Ouch! I just hurt my tongue trying to pronounce the name of this village. What is the wheel arrangement on this little tank engine?
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Merddin Emry's is a double Fairlie articulated engine. Officially and 0-4-4-0T built in 1879. Each power unit is a bogie with flexable steam joints and is the steam driven equiverlant to a modern diesel or electric in that regard. The bolier has two fireboxes in the centre and two sets of tubes to each end with separate stacks. After Many years on oil fuel she is now buring coal again. I know this as I took over for the second trip that day.
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