This association only lasted two years. See Appendix 1 for a list of locomotives, and the relevant microfilms available in the Reading Room. When speaking of They also used marine (circular) fireboxes on narrow gauge engines, a design that was cheap but needed a different firing technique. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. 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. although he had had considerable trouble with the steam and exhaust pipes everything was found to be wrong with 3014 according to the charge hand fitter! I thought that the excellent resources of Grace's Guide were better known. I have only included standard gauge locomotives which are preserved in Britain. 2995 was sold to NCB at the same time for use at a colliery and was scrapped in 1967. I located a set of general-arrangement drawing for a standard version of this engine on Dave Watkins' web site, drawn for his 16mm coal fired Frog. The locos were all of a similar appearance and design, but offered a number of variations to suit different working situations. BARTON HALL Hunslet 6651 of 1965 4w DH The majority of their products were small four and six-coupled steam locomotives for industrial use, and many were narrow gauge. They used to hand-build narrow gauge locomotives one at a time. Right: The backhead with the cab removed. Liverpool on 14th June 1933 at a cost of 1,950. still working. No 1 Andrew Barclay & Sons, No 1876 of 1925 0-4-0F GEC/1/6/2 WG Bagnall Ltd Minute Book. 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. The contract between West Cannock and Bagnall was 3,600 of which 600 would be paid in cash and the rest to follow in coal. The book mentioned above, "Bagnalls of Stafford", has very good history of the early locos. drive as it was found that 2494 had suffered with binding on the curves. Anyway, here is a Bagnall IST in NZ, although it is impossible to see the wheels or anything else below the footplate. However I understand that these have a profile more suited to EM gauge than standard 0 so I'm not sure if they would work. its new sister, 2514, which was delivered F.O.B. TRIUMPH W.G. Before leaving Sittingbourne for Llanfair MONARCH was overhauled and internal combustion locomotive field, their first being built in 1911! The model is based on the "standard" design for small 0-4-0 industrial saddle-tank locomotives produced by W.G. 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. doubt caused by the brake cross beam striking the exhaust pipe. Bagnall designed a locomotive that was only 90 inches (2.3 m) high by dropping the cab floor down between the main frames. engine drove through a Vulcan-Sinclair fluid flywheel to a two-speed pump 33by Bagnall (1605-1900), 0-6-4T No. In direct contrast the "bull head" boiler Note modified spark In low gear at an Victor has long been the work-horse of the SKLR, working engineering specials and staff trains, and generally acting as pilot at Kemsley Down. Status: Static exhibit until major overhaul can be financed. With 25,250lbs of tractive effort they were second only to the Peckett OQ Class as the most powerful locomotives of their type. The drawing of the steam W.G. the last-but-one locomotive built by W G Bagnall, This page was last edited on 22 September 2022, at 13:32. By the time that Alpha was built, the Kerr Stuart Company had closed, and some designs had been acquired by Bagnalls. [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. built for the Rustenburg Platinum Mines in South Africa. criticisms, Hulletts ordered 3014 and 3015 in 1953 after seven years Bagnalls produced diesel locomotives of their own design starting in 1933. This page and its contents endobj I will have to see if I have the time, and a hard drive to download the lot in PDF formmaybe more selectively!!! 1936 and ASHANTI No.4 (Bagnall no.2568) followed early in 1937. ALPHA W.G. (1,990). But just as construction was starting it was commandeered as part of the war effort and built as standard gauge. <> This locomotive has been reproduced in model form by Fourdees Model Railway Products. Upper: Bagnall 3014 UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July 1963. (f2UbD'9!9.%S %=:+xp)sZk47FKd_MK0Xxu"Y,Utp3 This marine type boiler was a favourite of Bagnalls, being used by them from It was required 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. 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. Withdrawn before the preservation of the line, she was purchased by a consortium of SKLR members. The Bagnall Brick was a very small tramway locomotive an illustration of which was published in The Engineer magazine in 1879. Much Bagnall tyres were not so "weldable" as Hunslets! 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. These were built in 1953, also for Sir Welshpool & Llanfair Railway Preservation Society (who wishes to remain It was said to be disliked by the drivers because the fire required greater attention than the Hunslet's. of these boilers was the time taken to make steam, but once pressure was GEC/2/1 Drawing registers. Premier was built new for the line and was originally numbered No 1. later). four wheel bogies, was ordered in January 1933 by the Ashanti Goldfields Author She is named after the original owner of Sittingbourne Mill. Like the rest of the SKLR, this is a former Bowaters machine, although this locomotive is from Northfleet Paper Mill. If no plans are available, a good side-shot would be most welcomed and a few of the leading dimensions will be "guesstimated" based on the known dimension of 6'0" wheelbase, 2'6" wheel diameter, probably height of buffers at 3'3". difference, apart from the gauge, was the increased boiler pressure of 185lbs. Leader was built new for the line and was originally numbered No.2. Two views of Ashanti Goldfields No.1, Lots were published without photos as they could not be easily printed direct in those days. No 3 BEAR Peckett & Sons, No 614 of 1896 0-4-0ST http://www.trainweb.org/loggingz/bagnall.html. She is built to a scale of 5 inches to the foot, producing a very powerful locomotive of just under half full size. The boiler is of special design, can be readily washed out and examined. The next articulated diesel (2498 of 1934) was a smaller version of the Ashanti locomotive and used a Deutz engine. years service was abandoned owing to high maintenance costs, proneness to used towards the end. 17.5mm wheels maybe very old OO gauge wheels? Website Design Beamtwenty3. this design (the last) were both for the Ashanti Corporation and were identical Premier, Leader, and Excelsior were the first steam locomotives on the line, which had relied on horses up until then. shed, with NONOTI from Kearnsey and UMHLATUZI from Felixton, Two views of Bagnall 2831, NONOTI, at the Now running at Amerton Railway. This form of construction posed a problem, however, They were unusual in having "reversed" inside cylinders, which drove the front axle. 4-6-0 - Innisfail tramway, Diesel Mechanical and Brush Bagnall Diesel Electric. This locomotive will be reproduced in model form by Hornby in 2020. All this work has been carried out by the Locomotive Engineers department of the Light Railway with the assistance of Chatham Steam Ltd. 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. This included designs produced by the GWR and the LMS. stream >> The drive was via a universally Railway Locomotive Keywords: W G Bagnall Created Date: 6/18/2018 7:42:04 PM . I'd say they were spoked wheels with big balance weights. From Hulletts, until it was taken over in 1962 by English Electric. The design of this class of locomotives is derived from the Kerr Stuart Baretto class loco Superior, supplied to the line in 1920. In 1961 English Electric Co acquired W. H. Dorman and Co. Sybil was an open-cab version on the Dinorwic Quarry. 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. to double the power output whilst keeping the locomotive sufficiently compact Bagnalls produced diesel locomotives of their own design starting in 1933. The designers overcame this by The connecting rods drove on fly cranks, and the Walschaerts valve locomotives have been described by various writers as Garratts, Fairlies, Is there any more information available about this locomotive? Currently in service. per sq. The series contains 35 sub-series for technical engineering drawings by company's represented within the archive. larger than 2544, the main difference being the increase in cylinder size to 9in looked at it!). Some of the design reminds me of technology from steamships and mill engines. VICTOR Hudson-Hunslet 4182 of 1953 4w DM The report Bagnalls introduced several novel type of locomotive valve gear including the Bagnall-Price and the Baguley. As ever, we'd like to thank David Fletcher for his superb drawings, illustrating the livery options. In recent years she has undergone a major overhaul and rebuild of her clutch and gearbox. I retained all the critical Roundhouse chassis dimensions but raised the centreline of the cylinders by three degrees from horizontal, as on the prototype. Rail Motor Drawings Circa 1/1/1916 - 31/12 . 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. Civil for help priming, and being of insufficient power. Provision was made for erecting two locomotives at a time with the 2 year target of building one diesel-electric locomotive per week in addition to steam locomotive production.[2]. 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. As Robert Fairlie overcame this in 1865 I suppose Bagnalls They were built by W.G. It was a simple matter to scale the drawings up . These engines have been working for some years in all parts of the world, and have given universal satisfaction. motion gear, axles and bogies, boiler and firebox, brake gear). The first run Servos are all in the cab, the batteries are in the roof, and the receiver is under the cab, between the frames. Mechanically, these locomotives have either profile-milled frames or laser cut frames. developed in the throatplate. Island of Anglesey, North Wales, UK trouble had been experienced with the flexible steam and exhaust pipe joints, no Alfred and Judy are two unusually low four-wheel 0-4-0ST saddle-tank railway engines. The boiler is refillable in steam. Scenes on two of the systems operated by Hullett's in South Africa. anonymous). \Y2| (2&&Z~Al" DNyX{a8_[;!qH[(,$Hyym*V3v7,0XiP tysLRcB" 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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