{"id":803,"date":"2018-06-25T22:47:16","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T21:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=803"},"modified":"2018-06-25T22:47:16","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T21:47:16","slug":"monday-25th-june-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=803","title":{"rendered":"Monday 25th June 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, would you believe it? We&#8217;re half way already from last Christmas to the next! And, yes, we&#8217;ve mentioned the &#8216;C&#8217; word this year in record early time!!<\/p>\n<p>It has been very much a case of more of the same in terms of work at Preston this week.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-800\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180620_135402A-1019x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ade still trying to remove that spring hanger pin\" width=\"840\" height=\"844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180620_135402A-1019x1024.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180620_135402A-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180620_135402A-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180620_135402A-768x772.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180620_135402A-1200x1206.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Ade failed to score with <em>Caliban<\/em>&#8216;s last spring hanger pin last Wednesday and is now looking for a plan Z for this week. We will, as ever, keep you posted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-799\" src=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180620_135244A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"John Dixon repairing a door on GER 5\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180620_135244A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180620_135244A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180620_135244A-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>There is more varnish on GER No. 5 with still plenty more to apply once John Dixon has finished filling in all the remaining cracks in the woodwork. Meanwhile Mike and Paul Newton have been working on a plan to create a replica works plate for <em>Rachel<\/em>, Ken Nuttall&#8217;s petrol Simplex at Haverthwaite, for Roger who has been working on it for some time now.<\/p>\n<p>John Davis has been back on the roof of the mess room with yet more paint and it is hoped to move down to the sides in the not too distant future, Fred having given them a good clean.<\/p>\n<p>A last reminder that the AGM will be held in the shed at Preston tomorrow (Tuesday) evening at 19.30. Alison promises some home baking, so those attending please make sure you leave some room when having tea.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Alan, Tim and Pete, otherwise known as <em>Live Steam<\/em>, have been booked to appear on stage at the Bolton Station Community Rail Day next Saturday, provisionally from 3 pm until 4 pm, with their repertoire of railway songs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, would you believe it? We&#8217;re half way already from last Christmas to the next! And, yes, we&#8217;ve mentioned the &#8216;C&#8217; word this year in record early time!! It has been very much a case of more of the same in terms of work at Preston this week. Ade failed to score with Caliban&#8216;s last &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/?p=803\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday 25th 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-803","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\/803","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=803"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":804,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803\/revisions\/804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/furnessrailway.co.uk\/about\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}