Furness Railway No. 3
Furness Railway No.3 "Old Coppernob" | |
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standard gauge | |
Driver dia. | 4 ft 9 in (1.448 m) |
Total weight | 19 long tons 10 cwt (43,700 lb or 19.8 t) (175,600 lb or 79,700 kg) |
Boiler pressure | 110 psi (0.76 MPa) |
Cylinders | Two, inside |
Cylinder size | 14 in × 24 in (356 mm × 610 mm) |
Performance figures | |
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Tractive effort | 7,718 lbf (34.3 kN) |
Career | |
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Operators | Furness Railway |
Locale | Great Britain |
First run | February 1846 |
Withdrawn | 1900 |
Disposition | Housed as a static exhibit at Barrow 1900-1940s, now preserved.[1] |
The Furness Railway No.3, nicknamed "Old Coppernob", is a preserved English steam locomotive. It acquired its nickname because of the copper cladding to its dome-shaped "haystack" firebox.[2][3][4]
History
It was built in 1846 by
Withdrawal
It shared with three other similar engines all traffic on the Furness Railway for around six years. Latterly it was used for shunting around the docks at Barrow-in-Furness and on local duties, being withdrawn in 1900, completing nearly 55 years of service.[6][7]
Preservation
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It is now housed in the National Railway Museum, York. It has shrapnel wounds from German bombs, acquired during World War II when it was displayed in a glass pavilion at Barrow-in-Furness station.
In February 2007, No. 3 had one of its shedplates stolen at York. In 2014, it was placed on loan to the Dresden Transport Museum in Germany to take part in an exhibition celebrating the 175th anniversary of the Leipzig–Dresden railway due to its similarities to early locomotives built for the line.[8]
See also
References
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- ^ Casserley, H.C. (1960). Historic locomotive pocket book. London: Batsford. pp. 10–11.
- ^ "Cumberland and Westmorland Archives – Furness Railway". Cumberland and Westmorland Archives.
- ^ "Furness Railway 'Coppernob' 0-4-0 steam locomotive, No 3, 1846". National Railway Museum.
- ^ "Furness Railway No. 3 Locomotive Old Coppernob". Lindal & Marton Community Website.
- ISBN 0-900404-21-3.
- ISBN 0-85361-117-3.
- ^ Fancey, W. F. (1899). "An old locomotive". Railway Magazine. 4: 217–218.
- ISBN 978-3-936240-03-0, page 14-15.
Further reading
- Bailey, Michael R. (2014). "The Bury Type". Loco Motion. The History Press. pp. 136–138. ISBN 978-0-7524-9101-1.