{"id":16240,"date":"2017-01-03T20:41:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T20:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=16240"},"modified":"2017-01-03T20:41:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T20:41:08","slug":"in-pictures-burton-ashby-14-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=16240","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Burton &#038; Ashby 14 update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Work on returning <strong>Burton and Ashby 14<\/strong> to the rails is continuing at the Statfold Barn Railway in Staffordshire with the owner of the railway hoping that no. 14 will be running in the UK once again in March.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The tram continues to be restored to operational condition and is being fitted to run on batteries on a short running line which won\u2019t have overhead installed. In addition to work on the tram the majority of the line has been laid \u2013 save for around 100 metres &#8211; and a dedicated shed for no. <strong>14<\/strong> is also under construction.<\/p>\n<p>The Statfold Barn Railway is a private railway near Tamworth which only opens to enthusiasts on a selected few dates each year. In 2017 these will be on Saturdays 25th March, 10th June and 9th September and you can apply for tickets on their website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statfoldbarnrailway.co.uk\/news.php\">http:\/\/www.statfoldbarnrailway.co.uk\/news.php<\/a>. In addition there is a Giant Miniature Weekend on 6th and 7th May and again tickets must be applied for in advance through their website.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16241\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=16241\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16241\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16241\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16241\" title=\"1.14-pw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1.14-pw-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1.14-pw-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1.14-pw.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">14 looking resplendent in the main building at Statfold Barn Railway in October 2016.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16242\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=16242\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16242\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16242\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16242\" title=\"2.14-pw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2.14-pw-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2.14-pw-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2.14-pw.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A close-up of the Midland Railway crest on 14.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16243\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=16243\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16243\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16243\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16243\" title=\"3.14-pw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/3.14-pw-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/3.14-pw-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/3.14-pw.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The side of 14.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16244\" style=\"width: 376px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=16244\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16244\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16244\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16244\" title=\"4.14-pw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4.14-pw-366x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4.14-pw-366x550.jpg 366w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4.14-pw.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the controllers of 14. (All Photographs by Pete Watkins)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work on returning Burton and Ashby 14 to the rails is continuing at the Statfold Barn Railway in Staffordshire with the owner of the railway hoping that no. 14 will be running in the UK once again in March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16240"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16246,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16240\/revisions\/16246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}