RSR's BSK 35128 after repair\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240517_141705A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240517_141705A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Over in the Ribble Steam Railway running shed, several FRT members have been assisting the FRT\u2019s Mike Rigg, who has for some time been in charge of the Mark 1 coach fleet. BSK 35128 has been undergoing intrusive investigation to its end crash pillars, which has meant removing corridor end platework. As can be seen, Tim has been using his creative skills with body filler to hide the joins in the new platework.<\/p>\n<p>No blog next week, so we will see you again after the holidays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GWR 0-6-2T 5643\u2019s radial wheelset, which returned from the East Lancashire Railway last Monday after its tyres had been re-profiled on the wheel lathe, was duly positioned behind 5643\u2019s frames last Wednesday, ready for it to be returned to its rightful position. John Davis has been busy grinding off more stay heads on 5643\u2019s firebox, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=3339\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday 20th May 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-3339","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\/3339","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=3339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3340,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3339\/revisions\/3340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}