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Robert Francis Fairlie

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Robert Francis Fairlie (born either March 1831 or 5 April 1830, in Glasgow, died 31 July 1885, in London) was a Scottish-born railway engineer. [1]

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Abraham Fitzgibbon

Abraham 'Abram' Fitzgibbon (23 January 1823 – 4 April 1887) was an Irish-born railroad engineer and a pioneer for narrow-gauge railways.

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Avonside Engine Company

The Avonside Engine Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Avon Street, St. Philip's, Bristol, England between 1864 and 1934.

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Barbados Tramway Company

The Barbados Tramway Company operated a network of horse-drawn narrow gauge trams in Bridgetown on Barbados with an unknown gauge of approximately 1,067 mm (3 feet 6 inch).

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BR Class 37 renumbering

The 309 members of the class 37 underwent many changes in their long career on British railways.

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British steam railcars

A steam railcar is a rail vehicle that does not require a locomotive as it contains its own steam engine.

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Bury and Thetford (Swaffham Branch)

The Bury and Thetford (Swaffham Branch), also known as the Crab and Winkle Line, was a railway line in England.

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Carl Abraham Pihl

Carl Abraham Pihl (16 January 1825 – 14 September 1897) was a Norwegian civil engineer and director of the Norwegian State Railways (NSB) from 1865 until his death.

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CGR Fairlie 0-6-0+0-6-0

The Cape Government Railways Fairlie of 1876 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.

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Class 47 renumbering

The 512 members of the class 47 underwent many changes in their long career on British railways.

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Everard Calthrop

Everard Richard Calthrop (3 March 1857 – 30 March 1927) was a British railway engineer and inventor.

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Fairlie (surname)

Fairlie is a surname of Scottish origin.

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Fairlie locomotive

A Fairlie is a type of articulated steam locomotive that has the driving wheels on bogies.

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Festiniog Railway Little Wonder

The Festiniog Railway Little Wonder was a 0-4-4-0T steam locomotive built by George England for the Festiniog Railway in 1869.

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George England

George England (1811–1878) was an English businessman and engineer.

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George England and Co.

George England and Co. was an early English manufacturer of steam locomotives founded by the engineer George England of Newcastle upon Tyne (1812–1885).

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List of railway pioneers

A railway pioneer is someone who has made a major contribution to the historical development of the railway (US: railroad).

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NZR E class (1872)

The NZR E class of Double Fairlie steam locomotives were two different types of Fairlie locomotive, and were the first classes to take that designation, followed by the E class Mallet compound locomotive of 1906 and then the E class battery electric locomotive of 1922.

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Paul Decauville

Paul Decauville (1846–1922) was a French engineer and businessman.

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Scottish inventions and discoveries

Scottish inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques either partially or entirely invented, innovated or discovered by a person born in or descended from Scotland.

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South African Class FC 2-6-2+2-6-2

The South African Railways Class FC 2-6-2+2-6-2 of 1925 was an articulated steam locomotive.

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State Railways Institution

The State Railways Institution ("Instituto de Ferrocarriles del Estado", or IFE.) is a state-run organization of Venezuela that manages the railway systems of the country.

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The Spooners of Porthmadog

The Spooners of Porthmadog refers to the Spooner family of Porthmadog, North Wales who made important contributions to the development of narrow gauge railways both locally and throughout the world.

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Thomas Hall (railway engineer)

Richard Thomas Hall, born 31 May 1823, was a British railway engineer.

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Timeline of railway history

This is a timeline of rail transport history.

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Transport in Barbados

Barbados is an up-and-coming tourist country that provides reliable and safe transportation for natives and visitors alike.

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0-6-0+0-6-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of an articulated locomotive with two separate swivelling engine units, each unit with no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and no trailing wheels.

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0-6-6

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and six trailing wheels on three axles.

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1830 in rail transport

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1830 in Scotland

Events from the year 1830 in Scotland.

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1885 in rail transport

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3 ft 6 in gauge railways

Railways with a track gauge of were first constructed as horse-drawn wagonways.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Francis_Fairlie

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