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FR Double Fairlie Question

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  1. Tobbes

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    Evening everyone,

    Forgive my ignorance, especially if this has already been answered, but I was watching Michael Portilo's "Great British Railway Journeys" on iPlayer. In the Llandudno to Porthmadoc epsiode (23:03 in), it shows an historic shot of a double Fairlie carrying "Taliesen" nameplates.

    Had a double take and wondered when this happened, and what the actual/modern identity of the loco is, as I thought Taliesen was only carried by the single Fairlie?

    Many thanks,

    Toby
     
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  2. Neil_Scott

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    Taliesin was the Festiniog Railway's Single Fairlie but the name was transferred to the Double Fairlie, Livingston Thompson in the 1930s. LT is in the NRM now.
     
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    Neil,

    Excellent, very many thanks for clearing this up.

    Kind regards,

    Toby
     
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    Moel Tryfan was the original single Fairlie, Taliesin was built a year later in 1876.
     
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  5. Neil_Scott

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    True, what I meant was that it was the FR's single fairlie, I'll edit my post.
     
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    It's alright Neil, Andrew has a thing about MT
     
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    Fair enough, when does the rebuild start around one of the wheelsets?...
     
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    Never. They've been far more useful steering Linda and Blanche about than they ever were under that thing :).

    Tim
     
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    If the Hunslets had been built with the proper number of wheels in the first place...
     
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    2-6-2+2-6-2 Ffestiniog-gauge garratts?
     
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    0-6-0+0-6-0 Double Fairlies. Two Moel Tryfans back to back. Mmmmm.
     
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    For some pictures of the double Fairlie 'Taliesin' in 1960, see :

    http://ronfisher.fotopic.net/c813104.html

    She (he, it?) became 'Earl of Merioneth' in 1961 :

    http://ronfisher.fotopic.net/p41187338.html

    The original name, 'Livingston Thompson', was restored when she went to York :

    http://ronfisher2.fotopic.net/p44598945.html

    Just to add to the confusion, here is the current 'Earl of Merioneth'!

    http://ronfisher2.fotopic.net/p62151467.html
     
    45669, 5. Veljača 2011.
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