{"id":3491,"date":"2024-10-28T20:51:36","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T20:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=3491"},"modified":"2024-10-28T20:51:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T20:51:36","slug":"monday-28th-october-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=3491","title":{"rendered":"Monday 28th October 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3486\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241025_123716A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"John Dixon removing rust from 5643's bunker\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241025_123716A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241025_123716A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>The recent better weather conditions (OK, forget today!) have enabled good progress to be made outside the shed on the refurbishment of Great Western Railway 0-6-2T No. 5643\u2019s bunker, which John Dixon has been persevering with, seen here removing rust.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3487\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241023_140609A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jon and Sim painting 5643's cab roof\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241023_140609A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241023_140609A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Jon and Sim have been busy applying green undercoat to the cab roof.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, inside the shed, the final piece of riveting to 5643\u2019s frames has been completed with Chris Rycroft\u2019s help, the re-assembled radial truck moved under the frames and the chassis partly lowered. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3488\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241016_143522A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ed Tatham grinding off more stay heads on 5643's firebox\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241016_143522A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241016_143522A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Ed has been taking his turn grinding off stay heads on 5643\u2019s firebox in preparation for the stays to be replaced.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Furness Railway 0-4-0 locomotive No. 20 is expected to be transported back to Preston from Bury tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon after which a test steaming is anticipated to confirm various items of work to be undertaken during the winter period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent better weather conditions (OK, forget today!) have enabled good progress to be made outside the shed on the refurbishment of Great Western Railway 0-6-2T No. 5643\u2019s bunker, which John Dixon has been persevering with, seen here removing rust. Jon and Sim have been busy applying green undercoat to the cab roof. Meanwhile, inside &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=3491\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday 28th October 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-3491","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\/3491","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=3491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3492,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3491\/revisions\/3492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}