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Furness Railway M1 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1915· class of 6 British 4-4-2T locomotives
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- 1. Furness Railway M1 Class No. 43 later 11085: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Furness Railway 38 Class (classified "M1" by Bob Rush) were a class of six 4-4-2 tank engines that were built for the Furness Railway by Kitson and Vulcan Foundry from 1915 to 1916. These engines were built for the summer season traffic on the Furness's Lakeside, Coniston and Kendal branches.
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 111 years ago, in 1915.
- 11.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 17 years (1915–1932).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1915–1916
- in service from
- 1915
- retired
- 1932
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Kitson and Company, Vulcan Foundry
- designer
- W. F. Pettigrew
- operators
- Furness Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-2T
- length
- 11.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q124608173, Wikipedia: Furness Railway M1 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.