Bristol and Exeter Railway Fairfield Steam Carriage

Bristol And Exeter Railway Fairfield Steam Carriage

The Bristol and Exeter Railway Fairfield was an experimental broad gauge self-propelled steam carriage. In later use the carriage portion was removed and it was used as a small shunting locomotive.

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