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Furness Railway Class 19
built by Vulcan Foundry· from 1910· class of British 0-6-0T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Furness Railway G5 Class No. 57 and Furness Railway G1 Class No. 83: Richard· Public domain
what is it?
The Furness Railway Class 19 (classified "G5" by Bob Rush) were a group of ten 0-6-0 tank locomotives designed by W. F. Pettigrew. Eight were manufactured by the Vulcan Foundry and two by Kitson and Company in 1910 and from 1915 to 1916. All ten were passed over to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in the 1923 grouping.
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 116 years ago, in 1910.
- Served for 32 years (1910–1942).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1910–1916
- in service from
- 1910
- retired
- 1942
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- builders
- Vulcan Foundry
- designer
- William Frank Pettigrew
- operators
- Furness Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q137661930, Wikipedia: Furness Railway Class 19 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.