Furness Railway K1 Class Explained

Furness Railway 120 class
Powertype:Steam
Designer:W. F. Pettigrew
Builder:Sharp, Stewart and Company
Serialnumber:3618–3621
Builddate:1890
Totalproduction:4
Whytetype:4-4-0
Uicclass:2′B n2S
Driverdiameter:5feet
Fuelcap:Coal
Boilerpressure:1400NaN0
Cylindercount:Two
Cylindersize:17x
Valvegear:Stephenson
Tractiveeffort:122282NaN2
Operator:FR » LMS
Operatorclass:120 ("K1")
Fleetnumbers:FR: 120–123
LMS: 10131–10134
Nicknames:Seagulls
Withdrawndate:1924–1927
Disposition:All scrapped

The Furness Railway 120 class (classified K1 by Bob Rush)[1] or "Seagulls", were a class of four 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by W. F. Pettigrew and built by Sharp, Stewart and Company of Glasgow for the Furness Railway in 1890.

Transfer to LMS

They all passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at the 1923 grouping.

Disposal

They were withdrawn between 1924 and 1927.

Table of witdrawals

[2]

! Year !! Quantity in
service at
start of year !! Quantity
withdrawn !! Locomotive numbers!Notes

1924 4 1 align=left 10132
1925 3 1 align=left 10134
1927 2 2 align=left 10131/33

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Furness Railway: locomotive history . SteamIndex . 26 January 2014.
  2. Web site: May 17, 2024 . FR/LMS "K1" Class 4-4-0 (Brdatabase). Brdatabase.