Title

Ffestiniog Railway steam Locomotive No 8 'James Spooner', 1872. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Ffestiniog Railway steam Locomotive No 8 'James Spooner', 1872. This 0-4-4-0 Fairlie Patent locomotive was built by the Avonside Engine Company Ltd, Bristol, England, in 1872 for the Ffestiniog narrow gauge railway between Portmadoc and Blaenau Ffestiniog in Snowdonia, Wales. It served the slate quarries, as well as carrying passengers. The Scottish engineer Robert Fairlie (1831-1885) patented his design for double-ended, pushme-pullyou, locomotives in about 1864.
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1872

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B65_380

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (1,9Mb) / 16,8in x 11,6in / 5026 x 3475 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation building buildings England train Wales mountain mountains industry country British geography English railway location Victorian century shed Britain engine company snowdonia Welsh locomotive B&W MONOCHROME 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century steam locomotive Oxford Science Archive 0-4-4-0 locomotive Avonside Engine Company Ffestiniog Railway geographical feature James Spooner TGN photograph Unknown Robert Robert Fairlie Fairlie Robert Fairlie photograph