Ffestiniog Railway Single Fairlie Taliesin
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- čas přidán 9. 01. 2022
- Ffestiniog Railway
Single Fairlie 0-4-4T
No. 7 Taliesin
Built at Boston Lodge and completed in 1999, as a 'replica' of the original FR Single Fairlie No. 9 (later 7) Taliesin which was built in 1876 and dismantled in 1924, though it is slightly larger to allow for modern design requirements.
The locomotive seen is on both the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway both during special events on vintage passenger and freight trains and on service trains. One duty the locomotive is often used for the is the 'early bird' departure during the peak summer timetable, operating the single round trip with a smaller set than used during the main part of the day.
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(C) Lee Andrew Davies 2021
First visited FR in 1961, countless visits until 2019 hope we can go again in 2022. Absolutely wonderful railway, always something ew to see. First took my wife in 1969, fortunately she also fell in love with it. We have so many memories of happy days there and met some grand people. One particular memory for me is a double Fairlie footplate trip with Evan Davies at the regulator!
Some absolutely wonderful camera work there. 5*. Thanks for posting and best wishes from chilly Slovenia.
Great done :)
single fairlies seem so cursed to me, just a sliced in half double fairlie
Bit of a shame that none of the Irish single fairlies were preserved since the Irish invented the single fairlie. :(
? Robert Fairlie was Scottish or at least Glasgow born, I know he worked in Ireland though...
@@preservedrailway no, the double fairlie was his invention however the single fairlie came from Ireland however I am struggling to find what class they were. The GSR E3 0-4-4Ts of the early 1880s were single fairlies as far as I know however I'm not sure if they were the original engines in question as there is little online information about Irish steam but the E3s were definatley singke fairlies. I was able to find one image of one (no. 47) of 1883 but not much else.
You mean FaiRies
@@michaelwilkinson5621 is that an Irishman joke? 😅😅😅