Locomotives of the Furness Railway

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English 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.

Furness Railway locomotives

The classes listed below are not the official FR designations; they were made popular by author Bob Rush in his books about the Furness Railway.

FR
class		 Rush
class		 Whyte
type		 Quantity
made		 Manufacturer
Serial numbers		 Years
built		 FR
number(s)		 LMS
number(s)		 Year(s)
withdrawn		 Comments
1 A1 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix 2 Bury, Curtis & Kennedy 1844 1–2 — 1870 Template:Sfn
3 A2 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix 2 Bury, Curtis & Kennedy 1846 3–4 — 1898 Template:Sfn No. 3, "Old Coppernob" preserved
7 A3 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix 4 Wm Fairbairn & Co. 1854–55 7–10 — 1899–1900 Template:Sfn
7 A4 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix 4 Wm Fairbairn & Co. 1858–61 13–16 — 1899 Template:Sfn
17 A5 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix 8 Sharp, Stewart & Co. 1434, 1435, 1447, 1448, 1585, 1586, 1662, 1663Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1863–66 17–20, 25–28 — 1870–1918 Template:Sfn Some rebuilt as 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix.
No. 20 preserved as 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix,
No. 25 preserved as 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix
5 B1 2-2-2Template:Whyte suffix 2 Sharp, Stewart & Co. 696–697Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1851 5–6 — 1873 Template:Sfn
B2 2-2-2Template:Whyte suffix 2 Sharp, Stewart & Co. 1016, 1019Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1857 11–12 — 1873–98 Template:Sfn
21 B3 2-2-2Template:Whyte suffix 6 Sharp, Stewart & Co. 1864–66 21–22, 34–37 — 1896–99 Template:Sfn
B4 2-2-2Template:Whyte suffix 1 1860 —
B5 2-2-2Template:Whyte suffix 2 1850 —
23 C1 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix 4 Sharp, Stewart & Co. 2448–2450Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1874 94–97 11258 1914–24 Template:Sfn
23 C2 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix 2 Sharp, Stewart & Co. 1543–1544Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1862 23–24 — 1904 Template:Sfn
29 D1 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix 55 Sharp, Stewart & Co. 1866–84 Template:Sfn Nicknamed "Sharpies"
D2 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix 2 1864
7 D3 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix 6 Nasmyth, Wilson & Co. 552–557Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1899 7–12 12468–12473 1928–32 Template:Sfn
6 Sharp, Stewart & Co. 4563–4568Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1899 13–18 12474–12479 1929–36
3 D4 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix 4 North British Loco. 17840–17843Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1907 3–6 12480–12483 1930–34 Template:Sfn
1 D5 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix 4 North British Loco. 20073–20076Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1913–14 1–2, 25–26 12494–12497 1932–56 Template:Sfn
2 North British Loco. 20865–20866Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1914 27–28 12498–12499 1932–57 Template:Sfn
4 North British Loco. 21993–21196Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1918 23–24, 29–30 12504–12507 1930–35 Template:Sfn
4 Kitson & Co. 5195–5198Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1919 19–22 12500–12503 1930–57 Template:Sfn
5 North British Loco. 22572–22576Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1920 31–35 12508–12512 1932–57 Template:Sfn
1 E1 2-4-0Template:Whyte suffix 19 Sharp, Stewart & Co. 1870–82 10002 1907–24 Template:Sfn Seven rebuilt as 2-4-2T
F1 0-4-2Template:Whyte suffix 2 1866 —
51 G1 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix 6 Sharp Stewart & Co. 1867–73 51–52, 68–69, 82–83 11549–11552 Template:Sfn Nicknamed "Neddies"
G2 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix 13 1855–73
G3 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix 1 1875
G4 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix 1 1857
19 G5 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix 6 Vulcan Foundry 2523–2528Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1910 19–24 11553–11558 1930–43 Template:Sfn Renumbered 55–60
2 Kitson & Co. 5121–5122Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1915 51–52 11559–11560 1930–34 Template:Sfn
2 Vulcan Foundry 3174–3175Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1916 53–54 11561–11562 1931–36 Template:Sfn
H1 2-4-0Template:Whyte suffix 1 1850 —
J1 2-4-2Template:Whyte suffix 7 1891 47–48, 70–74 10619–10620 1914–24 Rebuilt from 2-4-0s
120 K1 4-4-0Template:Whyte suffix 4 Sharp, Stewart & Co. 3618–3621Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1891 120–123 10131–10134 1924–27 Template:Sfn Nicknamed "Seagulls"
21 K2 4-4-0Template:Whyte suffix 6 Sharp, Stewart & Co. 4174–4179Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1896 21–22, 34–37 10135–10140 1929–31 Template:Sfn Nicknamed "Larger Seagulls"
2 Sharp, Stewart& Co. 4651–4652Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1900 124–125 10141–10142 1929–31 Template:Sfn Nicknamed "Larger Seagulls"
126 K3 4-4-0Template:Whyte suffix 4 Sharp, Stewart & Co. 4716–4719Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1901 126–129 10143–10146 1930–31 Template:Sfn
130 K4 4-4-0Template:Whyte suffix 2 North British Loco. 20071–20072Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1913 130–131 10185–10186 1932–33 Template:Sfn
2 North British Loco. 20867–20868Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1914 132–133 10187–10188 1932–33 Template:Sfn
112 L1 0-6-2Template:Whyte suffix 3 Sharp, Stewart & Co. 4364–4366Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1898 112–114 11622–11624 1927–28 Template:Sfn
98 L2 0-6-2Template:Whyte suffix 5 Nasmyth, Wilson & Co. 689–693Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1904 98–102 11625–11629 1930–45 Template:Sfn Nicknamed "Cleator Tanks"
5 North British Loco. 16113–16117Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1904 103–107 11630–11634 1929–34 Template:Sfn Nicknamed "Cleator Tanks"
98 L3 0-6-2Template:Whyte suffix 6 North British Loco. 17808–17813Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1907 96–97, 108–111 11635–11640 1931–41 Template:Sfn
94 L4 0-6-2Template:Whyte suffix 2 Kitson & Co. 4855–4856Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1912 94–95 11641–11642 1929–34 Template:Sfn Nicknamed "Improved Cleator Tanks"
2 Kitson & Co. 5042–5043Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1914 92–93 11643–11644 1932–34 Template:Sfn Nicknamed "Improved Cleator Tanks"
38 M1 4-4-2Template:Whyte suffix 2 Kitson & Co. 5119–5120Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1915 38–39 11080–11081 1930–32 Template:Sfn
2 Vulcan Foundry 3176–3177Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1916 40–41 11082–11083 1930–32
2 Kitson & Co. 5172–5173Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1915 42–43 11084–11085 1930–31
115 N1 4-6-4Template:Whyte suffix 5 Kitson & Co. 5292–5296Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1920–21 115–119 11100–11104 1934–40 Template:Sfn Photograph[1]
— — 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Railmotor 2 FR, Barrow 1905 1–2 — ?–1914 Template:Sfn

Cleator and Workington Junction Railway

The FR entered into a working agreement with the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway (C&WJR), where it would work the company's mainlines while the branch lines were worked by native engines. The loco list previously shown on this page has been amended thus:

C&WJR 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.

  • No. 1 Brigham Hill (1st) and Rothersyke (1st)

An outside cylinder 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Built in 1894 by Fletcher Jennings Ltd for C&WJR. Builders No. 187.
Nameplates carried: Brigham Hill (1882–1894) and Rothersyke (1894–1897)
Renumbered: No known renumbering of this engine.
Disposal: To West Stanley Colliery Coy. County Durham in 1897[2]

  • No. 2 Unnamed for fifteen years, then Rothersyke (2nd)

An outside cylinder 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix. Built circa 1875 by Barclay & Co. (not an Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. product). Built originally for Ward, Ross & Liddlelow, railway contractors to the C&WJR, No. 2 was purchased second hand in 1882. No. 2 was originally named Ennerdale but the nameplates were removed after acquisition by the C&WJR on the order of the Managing Director.
Nameplates Carried: None from 1882 to 1897. The redundant plates from engine No.1 Rothersyke were fitted when it was decided to sell the engine.
Renumbered: No known renumbering of this engine.
Disposal: To SD Coasdell of Workington in July 1898 for £150.[2][3]

  • No. 3 South Lodge

An outside cylinder 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix of 1884, built by Robert Stephenson and Company for the C&WJR. Builders No. 2553. The saddle tank did not cover the smokebox.
Nameplates carried: South Lodge. (1884 to 1920)
Renumbered: No known renumbering of this engine.
Disposal: To J.F. Wake Ltd., Dealers, Darlington, County Durham, July 1920[2]

  • No. 4 Harecroft

An outside cylinder 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix built in 1885 by the Lowca Engineering Co. Ltd. for the C&WJR. Builders No. 196. Similar in appearance to No. 3 and the saddle tank did not cover the smokebox.
Nameplates carried: Harecroft (1885 to 1915)
Renumbered: After disposal by new owner to 46
Disposal: Withdrawn September 1915 and sold to Workington Iron & Steel Company.[2]

  • No. 5 Moresby Hall

An outside cylinder 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix built in 1890 by Robert Stephenson and Company for the C&WJR. Builders No. 2692. The saddle tank did not cover the smokebox.
Nameplates carried: Moresby Hall (1890 to 1919)
Renumbered: No known renumbering of this engine.
Disposal: Withdrawn and scrapped 1919.[2]

  • No. 6 Brigham Hall

An outside cylinder 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix built in 1894 by Robert Stephenson and Company for the C&WJR. Builders No. 2813. The saddle tank did not cover the smokebox.
Nameplates carried: Brigham Hall (1894 to 1920)
Renumbered: Allocated 11564 by the LMS in 1923 after the grouping, but not known if it was repainted into LMS colours.
Disposal: Withdrawn 11 December 1926 and scrapped by the LM&SR[2]

  • No. 7 Ponsonby Hall

An outside cylinder 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix built in 1896 by Robert Stephenson and Company for the C&WJR. Builders No. 2846. The saddle tank did not cover the smokebox.
Nameplates carried: Ponsonby Hall (1886 to 1926)
Renumbered: Allocated 11565 by the LMS in 1923 after the grouping, but not known if it was repainted into LMS colours.
Disposal: Withdrawn 18 December 1926 and scrapped by the LM&SR[2]

  • No. 8 Hutton Hall

An 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix built in 1907 by Peckett and Sons for the C&WJR. Builders No. 1134.
Nameplates carried: Hutton Hall (1907 to 1927)
Renumbered: Allocated 11566 by the LMS in 1923 after the grouping, and repainted into early LMS black goods livery.
Disposal: Withdrawn 3 December 1927 and scrapped by the LM&SR[2]

  • No. 9 Millgrove

An outside cylinder 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix built in 1919 by Peckett and Sons for the C&WJR. Builders No. 1340.
Nameplates carried: Millgrove (1919 to 1928)
Renumbered: Allocated 11567 by the LMS in 1923 after the grouping, and repainted into early LMS black goods livery.
Disposal: Withdrawn 5 December 1928 and scrapped by the LM&SR[2]

  • No. 10 Skiddaw Lodge

An outside cylinder 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix built in 1920 by Hudswell Clarke & Co. for the C&WJR. Builders No. 1400.
Nameplates carried: Skiddaw Lodge (1920 to 1932)
Renumbered: Allocated 11568 by the LMS in 1923 after the grouping, and repainted into early LMS black goods livery.
Disposal: Withdrawn 1932 by LM&SR and sold to Hartley main Collieries Northumberland, via Robert frazer & Sons Ltd., Hebburn, County Durham.[2]

Preserved locomotives

File:Furness Railway No 20.jpg
Furness Railway No. 20

Three very early Furness Railway locomotives have been preserved:

  • Furness Railway No. 3 – "Old Coppernob" 0-4-0 tender engine of 1846, preserved at the National Railway Museum in York.
  • Furness Railway No. 20 – Sharp Stewart Class A5 0-4-0 tender engine of 1863, now at Ribble Steam Railway in Lancashire. This is Britain's oldest working standard-gauge steam locomotive. It had been converted to a saddle-tank locomotive, but has now been restored to its original tender locomotive design.[4]
  • Furness Railway No. 25 – Sharp Stewart Class A5 0-4-0 tender engine of 1865, now at Ribble Steam Railway awaiting restoration. Unlike No. 20 (above), this locomotive remains in its later saddle-tank format.[5]
  • Furness Railway No. 115 – Sharp Stewart Class D1 0-6-0 tender locomotive of 1881. The locomotive was lost when a mine working collapsed at Lindal-in-Furness on 22 September 1892; only the tender was rescued, which was then used on a loco to replace 115. The locomotive remains buried 200 ft underground, but is technically still in existence.[6]

References

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  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  3. ↑ Industrial Locomotive Society records
  4. ↑ http://ukhrail.uel.ac.uk/cgi-bin/rlylocos?REF=1606Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
  5. ↑ http://ukhrail.uel.ac.uk/cgi-bin/rlylocos?REF=1690Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

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