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c. 1862 Eloped with Eliza Ann England, daughter of [[George England (2)|George England]], who sued Fairlie for perjury, on the grounds that Fairlie had not, as claimed, received her father's consent to their marriage. | |||
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* Biography of Robert Fairlie, ODNB | |||
* Biography of George England, ODNB | |||
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Robert Francis Fairlie (1830-1885) was a railway engineer known for patents for the double-bogie double-ended locomotives for narrow gauge railways (see the Ffestiniog Railway).
He also wrote a number of books on the railways. [1]
A 'Fairlie' is a type of articulated steam locomotive that has the driving wheels on bogies. The locomotive may be double-ended (a double Fairlie) or single ended (a single Fairlie). Fairlies are most associated with the Ffestiniog Railway in Wales. While the Fairlie locomotive has all but disappeared, the vast majority of diesel and electric locomotives in the world today follow a form not very different from the Fairlie — two power trucks with all axles driven, and many also follow the Fairlie's double-ended concept, being capable of driving equally well in both directions. [2]
The "Modified Fairlie" locomotive was patented in 1872 by Robert Francis Fairlie of Westminster conjointly with Loftus Perkins of Kings Cross, and comprised the features patented by Fairlie in 1864, 1865, 1867 and 1869, together with the three patents by Loftus Perkins in 1870. The vehicle and all its articulations were by Fairlie.[3]
Fairlie was the son of T. Archibald Fairlie (an engineer) and Margaret Fairlie.
1852 He trained at Crewe and Swindon, then joined first the Londonderry and Coleraine Railway as Locomotive Superintendent and four years later the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway.
1857 of 10 Liverpool Street, New Broad Street, London.[4]
1859 Established himself as a railway engineering consultant now back in London.
c. 1862 Eloped with Eliza Ann England, daughter of George England, who sued Fairlie for perjury, on the grounds that Fairlie had not, as claimed, received her father's consent to their marriage.
1864 of Gracechurch Street, London. [5]
1867 of 9 Victoria Chambers, Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W. [6]
1870 9 Victoria Chambers Westminster.[7]
1872 Patent for the invention of "improvements in apparatus for the extraction of nitrate of soda from crude nitrate earth stone usually called caleche."[8]
1885 Died; civil engineer, of Clapham Common; widow: Eliza Anne Fairlie[9]
1885 Obituary [10]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fairlie
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairlie
- ↑ The Engineer 1926/11/26
- ↑ 1857 Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- ↑ The Engineer 1864/12/02
- ↑ 1867 Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- ↑ The Engineer 1870/04/15
- ↑ London Gazette 8 November 1872
- ↑ National Probate Calendar
- ↑ The Engineer 1885/08/07
- Biography of Robert Fairlie, ODNB
- Biography of George England, ODNB