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Furness Railway K2 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Sharp, Stewart and Company· from 1896· class of 8 British 4-4-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Barrow Central railway station: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Furness Railway 21 class (classified "K2" by Bob Rush) or "Larger Seagulls", were a class of eight English 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by W. F. Pettigrew and built by Sharp, Stewart and Company of Glasgow for the Furness Railway. Six were built in 1896, and two more in 1900. They were built to supersede the 120 class on the heavier and more important trains and were in turn replaced on the railway’s top trains with the 115 class in the 1920s.
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 130 years ago, in 1896.
- 14.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 34 years (1896–1930).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1896–1900
- in service from
- 1896
- retired
- 1930
- status
- retired
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Sharp, Stewart and Company
- designer
- W. F. Pettigrew
- operators
- Furness Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 14.6 m
- nicknames
- Larger Seagulls
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5509661, Wikipedia: Furness Railway K2 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.