Furness Railway class 17

The numbers 17 to 20 and 25 to 28 were eight 0-4-0 goods locomotives built by Sharp, Stewart & Co. between 1863 and 1866. Like “Old Coppernob” built in 1844, the driving wheels were relatively large with 57 inches. Together with their two-axle tender, they weighed 45 tons. As early as in 1870, six were sold to the Barrow Haematite Steel Co. and rebuilt to 0-4-0ST saddle tank locomotives. Some of these were used until the 1940s. Numbers 27 and 28 remained on the Furness Railway's roster and were used for shunting until 1918.

Later they became known as Rush class A5. Two of the tank locomotives, No. 20 and 25, were preserved. No. 20 was rebuilt in the late nineties where it lost its saddle tank and again got a tender. Today it has its original appearance and is the oldest working standard gauge steam locomotive in Britain.