{"id":3558,"date":"2025-01-21T14:05:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T14:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=3558"},"modified":"2025-01-21T14:05:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T14:05:29","slug":"monday-20th-january-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=3558","title":{"rendered":"Monday, 20th January 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Another couple of weeks have gone by and the stay drilling team of Ed and<br>Ron is closing in on the last few stays to be replaced on Great Western Railway<br>0-6-2T No. 5643\u2019s firebox, which are being drilled out from the outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/ciac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-16-at-13.08.40_bb40c773-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1562\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There is still some work to be done on clearing the holes on the inside of the firebox,<br>which Keith will do with the gas torch, but that side of the project is now<br>nearing completion. Thursday saw another set of stay holes tapped and ready<br>to receive new stays, with Chris Rycroft being assisted by the FRT team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/ciac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-16-at-13.08.33_f5af8974-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1561\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Elsewhere, with Caliban\u2019s boiler away receiving a new firebox, it\u2019s time to<br>ensure that other elements of the project are brought up to speed. Tim has<br>been sanding down the back of the cab, applying filler where necessary, whilst<br>John Dixon has been cleaning up the threads at the bottom of two of the cab<br>stanchions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/ciac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250118_140410AA-1024x1003.jpg\" alt=\"John Dixon uses a die nut to clean up the threads on one of Caliban's cab stanchions.\" class=\"wp-image-1564\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Meanwhile, Keith has been fabricating a new bracket to hold the steam heat<br>pipe on the front of Great Western Railway \u2018Hall\u2019 class 4-6-0 No. 4979<br>Wootton Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/ciac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250118_134654-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Keith fabricates a new bracket to hold the steam heating pipe on the front of GWR No. 4979 Wootton Hall\" class=\"wp-image-1565\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Members should now have received the latest, Autumn\/Winter 2024, edition<br>of The Iron Horse along with membership renewal letters.<br>It is good to see so many subscriptions arriving in the Trust\u2019s bank account<br>already \u2013 many thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another couple of weeks have gone by and the stay drilling team of Ed andRon is closing in on the last few stays to be replaced on Great Western Railway0-6-2T No. 5643\u2019s firebox, which are being drilled out from the outside. There is still some work to be done on clearing the holes on the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=3558\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday, 20th January 2025<\/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-3558","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\/3558","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=3558"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3560,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3558\/revisions\/3560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}