{"id":164,"date":"2021-07-25T22:03:02","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T21:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evfr.org.uk\/?p=164"},"modified":"2021-07-25T22:03:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-25T21:03:02","slug":"trackwork-tweaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evfr.org.uk\/?p=164","title":{"rendered":"Trackwork tweaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following our testing the locos through the points in the opposite direction to the usual running, we needed to adjust a couple of\u00a0 checkrails as Viceroy with its 3 axles was tending to fall off! So we adjusted the passing siding point as you enter from the station end, and the 3 way in the headshunt loop. We then tested them with Viceroy and Chieftain followed by a run with The Shay and all are now working well. The layby point is due for some further attention during the Winter.We also need to grind off some concrete on the tractor crossing where it is a bit high&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-161 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/evfr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/21stJulywildflowersands-worktrainJP-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evfr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/21stJulywildflowersands-worktrainJP-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/evfr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/21stJulywildflowersands-worktrainJP-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/evfr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/21stJulywildflowersands-worktrainJP-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/evfr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/21stJulywildflowersands-worktrainJP-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/evfr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/21stJulywildflowersands-worktrainJP.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Our &#8216;work train&#8217; passing wild flowers 24th July 2021,<\/em><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">enroute to the layby siding point (by JP)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-162 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/evfr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tracktesting24thJuly20201JP-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evfr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tracktesting24thJuly20201JP-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/evfr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tracktesting24thJuly20201JP-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/evfr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tracktesting24thJuly20201JP-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/evfr.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tracktesting24thJuly20201JP.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Viceroy and Chieftain resting in the station whilst on track testing duties on 24th July 2021<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following our testing the locos through the points in the opposite direction to the usual running, we needed to adjust a couple of\u00a0 checkrails as Viceroy with its 3 axles was tending to fall off! So we adjusted the passing siding point as you enter from the station end, and the 3 way in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evfr.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evfr.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evfr.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evfr.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evfr.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/evfr.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165,"href":"https:\/\/evfr.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions\/165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evfr.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evfr.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evfr.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}