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Furness Railway 115 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1920· class of 5 British 4-6-4T locomotives
what is it?
The Furness Railway 115 class (unofficially classified N1 by Bob Rush), was a class of five 4-6-4 (or Baltic) tank locomotives of the Furness Railway. They were designed by David Rutherford and built by Kitson and Company in 1920–1921. They were nicknamed "Jumbos" and the author Bob Rush gave them the unofficial classification N1.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 106 years ago, in 1920.
- Served for 20 years (1920–1940).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1920–1921
- in service from
- 1920
- retired
- 1940
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Kitson and Company
- designer
- David Rutherford
- operators
- Furness Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-4T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5509657, Wikipedia: Furness Railway 115 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.