{"id":2870,"date":"2023-03-27T20:59:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T19:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk\/about\/blog\/?p=2870"},"modified":"2023-03-27T20:59:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T19:59:57","slug":"monday-27th-march-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/?p=2870","title":{"rendered":"Monday 27th March 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been another busy week at Preston with plenty of work to occupy everyone.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2863\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230322_113945-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Neil Glover with the fire pump and Sam in the firebox\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230322_113945-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230322_113945-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230322_113945-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Last Wednesday morning saw Ade moving <em>Caliban\u2019<\/em>s boiler around to the running shed for a washout, using the fire pump and water syphoned from FR 20\u2019s tender. It took a little while this time to get the fire pump to start, but we had assistance from old friends Neil Glover and Jonathan Dixon to help us along.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2864\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230322_114107-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Clear water at last\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230322_114107-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230322_114107-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230322_114107-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>The boiler had not seen any water for thirty years, so the first blast from the hose jet revealed some very dark brown fluid. However, after plenty of flushing out, the water finally became clear.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2865\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230324_140128A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"John Dixon draining off the remaining water from the side tanksl\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230324_140128A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230324_140128A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Work on dismantling GWR 0-6-2T No. 5643 has continued apace. John Dixon is seen here draining off the last water from the side tanks, which took rather longer than anticipated.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2866\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230324_143228A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Fred cleaning pipework from 5643\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230324_143228A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230324_143228A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Fred resumed his familiar role of cleaning pipework and other dirty components.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2867\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230324_140620A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"John Davis with the new work top in GER No. 5\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230324_140620A-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230324_140620A-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>The second work top for the kitchen in Great Eastern Railway Royal Saloon No. 5 has been cut to shape and installed by John Davis (pictured) and Phil Bell. Meanwhile some structural work on the chaise longue has occupied Phil Burton. The toilet compartment has now received attention from Tim\u2019s paintbrushes and is now ready for the lower woodwork to be varnished.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2868\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230326_093717A-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"FR 20 with the demonstration freight at Preston on 26.03.23\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230326_093717A-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230326_093717A-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230326_093717A-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>Furness Railway No. 20 took part in the Ribble Steam Railway\u2019s Spring Steam Gala over the weekend along with three other locos from the RSR\u2019s home fleet. FR 20 looked well with the demonstration freight train that was operated at the beginning of each day. Sam and John Dixon have kindly volunteered to work tomorrow to prepare FR 20 for its departure on Wednesday morning to Didcot Railway Centre, with Reid Freight due to arrive at 09.00.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the FRT\u2019s \u2018Austerity\u2019 0-6-0ST <em>Cumbria<\/em> successfully underwent its 14 month cold inspection at Embsay and is due for the steam test tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been another busy week at Preston with plenty of work to occupy everyone. Last Wednesday morning saw Ade moving Caliban\u2019s boiler around to the running shed for a washout, using the fire pump and water syphoned from FR 20\u2019s tender. It took a little while this time to get the fire pump to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/?p=2870\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday 27th 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-2870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2870","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=2870"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2871,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2870\/revisions\/2871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeinspace.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}