{"id":2859,"date":"2023-03-20T20:36:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T20:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=2859"},"modified":"2023-03-20T20:36:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T20:36:12","slug":"monday-20th-march-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/?p=2859","title":{"rendered":"Monday 20th March 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2853\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230315_162234AT-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Caliban out in the fresh air\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230315_162234AT-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230315_162234AT-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230315_162234AT-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>There was another move of rolling stock in the FRT shed last Wednesday which saw <em>Caliban<\/em> temporarily basking in the outside fresh air for the first time in quite a while. <em>Caliban<\/em>\u2019s boiler is now positioned near the exit to the shed and it is planned to bring it around to the RSR running shed on Wednesday for a washout using FR 20\u2019s tender as a reservoir for the fire pump. Time is of the essence as FR 20 is due to take part in the RSR\u2019s Spring Steam Gala this weekend before leaving Preston next Wednesday for Didcot Railway Centre.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2854\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230315_113959-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Sam and John Dixon cleaning the shed floor\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230315_113959-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230315_113959-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230315_113959-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Whilst road 2 of the shed was empty during the shunt operation, the opportunity was taken to clean up the accumulation of dust and other unwanted items that had built up on the track over the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>Work continues to progress well on the overhaul of Great Eastern Railway Royal Saloon No. 5.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2855\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230317_145402-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"5643 starting to loose components\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230317_145402-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230317_145402-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230317_145402-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>The other major task at the moment is of course the dismantling of Great Western Railway 0-6-2T No. 5643 to enable its boiler to be lifted for overhaul. We will keep a photo log of the dismantling process. The observant will notice that the dome cover has been removed along with the clack feed pipes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2856\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230317_145246A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Waiting to be cleaned\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230317_145246A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230317_145246A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Needless to say, whatever comes off the loco usually needs some cleaning. The above photo shows a small pile of components waiting to be cleaned.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2857\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230317_145310A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"John Dixon busy with the parts cleaner\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230317_145310A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230317_145310A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Finally, John Dixon has kindly bought us a replacement pump for the parts washer which had previously failed, and John is seen putting the revitalised kit to good use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was another move of rolling stock in the FRT shed last Wednesday which saw Caliban temporarily basking in the outside fresh air for the first time in quite a while. Caliban\u2019s boiler is now positioned near the exit to the shed and it is planned to bring it around to the RSR running shed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/?p=2859\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday 20th March 2023<\/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-2859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2859","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=2859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2860,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2859\/revisions\/2860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}