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Furness Railway No. 1 to 4 “Old Coppernob”

“Old Coppernob” in the National Railway Museum, York

The first four locomotives of the Furness Railway were four 0-4-0, of which No. 3 “Old Coppernob” is the most well-known and the only one that survived to this day. Today it is also one of only three surviving locomot...

Furness Railway No. 1 to 4 “Old Coppernob”Remove
Variant Standard
Built 1844, 1846
Manufacturers Bury, Curtis and Kennedy
Wheel arrangement B
Gauge 1435 mm
Length
Service mass 24385 kg
Top speed
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General

Property Furness Railway No. 1 to 4 “Old Coppernob”
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Built 1844, 1846
Manufacturers Bury, Curtis and Kennedy
Wheel arrangement 0-4-0 (Four-coupled)
Gauge 1,435 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property Furness Railway No. 1 to 4 “Old Coppernob”
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Service mass 24.4 t
Adhesion mass 24.4 t
Total mass 32.5 t
Axle load 12.2 t
Water capacity 4,092 l
Fuel capacity 2 t (coal)

Boiler

Property Furness Railway No. 1 to 4 “Old Coppernob”
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Firebox surface 4.552 m²
Tube heating surface 87.329 m²
Evaporative heating surface 91.881 m²
Total heating surface 91.9 m²

Power plant

Property Furness Railway No. 1 to 4 “Old Coppernob”
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Driver diameter 1,448 mm
Boiler pressure 7.6 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders two, 356 x 610 mm

Power

Property Furness Railway No. 1 to 4 “Old Coppernob”
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Power source steam
Estimated power 89 kW (121 PS)
Starting effort 34.3 kN

Calculated values

Property Furness Railway No. 1 to 4 “Old Coppernob”
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Factor of adhesion 1 : 6.97
Optimal speed 16 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 3.6 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 114.6 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 1,056.21
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.00
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 7.80
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 19.18
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