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Locomotives - Coppernob
Built in 1846 for the Furness Railway in Cumbria, Coppernob was designed by Edward Bury, Locomotive Superintendent of the London & Birmingham Railway. Bury’s engines were popular with the early railway companies because they were cheap.
Bury’s bar frame construction was light, but the engines were small, so it could take two, three or even four Bury locomotives to pull one train. This was good news for Edward Bury as he was able to sell more locomotives!
Coppernob worked on the Furness Railway until 1898, when it was placed on display in Barrow-in-Furness station. In World War Two, bomb debris left the distinctive dents in the domed copper sheathing on the engine’s firebox, from which Coppernob earned its name.
Fact File
- Object: Goods tender locomotive
- Built: 1846
- By: Bury, Curtis & Kennedy
- For: Furness Railway Company
- Designer: Edward Bury
- Driving wheel diameter: 5 ft (1.5m)
- Boiler pressure: 120 psi (8.4 kg/cm2)
- Weight: 23.6 tons (24.0 tonnes)
Locomotive Inventory number 1975-7015
Photograph reference number NRM_CT_936804