{"id":795,"date":"2018-06-18T21:50:55","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T20:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=795"},"modified":"2018-06-18T21:55:25","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T20:55:25","slug":"monday-18th-june-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=795","title":{"rendered":"Monday 18th June 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s plenty more progress to report at Preston this week.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-786\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180613_142818-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Rigg repairing a window frame from GER 5\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180613_142818-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180613_142818-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180613_142818-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180613_142818-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>John Dixon has been moving around the Great Eastern Railway Royal Saloon No. 5 filling in cracks on the teak panels whilst Mike Rigg has repaired one of the window frames.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-789\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180616_163039A-1024x745.jpg\" alt=\"GER 5 with a coat of varnish on the north side\" width=\"840\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180616_163039A-1024x745.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180616_163039A-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180616_163039A-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180616_163039A-1200x873.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Tim has continued the task of applying gold size and a first coat of varnish, which has been completed on the north side and east end.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-787\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180613_142907-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Ade drilling that stubborn pin\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180613_142907-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180613_142907-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180613_142907-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180613_142907-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Adrian spent Wednesday trying to drill out the last remaining spring hanger pin on <em>Caliban,\u00a0<\/em>but to no avail so far. So plan B is for next Wednesday, although Ade hasn&#8217;t yet told us what that may be.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-790\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180616_103132A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Howard and David with a spring hanger screw to remove\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180616_103132A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180616_103132A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180616_103132A-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>Howard has been trying to release the retaining screws on top of the spring hangers and he is seen here with David applying plenty of pressure on a stubborn screw.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-791\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180616_143442A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Keith drilling Wootton Halls tender frames\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180616_143442A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180616_143442A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180616_143442A-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>Meanwhile Keith has been doing some more drilling on <em>Wootton Hall<\/em>&#8216;s tender frames and is expecting Matt Gervis to appear on Thursday to start fitting some rivets. The NDT man is also expected this week to test the tender axles.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-788 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180613_143215-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"John Davis painting the mess room roof\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180613_143215-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180613_143215-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180613_143215-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180613_143215-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Outside the shed John Davis has been painting the mess room roof and, with the assistance of Fred, the outside is looking much cleaner in readiness for painting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-792\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180616_113048-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Owd Sue before breaking down\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180616_113048-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180616_113048-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180616_113048-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180616_113048-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>A 1949 Duple bodied Bedford made an appearance for the RSR&#8217;s Beer and Cider Festival over the weekend, but unfortunately <em>Owd Sue<\/em>, as she is known, succumbed fairy early in the proceedings owing to the failure of a lift pump. A replacement bus was supplied very promptly by Coastal Coaches.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-785 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cid_286C51C6-3B0D-417D-9685-A0A93B80364C.jpg\" alt=\"Alison with a cream tea\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cid_286C51C6-3B0D-417D-9685-A0A93B80364C.jpg 480w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cid_286C51C6-3B0D-417D-9685-A0A93B80364C-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>Finally, we include a photo taken on the 27th May of Alison with one of her cream teas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s plenty more progress to report at Preston this week. John Dixon has been moving around the Great Eastern Railway Royal Saloon No. 5 filling in cracks on the teak panels whilst Mike Rigg has repaired one of the window frames.Tim has continued the task of applying gold size and a first coat of varnish, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=795\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday 18th June 2018<\/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-795","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\/795","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=795"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":798,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795\/revisions\/798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}