Now, here’s an old engine. Furness Railway Class A5 0-4-0 No.
20 is actually the oldest working standard gauge steam locomotive in Britain.
Built by Sharp Stewart in 1853, she belongs to the Furness Railway Trust. No.
20 currently resides at the National Railway Museum outpost at Shildon.
We happened upon her by chance when we called in at the
Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway in 2000, during one of our regular jaunts to
the Lake District. In Furness Railway livery, she looked a very fine old girl
indeed.
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