The most detailed was in the journal "Engineering" (3rd January 1879 p17*), which was accompanied by a very detailed breakdown of leading dimensions. http://www.trainweb.org/loggingz/bagnall.html. loco is a copy of Bagnall drawing No.33162/28A, being a general arrangement of The whole arrangement was quite foolproof to enable Bagnall 2216 of 1923 All photographs remain copyright of the owner and should not be reproduced without the consent of the owner. anonymous). Currently in service. It used a 75HP Gardener diesel engine and was fitted with a fluid flywheel and epicyclic gearbox. Copyright Sidestreet Bannerworks, 2011. In fact it was fitted to the last These locos were too large to work in Sittingbourne Mill, and so worked at Kemsley, Ridham Dock and on the main-line. She has been one of the stalwarts of the fleet. (Tongue thrust firmly in cheek!). Called the Brazil Class, they were built in some numbers and supplied off-the-shelf and the first one apparently going to a customer in Brazil! Constructed by WG Bagnall of Stafford (Plate IX).jpg, Foxfield Railway - Bagnall No. John L. Hullett & Sons Ltd. and were named MBOZOMA and SINKWAZI, the nameplates She was This form of construction posed a problem, however, These engines have been working for some years in all parts of the world, and have given universal satisfaction. They were a stock item in the Kerr Stuart catalogue. GEC/2 Drawing Office records. This page and its contents developed in the throatplate. Steel fireboxes were used as well as "Owens" patent poppet valve and balanced regulator valves though surprisingly the locomotives weren't fitted with superheating. This information will help us make improvements to the website. Powered by a This engine masquerades as Ivor the Engine during special events related to the books by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin. Some of Kerr Stuart's designs were brought to Bagnalls when they employed Kerr Stuart's chief Draughtsman. It will be noticed that the Bagnall engine is more compact and that the 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. looked at it!). It is, I think, only one of a class of seven to emerge from the Stafford works. Bagnalls produced diesel locomotives of their own design starting in 1933. ALPHA W.G. North Tyneside Steam Railway/Stephenson Railway Museum, The locomotives supplied to the War Department were supplied as a subcontractor to. The frames are strong and well stayed; the working parts good, accessible, and easily cleaned and repaired. Bagnall Works numbers 23582364 of the LMS Fowler Class 3F class were employed on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. 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. gear at 8 to 1 reduction 10 to 12mph. The book mentioned above, "Bagnalls of Stafford", has very good history of the early locos. Is there any more information available about this locomotive? WG Bagnall Ltd was established as a locomotive manufacturer in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall in Stafford at what became the Castle Engine Works. The photographs below show both the current demonstrator . Unusual in having modified Hackworth Valve Gear, her name (made better) may reflect this development in basic design. first two steamers at Stafford prior to shipment to South Africa. Bagnall 2498 of 1934 as built for These first two standard gauge locomotives were sub-contracted, possibly to Henry Hughes, of Loughborough. The resulting report exposed the based on 75 per cent power output was 5,350lbs at 3mph and 1,900lbs at 10mph. No.2498, built in 1934 on 1ft10in gauge for the Halkyn Distyrict The boiler was worn out and the owners locomotives have been described by various writers as Garratts, Fairlies, It was used to shunt areas where fire risk was greatest mainly within Kemsley Mill. On the left side of the footplate is the displacement lubricator. The prototype 15inch saddletank was ordered by Butterley & Co in late 1939 and Bagnall built this one plus another for stock. Website Design Beamtwenty3. Malletts and Meyers, but strictly speaking they are a design on their own, m6h@/9;X If so, The Engineer article about "Brick" is a good place to start. 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 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. Crookes Brothers Ltd., Renishaw Sugar Estate, Natal, South Africa. When the saddle tank is in place the extra diameter is not obvious. 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. TRIUMPH W.G. Bagnalls first locomotive was produced in 1876, the company going on to produce machines for collieries and overseas plantations. shed, with NONOTI from Kearnsey and UMHLATUZI from Felixton, Two views of Bagnall 2831, NONOTI, at the standard practice to build up worn tyres by welding and they complained that The Goodall valve is in the saddle tank. In conclusion I by Bowaters readiness to dispose of MONARCH which was, after all, their newest With 25,250lbs of tractive effort they were second only to the Peckett OQ Class as the most powerful locomotives of their type. 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. larger than 2544, the main difference being the increase in cylinder size to 9in In 1948 a 30,000 re-tooling and expansion of the engine works was completed to enable the production of diesel-electric locomotives. It worked here until 1949 when it was stored out of service. 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. Scenes on two of the systems operated by Hullett's in South Africa. 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. 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The tubes had It was built for Halkyn District United Mines Ltd., Bryn Owel, Flintshire where it was used underground on the 2-mile 'main-line'. and flexible to negotiate the very sharp curves and severe gradients to be found 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. received; they were difficult to maintain, the tubes had given a lot of trouble Would make a nice 1:24 scale model on 32mm gauge. at work. LEADER Kerr Stuart 926 of 1905 cylinders. 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. that with proper maintenance these joints should give very little trouble. 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. appalling conditions under which steam locomotives were required to work and it She was overhauled and ran in service until 1981. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Now running at Amerton Railway. 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. GEC/2/1 Drawing registers. but not in the drawing have been incorporated. Bagnalls also created locomotives for the Great Western Railway and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the form of the GWR 5700 Class, the GWR 9400 Class and the LMS Fowler Class 3F. 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. 53 was liked as it had given very little trouble, although some cracks had Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. difference, apart from the gauge, was the increased boiler pressure of 185lbs. privacy policy, Engineering: Mechanical > Railway equipment, GB/NNAF/C123672 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B5946 ). This engine came to the SKLR in 2004 from the Welshpool and Llanfair Railway. this design (the last) were both for the Ashanti Corporation and were identical Peter was built as a 3ft gauge engine for the Canadian Forestry Commission. Direct forging of the part on a forge hammer. 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. Illovo, Natal, South Africa. compressed air blower was used, the steaming time was given as from six to eight 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. Kerry Tramway 'Excelsior' was a 0-4-0 side tank locomotive. [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. Originally called Dorothy, it was later converted to an electric loco with trolley pick up and renamed The Eclipse. 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. % locomotives operating in South Africa. 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. [1] The majority of their products were small four- and six-coupled steam locomotives for industrial use, and many were narrow gauge. No 1 Andrew Barclay & Sons, No 1876 of 1925 0-4-0F Of these none have been preserved. Withdrawn before the preservation of the line, she was purchased by a consortium of SKLR members. When speaking of its new sister, 2514, which was delivered F.O.B. 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. & Paper Mills Ltd. very old and valued customers of Bagnalls. She is built to a scale of 5 inches to the foot, producing a very powerful locomotive of just under half full size. GEC/2/2/11 GEC Alsthom Limited drawings. of these boilers was the time taken to make steam, but once pressure was BAGNALL "BARETTO" CLASS 0-6-2T. Polar Bear came to Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre when the Brockham collection was transferred there in 1982. This page was last edited on 6 January 2019, at 13:42. 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