Locomotives of the Furness Railway

The Furness Railway company owned many different types of locomotives, built by several locomotive building companies, including Sharp Stewart and Company. Others were built by the Furness' constituent companies - the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway, among others.

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Preserved Locomotives

Two very early Furness Railway locomotives have been preserved -

Furness Railway Locomotives

The classes listed below are not the official FR designations although some railway enthusiasts insist on using them. They were made popular by Bob Rush in his books about the Furness railway and the wrong class names have stuck.

FR
class
Rush
class
Wheel
arrangement
Quantity
made
Manufacturer
Serial numbers
Year
made
FR
number(s)
LMS
number(s)
Year(s)
withdrawn
Comments
A1 0-4-0 2 1844
A2 0-4-0 2 1846 No. 3, “Old Coppernob” preserved
A3 0-4-0 4 1854–55
A4 0-4-0 4 1858–61
A5 0-4-0 8 1863–66 Some rebuilt as 0-4-0ST.
No. 20 preserved as 0-4-0,
No. 25 preserved as 0-4-0ST
B1 2-2-2WT 2 1851
B2 2-2-2WT 2 1857
B3 2-2-2WT 6 1864–66
B4 2-2-2WT 1 1860
B5 2-2-2WT 2 1850
C1 0-4-0ST 4 1864
C2 0-4-0ST 2 1862
D1 0-6-0 55 1866–84 Nicknamed “Sharpies”
D2 0-6-0 2 1864
7 D3 0-6-0 6 Nasmyth Wilson 552–557 1899 7–12 12468–12473 1928–32
6 Sharp Stewart 4563–4568 1899 13–18 12474–12479 1929–36
3 D4 0-6-0 4 North British Loco. 17840–17843 1907 3–6 12480–12483 1930–34
1 D5 0-6-0 4 North British Loco. 20073–20076 1913–14 1–2, 25–26 12494–12497 1932–56
2 North British Loco. 20865–20866 1914 27–28 12498–12499 1932–57
4 North British Loco. 21993–21196 1918 23–24, 29–30 12504–12507 1930–35
4 Kitson & Co. 5195–5198 1919 19–22 12500–12503 1930–57
5 North British Loco. 22572–22576 1920 31–35 12508–12512 1932–57
E1 2-4-0 19 1870–79
F1 0-4-2 2 1866
G1 0-6-0T 10 1867–73 11549–11552 Nicknamed “Neddies”
G2 0-6-0ST 13 1855–73
G3 0-6-0ST 1 1875
G4 0-6-0T 1 1857
19 G5 0-6-0T 6 Vulcan Foundry 2523–2528 1910 19–24 11553–11558 1930–43 Renumbered 55–60
2 Kitson & Co. 5121–5122 1915 51–52 11559–11560 1930–34
2 Vulcan Foundry 3174–3175 1916 53–54 11561–11562 1931–36
H1 2-4-0T 1 1850
J1 2-4-2T 7 1891 10619–10620 Rebuilt from E1 class
120 K1 4-4-0 4 Sharp Stewart 3618–3621 1891 120–123 10131–10134 1924–27 Nicknamed “Seagulls”
21 K2 4-4-0 6 Sharp Stewart 4174–4179 1896 21–22, 34–37 10135–10140 1929–31 Nicknamed “Larger Seagulls”
2 Sharp Stewart 4651–4652 1900 124–125 10141–10142 1929–31 Nicknamed “Larger Seagulls”
126 K3 4-4-0 4 Sharp Stewart 4716–4719 1901 126–129 10143–10146 1930–31
130 K4 4-4-0 2 North British Loco. 20071–20072 1913 130–131 10185–10186 1932–33
2 North British Loco. 20867–20868 1914 132–133 10187–10188 1932–33
112 L1 0-6-2T 3 Sharp Stewart 4364–4366 1898 112–114 11622–11624 1927–28
98 L2 0-6-2T 5 Nasmyth Wilson 689–693 1904 98–102 11625–11629 1930–45 Nicknamed “Cleator Tanks”
5 North British Loco. 16113–16117 1904 103–107 11630–11634 1929–34 Nicknamed “Cleator Tanks”
98 L3 0-6-2T 6 North British Loco. 17808–17813 1907 96–97, 108–111 11635–11640 1931–41
94 L4 0-6-2T 2 Kitson & Co. 4855–4856 1912 94–95 11641–11642 1929–34 Nicknamed “Improved Cleator Tanks”
2 Kitson & Co. 5042–5043 1914 92–93 11643–11644 1932–34 Nicknamed “Improved Cleator Tanks”
38 M1 4-4-2T 2 Kitson 5119–5120 1915 38–39 11080–11081 1930–32
2 Vulcan Foundry 3176–3177 1916 40–41 11082–11083 1930–32
2 Kitson & Co. 5172–5173 1915 42–43 11084–11085 1930–31
115 N1 4-6-4T 5 Kitson & Co. 5292–5296 1920–21 115–119 11100–11104 1934–40
Rail Motor Car 1 1905

Cleator & Workington Junction Railway

The Furness railway entered into a working agreement with the Cleator & Workington Junction Railway where the FR would work the companies mainlines and the branch lines were worked by C&WJR engines. The loco list previously shown on this page has been amended thus:


Cleator & Workington Junction Railway locomotives

All the nameplates used on this company's locomotives were named after residences of C&WJR company directors. Until recently there was uncertainty about the name of No.2 but the personal notebook of the Company Accountant shows otherwise. The engine never ran in service with the name "Ennerdale" .


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