# Furness Railway D1 Class

The Furness Railway 29 class 0-6-0 (classified "D1" by Bob Rush) was a class of fifty-five 0-6-0 steam locomotives built by Sharp, Stewart and Company between 1866 and 1884. They were the largest and most numerous class of engines built for the Furness Railway.

## History

The increasing weight of mineral trains was getting beyond what the original Bury & Fairburn 0-4-0's could handle, and by 1866, the Furness Railway put in an order for a new design of a medium-size 0-6-0 goods engine to take up the mantle. The design was made in mind for both home and overseas work. The first example was built in 1866, with the last being made in 1884. The D1's proved to be very successful, efficient and cheap to maintain, and were very popular with footplate crews.
When W.F Pettigrew took over as chief mechanical engineer of the Furness, he gave the D1's some upgrades. This involved fitting automatic vacuum brakes, larger boilers off the L1 class 0-6-2 tanks but with smaller fireboxes, along with new cabs. Between 1910 and 1912, several were rebuilt with Pettigrew's standard boiler for his 0-6-0 side tanks, but without the extended smokeboxes. Finally in 1916, some of the class received similar boilers but with the extended smokeboxes, and new rear cabs but with the last splashers discarded.

## Numbering

| FR No. | Manufacturer | Serial No. | Year | LMS No. | Withdrawn | Notes |
| 29 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 1697 | 1866 | 12001 | 1925 | |
| 30 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 1698 | 1866 | 12007 | 1925 | |
| 38 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 1760 | 1866 | | 1915 | |
| 39 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 1761 | 1866 | | 1915 | |
| 31 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 1764 | 1866 | 12000 | 1925 | |
| 32 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 1765 | 1866 | | 1900 | |
| 33 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 1766 | 1866 | | 1900 | |
| 40 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 1784 | 1866 | 12008 | 1925 | |
| 41 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 1785 | 1866 | | 1916 | |
| 17 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2064 | 1871 | 12003 | 1910 | |
| 18 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2065 | 1871 | | 1910 | |
| 19 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2095 | 1871 | | 1910 | |
| 20 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2096 | 1871 | 12002 | 1925 | |
| 53 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2097 | 1871 | | 1916 | |
| 54 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2098 | 1871 | 12005 | 1925 | |
| 55 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2099 | 1871 | | 1918 | |
| 56 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2100 | 1871 | | 1918 | |
| 59 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2145 | 1871 | | 1913 | |
| 60 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2146 | 1871 | | 1921 | |
| 61 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2147 | 1871 | | 1916 | |
| 62 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2148 | 1871 | | 1916 | |
| 63 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2149 | 1871 | | 1918 | |
| 64 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2150 | 1871 | | 1918 | |
| 65 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2151 | 1871 | 12065 | 1930 | |
| 66 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2152 | 1871 | | 1916 | |
| 67 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2153 | 1871 | | 1914 | |
| 43 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2154 | 1871 | 12004 | 1925 | |
| 25 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2278 | 1873 | | 1910 | |
| 26 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2279 | 1873 | 12066 | 1930 | |
| 76 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2280 | 1873 | 12006 | 1925 | |
| 77 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2283 | 1873 | | 1914 | |
| 78 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2284 | 1873 | | 1915 | |
| 79 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2285 | 1873 | 12067 | 1930 | |
| 80 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2316 | 1873 | | 1916 | |
| 81 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2317 | 1873 | | 1921 | |
| 84 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2337 | 1873 | | 1915 | |
| 85 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2338 | 1873 | 12009 | 1925 | |
| -- | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2339 | 1873 | | 1916 | sold by maker to Mid Wales Railway: No. 9 |
| 86 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2340 | 1873 | 12010 | 1925 | |
| 87 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2341 | 1873 | 12011 | 1924 | |
| -- | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2342 | 1873 | | | sold by maker to North Staffordshire Railway: No. 69 |
| -- | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2346 | 1873 | | | sold by maker to North Staffordshire Railway: No. 70 |
| -- | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2347 | 1873 | | | sold by maker to Mid Wales Railway: No. 10 |
| 92 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2422 | 1874 | 12012 | 1924 | |
| 93 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2423 | 1874 | 12013 | 1925 | |
| 88 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2506 | 1875 | 12068 | 1926 | |
| 89 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2507 | 1875 | 12069 | 1926 | |
| 90 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2508 | 1875 | 12070 | 1930 | |
| 91 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2509 | 1875 | 12070 | 1924 | |
| -- | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2510 | 1875 | | | sold by maker to Denbigh, Ruthin & Corwen R. |
| -- | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2511 | 1875 | | | sold by maker to Cambrian Railways: No. 14 |
| -- | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2512 | 1875 | | | sold by maker to purchaser overseas |
| -- | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2513 | 1875 | | | sold by maker to Denbigh, Ruthin & Corwen R. |
| 114 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2945 | 1881 | 12071 | 1926 | sold by maker to Denbigh, Ruthin & Corwen R. |
| 115 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2946 | 1881 | | 1892 | Lost in Lindal-in-Furness subsidence, still exists |
| 116 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2947 | 1881 | 12014 | 1925 | |
| 117 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2948 | 1881 | 12072 | 1927 | |
| 118 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2949 | 1881 | 12073 | 1927 | |
| 119 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 2950 | 1881 | 12074 | 1926 | |
| 49 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 3170 | 1883 | 12075 | 1928 | |
| 50 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 3171 | 1883 | 12076 | 1928 | |
| 120 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 3172 | 1883 | | 1887 | sold to Liverpool, Southport & Preston Junction Railway |
| 121 | Sharp, Stewart and Company | 3173 | 1883 | | 1887 | sold to Liverpool, Southport & Preston Junction Railway |

## Withdrawal

Withdrawals began in 1900 with 32 and 33, and the last going in 1930, being LMS number 12066.

## Preservation

No. 115 was accidentally preserved when she fell down a mine at Lindal-in-Furness in 1892. The tender did not fall down with the engine and was recovered to be put behind an engine to replace 115. 115 itself remains buried under some 200 feet of soil.