2544, ordered by A & H Macnay Ltd., agents; it was delivered F.O.B. Bagnall 2216 of 1923 Freight train hauled by a conventional Bagnall steam locomotive behind a passenger train hauled by an articulated steam locomotive built by Hunslet Engine Co Ltd of Leeds.png, Locomotiva Bagnall 2-8-2 SPP em Londrina.jpg, Locomotive as exhibit outside Howrah station.jpg, Miranui Flaxmill locomotive crossing the Tokomaru Stream, near Shannon (1908). But just as construction was starting it was commandeered as part of the war effort and built as standard gauge. ASHANTI No.3 (Bagnall no.2546) was delivered on 10th August [5] They also used marine (circular) fireboxes on narrow gauge engines, a design that was cheap but needed a different firing technique. Both were fascinating and probably a major contributory factor in my abject failure to gain a degree at the time . ASHANTI No.2, in January 1934. About 15% enlarged. Woody Bay station, close to the original line's summit, stands at 980 feet. All photographs remain copyright of the owner and should not be reproduced without the consent of the owner. . Sign up for a new account in our community. In 1959 W. G. Bagnall was sold to W. H. Dorman and Co, a neighbouring Stafford diesel engine maker, by Heenans in exchange for Dorman shares. be blamed on bad maintenance, which left a lot to be desired. A new Awaiting overhaul, boiler ticket expired in 2006. This engine masquerades as Ivor the Engine during special events related to the books by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin. Following a visit to the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway in August/September 2017, Superb has been turned and now her chimney points towards Sittingbourne, the same as all the other steam locomotives. 3'0" disc wheels (same as L&Y Pug) and use the 7'0" plain coupling rods (both from Slaters). This page was last edited on 6 January 2019, at 13:42. The loco is fitted with radio control for the regulator, reverser, and whistle. on 2ft0in gauge, and were identical to no.2545 as were the next two, nos.3014 The Stafford locomotive construction company started in 1875 when William Gordon Bagnall took over the millwright business of Massey and Hill. 120 and was called, An enlarged and cropped version of the Bagnall Photo, Festival of British Railway Modeling - Doncaster, London Festival of Railway Modelling - Alexandra Palace, http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/QN_18_06.htm, http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/c/cb/Eg18790103.pdf, http://www.crowsnesttramway.co.uk/contact.html, http://www.trainweb.org/loggingz/bagnall.html, http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/d/d9/Im1879Ev28-p017.jpg, http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/5/5f/Im18800625E-Bagnall1.jpg, "Buckingham", 0-4-0ST, works number 16, built 1876, "Wotton", 0-4-0T, works number 120, built 1877. 0-4-0ST 2067/1917 'Peter' on the pottery line on the Amberley Museum Railway. GEC/1/6/2 WG Bagnall Ltd Minute Book. design to be built, an 040 + 040 side tank on 2ft0 in gauge, was Bagnall Illovo, Natal, South Africa. This GEC/2/2/11 GEC . In 1961 English Electric Co acquired W. H. Dorman and Co. I know they were there in 1988, but now, who knows? Mercian Models produce possibly Bagnall's most advanced locomotive to date in 7mm scale (O gauge) The Victor/Vulcan locomotives are in two forms; the complete kit which features the body kit, frames, detailing, motor, gearbox and wheels, and the kit only option which features everything except the motor, gearbox and wheels. Island of Anglesey, North Wales, UK and 3015. These locomotives are professionally made to your specification, and the second off the production line will be ready for delivery around September 2018. on 14th June 1933 at a cost of 1,950. Polar Bear came to Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre when the Brockham collection was transferred there in 1982. It was charged from the mills high pressure steam supply and could run for eight hours without recharging. Bagnall Ltd. of the Castle Engine Works, Stafford. PREMIER Kerr Stuart 886 of 1905 I assume that the content is out of any copyright claim, due to the age of the material. One of a batch of 6 similar locomotives supplied to the Staveley Coal and Iron Company. experience with 2830 and 2831, and as far as I know they are still in use! Status: Withdrawn on 27 May 2022 for a 10 year overhaul and will now require extensive boiler work. However, it is interesting to note that in spite of all their jointed propeller shaft to "Moss" gear worm drives on the first and fourth 5 0 obj They were noted for building steam and Diesel locomotives in standard and narrow gauges. GEC/2/2/11 GEC Alsthom Limited drawings. An interesting side issue here was that it was are more on line? 4'3" works out as 17mm in 4mm scale.Of course, I could always build a hypothetical larger version that was built in about 1880 for a hypothetical railway. This information will help us make improvements to the website. The loco is now running better than my Roundhouse did when first built so I am quite pleased with the result. arrangement was designed and built by Bagnall. Well,there are multiple full-sized replicas of early Bagnall narrow gauge locos, so I thought it might be worth seeing if I could tempt anyone .. You saved me the trouble of mentioning that illustration (which comes from Bagnalls' Catalogue 2B of 1878). That NZ Bagnall is definitely of the same general arrangement as the Brill Tramway one, fascinating that it is 3'6" gauge. It was built for Halkyn District United Mines Ltd., Bryn Owel, Flintshire where it was used underground on the 2-mile 'main-line'. The boiler is of special design, can be readily washed out and examined. The company was founded in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall. pressure. This locomotive will be reproduced in model form by Hornby in 2020. privacy policy, Engineering: Mechanical > Railway equipment, GB/NNAF/C123672 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B5946 ). Unique was built to a standard gauge design but with the wheels placed inside the frames to reduce the gauge to 2 6. compressed air blower was used, the steaming time was given as from six to eight Bagnall 2498 of 1934 as built for After the war, Bagnall resumed building diesels, extending and re-tooling the works in 1948 to handle the production of diesel-electric locomotives, with the first locomotive supplied 1950 for the Steel Co of Wales, Port Talbot. Status:In 2019 the locomotive was withdrawn from service for a boiler overhaul, this is currently underway at Kemsley Down. They did, in fact, In addition to locomotives, Bagnalls constructed rolling stock and trackwork enabling the complete equipping of light railways. Copyright 2022 RMweb.co.uk the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection. W. G. Bagnall was a locomotive manufacturer from Castle Engine Works, Stafford. At Felixton to double the power output whilst keeping the locomotive sufficiently compact drive as it was found that 2494 had suffered with binding on the curves. Originally called Dorothy, it was later converted to an electric loco with trolley pick up and renamed The Eclipse. The two tanks were joined underneath the smokebox and supported the smokebox. Bagnall RTR (ready to run) locomotives and kit locomotives. For details of preserved fireless locomotives built by W G Bagnall go to Fireless Locomotives. endobj is obvious that the articulated design was not a success. On the closure of the Bowater Railway Excelsior was bought privately and went to the railway at Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, where she is still in use today. Railway Locomotive Keywords: W G Bagnall Created Date: 6/18/2018 7:42:04 PM . The following 84 files are in this category, out of 84 total. Currently in service. withstand constant abuse in operation and maintenance, and that it was too 2494 had suffered problems on tight curves, and a solution was devised using a differential. Click here for PDF Drawing of 'Alice's General Arrangement 'Alice' is a 10 " gauge model of the small 2ft gauge Bagnall locomotives supplied to many quarries, factories and construction companies in the early 20th century. locomotive to follow this design was much smaller but embodied the same It does suggest holes at radii perpendicular to the crank lines - here's a better illustration from a contemporary locomotive ("BRICK", b/n 210 of 1879):http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/d/d9/Im1879Ev28-p017.jpg. John L. Hullett & Sons Ltd. and were named MBOZOMA and SINKWAZI, the nameplates It was required gear was so arranged that when the rear bogie was in full forward gear the other Birmingham, Tame & Rea District Drainage Board Railway, Minworth, England, Wendy is a 2ft gauge Quarry Bagnall formerly used at the, built for the Shropshire Beet Sugar Company at Alscott, near Wellington. SUPERB W.G. Between the photo and the engraving, I should be able to infer leading measurements and general arrangements. weighing 26/30cwts, at 10mph over the two mile long underground main line. larger than 2544, the main difference being the increase in cylinder size to 9in A full size, (choice of gauges,. Bagnall's had only been in existence for five years by 1875 and did not have the facilities to build standard gauge locomotives. to haul up to 200 tons on a line having a maximum grade of 1 in 25 and curves of The They also used marine (circular) fireboxes on narrow gauge engines, a design that was cheap but needed a different firing technique. A new firebox can be fitted in a day. In 2014, Hornby introduced a representation of a preserved four-wheeled Diesel shunter into their budget Railroad range utilising the body from "Dart" from the Thomas The Tank Engine range. The footplate was stepped down at the rear to allow for a lower roofline, presumably to suit the loading gauge in the quarry -- something I have not copied. Well, at least one with enough detail to produce a model. class were built until 1946 when Macnays ordered two (Bagnall nos.2830 and in diameter from 1ft8in to 2ft0in and a differential gear was included in the the last-but-one locomotive built by W G Bagnall, This page was last edited on 22 September 2022, at 13:32. Two Bagnall steam locomotives were converted to overhead electric for the Greaves Llechwyd Slate Mine. welded. only one of a class of seven to emerge from the Stafford works. Two views of Ashanti Goldfields No.1, Bagnall 2494 of 1933. The valve gear is slip eccentric and the engine comes fitted with a 0.75 pressure gauge. Constructed by WG Bagnall of Stafford (p. 39).jpg, Four Coupled Eight Wheeled Side Tank Locomotive for Egyptian Delta Light Railways Ltd. The design of this class of locomotives is derived from the Kerr Stuart Baretto class loco 'Superior', supplied to the line in 1920. gearbox with differential was also ordered for 2494 to bring it into line with Paraffin locomotives were one of Bagnall's specialities and appear in most catalogues that Bagnall created. cylinders. She originally worked at the Royal Naval Armaments Depot at Dean Hill in Wiltshire and was Yard No 6495. Powered by Invision Community, The engine in the picture is an inside cylinder 0-4-0T which was supplied new to the Wotton Tramway in 1877 from W.G. 4a+2T!7?:%jO$4@Zo %{{l For instance; at its new sister, 2514, which was delivered F.O.B. opinion that, had it not been for the conditions forced upon them by the War, ], -- Drawing by Dave Watkins: Used with permission. Electric Company Ltd. for permission to use the official photographs. It is my The locomotive, Bagnall 2494, was delivered F.O.B. It worked here until 1949 when it was stored out of service. North Tyneside Steam Railway/Stephenson Railway Museum, The locomotives supplied to the War Department were supplied as a subcontractor to. Note modified spark It used a 75HP Gardener diesel engine and was fitted with a fluid flywheel and epicyclic gearbox. * The drive was via a universally was in full back gear, both sets of valve gear being operated by a common United Mines Ltd., Bryn Owel, Flintshire, was delivered on 23rd March incorporate a proprietary article, namely, the "Flextel" patent joint, also made board) at Liverpool on 4th September 1936 for Illovo Sugar Estates, Victor has long been the work-horse of the SKLR, working engineering specials and staff trains, and generally acting as pilot at Kemsley Down. Powered by a hartleymartin, May 28, 2016 in UK Prototype Questions, Picture from this webpate: http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/QN_18_06.htm. These were built in 1953, also for Sir In 1948 WG Bagnall Ltd was sold to the Bridge and Steelwork Company, Heenan and Froude, whose owner also owned The Brush Electrical Engineering Co Ltd of Loughborough and in 1951, Bagnalls formed an association with Brush to create Brush-Bagnall Traction Ltd. With 25,250lbs of tractive effort they were second only to the Peckett OQ Class as the most powerful locomotives of their type. Preserved Austerity Locomotives built to the Hunslet Design In addition to building locomotives to designs produced by W G Bagnall the company also built fifty two Austerity 0-6-0ST engines for the War Department during 1944-1946 as a sub contractor to the Hunslet Engine Company. These included The Vulcan Foundry, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns and W. G. Bagnall. The boiler work was contracted out to NNR Engineering. In 1948 Heenan and Froude acquired W. G. Bagnall Ltd. LEADER Kerr Stuart 926 of 1905 using an enlarged version of their "Bull Head" boiler. The designers overcame this by There is a good drawing of her by Roy c. Link (Who has made a model of her. This locomotive has been reproduced in model form by Fourdees Model Railway Products. would like to thank Messrs. W.A. appalling conditions under which steam locomotives were required to work and it this design (the last) were both for the Ashanti Corporation and were identical At Halkyn it was used to haul trains of up to 100 cars, each Peter was built as a 3ft gauge engine for the Canadian Forestry Commission. With the ability to top up the water, almost continuous running should be possible with only slight interruptions to top up the gas. [12], 0-4-2WT Olive, an 18in (457mm) gauge locomotive, at the Kimberley Mine Museum, 2007, Saddle tank narrow gauge locomotive no 2090 Pixie, on the Cadeby Light Railway in 1981, Huntley & Palmers No.1, Bagnall 0-4-0F preserved at Cholsey and Wallingford Railway. The next two of They were a stock item in the Kerr Stuart catalogue. Some of the designs of Kerr, Stuart and Co were brought to Bagnalls when they employed the chief Draughtsman of Kerr Stuart and Co. The A block of lead was cast and fitted behind the front beam to cure this unseemly behaviour. The remainder was built from scratch. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. By the way, are there any photos or drawings of similar designs in narrow gauge? 16539 (In the LMS 1934 renumbering scheme it became No.7456) was built by Bagnall in 1926 was one of two locomotives regauged by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway for the Northern Counties Committee, the other locomotive was built by Hunslet Engine Company of Leeds which lasted until 1963, the Bagnall lasted until 1956 when a suspect crank pin led to her early withdrawal. As ever, we'd like to thank David Fletcher for his superb drawings, illustrating the livery options. 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