{"id":3653,"date":"2025-09-02T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=3653"},"modified":"2025-09-01T18:39:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T17:39:39","slug":"monday-1st-september-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=3653","title":{"rendered":"Monday, 1st September 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It has been another busy week at Preston as the overhaul on Great Western Railway 0-6-2T No. 5643 continues. There were two pairs of legs to be seen protruding from the locomotive\u2019s right hand side tank last Wednesday as further cleaning and painting took place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/ciac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250827-WA0001-Jon-D-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Two pairs of legs protruding from 5643's right hand tank\" class=\"wp-image-1907\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>John Dixon has fabricated and fitted a replacement flange for the tank which will form the connection to the balance pipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/ciac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250827-WA0002-Jon-D-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The new balance pipe connection flange for 5643's right hand tank\" class=\"wp-image-1908\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Thursday saw the arrival of a very large crane which re-fitted 5643\u2019s bunker to the frames in pouring rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/ciac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250828_123646A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5643's bunker being re-fitted\" class=\"wp-image-1909\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The crane was then used to flip the boiler 90 degrees before replacing it onto the lowmac wagon for new patch screws to be inserted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/ciac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250828_131834-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"5643's boiler flipped on its side\" class=\"wp-image-1910\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Friday saw the Ribble Steam Railway welcome Hunslet 0-6-0T No. 2409 of 1942, King George, on loan from the Didcot Railway Centre, having previously been hired by the Embsay &amp; Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. The locomotive is expected to provide cover at the RSR for the remainder of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/ciac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250829_151045-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"King George - the new arrival at RSR\" class=\"wp-image-1911\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>FR 20 is scheduled to be active in the RSR\u2019s 20th Anniversary Gala this next weekend before departing to the East Lancashire Railway next Tuesday along with Great Eastern Railway royal saloon No. 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Finally, a reminder that the FRT\u2019s Annual General Meeting will be held at 7.30pm this Wednesday, 3rd September, in the FRT shed at Preston. Alison is once again kindly providing refreshments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been another busy week at Preston as the overhaul on Great Western Railway 0-6-2T No. 5643 continues. There were two pairs of legs to be seen protruding from the locomotive\u2019s right hand side tank last Wednesday as further cleaning and painting took place. John Dixon has fabricated and fitted a replacement flange for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=3653\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday, 1st September 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-3653","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\/3653","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=3653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3654,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3653\/revisions\/3654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}