Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway
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Image:42085 Fairburn 2-6-4T at Lakeside stn.jpg Image:D5301 inside Haverthwaite shed.jpg The Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway is a heritage railway in Cumbria, England. The line runs from Haverthwaite via Newby Bridge to Lakeside at the southern end of Windermere. Some services are timed to connect with sailings of the steam cruisers on Windermere, sailing up to Bowness and Ambleside.
The railway is a former branch line of the Furness Railway (FR), and there is a train-boat connection that was established in 1868. The railways locomotive fleet includes FR no. 20 is Britain's oldest working standard gauge steam locomotive, which was built in 1863.
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Locomotives
- Steam Locomotives
- BR 2-6-4T Class 4MT nos. 42073 and 42085
- War Department 0-6-0ST WD Austerity Tanks nos. 3698 and 3794 Repulse and Cumbria
- Bagnall 0-6-0ST (1942) no. 2682 Princess
- Barclay 0-4-0ST Millom Ironworks (1953) no. 2333 David
- Barclay 0-4-0FT (1917) no. 1550 Sir James
- Peckett 0-4-0ST OY (1937) no. 1925 Caliban 'under restoration at Carnforth.'
- Barclay 0-6-0T National Coal Board (1911) no. 10
- GWR 0-6-2T 5600 Class (1925) no. 5643
- GWR 4-6-0 Hall Class (1930) no. 4979 Wootton Hall 'in store at Lytham.'
- Furness Railway 0-4-0 Furness Railway Class A5 (1863) no. 20
- Barclay 0-6-0T
- Diesel Locomotives
- Rolling stock
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