Preserved Locomotives
Two 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 Locomotion in Shildon. 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.
- Furness Railway No.25 - Sharp Stewart Class A5 0-4-0 tender engine of 1865, now at Steamtown Carnforth awaiting restoration. Unlike No.20 (above) locomotive remains in its later saddle tank format.
- 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 the 22nd 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.
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