{"id":2674,"date":"2022-08-30T21:37:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T20:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=2674"},"modified":"2022-08-30T21:37:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T20:37:13","slug":"tuesday-30th-august-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/?p=2674","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday 30th August 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A short &#8220;After the Bank Holiday Monday&#8221; edition for you!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2667\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220824_144311A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ed removing yet more old varnish from GER No. 5\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220824_144311A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220824_144311A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>John Dixon has formally announced that work on re-covering the roof of Great Eastern Railway Royal Saloon No. 5 had been completed &#8211; apart from renewing the cabling to the internal lights which Sam is planning. Inside, work has continued on renewing veneered panels, painting ceilings and cleaning light fittings. More time is also now being spent on sorting out the former kitchen compartment where Ed is seen removing yet more varnish from the woodwork.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2668\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220824_154630A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Preparing to lift the water take off sump for Wootton Hall's tendertank\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220824_154630A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220824_154630A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Another step forward was taken this week in the refurbishment of <em>Wootton Hall&#8217;<\/em>s tender tanks with the fitting of the reconstructed water take off sump. On Wednesday Ade operated the fork lift truck to lift it from the shed floor onto the tender tank.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2669\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220824_154847A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Up and away goes the water take off sump\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220824_154847A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220824_154847A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2670\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826_112549-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"The sump now neatly in place in the tender tank\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826_112549-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826_112549-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826_112549-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>We arrived on Friday to find that Keith and Matt had successfully used block and tackle to lift it into place, a perfect fit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2663 aligncenter\" 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\" \/>Andy Booth appeared on Friday to announce that <em>Cumbria&#8217;<\/em>s new tubes were now all fitted and that they would be beaded over when he returns from holiday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2671\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826_152204-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"RSR's latest loco\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826_152204-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826_152204-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220826_152204-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Finally, we can reveal the latest loco to arrive at the Ribble Steam Railway. With no room available in the running shed it was shunted into the shop!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A short &#8220;After the Bank Holiday Monday&#8221; edition for you! John Dixon has formally announced that work on re-covering the roof of Great Eastern Railway Royal Saloon No. 5 had been completed &#8211; apart from renewing the cabling to the internal lights which Sam is planning. Inside, work has continued on renewing veneered panels, painting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/?p=2674\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tuesday 30th 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-2674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2674","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=2674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2675,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2674\/revisions\/2675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}