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Furness Railway Number 20 is at Locomotion at Shildon before it debuts at Great Central Railway Loughbourough, returns to Beamish and puts in a visit at the Bluebell Railway in a busy 2010!
Welcome to the award-winning official website for the Furness Railway Trust.
The FRT owns Britain's oldest working standard gauge steam locomotive, Furness Railway Number 20, GWR duo 0-6-2T 5643 and 4979 "Wootton Hall", Austerity "Cumbria" and our vintage train.
We are based in the North West of England but our locomotives and carriages are found at heritage railway sites nationwide.
Our fund-raising and your support keeps us going.
Find out about the our sister organisation, the Lakeside Railway Society, and the old Furness Railway Company.
Get in touch, or follow us on Twitter to hear the latest developments first!
Website last updated: March 10, 2010
© Furness Railway Trust 2010
Website designed by Neil Smith.
Royal coach nearly there!
The overhaul of the saloon built for Princess Alexandra is almost complete!
You can soon ride in the vehicle used by the wife of the heir to the throne!
Read the month by month diary of this significant
project!
Meanwhile "Cumbria" goes hot on 5643's heels, or should that be wheels, to the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway - a 12 month hire period starts at the end of March.
The overhaul of the FRT's former Royal Saloon is now nearing completion -
Colours used are original to the
Furness Railway Company paint scheme.
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5643 is staying on at the RSR after its starring
appearance at the February Gala to haul servies over the Easter weekend.
It'll spend most of the rest of 2010 at its normal home at the Llangollen
Railway but is visiting the Midland Railway Butterley in May.