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Fairlie - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Fairlie (157 words) |
 | It is separated from the islands of Great and Little Cumbrae by the channel of Fairlie Roads. |
| Kelburn Castle and the ruins of Fairlie Castle lie nearby. |
| Fairlie and the two young Misses, pathetically returning thanks himself, immediately afterwards, for the whole party. |
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Fairlie - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (1204 words) |
| Early Fairlie locomotives were rather unsuccessful, examples being built for the Neath and Brecon Railway and the Queensland Railway in Australia being notably unsuccessful, in the latter case resulting in locomotives being returned to the builder. |
| A variation of the Fairlie that enjoyed some popularity, especially in the United States, was the Single Fairlie, essentially half a double Fairlie, with one boiler, a cab at one end, and a single articulated power truck combined with an unpowered truck underneath the cab. |
| Fairlie's vision was limited by the limitations of the steam locomotive — its thirst for heavy, bulky water and the unbalancing forces of its directly driving pistons – but he did successfully anticipate the form of locomotives for the future. |
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