Robert Francis Fairlie

1864. Improvements in locomotive engines.

1866. Engine for heavy goods traffic.

1869.Combined Engine and Workings for Working Branch Railways. Designed by Mr. R. F. Fairlie, C.E. and Mr. J Samuels, C.E.

1878. Single Fairlie engine.

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). Wrote a number of books on the railways.

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. 9 Victoria Chambers, Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W.

1859 Established himself as a railway engineering consultant now back in London.

1864. Gracechurch Street, London.

1870. 9 Victoria Chambers Westminster.

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