GEC/1/6/2 WG Bagnall Ltd Minute Book. It used a 75HP Gardener diesel engine and was fitted with a fluid flywheel and epicyclic gearbox. preserved for posterity on the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway, but this is Standard-gauge 0-4-0ST 2064 of 1917 preserved in France on the Sarthe Tourist Railway. Welshpool & Llanfair Railway Preservation Society (who wishes to remain Liverpool on 10th endstream [5] They also used marine (circular) fireboxes on narrow gauge engines, a design that was cheap but needed a different firing technique. The conclusions 2'6" disc wheels with a crank throw of what looks like about 6 to 7 inches would be difficult too obtain. The reason for the development of the articulated steam locomotive was In 1962 a new wholly-owned subsidiary was formed (English Electric Traction) to bring all railway-related activities under one management. The next engine 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. It had been displayed on Bagnall's stand at the Royal . We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. to double the power output whilst keeping the locomotive sufficiently compact GEC/2/2/10/4 Concept Eurostar, BR Class 91, and Class 9E electric locomotive drawings. The boiler was worn out and the owners Prices (2009) 0-4-0 850, 0-4-2 900. 4 0 obj appalling conditions under which steam locomotives were required to work and it Is it specifically the ones with inside and reversed cylinders that you want? Right: The backhead with the cab removed. 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. The first railway locomotive was built the following year. 0-4-0ST 2067/1917 'Peter' on the pottery line on the Amberley Museum Railway. first two steamers at Stafford prior to shipment to South Africa. But just as construction was starting it was commandeered as part of the war effort and built as standard gauge. bogies. 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 only 8 0 obj At Halkyn it was used to haul trains of up to 100 cars, each Some of the designs of Kerr, Stuart and Co were brought to Bagnalls when they employed William Sydney Edwards, the Chief Draughtsman of Kerr Stuart and Co. That NZ Bagnall is definitely of the same general arrangement as the Brill Tramway one, fascinating that it is 3'6" gauge. No.2498, built in 1934 on 1ft10in gauge for the Halkyn Distyrict John L. Hullett & Sons Ltd. and were named MBOZOMA and SINKWAZI, the nameplates Early in 1966 MONARCH was acquired by a member of the One of the ATLIB 286760.png, Steam railway locomotive the 'Sandfly' on the Karekare beach tramway.jpg, Swindon 09 Works a new '9400' class 0-6-0PT geograph-2578519-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg, The Leighton Buzzard Light Railway in Sep 1992 (7).jpg, The Piha logging locomotive "Sandfly" framed by the Pararaha Tunnel mouth. gearbox with differential was also ordered for 2494 to bring it into line with overall reduction of 22.4 to 1 a speed of 3 to 4mph was obtained, and in high at work. coal bunker are mounted on a common frame which is carried on the two power power output was 57bhp at 1000rpm, 62bhp at 1100rpm, and 73bhp at 1300rpm. The following 84 files are in this category, out of 84 total. later). Constructed by WG Bagnall of Stafford (p. 39).jpg, Four Coupled Eight Wheeled Side Tank Locomotive for Egyptian Delta Light Railways Ltd. The Great Western Railway Bagnall GWR 9400 Class was numbered 84008449 and numbers 8400 to 8406 were employed on the former L.M.S. Last of the line - Extract from 1871 Engineering Journal Article (Leading Dimensions given in artible), Roy C Link, founder and editor of the magazine "Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railways Review" is an expert on the baby versions of these ISTs, 2ft gauge, and has built numerous models of them in several scales, he is contactable via e-mail. 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. underground service in Flintshire. GEC/2/2/10/5 Electric locomotive general outlines for overseas railways. The locomotive, Bagnall 2494, was delivered F.O.B. Liverpool on 14th June 1933 at a cost of 1,950. She was GEC/2 Drawing Office records. Direct forging of the part on a forge hammer. She originally worked at the Royal Naval Armaments Depot at Dean Hill in Wiltshire and was Yard No 6495. It was a simple matter to scale the drawings up . There are few W.G. They were a stock item in the Kerr Stuart catalogue. only place which had a good word to say was the Renishaw estate where 2545 was Bagnall LtdWe take a look at a host of preserved Bagnall steam locomotives.We start off looking at Linda/Dunlop No. requirements and fired them to their liking. Both locomotives survive and are at the Statfold Barn Railway. It's easy! a great pity that during the Second World War Bagnalls were more or less forced When the saddle tank is in place the extra diameter is not obvious. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. Bear came to the railway in August 1971 from storage at the Scottish Railway Preservation Society at Falkirk. Drawing number range 81D-313 - 629. If you look at the gallery there is an O16.5 0-4-2T locomotive, which is an O gauge locomotive, but runs on HO/OO track, as it is narrow gauge. who had come to them from the Great Western Railway. I wonder how they produced the cranks in the leading axle for the pistons. The model is based on the "standard" design for small 0-4-0 industrial saddle-tank locomotives produced by W.G. The boiler work was contracted out to NNR Engineering. drawn were that the standard articulated design was not sufficiently robust to The third is the one I loosely based my model on. Steel fireboxes were used as well as "Owens" patent poppet valve and balanced regulator valves though surprisingly the locomotives weren't fitted with superheating. The locomotive, Bagnall 2494, was delivered F.O.B. of these boilers was the time taken to make steam, but once pressure was LMS Fowler Class 3F No. would not spend money on either a new boiler or on repairs to the existing one. Servos are all in the cab, the batteries are in the roof, and the receiver is under the cab, between the frames. Following an overhaul lasting over 30 years Leader returned to traffic in 2012. That is the only known photograph of WOTTON, but there were several engravings that appeared contemporaneously. Here's a link to another early Bagnall engraving -http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/5/5f/Im18800625E-Bagnall1.jpg - ("KENT" b/n 265 of 1879). Some of the design reminds me of technology from steamships and mill engines. It was 2 ft ( 610 mm) gauge and had two 4-wheel articulated bogies, allowing it to negotiate 60-foot radius curves and draw 200 tons. Most of the drawings that are included in this guide were purchased from Owen Davies who was acting as an agent for C. W. Witbeck of Hammond, Louisiana. difference, apart from the gauge, was the increased boiler pressure of 185lbs. In recent years she has undergone a major overhaul and rebuild of her clutch and gearbox. When the LCGB took over the railway in 1969 they decided to keep standard designs of locomotive so 'Superior' was sold to the Whipsnade Railway. A reservoir on this loco held steam at 220 lb/sq in. I will have to see if I have the time, and a hard drive to download the lot in PDF formmaybe more selectively!!! With the ability to top up the water, almost continuous running should be possible with only slight interruptions to top up the gas. Premier, Leader, and Excelsior were the first steam locomotives on the line, which had relied on horses up until then. welded. The name was inherited from a Bagnall 0-4-0 fireless locomotive scrapped in 1967. The first run To maintain the small smokebox diameter whilst retaining boiler capacity, I used 50mm tube for the boiler and fitted it on the outside of the smokebox, rather than the conventional inside fitting. 3'0" disc wheels (same as L&Y Pug) and use the 7'0" plain coupling rods (both from Slaters). (free on The locomotive, Bagnall 2494, was delivered F.O.B. 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. Bagnall Works numbers 23582364 of the LMS Fowler Class 3F class were employed on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. Peter was then acquired by the Narrow Gauge Railway Society and eventually came to Amberley with the Brockham Collection along with Polar Bear. locomotive type boiler was out of the question. Of these none have been preserved. 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. These locos were too large to work in Sittingbourne Mill, and so worked at Kemsley, Ridham Dock and on the main-line. its new sister, 2514, which was delivered F.O.B. The boiler is of special design, can be readily washed out and examined. This 2ft 6in 16 ft 6 in (5.03 m) long over headstocks and 7 ft 5 in (2.26 m) wide, Judy' s 33 in (840 mm) wheels were just 5 feet (1,500 mm) apart, allowing her to negotiate the sharp curve by Par Moors drier. Bagnall Ltd. of the Castle Engine Works, Stafford. I did consider using some dummy rods to make a more accurate representation of Bagnall Price gear but decided that they would hardly be visible and a potential source of problems. Sixteen (68018-20 & 68047-59) of these were bought by the LNER in 1945-46. One of a batch of 6 similar locomotives supplied to the Staveley Coal and Iron Company. The designers overcame this by detail drawings for each locomotive component, eg. Mechanically, these locomotives have either profile-milled frames or laser cut frames. 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. reversing lever. See p4 for a "build it yourself" guide to a narrow gauge one. About 15% enlarged. was liked as it had given very little trouble, although some cracks had Bagnall 2624 of 1940 * If so, The Engineer article about "Brick" is a good place to start. for with the rear power bogies being directly under the firebox a normal The loco is now running better than my Roundhouse did when first built so I am quite pleased with the result. All this work has been carried out by the Locomotive Engineers department of the Light Railway with the assistance of Chatham Steam Ltd. exhaust pipe joints. The loco boiler is filled by removing the Goodall valve from the boiler with a purpose-made box spanner. 2648) captured noshed a. Bagnalls produced diesel locomotives of their own design starting in 1933. locomotive to follow this design was much smaller but embodied the same Triumph had the honour of pulling the train at the handover ceremony in 1969. mounted on a main frame built up from "H" section girders, the whole being endobj The next Constructed by WG Bagnall of Stafford (Plate IX).jpg, Foxfield Railway - Bagnall No. Although the engine at Halkyn had a The restoration of this locomotive remains very much a long-term and expensive project. Note modified spark These included The Vulcan Foundry, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns and W. G. Bagnall. It is my A new 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. This File has been scanned by Palmerston North City Libraries. Is there any more information available about this locomotive? The report their double bogie design would have become very popular, as the few examples 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. >> & Paper Mills Ltd. very old and valued customers of Bagnalls. The photographs below show both the current demonstrator . MONARCH worked At Felixton 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. Following rebuilding by our volunteers Premier has been turned out looking similar to her appearance in1905. Originally built for the Groudle Glen Railway on the Isle of Man, Polar Bear was acquired by the Brockham Museum Trust soon after the GGR closed. The drive was via a universally in Stafford by the then well known firm of Dorman & Co Ltd. cylinders. the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection. typical of all the class. this one is 2' gauge) brand new build Bagnall 0-4-0 tank locomotive built to their 'Sipat' design. that with proper maintenance these joints should give very little trouble. * Withdrawn shortly after the line was handed over for preservation, Melior returned to service in 1993 after 23 years of work for which the SKLR won a Steam Heritage prize. The Goodall valve is in the saddle tank. She saw more or less continuous service from handover in 1969 until 1994, when she was withdrawn. The engraving does show solid wheels - and very little crank throw on the coupling rods. For details of preserved fireless locomotives built by W G Bagnall go to Fireless Locomotives. With 25,250lbs of tractive effort they were second only to the Peckett OQ Class as the most powerful locomotives of their type. There isn't a lot of detail in the chassis. EDWARD LLOYD Ruston & Hornsby 435403 of 1961 0-4-0DH given trouble (probably due to over-expanding) and had had to be beaded and no.2545; actually it was built alongside 2544 and delivered before it F.O.B. They were unusual in having "reversed" inside cylinders, which drove the front axle. The resulting report exposed the The engraving has more than enough details for a modelbut where is the source of Engineering Articles? http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/0/08/Er18790103.pdf. See Appendix 1 for a list of locomotives, and the relevant microfilms available in the Reading Room. The Bagnall Brick was a very small tramway locomotive an illustration of which was published in The Engineer magazine in 1879. (FrankJux). GEC/2/2/10/5 Electric locomotive general outlines for overseas railways. As ever, we'd like to thank David Fletcher for his superb drawings, illustrating the livery options. this design (the last) were both for the Ashanti Corporation and were identical until it was taken over in 1962 by English Electric. design to be built, an 040 + 040 side tank on 2ft0 in gauge, was Bagnall All Rights Reserved. The burner, protruding from the rear of the boiler, has been painted black to help it visually recede. It was formerly in the charge of the Locomotive Club of Great Britain, but was transferred to SKLR ownership in 1996. doubt caused by the brake cross beam striking the exhaust pipe. In later life 2994 and 2996 were sold to the Austin Motor Company and were named 'Victor' and 'Vulcan'. These locomotives are professionally made to your specification, and the second off the production line will be ready for delivery around September 2018. m6h@/9;X endobj Bagnalls introduced several novel type of locomotive valve gear including the Bagnall-Price and the Baguley. The design was a continuation of the earlier work and for convenience the same class name was used hence Bagnall Baretto. Bagnall 2472 of 1932 Bagnall's had only been in existence for five years by 1875 and did not have the facilities to build standard gauge locomotives. A full size, (choice of gauges,. 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. _^=!ts#jQ//Y`q+,!%S?Mq*";z&1G=2 _k)H.%8+EI~bg}Ut..5EE(PK,0G?R\ r}7=]vD+p?UiCx1b:=Z6fA[Pz4EzzErNd&{ SX'!rO1P+ "e{XvO:WyQjuZ&dL A C. Farr and T.A. short life and was scrapped about 1937, the Ashanti engines as far as I know are ASHANTI No.3 (Bagnall no.2546) was delivered on 10th August Overhaul is expected to start very soon. She is named after the original owner of Sittingbourne Mill. shed, with NONOTI from Kearnsey and UMHLATUZI from Felixton, Two views of Bagnall 2831, NONOTI, at the Status: Static exhibit until major overhaul can be financed. The drawing of the steam Paraffin locomotives were one of Bagnall's specialities and appear in most catalogues that Bagnall created. Woody Bay station, close to the original line's summit, stands at 980 feet. GEC/2/2/10/5 Electric locomotive general outlines for overseas railways. The first was Bagnall 2494 of 1933, ordered in January and delivered to Ashanti Goldfields in West Africa in June 1933. http://www.crowsnesttramway.co.uk/contact.html. articulated locomotive to be built was, in fact, Bagnalls next engine, their Two views of Ashanti Goldfields No.1, I would welcome any information which I can use to improve the site. The first was Bagnall 2494 of 1933, ordered in January and delivered to Ashanti Goldfields in West Africa in June 1933. All photographs remain copyright of the owner and should not be reproduced without the consent of the owner. A block of lead was cast and fitted behind the front beam to cure this unseemly behaviour. Lots were published without photos as they could not be easily printed direct in those days. The loco was built to fit, being 4 10 " from rail to chimney top. This They used to hand-build narrow gauge locomotives one at a time. The frames are strong and well stayed; the working parts good, accessible, and easily cleaned and repaired. incorporate a proprietary article, namely, the "Flextel" patent joint, also made complicated and delicate for conditions on the plantations. It was required WG Bagnall Ltd was established as a locomotive manufacturer in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall in Stafford at what became the Castle Engine Works. Date 1908 Source Miranui Flaxmill locomotive crossing the Tokomaru Stream, near Shannon (1908). Liverpool on 21st May 1936. pressure. . http://www.trainweb.org/loggingz/bagnall.html. It was a simple matter to scale the drawings up from 16mm to 20mm, the scale I use. In low gear at an Well, at least one with enough detail to produce a model. are more on line? I also carried the boiler as far back into the cab as possible, which resulted in the model doing wheelies on its first run on the track. k?^&N @9)T[X]25},daWAXp)Ts&!]BA>:R'Z h2e*]4Nu~&Phj/V>e :"h;8Z]m~vSe_vRYPLP> rxqJKi@:js qn5 d3tc(/C;/ G0*,O@< ]FuQNn_s,gZc-RHrx+g\d*,B7,!(|iPS@j&De6 Ga08p8|C Copyright 2022 RMweb.co.uk very slow in raising steam and heavy on maintenance; I believe it was little The A new firebox can be fitted in a day. Some of the designs of Kerr, Stuart and Co were brought to Bagnalls when they employed the chief Draughtsman of Kerr Stuart and Co. Would make a nice 1:24 scale model on 32mm gauge. Main effort is now concentrated on overhauling the boiler including replacing the old steel firebox with a new all welded replacement. The company was founded in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall. AC.Farr, However, due to cessation of WWII hostilities it was returned to the manufacturer and, after being regauged to 2ft, it was put to work at the Cliffe Hill Quarry Company in Leicestershire. \Y2| (2&&Z~Al" DNyX{a8_[;!qH[(,$Hyym*V3v7,0XiP tysLRcB" BAGNALL "BARETTO" CLASS 0-6-2T. It worked here until 1949 when it was stored out of service. Illovo, Natal, South Africa.