5643 is back in North Wales
Our wandering ambassador is tackling Berwyn bank on a regular basis at the
Llangollen Railway where it is due to spend much of the rest of 2010. Twelve
steaming dates are planned in August.. September
steaming dates have also been posted.
Cumbria out of traffic
Sadly, our Austerity saddletank has been temporarily withdrawn from service
at the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway, pending repairs to a firebox
problem. More news on this when we get it!
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.
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Website last updated: August 31, 2010
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FR 20 is back in the North East, but won hearts yet again as it broke new
ground in East Sussex for the Bluebell Railway's
50th anniversary - the oldest working locomotive at the oldest standard
gauge heritage line...
It ran the first ever passenger trains north from Kingscote for the 50th birthday
gala, and hauled all-line trains as well including a photo
charter.
Now the 1863 veteran is back at Locomotion - the National Railway Museum at Shildon, County Durham, where it is once more Operational Locomotive in Residence.