The Furness Railway Trust is a Registered Charity, based on the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway in the Lake District in North West England. This the Trust's award-winning website. This is an exciting time for the Trust - we are looking to establish a museum and workshop as we look to our future.
We
own a number of locomotives, including the oldest working standard gauge steam
engine in Britain, Furness Railway Number 20. There
is much more about this historic and important engine - and stablemates GWR
0-6-2T 5643, Austerity "Cumbria"
and GWR 4-6-0 "Wootton Hall" elsewhere
in this website. Our current projects range
from steam locomotives to our vintage train, fund-raising
and folk music....!
Every year the Trust has to produce an Annual Report which is sent off to the Charity Commissioners, the body which regulates all registered charities in the UK. Read what was achieved in the calendar years of 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1999. The Trust's activities are regulated by it's Objects and Powers.
As
the name implies, the Trust has an affinity with the old Furness
Railway, which operated in part of what is now Cumbria between 1846 and
1923. But our activities go wider than this, and we are now recognised as
one of the leading players in the field of railway preservation in northern
England.
There are lots of ways you can get involved with the Furness Railway Trust - the best is for you to join us!
The FRT's Committee members and Trustees carry responsibility for delivering our projects. Got something you want to tell us? We have Email, postal and telephone contacts for the FRT.
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