When the saddle tank is in place the extra diameter is not obvious. it to be driven by unskilled natives. Bagnall tyres were not so "weldable" as Hunslets! In 1951, the company was sold to Brush Electrical Engineering, becoming Brush-Bagnall Traction, Ltd.[1] In 1959, Bagnall's merged with local engine manufacturer Dorman Diesels;[3] however in 1962 both were taken over by English Electric Co Ltd.[1] English Electric then formed English Electric Traction, which amalgamated the two companies with Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns and Vulcan Foundry (acquired in 1955 by English Electric) to bring all their railway activities under one set of management. Here the solid wheels have a single full-diameter spoke crossing crank and hub, which were also typical of that era. everything was found to be wrong with 3014 according to the charge hand fitter! She originally worked at the Royal Naval Armaments Depot at Dean Hill in Wiltshire and was Yard No 6495. Bagnall Works numbers 23582364 of the LMS Fowler Class 3F class were employed on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. These Bagnall The loco boiler is filled by removing the Goodall valve from the boiler with a purpose-made box spanner. The company was founded in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall. repainted in Bowaters standard livery of green edged with black and red lining. Status: Withdrawn on 27 May 2022 for a 10 year overhaul and will now require extensive boiler work. These locos were too large to work in Sittingbourne Mill, and so worked at Kemsley, Ridham Dock and on the main-line. BAGNALL "BARETTO" CLASS 0-6-2T. 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. Photos by the author, Extract from the Bagnall catalogue: MONARCH worked ASHANTI No.3 (Bagnall no.2546) was delivered on 10th August Locomotive manufacturer based in Stafford, England, Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad, "New road leads the way for Stafford Station Gateway Masterplan", "Home and Overseas Railways; Important Contracts for British Engineers", "Est Bierley, Bradford, man's surprise gift", "Statfold Barn Railway welcomes steam locomotive Isaac to their railway", Short article provided by Bagnall apprentice, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=W._G._Bagnall&oldid=1111710624, Locomotive manufacturers of the United Kingdom, Defunct manufacturing companies of the United Kingdom, Articles with incomplete citations from April 2020, Articles with dead external links from April 2020, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. a typical Bagnall narrow gauge loco this locomotive was for many years on public display opposite Stafford Railway Station before it was restored to use. BARTON HALL Hunslet 6651 of 1965 4w DH The design of this class of locomotives is derived from the Kerr Stuart Baretto class loco Superior, supplied to the line in 1920. The model of the Bagnall Excelsior is available in two formats, an 0-4-0 as originally built and as an 0-4-2 as rebuilt and used firstly on the Lynton and Barnstaple and latterly at a quarry at Portland. 33by Bagnall (1605-1900), 0-6-4T No. October 1934, at a cost of 1,950 (the same as for 2494). 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. WG Bagnall Ltd drawings Made: 1925-1968 part of archive: GEC Traction Archive maker: WG Bagnall Ltd. Preserved Austerity Locomotives built to the Hunslet Design. See p4 for a "build it yourself" guide to a narrow gauge one. The resulting report exposed the 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. The loco was built to fit, being 4 10 " from rail to chimney top. Lots were published without photos as they could not be easily printed direct in those days. 2544, ordered by A & H Macnay Ltd., agents; it was delivered F.O.B. Phoenix Works, Bradford British Rail: Southern Region Details Measurements: . by Bowaters readiness to dispose of MONARCH which was, after all, their newest Author and flexible to negotiate the very sharp curves and severe gradients to be found In 1954 Bagnalls carried out a survey, under actual working conditions, of all their GEC/2/2/10/4 Concept Eurostar, BR Class 91, and Class 9E electric locomotive drawings. Named RENISHAW No.5 and costing about power output was 57bhp at 1000rpm, 62bhp at 1100rpm, and 73bhp at 1300rpm. Scenes on two of the systems operated by Hullett's in South Africa. The only Upper: Bagnall 3014 UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July 1963. Construction began on 26th April 1922 and allocated works number No.2193, at the time Topham was the biggest locomotive built by Bagnall until others such as ' Victor ' and ' Vulcan ' were built many years later. The next two of It is currently used at the Mangapps Railway Museum in Essex, built for Butterley Company's steelworks, Ripley, Derbyshire, the first of a batch of 9 supplied to the Ministry of Supply for use at Royal Ordnance Factories, built for the Byfield Ironstone Co's quarry, Built to work at Byfield Ironstone Quarry in Northamptonshire. endobj Cliffe Hill Mineral Railway locomotive Isabel, preserved on a plinth in Stafford in 1974. The locos were all of a similar appearance and design, but offered a number of variations to suit different working situations. bogies are under the boiler. by Bill Winter [10] This was followed by an order of 25 1000hp diesel-electric mainline locos fitted with Mirlees V12 engines for the Ceylon Government Railway as their M1 class, the last of which was withdrawn in 1983. There were not many locomotives of this type in North Wales, where my line is situated, but I have found three examples. class were built until 1946 when Macnays ordered two (Bagnall nos.2830 and The factory has been demolished. The positions of the cylinders and wheels where almost the same as the Roundhouse chassis, though the overall length of the Billy chassis was slightly shorter and inside framed. Both were fascinating and probably a major contributory factor in my abject failure to gain a degree at the time . Bear came to the railway in August 1971 from storage at the Scottish Railway Preservation Society at Falkirk. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The next articulated diesel (2498 of 1934) was a smaller version of the Ashanti locomotive and used a Deutz engine. ASHANTI No.2, in January 1934. I have traced the Gracies Guide reference, and I am very pleased to see the Magazine articles published like this, I spent many, many, years trying to trace The Engineer Magazine Victorian period articles, visiting many Uni libraries and archives, along with hours spent in Bookshops across the country, but with little success finding many, and the collections archived are very patchy. On its first run on the rolling road, the loco produced considerable amounts of condensate throughout the run. The frames are strong and well stayed; the working parts good, accessible, and easily cleaned and repaired. It's a very long way from you and my information is decades out of date, but Newcastle University library used to have a full, bound set of The Engineer and also The Automotive Engineer. would like to thank Messrs. W.A. The Stafford locomotive construction company started in 1875 when William Gordon Bagnall took over the millwright business of Massey and Hill. Bagnall 2472 of 1932 * board) at Liverpool on 4th September 1936 for Illovo Sugar Estates, That is the only known photograph of WOTTON, but there were several engravings that appeared contemporaneously. Collection of Baldwin Locomotive Works records 1856-1956, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University. TRIUMPH W.G. Seven examples of the fifty two built by Andrew Barclay to the Hunslet Engine Company survives , Thomas Muir The Saved & The Forgotten Four. Copyright 2022 RMweb.co.uk There are few W.G. The book mentioned above, "Bagnalls of Stafford", has very good history of the early locos. sugar estates in Natal. The boiler was worn out and the owners It is my 3014 UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July 1963. [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 connecting rods drove on fly cranks, and the Walschaerts valve These engines have been working for some years in all parts of the world, and have given universal satisfaction. This File has been scanned by Palmerston North City Libraries. Liverpool on 21st May 1936. Crookes Brothers Ltd., Renishaw Sugar Estate, Natal, South Africa. Constructed by WG Bagnall of Stafford (p. 38).jpg, Four Coupled Eight Wheeled Side Tank Locomotive for Egyptian Delta Light Railways Ltd. They also used marine (circular) fireboxes on narrow gauge engines, a design that was cheap but needed a different firing technique. Here the Chief Engineer was generally satisfied with the engine, I have only included standard gauge locomotives which are preserved in Britain. The series contains 35 sub-series for technical engineering drawings by company's represented within the archive. first two steamers at Stafford prior to shipment to South Africa. are more on line? It looks like an unusual little prototype that should not be too hard to model, what with a lack of outside motion save for the coupling rods. 17.5mm wheels maybe very old OO gauge wheels? In 1933 Bagnalls entered into an agreement with Deutz of Germany to manufacture their locomotives under licence using engines imported from Germany. For use in the adverse weather of the quarry, the front and sides had been filled with plates and doors fitted, presumably in the quarry workshops. A consultation with the experts on the SteamModelLoco Yahoo group suggested the problem was caused by cooling of the steam in the external steam pipe and/or contamination of the water by residues from the silver brazing. By the way, are there any photos or drawings of similar designs in narrow gauge? Upper: Bagnall Peter was then acquired by the Narrow Gauge Railway Society and eventually came to Amberley with the Brockham Collection along with Polar Bear. Bagnall also commonly used the saddle tank which carries the water on top of the boiler. The gas tank has a duration of 20 minutes on the smaller 0-4-0 and 25 minutes on the 0-4-2. compressed air blower was used, the steaming time was given as from six to eight The original locomotives were fitted with various types of valve gear over the period of manufacture. Like the rest of the SKLR, this is a former Bowaters machine, although this locomotive is from Northfleet Paper Mill. During World War II, Bagnall was subcontracted work for the Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST which resulted in 52 being manufactured from 1943 to 1947. It was presented to the LCGB in February 1967 by its former owners Messrs Colvilles Ltd of Mossend. .Q+6?DS_?m&0* s= Is it specifically the ones with inside and reversed cylinders that you want? Lower: Darnall exhaust pipe joints. Disc wheels? Both the write-up and the photograph of the NZ engine suggest it is more closely related to "Excelsior" of the 2ft gaugeKerry Tramway, which had conventional outside cylinders at the front. Polar Bear came to Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre when the Brockham collection was transferred there in 1982. It weighed 6tons and The engine has since been scrapped. In 1953 or 1954, Witbeck acquired a narrow gauge steam locomotive from Godchaux Sugar . and had welded in, and the "bull head" boilers were not liked anyway. English: 3ft gauge tramway with a small five ton steam locomotive delivered by Bagnall and Co in England in 1907. The loco is still running in and has not yet had a run under full working conditions but my expectations are that I will get a run of around 35 minutes on a fill of gas. obtained they would steam very well provided the crew appreciated their ATLIB 249970.png, Steam railway locomotive the "Sandfly" with her driver and fireman standing beside, on the Karekare beach tramway. used towards the end. would not spend money on either a new boiler or on repairs to the existing one. received; they were difficult to maintain, the tubes had given a lot of trouble thought they would have little difficulty in 1936! drawn were that the standard articulated design was not sufficiently robust to Collection; . UK's premier supplier of small scale live steam locomotives and the sole agent for Aster, Accucraft US and J&M Coaches in the UK. 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