The Furness Railway 21 class, classified K2 by Bob Rush and known as the Larger Seagulls, was a class of eight English 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by W. F. Pettigrew and built by Sharp, Stewart and Company of Glasgow for the Furness Railway. Six were built in 1896 and two more in 1900, and they were meant to supersede the earlier 120 class on the heavier and more important trains until the 115 class took over the top workings in the 1920s. They had driving wheels six feet in diameter and cylinders of 18 by 24 inches, and the six-wheeled tenders were shared with the Furness D3 0-6-0 engines. Two engines were fitted in 1913 with experimental Phoenix smokebox superheaters, removed again the following year. All eight passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923 and were scrapped between 1929 and 1931.
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a class of eight English 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by W. F. Pettigrew and built by Sharp, Stewart and Company of Glasgow for the Furness Railway
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a class of eight English 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by W. F. Pettigrew and built by Sharp, Stewart and Company of Glasgow for the Furness Railway
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Six were built in 1896, and two more in 1900.
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a class of eight English 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by W. F. Pettigrew and built by Sharp, Stewart and Company of Glasgow for the Furness Railway
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a class of eight English 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by W. F. Pettigrew and built by Sharp, Stewart and Company of Glasgow for the Furness Railway
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The class was withdrawn and scrapped from 1929 to 1931.
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a class of eight English 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by W. F. Pettigrew and built by Sharp, Stewart and Company of Glasgow for the Furness Railway
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a class of eight English 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by W. F. Pettigrew and built by Sharp, Stewart and Company of Glasgow for the Furness Railway
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a class of eight English 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by W. F. Pettigrew and built by Sharp, Stewart and Company of Glasgow for the Furness Railway
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They were built to supersede the 120 class on the heavier and more important trains
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