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Furness Railway K2 Class

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The first six of 1896 were numbered 21, 22, 34, 35, 36 and 37 by the Furness Railway (works numbers were 4174–4179). In 1900, two extra engines were added to the class, Furness Railway numbers 124–125. (works numbers 4651–4652). In 1913, two engines, FR Nos. 34 and 37, were fitted with experimental
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that this class used were also used by the Furness Railway D3 0-6-0 tender engines. They carried 2,500 imperial gallons (11,000 L; 3,000 US gal) of water and 3.5 long tons (3.6 tonnes) of coal, their weight being 28.25 long tons (28.70 tonnes).
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in the 1920s. They had 6-foot-0-inch (1.829 m) diameter driving wheels with 18-by-24-inch (457 mm Γ— 610 mm) cylinders.
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on the heavier and more important trains and were in turn replaced on the railway’s top trains with the
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differs in having a cab with dual glazed side windows, a much more characteristic feature of
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28 long tons 5 hundredweight (28.7 t; 31.6 short tons)
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41 long tons 6 hundredweight (42.0 t; 46.3 short tons)
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Locomotives at the Grouping 3: London, Midland and Scottish Railway
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3 long tons 10 hundredweight (3.6 t; 3.9 short tons)
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28 long tons 5 cwt (63,300 lb or 28.7 t)
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2,500 imp gal (11,000 L; 3,000 US gal)
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3 long tons 10 cwt (7,800 lb or 3.6 t)
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41 long tons 6 cwt (92,500 lb or 42 t)
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18 in Γ— 24 in (457 mm Γ— 610 mm)
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The class was withdrawn from 1929 to 1931 and scrapped.
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FR: 21–22, 34–35 (renumbered 44–47) 36–37, 124–125;
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Brdatabase. 17 May 2024. 582: 566: 550: 492: 443:Sharp, Stewart and Company 87:Sharp, Stewart and Company 790:Sharp Stewart locomotives 413: 405: 397: 387: 379: 369: 355: 350: 346: 332: 327: 323: 307: 297: 287: 279: 271: 261: 251: 241: 231: 223: 212: 202: 166: 155: 140: 131: 126: 122: 108: 100: 92: 82: 72: 64: 59: 55: 39: 34: 619:type is a fairly common 429:Furness Railway 21 class 35:Furness Railway K2 class 18:Furness Railway K2 class 750:. Shepperton, Surrey: 598:Edward the Blue Engine 592:Edward the Blue Engine 514:Table of withdrawals 800:Scrapped locomotives 96:4174–4179, 4651–4652 534:Locomotive numbers 515: 375:FR: 21 class ("K2") 328:Performance figures 513: 104:1896 (6), 1900 (2) 785:4-4-0 locomotives 725:LNER Encyclopedia 706:978-0-7459-7027-1 589: 588: 483:Barrow-in-Furness 470:Phoenix smokebox 425: 424: 421: 420: 342: 341: 319: 318: 118: 117: 48:Barrow-in-Furness 16:(Redirected from 812: 765: 744:Casserley, H. C. 729: 728: 717: 711: 710: 689: 683: 682: 675: 669: 668: 661: 618: 516: 512: 497:The six-wheeled 436: 393:LMS: 10135–10142 348: 347: 325: 324: 198: 192: 188: 186: 185: 181: 178: 151: 124: 123: 111: 57: 56: 44: 32: 31: 21: 820: 819: 815: 814: 813: 811: 810: 809: 770: 769: 768: 762: 754:. p. 103. 738: 733: 732: 719: 718: 714: 707: 690: 686: 677: 676: 672: 663: 662: 658: 653: 641: 614: 594: 530: 525: 523: 508: 495: 467: 451:Furness Railway 439:W. F. Pettigrew 432: 401:Larger Seagulls 392: 334:Tractive effort 280:Boiler pressure 266: 246: 236: 194: 190: 183: 179: 176: 174: 173:4 ft  172: 147: 133: 109: 77:W. F. 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Index

Furness Railway K2 class

Barrow-in-Furness
W. F. Pettigrew
Sharp, Stewart and Company
Whyte
4-4-0
UIC
Gauge
standard gauge
Leading dia.
Driver
Coal
Cylinders
Cylinder size
Valve gear
Stephenson
Tractive effort
FR
LMS
Class
4-4-0
W. F. Pettigrew
Sharp, Stewart and Company
Glasgow
Furness Railway
120 class
115 class
superheaters
London, Midland and Scottish Railway

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