{"id":1511,"date":"2019-11-04T22:35:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T22:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=1511"},"modified":"2019-11-04T22:35:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T22:35:39","slug":"monday-4th-november-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/?p=1511","title":{"rendered":"Monday 4th November 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1503\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191030_145435-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"John Dixon puts black gloss on the bottom of the tender footplate floor\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191030_145435-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191030_145435-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191030_145435-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191030_145435-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>The front of FR 20&#8217;s tender has come back together now after a strip down for cleaning of the drag box and buffing gear. John Dixon is seen applying a coat of gloss black paint to the underside of the footplate floor last Wednesday before it was lifted back into position on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1502\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191030_144242-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Phil Bell paints the inside of FR 20's tender steps\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191030_144242-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191030_144242-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191030_144242-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191030_144242-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Phil Bell has been back underneath the tender to give the inside of the steps a coat of black paint.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1505\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191101_112441A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Phil Bell with a selection of FR 20's brake rigging for painting\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191101_112441A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191101_112441A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191101_112441A-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>We let Phil out from the pit on Friday and he is seen here with a selection of the brake gear for painting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1501\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191030_144129-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Even FR 20's brake blocks get a coat of paint, from John Davis\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191030_144129-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191030_144129-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191030_144129-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191030_144129-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Even the brake blocks are getting a coat of paint, from John Davis.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1507\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191101_135042A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Roger about to remove protective tape from one of the spectacle plate glasses on FR 20's tender\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191101_135042A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191101_135042A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191101_135042A-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>With the footplate floor back in place, Roger has been removing protective black tape from the spectacle glass windows.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1506\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191101_123002-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"The tender upper almost complete with John Dixon attaching one of the top footplate hand rails\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191101_123002-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191101_123002-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191101_123002-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191101_123002-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>John has re-installed the hand rail stanchions and is seen fitting one of the top hand rails.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1504\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191101_112341A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Fred applying a cup wire brush to the well on the back of FR 20's tender\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191101_112341A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191101_112341A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191101_112341A-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>Fred spent all of Friday on top of the tender cleaning up the rear well with his trusty cup wire bush.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1508\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191101_115605-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"John Davis applies black gloss paint to the inside of Fluff's frames\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191101_115605-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191101_115605-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191101_115605-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191101_115605-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>There was more progress on <em>Fluff<\/em> with undercoat on one of the wheelsets and some gloss black paint from John Davis on the inside of the frames.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Keith is hoping to go across to Embsay next Saturday and Sunday to undertake a washout on 5643. Please let Keith know if you can assist.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The front of FR 20&#8217;s tender has come back together now after a strip down for cleaning of the drag box and buffing gear. John Dixon is seen applying a coat of gloss black paint to the underside of the footplate floor last Wednesday before it was lifted back into position on Friday. Phil Bell &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/?p=1511\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday 4th November 2019<\/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-1511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1512,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511\/revisions\/1512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}