{"id":1524,"date":"2019-11-11T22:10:12","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T22:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=1524"},"modified":"2019-11-11T22:10:12","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T22:10:12","slug":"monday-11th-november-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/?p=1524","title":{"rendered":"Monday 11th November 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1518\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_142750-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Wootton Hall's tender wheels in the shed\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_142750-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_142750-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_142750-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_142750-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>The wheels for <em>Wootton Hall<\/em>&#8216;s tender have arrived in the shed ready for the new bearings to be scraped in. We are now in the process of procuring some lubricating pads although it seems that there is quite a lead time for these items.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1520\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191108_112758-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Keith drilling one of Wootton Hall's tender footplate floor supports\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191108_112758-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191108_112758-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191108_112758-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191108_112758-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>More items have appeared from the forge at Kirkham this week. Keith has been drilling holes in the newly-arrived steel supports for the tender footplate floor.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1521\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191108_163146-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Footplate floor supports in position\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191108_163146-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191108_163146-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191108_163146-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191108_163146-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>They have now been fitted into position although some adjustment to their shape is necessary before final fitting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1519\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_144538-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Howard attending to one of Fluff's axleboxes\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_144538-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_144538-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_144538-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_144538-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Work continues on painting the inside of <em>Fluff<\/em>&#8216;s frames and Howard has been attending to the axleboxes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1515\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_142649A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Alan sizes up the replacement manifold for Caliban\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_142649A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_142649A-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_142649A-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>A second-hand replacement manifold for <em>Caliban<\/em> was the centre of Alan&#8217;s attention last Wednesday. It seems that it has been some considerable time since the various components have been dismantled&#8230; <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1516\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_161709-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Give me a long enough lever\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_161709-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_161709-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_161709-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_161709-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>The old adage says &#8220;give me a long enough lever and I will move the earth&#8221;&#8230;. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1517\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_161716A-693x1024.jpg\" alt=\"I'll get it moved!!\" width=\"693\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_161716A-693x1024.jpg 693w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_161716A-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_161716A-768x1135.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191106_161716A-1200x1773.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/>&#8230;\u00a0and so Alan attempted to put this into practice with a series of pipes added to the handle of his stilsons! Adrian, famed for his dismantling abilities, joined to finish off the job.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1522\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191108_140023-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Roger cleaning one of FR 20's tender spectacle plate glasses\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191108_140023-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191108_140023-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191108_140023-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191108_140023-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>Fred finished cleaning out the top well at the back of FR 20&#8217;s tender and Roger completed the rather extended task of removing the protective gaffer tape from FR 20&#8217;s spectacle glasses &#8211; we won&#8217;t be doing that again in a hurry!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1523\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191108_140101-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"John Dixon painting the inside of FR 20's tender frames\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191108_140101-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191108_140101-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191108_140101-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191108_140101-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>The tender tank is almost ready for painting and Phil Bell is also nearly ready to re-fit the first half of the brake rigging after cleaning and painting. John Dixon has again been underneath the tender and is seen giving the inside of the frames some paint.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, as forecast last week, Keith and Fred have been across to Embsay to give 5643 a wash-out prior to the operation of the Santa Specials there.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wheels for Wootton Hall&#8216;s tender have arrived in the shed ready for the new bearings to be scraped in. We are now in the process of procuring some lubricating pads although it seems that there is quite a lead time for these items. More items have appeared from the forge at Kirkham this week. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/?p=1524\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday 11th 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-1524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524","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=1524"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1525,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524\/revisions\/1525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}