{"id":2665,"date":"2022-08-22T17:11:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T16:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=2665"},"modified":"2022-08-22T17:11:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T16:11:57","slug":"monday-22nd-august-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/?p=2665","title":{"rendered":"Monday 22nd August 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2659\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220819_143734-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Phil Bell fits new veneer to GER No. 5\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220819_143734-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220819_143734-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220819_143734-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>With Ade driving RSR&#8217;s mid-week train on Wednesday and Alan away on holiday, it has been a slightly quieter week. However, work has continued on Great Eastern Railway Royal Saloon No. 5 where the much anticipated replacement veneer arrived just after lunch on Friday. Phil didn&#8217;t waste any time in starting to cut and fit some of the new veneer as can be seen here.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the painting of the large saloon ceiling has been completed and work started on the corridor ceiling, where Phil had previously undertaken repairs\u00a0after\u00a0it had been damaged by water ingress.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2660\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220817_154655A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"John Dixon attends to GER 5 light fittings\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220817_154655A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220817_154655A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>The next job in the saloon will be to re-fit the vents and light fittings which are currently receiving attention from John Dixon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2661\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220819_111313-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"John Davis working on kitchen cupboard doors for GER 5\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220819_111313-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220819_111313-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220819_111313-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>John Davis has been continuing the job of removing old varnish from the kitchen compartment cupboard doors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2662\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220819_111825A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Fred chipping away at rust on spring hanger components for Wootton Hall\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220819_111825A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220819_111825A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>The removal of the centre springs from <em>Wootton Hall<\/em> has given Fred the opportunity to clean up the spring hanger bolts, collars and washers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2663 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299483990_753894269343603_4707174939932752161_n.jpg\" alt=\"Cumbria's new tubes being fitted 16.08.22\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299483990_753894269343603_4707174939932752161_n.jpg 480w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299483990_753894269343603_4707174939932752161_n-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>Finally, over at Embsay good progress is being made with the fitting of new tubes to &#8216;Austerity&#8217; 0-6-0ST <em>Cumbria<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Ade driving RSR&#8217;s mid-week train on Wednesday and Alan away on holiday, it has been a slightly quieter week. However, work has continued on Great Eastern Railway Royal Saloon No. 5 where the much anticipated replacement veneer arrived just after lunch on Friday. Phil didn&#8217;t waste any time in starting to cut and fit &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/?p=2665\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday 22nd August 2022<\/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-2665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665","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=2665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2666,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665\/revisions\/2666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}