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Furness Railway Trust Projects (1939 words) |
 | 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. |
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Furness Railway (840 words) |
| 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. |
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