Robert Francis Fairlie
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]
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.[3]
1859 Established himself as a railway engineering consultant now back in London.
1864 of Gracechurch Street, London. [4]
1867 of 9 Victoria Chambers, Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W. [5]
1870. 9 Victoria Chambers Westminster.[6]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fairlie
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairlie
- ↑ 1857 Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- ↑ The Engineer 1864/12/02
- ↑ 1867 Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- ↑ The Engineer 1870/04/15