{"id":722,"date":"2018-04-24T22:44:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T21:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=722"},"modified":"2018-04-24T22:52:25","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T21:52:25","slug":"tuesday-24th-april-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=722","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday 24th April 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-711\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05053MR-A-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Rigg drills holes so that the brush strips alongside the TPO doors can be fixed\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05053MR-A-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05053MR-A-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05053MR-A-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05053MR-A-1200x2133.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/>The RSR&#8217;s TPO spent its last week in the FRT&#8217;s shed as Mike (above) and Paul (below) fitted the brush strips alongside the sliding doors and John Dixon cleaned the windows and touched up some of the paintwork. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-712\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05042MR-A-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Newton screws in a brush strip on the TPO\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05042MR-A-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05042MR-A-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05042MR-A-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05042MR-A-1200x2133.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-713\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05062MR-A-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Finished job with brush strip fixed\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05062MR-A-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05062MR-A-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05062MR-A-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05062MR-A-1200x2133.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/>It It is planned that the TPO coach will be moved out of the shed today and replaced by the Great Eastern Railway Royal Saloon No. 5 which will need a little TLC to its upholstery and exterior varnish after being in use at Beamish for eight years. And, of course, there are still some jobs that we never finished off in the first place!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-714\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05061MR-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Rycroft and Howard Fletcher line up the jack hammer to try and remove one of Caliban's spring hanger pins. 180418\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05061MR-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05061MR-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05061MR-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05061MR-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Chris Rycroft and Howard Fletcher are seen here between <em>Caliban<\/em>&#8216;s frames last Wednesday manoeuvring a jack hammer into position in order to try and remove another of the very stubborn spring hanger pins. One pin was removed on Wednesday but it looks as if it will be necessary to drill out the other pins, which will no doubt take some considerable time and effort.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-715\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05066MR-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Laying tarmac outside the FRT shed. 200418\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05066MR-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05066MR-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05066MR-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05066MR-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Outside the shed, tarmac was laid on Friday in preparation for the creation of the Ribble Steam Railway&#8217;s new children&#8217;s playground. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-716\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05068MR-A.jpg\" alt=\"John and Fred fixing a new aerial above the mess room 200418\" width=\"655\" height=\"943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05068MR-A.jpg 655w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05068MR-A-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/>John and Fred were on the mess room roof in order to fix a new outside aerial, and the completed tarmac and aerial can be seen here. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-717\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05071MR-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Tarmac laid and aerial fitted 200418\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05071MR-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05071MR-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05071MR-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC05071MR-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Inside the mess room John has fitted a much needed new towel rail.<\/p>\n<p>Keith has taken delivery of two new sheets of steel as he proceeds with the re-building of the top of the tender frames. With the TPO coach finished, Mike reverted to chasing up electrical faults on the FRT&#8217;s former RMB and discovered new fuses that didn&#8217;t actually contain any fuse wire..!<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-719\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180421_131154-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Cumbria at Embsay on Saturday waiting to depart with the 13.30 to Bolton Abbey\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180421_131154-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180421_131154-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180421_131154-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180421_131154-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Cumbria<\/em> arrived at Embsay as scheduled last Thursday and was pressed into traffic straight away on Saturday and Sunday. Alan and Tim each went for a footplate ride on the old &#8216;Red Rocket&#8217; on Saturday and proclaimed that it was good to see it back in action closer to home. <em>Cumbria<\/em> is seen here at Embsay on Saturday ready to depart with the 13.30 train to Bolton Abbey.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-718\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180421_122033-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"The new tubes for 5643 in the loco shed at Embsay waiting to be fitted by Andy Booth\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180421_122033-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180421_122033-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180421_122033-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180421_122033-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Also seen here at Embsay are the new small boiler tubes for 5643 which had arrived and are now waiting to be fitted by Andy Booth.<\/p>\n<p>Finally there was a very long meeting of, the Trustees last night, which finished at 11.45 pm, having been on the go since 8 pm. It seems\u00a0 that the forthcoming challenges of the new General Data Protection Regulation were of rather more interest to everyone than might have been anticipated! Members should expect a letter on the subject in the post over the next week or so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RSR&#8217;s TPO spent its last week in the FRT&#8217;s shed as Mike (above) and Paul (below) fitted the brush strips alongside the sliding doors and John Dixon cleaned the windows and touched up some of the paintwork. It It is planned that the TPO coach will be moved out of the shed today and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=722\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tuesday 24th April 2018<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-722","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\/722","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=722"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":724,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions\/724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}