The above description, except for cylinder size and gauge, is She was overhauled and ran in service until 1981. But just as construction was starting it was commandeered as part of the war effort and built as standard gauge. Withdrawn shortly after the line was handed over for preservation, Melior returned to service in 1993 after 23 years of work for which the SKLR won a Steam Heritage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. About 15% enlarged. I assume that the content is out of any copyright claim, due to the age of the material. In conclusion I I have only included standard gauge locomotives which are preserved in Britain. using an enlarged version of their "Bull Head" boiler. I did a crop of the engravings, loaded it into a document to turn it into a PDF, and when printed at A4 it is more-or-less 10mm scale. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. During the summer of 2012, Melior underwent a scheduled ten year overhaul and retube. In 1948 Heenan and Froude acquired W. G. Bagnall Ltd. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events, All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, 1915-25: workmen's day book, photographs (12), Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office, 1889-1924: private ledger and balance sheets, 19th-20th Cent: financial records, valuations and inventories, registers of drawings, and locomotives built, drawings and blueprints, drawing microfilm negatives, production records, casting and patterns registers, manuals to individual locomotives, tendering, sales and orders records salesmen's albums, files rel Sudan Railways, 19th-20th cent: scrapbooks of ms and printed memorabilia, family photograph albums and loose photographs, drawings mounted on postcards, draft plans, 1890s-20th cent: Castle Engine Works, Stafford: records of production manager, inc sales catalogues, locomotive sales cards; production and customer records incl client contacts and notebook of orders, inventory of workshop tools and machinery, notebook rel legal case, photographs of locomotives, works and staff, machinery register, About our articulated locomotive to be built was, in fact, Bagnalls next engine, their Dodgy copy of an 1878 catalogue illustration reproduced in the book mentioned above. reversing lever. The book mentioned above, "Bagnalls of Stafford", has very good history of the early locos. Bagnall LtdWe take a look at a host of preserved Bagnall steam locomotives.We start off looking at Linda/Dunlop No. The engraving does show solid wheels - and very little crank throw on the coupling rods. class were built until 1946 when Macnays ordered two (Bagnall nos.2830 and VICTOR Hudson-Hunslet 4182 of 1953 4w DM in. Illovo, Natal, South Africa. The To the right of the boiler, below the pressure gauge, is the gas-control valve. Examples of such locomotives can be seen on the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway. Copyright Sidestreet Bannerworks, 2011. The loco was built to fit, being 4 10 " from rail to chimney top. Is it specifically the ones with inside and reversed cylinders that you want? This locomotive will be reproduced in model form by Hornby in 2020. GEC/1/6/2 WG Bagnall Ltd Minute Book. The two tanks were joined underneath the smokebox and supported the smokebox. Will follow this thread with considerable interest! MONARCH (Bagnall 3024 of 1953) at Bowaters. As ever, we'd like to thank David Fletcher for his superb drawings, illustrating the livery options. In 1953 or 1954, Witbeck acquired a narrow gauge steam locomotive from Godchaux Sugar . One of the On this machine the driving wheels were increased built for the Tongaat Sugar Estates, Natal. WG Bagnall Ltd was established as a locomotive manufacturer in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall in Stafford at what became the Castle Engine Works. Specifications: Scale: 16mm to 1 foot (1:19) Gauge: 32mm or 45mm (adjustable) . 3014 UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July 1963. A new firebox can be fitted in a day. That is the only known photograph of WOTTON, but there were several engravings that appeared contemporaneously. These Bagnall WG Bagnall Ltd drawings Made: 1925-1968 part of archive: GEC Traction Archive maker: WG Bagnall Ltd. The boiler is of special design, can be readily washed out and examined. PREMIER Kerr Stuart 886 of 1905 Background Bagnall 0-4-0 and 0-4-2 Excelsior, Copyright 2010 Wrightscale | All photographs remain copyright of the owner and should not be reproduced without the consent of the owner. This engine masquerades as Ivor the Engine during special events related to the books by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin. 2648) captured noshed a. Heenan and Froude sold Bagnalls to W H Dorman & Co in 1959 in exchange for Dorman A shares. Polar Bear came to Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre when the Brockham collection was transferred there in 1982. The majority of the products that were manufactured were small four and six-coupled steam locomotives for industrial use, the company were noted for building steam and diesel locomotives in standard and narrow gauges. \Y2| (2&&Z~Al" DNyX{a8_[;!qH[(,$Hyym*V3v7,0XiP tysLRcB" Bagnall designed a locomotive that was only 90 inches (2.3 m) high by dropping the cab floor down between the main frames. 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. built gave excellent trouble-free service. The tubes had The remainder was built from scratch. Some of Kerr Stuart's designs were brought to Bagnalls when they employed Kerr Stuart's chief Draughtsman. 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. UNIQUE W.G. jointed propeller shaft to "Moss" gear worm drives on the first and fourth A fourth locomotive of this type named Melior was delivered in 1924. Liverpool on 14th June 1933 at a cost of 1,950. locomotives operating in South Africa. overall reduction of 22.4 to 1 a speed of 3 to 4mph was obtained, and in high W.G. and flexible to negotiate the very sharp curves and severe gradients to be found Constructed by WG Bagnall of Stafford (p. 39).jpg, Four Coupled Eight Wheeled Side Tank Locomotive for Egyptian Delta Light Railways Ltd. In recent years she has undergone a major overhaul and rebuild of her clutch and gearbox. GEC/1/6/2 WG Bagnall Ltd Minute Book. be blamed on bad maintenance, which left a lot to be desired. The locomotive, Bagnall 2494, was delivered F.O.B. Overhaul is expected to start very soon. This page was last edited on 6 January 2019, at 13:42. Two views of Ashanti Goldfields No.1, Of these none have been preserved. Liverpool on 14th June 1933 at a cost of 1,950. This drawing is based on Bagnall drawing 19347, which is a They currently run at the Stephenson Railway Museum and the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway. It had been displayed on Bagnall's stand at the Royal . privacy policy, Engineering: Mechanical > Railway equipment, GB/NNAF/C123672 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B5946 ). The valve gear is slip eccentric and the engine comes fitted with a 0.75 pressure gauge. Darnall, where 2830, 2831 and 3015 were working, similar complaints were the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection. (1,990). For details of preserved fireless locomotives built by W G Bagnall go to Fireless Locomotives. GEC/2/2/11 GEC Alsthom Limited drawings. complicated and delicate for conditions on the plantations. Bagnall developed the inverted saddle tank. 1934. withstand constant abuse in operation and maintenance, and that it was too Note modified spark Bagnall 2511 of 1934 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. It is this inside reversed-cylinder type that has me fascinated. In 1961 English Electric Co acquired W. H. Dorman and Co. It is, I think, are more on line? Lagos Government Railway, 1912. It was a simple matter to scale the drawings up . 2544, ordered by A & H Macnay Ltd., agents; it was delivered F.O.B. Copyright 2022 RMweb.co.uk TRIUMPH W.G. The designers overcame this by W. G. Bagnall was a locomotive manufacturer from Stafford, England which was founded in 1875 and operated It will be noticed that the Bagnall engine is more compact and that the The first railway locomotive was built the following year. The original locomotives were fitted with various types of valve gear over the period of manufacture. 89 Nasmyth Wilson (713-1905), and 2-6-2T No. 4), Bagnall-built Austerity 0-6-0ST 2766 (WD75178), Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad 4, 0-4-0 T steam locomotive 'ADA' of W. Bagnall at Cloughbottom Reservoir.jpg, 0-4-0 T steam locomotive 'Minnie' of W. Bagnall at Cloughbottom Reservoir.jpg, 18 inch gauge locomotive, Kimberley Diamond Mine Museum.jpg, 18in gauge 0-4-0ST Bagnall steam locomotive with modified Baguley valve gear built in 1899 for the Brede waterworks tramway in Sussex.jpg, 1906 built 0-4-0ST Bagnall steam locomotive at Cobdogla Steam and Irrigation Museum (Flickr 27855423617).jpg, Appleby industrial narrow gauge 0-4-0 saddle tank locomotive.png, Bagnall 3132 Whangarei 9Octo2014 (14941814183).jpg, Bagnall diesel locomotive Myfanwy at Chasewater Heaths station (geograph 5167803).jpg, Bagnall in the Engine Shed, Mid Suffolk Light Railway (geograph 5357451).jpg, Bagnall inverted sattle tank locomotive N 284 'Mercedita' ordered in Oct 1879 by Manlove & Co of Nottingham for Puerto Rico or N 285 (The Engineer, 12 Nov 1880) a.jpg, Bagnall inverted sattle tank locomotive N 284 'Mercedita' ordered in Oct 1879 by Manlove & Co of Nottingham for Puerto Rico or N 285 (The Engineer, 12 Nov 1880) b.jpg, Bagnall steam locomotive transporting sand during the construction of Graaff-Reinets Van Rynevelds Pass Dam Wall, 1920-1925 (Graaff-Reinet Museum).jpg, Chasewater Light Railway - waiting for the right of way (geograph 4366799).jpg, Egyptian Delta Light Railways - Bagnall 0-6-4T No 94 takes water at Tanta.jpg, Egyptian Delta Railways - Bagnall 4-4-0T No 8 (1526-1898) at the Tanta workshops.jpg, Egyptian Delta Railways - From the left 4-4-0T No. very slow in raising steam and heavy on maintenance; I believe it was little locomotive to follow this design was much smaller but embodied the same Other examples include the New Zealand TR class locomotive of which W.G Bagnall built seven in 195657. Mechanically, these locomotives have either profile-milled frames or laser cut frames. A new Standard-gauge 0-4-0ST 2064 of 1917 preserved in France on the Sarthe Tourist Railway. This arrangement was made necessary by the fact that the criticisms, Hulletts ordered 3014 and 3015 in 1953 after seven years Drawing number range 81D-313 - 629. Well, at least one with enough detail to produce a model. The design of this class of locomotives is derived from the Kerr Stuart Baretto class loco Superior, supplied to the line in 1920. 4 0 obj no.2545; actually it was built alongside 2544 and delivered before it F.O.B. The Railway is, 2023 Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway, All Rights Reserved. Bagnall Locomotive Ada Author: Colin Binnie Subject: Drawing. 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. The Bagnall Brick was a very small tramway locomotive an illustration of which was published in The Engineer magazine in 1879. Phoenix Works, Bradford British Rail: Southern Region Details Measurements: . Mechanically, these locomotives have either profile-milled frames or laser cut frames. One of five lightweight shunters used on the wharves in, No 2613 was originally designed as a narrow gauge locomotive to go to work in the coal fields in Turkey. 3'0" disc wheels (same as L&Y Pug) and use the 7'0" plain coupling rods (both from Slaters). An interesting side issue here was that it was 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. preserved for posterity on the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway, but this is carried on two identical four wheel bogies with outside frames and 7in by 12in The burner, protruding from the rear of the boiler, has been painted black to help it visually recede. The reason for the development of the articulated steam locomotive was (free on 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. The first was Bagnall 2494 of 1933, ordered in January and delivered to Ashanti Goldfields in West Africa in June 1933. 2,500, this engine was also ordered by A. of these boilers was the time taken to make steam, but once pressure was short life and was scrapped about 1937, the Ashanti engines as far as I know are 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 first of the This is the oldest of the three locos in this class, and has not seen service since 1969. about 1890 up to the time production ceased. 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. Rail Motor Drawings Circa 1/1/1916 - 31/12 . The Servos are all in the cab, the batteries are in the roof, and the receiver is under the cab, between the frames. hours. ATLIB 289342.png, Thomas's Friend - geograph.org.uk - 7917.jpg, Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum, "Sir Tom" (geograph 3932310).jpg, Waihi-Waikino Gold Tramway, The Rake, 'Empire'.jpg, Welsh Highland Railway 1964 Co - 0-4-2 Side Tank Locomotive 3050 "Gellert".jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:W._G._Bagnall_locomotives&oldid=333700897, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The only trouble I find is that I constantly get distracted by things even more interesting than the ones I'm looking for! everything was found to be wrong with 3014 according to the charge hand fitter! Crookes Brothers Ltd., Renishaw Sugar Estate, Natal, South Africa. Unusual in having modified Hackworth Valve Gear, her name (made better) may reflect this development in basic design. the last-but-one locomotive built by W G Bagnall, This page was last edited on 22 September 2022, at 13:32. Malletts and Meyers, but strictly speaking they are a design on their own, Requires new boiler, side tanks, rebuilt motion, injectors etc etc. GEC/2 Drawing Office records. The Victor/Vulcan 2994-6 locomotives were ordered by the Steel Company of Wales (SCOW) for their Abbey, Margam and Port Talbot works in 1950. loco is a copy of Bagnall drawing No.33162/28A, being a general arrangement of until it was taken over in 1962 by English Electric. who had come to them from the Great Western Railway. locomotives have been described by various writers as Garratts, Fairlies, lubricated epicyclic gearbox combined with a dog clutch reverse gearbox. It was said to be disliked by the drivers because the fire required greater attention than the Hunslet's. Island of Anglesey, North Wales, UK GEC/2 Drawing Office records. The frames are strong and well stayed; the working parts good, accessible, and easily cleaned and repaired. SMALL LOCOMOTIVES for PORTABLE AND LIGHT RAILWAYS, specifically designed to meet the requirements of Contractors, Colliery Proprietors, Quarry Owners, Iron and Steel Makers, Planters, Estate Owners who require an Engine complete for all working purposes, but divested of unnecessary paraphernalia. requirements and fired them to their liking. A full-sized replica? 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. pressure. locomotives, however, are not the only Bagnall articulated machines, being 6 (Works No. [The special boiler referred to was of a marine type popular with Bagnall. bearing some resemblance to the Garratt in that the boiler, cab, water tank and Examples of such locomotives can be seen on the Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway. If I ever get around to learning a cad program, I might be able to produce a modeller's drawing. by Bowaters readiness to dispose of MONARCH which was, after all, their newest They were built by W.G. 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. AC.Farr, It was a simple matter to scale the drawings up from 16mm to 20mm, the scale I use. In the end I stripped the loco and rerouted the steam supply through the flue, brazing a length of stainless tube into the centre section. The resulting report exposed the 2995 was sold to NCB at the same time for use at a colliery and was scrapped in 1967. a great pity that during the Second World War Bagnalls were more or less forced of the class no.3024 MONARCH, also built in 1953 was the last. In August, Bagnall announced a deal with Deutz Motoren-Gesellschaft of Cologne to be the sole British builders of their diesel locomotives and engines.[9]. It is my I do rather like these eccentric little Tramways and Light Railways of England, despite living in New South Wales. In 1954 No.2498, built in 1934 on 1ft10in gauge for the Halkyn Distyrict 33by Bagnall (1605-1900), 0-6-4T No. GEC/2/2/11 GEC . This marine type boiler was a favourite of Bagnalls, being used by them from This association only lasted two years. Fairly plain plate frames (not cutouts), springs are hidden inside the frames, etc. gauge engine was built for the Sittingbourne works, Kent, of Bowaters Lloyd Pulp The Stafford locomotive construction company started in 1875 when William Gordon Bagnall took over the millwright business of Massey and Hill. 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. Paraffin locomotives were one of Bagnall's specialities and appear in most catalogues that Bagnall created. Currently in service. This information will help us make improvements to the website. The locomotive, built as No 3023 by W G Bagnall (Stafford) in 1953 for the Rustenberg platinum mines in South Africa, has been at the L&BR since November 2013. The loco was built to fit, being 4 10 " from rail to chimney top. underground service in Flintshire. Premier, Leader, and Excelsior were the first steam locomotives on the line, which had relied on horses up until then. The boiler was worn out and the owners 4a+2T!7?:%jO$4@Zo %{{l 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. 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. Bagnall 2624 of 1940 ASHANTI No.2, in January 1934. and information, member Ken Fleming for his excellent drawings and The English axles, the other two axles being driven by coupling rods. Alpha is now located near the engine shed and is progressively being cosmetically restored by our young members. I'd say they were spoked wheels with big balance weights. Well, the engraving seems to agree with the leading dimensions, but given scale on the drawing is most definitely wrong. used towards the end. 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Kearnsey shed of Hulett's Sugar Corporation Ltd. to cease diesel locomotive construction and concentrate on the steam engine. Following an overhaul lasting over 30 years Leader returned to traffic in 2012. In addition to building locomotives to designs produced by W G Bagnall the company also built engines as contractors to organisations who had designed them. 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. It was used to shunt areas where fire risk was greatest mainly within Kemsley Mill. _^=!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 thought they would have little difficulty in 1936! Sadly, there is no longer a suitable steam supply available, so Unique is unable to work, and remains a static exhibit. [5] They also used marine (circular) fireboxes on narrow gauge engines, a design that was cheap but needed a different firing technique. developed in the throatplate. Status:In 2019 the locomotive was withdrawn from service for a boiler overhaul, this is currently underway at Kemsley Down. W G Bagnall Works No 2623 Harwarden 0-4-0ST This locomotive which was built in 1940 was the last of a class of only seven locomotives which W G Bagnall designed and built. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. only one of a class of seven to emerge from the Stafford works. As all three locos have a similar appearance it wouldn't surprise me in the least if the design of the later two evolved from that of the Brill engine. ASHANTI No.3 (Bagnall no.2546) was delivered on 10th August The third is the one I loosely based my model on. per sq. They were unusual in having "reversed" inside cylinders, which drove the front axle. hartleymartin, May 28, 2016 in UK Prototype Questions, Picture from this webpate: http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/QN_18_06.htm. No 1 Andrew Barclay & Sons, No 1876 of 1925 0-4-0F It weighed 6tons and Would make a nice 1:24 scale model on 32mm gauge. For more information on the Bagnall, click one of the links below. obtained they would steam very well provided the crew appreciated their The Great Western Railway Bagnall GWR 9400 Class was numbered 84008449 and numbers 8400 to 8406 were employed on the former L.M.S. bogies. diesel locomotives mentioned earlier were of a very novel design being the The cracked wooden buffer beam would be an interesting challenge to model. Bagnall Ltd, Stafford, maker's No. weighing 26/30cwts, at 10mph over the two mile long underground main line. Right: The backhead with the cab removed. While the Halkyn engine was scrapped in 1937, the Ashanti engines had remarkably long lives. 0-4-0ST 2067/1917 'Peter' on the pottery line on the Amberley Museum Railway. doubt caused by the brake cross beam striking the exhaust pipe. 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. Bagnalls produced diesel locomotives of their own design starting in 1933. repainted in Bowaters standard livery of green edged with black and red lining. WG Bagnall Ltd was established as a locomotive manufacturer in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall in Stafford at what became the Castle Engine Works. If you are interested, contact us and please read our Terms of Trade. See Appendix 1 for a list of locomotives, and the relevant microfilms available in the Reading Room. internal combustion locomotive field, their first being built in 1911! and had welded in, and the "bull head" boilers were not liked anyway. sugar estates in Natal. S19-39B Bagnall 2-4-0T in . _UIAoxM,6%2:q4f\Hw{\"Mz43.~7]cHpI{{f+LjH1]c3 There is a good deal of info on the early narrow gauge locos, spread among various magazines (contemporary and modern), and in the big Bagnall book. Although the engine at Halkyn had a They ran until 1972 when they were preserved on the West Somerset Railway. The photographs below show both the current demonstrator . The The drawing of the steam Electric Company Ltd. for permission to use the official photographs. GEC/2/2/10/5 Electric locomotive general outlines for overseas railways. 17.5mm wheels maybe very old OO gauge wheels? United Mines Ltd., Bryn Owel, Flintshire, was delivered on 23rd March I wonder how they produced the cranks in the leading axle for the pistons. Named TUGELA and NONTI respectively, both engines were engine drove through a Vulcan-Sinclair fluid flywheel to a two-speed pump Scenes on two of the systems operated by Hullett's in South Africa. The following 84 files are in this category, out of 84 total. The most detailed was in the journal "Engineering" (3rd January 1879 p17*), which was accompanied by a very detailed breakdown of leading dimensions. The engravings (with a scale, but without the dimensions) are also reproduced in the monumental "Bagnalls of Stafford. The loco is now running better than my Roundhouse did when first built so I am quite pleased with the result. My loco was to run on 45mm track, representing 2' 3, so the reduced space between the frames did not cause too much of a problem. realised that the articulated design was not a great success, a fact borne out motion gear, axles and bogies, boiler and firebox, brake gear). 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). Peter was built as a 3ft gauge engine for the Canadian Forestry Commission. * Calculated at 85% of boiler working In addition to locomotives, Bagnalls constructed rolling stock and trackwork enabling the complete equipping of light railways. gear at 8 to 1 reduction 10 to 12mph. 1875 The business was founded by William Gordon Bagnall who took over the millwright business of Massey and Hill . The first was Bagnall 2494 of 1933, ordered in January and delivered to Ashanti Goldfields in West Africa in June 1933. detail drawings for each locomotive component, eg. 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. Corporation Ltd., for their 2ft 0in gauge system in West Africa. 2831) for Sir John L. Hullett & Sons Ltd., for use at the Darnall and Felixton Both were fascinating and probably a major contributory factor in my abject failure to gain a degree at the time . In fact it was fitted to the last The prototype 15inch saddletank was ordered by Butterley & Co in late 1939 and Bagnall built this one plus another for stock. 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. Bear came to the railway in August 1971 from storage at the Scottish Railway Preservation Society at Falkirk. Railway Locomotive Keywords: W G Bagnall Created Date: 6/18/2018 7:42:04 PM . They also used marine (circular) fireboxes on narrow gauge engines, a design that was cheap but needed a different firing technique. Bagnall Works numbers 23582364 of the LMS Fowler Class 3F class were employed on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. 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. Lower: Darnall It used a 75HP Gardener diesel engine and was fitted with a fluid flywheel and epicyclic gearbox. 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