In episode 2, we get technical as we look at two different designs of articulated locomotives, the Meyer and the Fairlie.

Why do we need them? What happens when you bend an engine? Why don't we see many of them? Listen in for the answers!

Listen to RAILWAY MANIA EPISODE 2 HERE

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Further Reading

Engines That Bend: Narrow Gauge Articulated Locomotives - David Joy, 2012

Festipedia

Industrial Railway Society

Mike’s Railway History

NOTES
A small clarification is needed; Decauville subcontracted the building of the first Péchot-Bourdon locos out due to their complexity.