It shared with three other similar engines all traffic on the Furness Railway for around six years. Latterly it was used for shunting around the docks at Barrow-in-Furness and on local duties, being withdrawn in 1900, completing nearly 55 years of service.[6][7]
In February 2007, No. 3 had one of its shedplates stolen at York. In 2014, it was placed on loan to the Dresden Transport Museum in Germany to take part in an exhibition celebrating the 175th anniversary of the Leipzig–Dresden railway due to its similarities to early locomotives built for the line.[8]
^"Furness Railway No. 3 Locomotive Old Coppernob". Lindal & Marton Community Website.
^Lowe, James W. (1975). British Steam Locomotive Builders. Cambridge: Goose and Son. ISBN0-900404-21-3.
^Rush, R. W. (1973). The Furness Railway, 1843–1923. Oakwood Press. ISBN0-85361-117-3.
^Fancey, W. F. (1899). "An old locomotive". Railway Magazine. 4: 217–218.
^Verkehrsmuseum Dresden gGmH (Editor): Deutschland wird mobil. 175 Jahre Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn. Dresden 2014. ISBN978-3-936240-03-0, page 14-15.
Further reading
Bailey, Michael R. (2014). "The Bury Type". Loco Motion. The History Press. pp. 136–138. ISBN978-0-7524-9101-1.
January 07, 2023
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