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.
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 | Wheel arrangement | Quantity made | Manufacturer Serial numbers | Years built | FR number(s) | LMS number(s) | Year(s) withdrawn | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A1 | 2 | Bury, Curtis & Kennedy | 1844 | 1–2 | — | 1870 | align=left | |||
| 3 | A2 | 2 | Bury, Curtis & Kennedy | 1846 | 3–4 | — | 1898 | align=left | No. 3, “Old Coppernob” preserved | ||
| 7 | A3 | 4 | Wm Fairbairn & Co. | 1854–55 | 7–10 | — | 1899–1900 | align=left | |||
| 7 | A4 | 4 | Wm Fairbairn & Co. | 1858–61 | 13–16 | — | 1899 | align=left | |||
| 17 | A5 | 8 | Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 1863–66 | 17–20, 25–28 | — | 1870–1918 | align=left | Some rebuilt as 0-4-0ST. No. 20 preserved as 0-4-0, No. 25 preserved as 0-4-0ST | ||
| 5 | B1 | 2 | Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 1851 | 5–6 | — | 1873 | align=left | |||
| B2 | 2 | Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 1857 | 11–12 | — | 1873–98 | align=left | ||||
| 21 | B3 | 6 | Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 1864–66 | 21–22, 34–37 | — | 1896–99 | align=left | |||
| B4 | 1 | 1860 | — | align=left | |||||||
| B5 | 2 | 1850 | — | align=left | |||||||
| 23 | C1 | 4 | Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 1874 | 94–97 | 11258 | 1914–24 | align=left | |||
| 23 | C2 | 2 | Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 1862 | 23–24 | — | 1904 | align=left | |||
| 29 | D1 | 55 | Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 1866–84 | align=left | Nicknamed “Sharpies” | |||||
| D2 | 2 | 1864 | align=left | ||||||||
| 7 | D3 | 6 | Nasmyth, Wilson & Co. | 1899 | 7–12 | 12468–12473 | 1928–32 | align=left | |||
| 6 | Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 1899 | 13–18 | 12474–12479 | 1929–36 | align=left | |||||
| 3 | D4 | 4 | 1907 | 3–6 | 12480–12483 | 1930–34 | align=left | ||||
| 1 | 4 | North British Loco. | 1913–14 | 1–2, 25–26 | 12494–12497 | 1932–56 | align=left | ||||
| 2 | North British Loco. | 1914 | 27–28 | 12498–12499 | 1932–57 | align=left | |||||
| 4 | North British Loco. | 1918 | 23–24, 29–30 | 12504–12507 | 1930–35 | align=left | |||||
| 4 | Kitson & Co. | 1919 | 19–22 | 12500–12503 | 1930–57 | align=left | |||||
| 5 | North British Loco. | 1920 | 31–35 | 12508–12512 | 1932–57 | align=left | |||||
| 1 | E1 | 19 | Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 1870–82 | 10002 | 1907–24 | align=left | Seven rebuilt as 2-4-2T | |||
| F1 | 2 | 1866 | — | align=left | |||||||
| 51 | G1 | 6 | Sharp Stewart & Co. | 1867–73 | 51–52, 68–69, 82–83 | 11549–11552 | align=left | Nicknamed “Neddies” | |||
| G2 | 13 | 1855–73 | align=left | ||||||||
| G3 | 1 | 1875 | align=left | ||||||||
| G4 | 1 | 1857 | align=left | ||||||||
| 19 | G5 | 6 | Vulcan Foundry | 1910 | 19–24 | 11553–11558 | 1930–43 | align=left | Renumbered 55–60 | ||
| 2 | Kitson & Co. | 1915 | 51–52 | 11559–11560 | 1930–34 | align=left | |||||
| 2 | 1916 | 53–54 | 11561–11562 | 1931–36 | align=left | ||||||
| H1 | 1 | 1850 | — | align=left | |||||||
| J1 | 7 | 1891 | 47–48, 70–74 | 10619–10620 | 1914–24 | align=left | Rebuilt from 2-4-0s | ||||
| 120 | 4 | Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 1891 | 120–123 | 10131–10134 | 1924–27 | align=left | Nicknamed “Seagulls” | |||
| 21 | 6 | Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 1896 | 21–22, 34–37 | 10135–10140 | 1929–31 | align=left | Nicknamed “Larger Seagulls” | |||
| 2 | Sharp, Stewart& Co. | 1900 | 124–125 | 10141–10142 | 1929–31 | align=left | Nicknamed “Larger Seagulls” | ||||
| 126 | K3 | 4 | Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 1901 | 126–129 | 10143–10146 | 1930–31 | align=left | |||
| 130 | K4 | 2 | North British Loco. | 1913 | 130–131 | 10185–10186 | 1932–33 | align=left | |||
| 2 | North British Loco. | 1914 | 132–133 | 10187–10188 | 1932–33 | align=left | |||||
| 112 | L1 | 3 | Sharp, Stewart & Co. | 1898 | 112–114 | 11622–11624 | 1927–28 | align=left | |||
| 98 | L2 | 5 | Nasmyth, Wilson & Co. | 1904 | 98–102 | 11625–11629 | 1930–45 | align=left | Nicknamed “Cleator Tanks” | ||
| 5 | North British Loco. | 1904 | 103–107 | 11630–11634 | 1929–34 | align=left | Nicknamed “Cleator Tanks” | ||||
| 98 | L3 | 6 | North British Loco. | 1907 | 96–97, 108–111 | 11635–11640 | 1931–41 | align=left | |||
| L4 | 2 | Kitson & Co. | 1912 | 94–95 | 11641–11642 | 1929–34 | align=left | Nicknamed “Improved Cleator Tanks” | |||
| 2 | Kitson & Co. | 1914 | 92–93 | 11643–11644 | 1932–34 | align=left | Nicknamed “Improved Cleator Tanks” | ||||
| 38 | 2 | Kitson & Co. | 1915 | 38–39 | 11080–11081 | 1930–32 | align=left | ||||
| 2 | Vulcan Foundry | 1916 | 40–41 | 11082–11083 | 1930–32 | align=left | |||||
| 2 | Kitson & Co. | 1915 | 42–43 | 11084–11085 | 1930–31 | align=left | |||||
| N1 | 5 | Kitson & Co. | 1920–21 | 115–119 | 11100–11104 | 1934–40 | align=left | Photograph[1] | |||
| — | — | 2 | FR, Barrow | 1905 | 1–2 | — | ?–1914 | align=left |
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:
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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.
An outside cylinder 0-4-0T 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]
An outside cylinder 0-4-0ST. 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.[3]
An outside cylinder 0-6-0ST 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
An outside cylinder 0-6-0ST 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.
An outside cylinder 0-6-0ST 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.
An outside cylinder 0-6-0ST 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 11/12/1926 and scrapped by the LM&SR<ref name=ref01 />
An outside cylinder 0-6-0ST 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 18/12/1926 and scrapped by the LM&SR<ref name=ref01 />
An 0-6-0ST 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 3/12/1927 and scrapped by the LM&SR<ref name=ref01 />
An outside cylinder 0-6-0ST 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 5/12/1928 and scrapped by the LM&SR<ref name=ref01 />
An outside cylinder 0-6-0ST 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.
Three very early Furness Railway locomotives have been preserved:
. William McGowan Gradon . Track of the Ironmasters . Cumbrian Railways Association . 0-9540232-2-6 .