{"id":3501,"date":"2024-11-11T20:45:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T20:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=3501"},"modified":"2024-11-11T20:45:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T20:45:15","slug":"monday-11th-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=3501","title":{"rendered":"Monday 11th November"},"content":{"rendered":"

At last, the overhaul of Great Western Railway 0-6-2T locomotive No. 5643
\nhas reached the point where some re-assembly is starting to take place. The
\nframes have been lowered fully onto the wheelsets and six of the eight springs\u00a0have been re-fitted. Keith and John Dixon are seen here lifting a radial truck spring into position with the help of the gantry crane.<\/p>\n

\"John<\/p>\n

Outside, the bunker has been lifted off the ground to enable the bottom to be\u00a0inspected, cleaned and painted – John and Keith are seen surveying the bunker in the photo below.<\/p>\n

\"John<\/p>\n

As many of you will already be aware, the bitumen freight traffic from
\nHaverton to the Total Lanfina plant at Preston has ceased, the last train
\nrunning onto the Ribble Steam Railway on Friday, 1st November. The occasion\u00a0was not without incident as the inward train from Haverton slipped to a stand\u00a0on Copy Pit bank and was 195 minutes late on arrival behind the Colas Class\u00a056 locomotive, No. 56 105.<\/p>\n

\"56<\/p>\n

The extended delay must have been some of a disappointment to the many
\nphotographers who had turned out for the occasion, but it did allow the Ribble\u00a0Rail staff and others to photograph the three Sentinel diesels, which had been\u00a0specially turned out for the occasion, in various positions.<\/p>\n

\"56<\/p>\n

\"Progress,<\/p>\n

\"Enterprise,<\/p>\n

The photographs\u00a0appear here courtesy of Adrian Tomkinson who was on RR duty that day.
\nFinally, it is that time of year when we must mention the \u2018C\u2019 word. Yes, the
\nannual Furness Railway Trust Christmas Dinner will take place at the Ribble\u00a0Pilot pub on the Docklands at Preston at 7pm on Friday, 6th December. Please\u00a0let Alison Pinch (07846 072409) know if you wish to attend and let her have a\u00a0\u00a35 deposit along with your choice of food. The Festive Lunch and Dinner\u00a0menu can be found on the Ribble Pilot website.<\/p>\n

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At last, the overhaul of Great Western Railway 0-6-2T locomotive No. 5643 has reached the point where some re-assembly is starting to take place. The frames have been lowered fully onto the wheelsets and six of the eight springs\u00a0have been re-fitted. Keith and John Dixon are seen here lifting a radial truck spring into position … Continue reading Monday 11th November<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3501","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\/3501","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3501"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3513,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3501\/revisions\/3513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}