Steam Locomotive Information

Here is the photo album for Furness Railway No. 29 (3) 'Coppernob', a 0-4-0 located in York, Yorkshire. If you would like to suggest additional photos for this album, please click here.

The loco carries its maker's name on the driving wheel boss. 'Bury Curtis & Kennedy, Liverpool'.

This rear view of the tender shows some of the shrapnel damage from a Luftwaffe bomb during the Second World War while the loco was on display at Barrow in Furness.

The old Furness loco poses on the turntable in the Great Hall of the National Railway Museum.

The 'haystack' firebox shows exactly why she got the nickname 'Coppernob'.

With the statue of George Stephenson in the background 'Coppernob' stands in the Great Hall of the museum facing the turntable.

The leading coupled wheel. Notice the brass mudguard and the company number plate on the side of the boiler' wooden cladding, typical of the era.

Between the frames, the most common British practice is revealed with a crank axle and the left hand side connecting rod nearest the camera. in the middle are the four eccentrics for the Stephenson valve gear and the right hand side connecting rod furthest from the camera. Notice the bar frames - typically used by the builders Bury, Curtis and Kennedy.

Looking towards the front of the loco, the right hand side connecting rod is nearest the camera. Notice how the rod is forked to clear the motion bracket that supports the ends of the slide bars. In the middle are the forward and reverse eccentric rods that drive the valves.


Furness Railway 0-4-0 No. 29 (3) 'Coppernob' York, Yorkshire, UK	Location: National Railway Museum Status: Display