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	Furness Railway Trust Projects
		The North Yorkshire Moors railway wrote a glowing "thank you" letter following our visit in the autumn of 2000, saying the staff had "fallen in love with the locomotive" and praising us for our "enthusiasm and dedication in providing such a spectacular and unique train" that was the "highlight" of their gala event.
		It also pays visits to other railways for their special events, a task for which it is much in demand.
		The restored body is mounted on a shortened former British Railways PMV luggage van; the contracts for both the chassis shortening, and the repair of the old teak body, were let to the Appleby Heritage Centre in East Cumbria.
	www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk /aboutprojects.htm (1939 words)

	Furness Railway
		AIthough it cannot be claimed that the local iron industry was solely responsible for the formation of the Furness Railway, the fact that large quantities of iron ore had to be transported from the mines to the coast was an important contributory factor in the final decision to proceed with the plan.
		On 23 May 1844-, the Furness Railway Act was passed by Parliament, with an authorised capital of andpound;100,000.
		Wilson a labourer for furness Railway 22 years of age who through inadvertance had placed himself betwixt two Waggons one of which [was] moving when his knee was caught betwixt them which cosed a compound fracture ending in mortification and died 7 days after.
	www.rdarby.demon.co.uk /newrail.htm (840 words)

	Furness Railway
		The Furness Railway surved the Barrow area by connecting it with the LNWR and the Midland Railway to the east and with Whitehaven to the north.
		Until 1850, the Furness Railway did not bother much about passenger traffic: only four passenger coaches had been ordered when the line was opened, but with the possible extension to Ulverston and beyond, more notice had to be taken of potential services.
		Her career after the Furness Railway took over was not very long; she was renumbered 108 and was scrapped in 1898, unwept, unhonoured, and unsung, and, it must be said, to the great relief of the crews who had to put up with her.
	www.steamindex.com /locotype/furness.htm (12804 words)

	Furness Railway "Old Coppernob" No. 3 Locomotive (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Furness Railway No. 3 Locomotive was one of a set of four locomotives built by Bury, Curtis and Kennedy of Liverpool at the time when the Furness Railway was formed.
		Furness Railway No. 3 hauled the first passenger train on the Furness Railway on the 24th August 1844.
		It is still in working order, and ran on the Furness line in 1996 as part of the Furness Railway 150th anniversary celebrations.
	www.lindal-in-furness.co.uk /RailPhotos/FR03.htm (389 words)

	Furness Railway (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Furness Railway opened in 1846 running from Dalton to the new port of Barrow (which was fully opened in 1867).
		The Furness Railway passenger stock livery was blue, slightly darker than Humbrol 'oxford blue', lower sides and ends with white upper panels, non passenger coaching stock did not have the white upper panels.
		The Cumbrian Railways Association has produced a number of publications dealing with the FR and is currently working on a single volume reference work as a handbook for members.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /gansg/00-app2/lms/fr.htm (727 words)

	Furness Railway Barrow-Fleetwood Ship Postcards
		Railway companies were not empowered to run shipping services at this stage, so the Barrow Steam Navigation Co was formed to start service from Barrow to Belfast.
		The Furness Railway was a relatively minor English company, which founded its early prosperity on the carriage of iron ore. As this traffic declined towards the end of the 19th Century, the Company sought to increase the tourist passenger traffic to the English Lake District, the area in which its trains operated.
		Furness were unable to sell her for further service, and she was scrapped in 1913.
	www.simplonpc.co.uk /FurnessRailwayPCs.html (868 words)

	Furness Railway British Rail History Covers
		The services were taken over by the LMS Railway at the grouping in 1923 and passed to British Rail on nationalisation in 1948; they are today operated as a unit of Sealink.
		The Furness Railway opened the branch line from Ulverston (Plumpton Junction) to Lakeside at the southern end of Windermere on 1st June 1869.
		The Furness Railway was the third oldest company to retain its identity at the 1923 grouping, being incorporated in May 1844 to run from Kirkby to Barrow with branches to Dalton and Rampside.
	www.lindal-in-furness.co.uk /RailPhotos/FRcovers.htm (773 words)

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