jlancasterd Posted April 8, 2007 Share #1 Â Posted April 8, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Ffestiniog Railway double Fairlie No.10 'Merddin Emrys' waiting for a path back to the shed at Boston Lodge from Porthmadog Harbour Station this afternoon. Â R8+DMR, Vario-Elmar-R 21-35 Â [ATTACH]32750[/ATTACH] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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biglouis Posted April 9, 2007 Share #2 Â Posted April 9, 2007 Nice capture of a fascinating piece of steam technology. I wonder what the practical virtues are of this design? Â LouisB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlancasterd Posted April 9, 2007 Author Share #3  Posted April 9, 2007 Nice capture of a fascinating piece of steam technology. I wonder what the practical virtues are of this design? LouisB  Basically, double the power with a single crew. The design is also very flexible and smooth-riding - the wheels and cylinders are all mounted on swivelling bogies like a modern diesel electric, so it will go round sharp curves. The FR has 3 of these: the one shown, built in 1879, one built in 1979 and another, slightly enlarged and more powerful, built 1992. There's also one from 1885 on loan to York Railway Museum - too thoroughly worn out to be worth overhauling (it was replaced by the 1979 loco). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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