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=== Fairlie locomotives === [[File:Snake, a double Fairlie, B class steam locomotive B 238 (0-4-4-0T). ATLIB 257541 (cropped).jpg|thumb|An [[Avonside Engine Company|Avonside]]-built [[NZR B class (1874)|New Zealand Fairlie]] of 1874]] {{further|Fairlie locomotive}} A decade after ''Seraing'', [[Robert Fairlie]] revived the concept and was granted a patent for his design in 1864.<ref>{{Cite patent |country=GB |number=1210 |title= |pubdate=12 May 1864 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fairlie's Patent |website=Festipedia |url=https://www.festipedia.org.uk/wiki/Fairlie%27s_Patent }}</ref> It is not known how aware Fairlie was of the other European attempts.{{sfnp|Binns|2001|pages=2β4}} Placing the cylinders at the outer ends of the power bogies left a space between them and allowed depth for a conventional firebox, grate and ashpan. The first [[Fairlie locomotive|Fairlie]] was an 0-4-4-0T built for the [[Neath and Brecon Railway]] in 1866, but the design came to prominence in 1869 with ''[[Festiniog Railway Little Wonder|Little Wonder]]'' for the [[Ffestiniog Railway]] in [[North Wales]] followed by five others. One locomotive was supplied to the [[Denver and Rio Grande Railroad]] in 1872. The type was also used in [[Mexico]], [[New Zealand]] and [[Russia]] on [[Transcaucasian Railway]]. ==== Survivors ==== There are five examples of surviving Fairlie 0-4-4-0T locomotives on the [[Ffestiniog Railway rolling stock|Ffestiniog Railway]]. Two of these are survivors from the original 19th century line; ''Merddin Emrys'' is still in service. Three were built new during the preservation era, the latest ''James Spooner'', was completed in 2023. ''Josephine'', a [[Vulcan Foundry]]-built [[Double Fairlie]], built in 1872 for the [[Port Chalmers Branch|Dunedin and Port Chalmers Railway Company]],{{sfnp|Joy|2012|pages=12β13}} survives as a static exhibit in [[Dunedin]], New Zealand.
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