{"id":1152,"date":"2018-03-11T11:05:56","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T10:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2018-03-19T09:11:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T08:11:37","slug":"weekend-update-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/?p=1152","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finishing touches to the exhibition room continued with the installation of a pictorial history board of Birkhill station which we hope will provide additional interest for visitors alighting trains during the up and coming running season and as members of the Heritage Railway Association &#8211; Scotland Branch to shelter in the exhibition room did while visiting the station on Saturday 10th March.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1157 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-1-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-1-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-1-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-1.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1158 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-2-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-2-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-2-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-2.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The train used for the visit to the B&amp;KR consisted of two SRPS Railtours coaches and class 47 diesel 47643<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-HRA2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1155 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-HRA2-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-HRA2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-HRA2-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-HRA2-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-HRA2.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-HRA-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1154 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-HRA-1-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-HRA-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-HRA-1-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-HRA-1-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-HRA-1.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Work also commenced on a sleeper wall to the embankment just passed the Lamp Hut. During the very cold spell in December &#8217;17 the platform in this area got very icy which we believe the water running off the embankment at this point contributed significantly.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-Mini-Emabankment-Project.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1156\" src=\"http:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-Mini-Emabankment-Project-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-Mini-Emabankment-Project-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-Mini-Emabankment-Project-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-Mini-Emabankment-Project-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WE11032018-Mini-Emabankment-Project.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finishing touches to the exhibition room continued with the installation of a pictorial history board of Birkhill station which we hope will provide additional interest for visitors alighting trains during the up and coming running season and as members of the Heritage Railway Association &#8211; Scotland Branch to shelter in the exhibition room did while &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/?p=1152\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Weekend Update&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-station-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1152"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1170,"href":"https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152\/revisions\/1170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srpsbirkhillgroup.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}