They also used marine (circular) fireboxes on narrow gauge engines, a design that was cheap but needed a different firing technique. in. cylinders. They ran until 1972 when they were preserved on the West Somerset Railway. Kerry Tramway 'Excelsior' was a 0-4-0 side tank locomotive. AC.Farr, Anyway, here is a Bagnall IST in NZ, although it is impossible to see the wheels or anything else below the footplate. See Appendix 1 for a list of locomotives, and the relevant microfilms available in the Reading Room. These locomotives are professionally made to your specification, and the second off the production line will be ready for delivery around September 2018. this design (the last) were both for the Ashanti Corporation and were identical Lots were published without photos as they could not be easily printed direct in those days. Both locomotives survive and are at the Statfold Barn Railway. 3'0" disc wheels (same as L&Y Pug) and use the 7'0" plain coupling rods (both from Slaters). by Bowaters readiness to dispose of MONARCH which was, after all, their newest See Nearholmer's link to the Crownest Tramway above) in "The Kerry Tramway and other timber light railways" by David Cox and Chris Krupa, Plateway Press ISBN 1 871980 11 9. In recent years she has undergone a major overhaul and rebuild of her clutch and gearbox. 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. Registered Charity No 105 7079 PO Box 300, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 2DZ
It will be But just as construction was starting it was commandeered as part of the war effort and built as standard gauge. There is a good drawing of her by Roy c. Link (Who has made a model of her. thought they would have little difficulty in 1936! being added after delivery. Leader was built new for the line and was originally numbered No.2. welded. 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. carried on two identical four wheel bogies with outside frames and 7in by 12in As selective cut-away views I'm not sure whether the engravings would be sufficient to build a 7mm model from. mounted on a main frame built up from "H" section girders, the whole being Details Measurements: undefined Identifier: . The loco is now running better than my Roundhouse did when first built so I am quite pleased with the result. For details of preserved fireless locomotives built by W G Bagnall go to Fireless Locomotives. If so, The Engineer article about "Brick" is a good place to start. MONARCH (Bagnall 3024 of 1953) at Bowaters. Some of the designs of Kerr, Stuart and Co were brought to Bagnalls when they employed the chief Draughtsman of Kerr Stuart and Co. Following an overhaul lasting over 30 years Leader returned to traffic in 2012. 4a+2T!7?:%jO$4@Zo
%{{l 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". experience with 2830 and 2831, and as far as I know they are still in use! . One of the At Darnall, where a 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. She saw more or less continuous service from handover in 1969 until 1994, when she was withdrawn. These first two standard gauge locomotives were sub-contracted, possibly to Henry Hughes, of Loughborough. The locomotive, Bagnall 2494, was delivered F.O.B. 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. I'd say they were spoked wheels with big balance weights. 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. board) at Liverpool on 4th September 1936 for Illovo Sugar Estates, The Bagnall Brick was a very small tramway locomotive an illustration of which was published in The Engineer magazine in 1879. Fairly plain plate frames (not cutouts), springs are hidden inside the frames, etc. endobj arrangement was designed and built by Bagnall. The following 84 files are in this category, out of 84 total. requirements and fired them to their liking. No.2498, built in 1934 on 1ft10in gauge for the Halkyn Distyrict It was charged from the mills high pressure steam supply and could run for eight hours without recharging. GEC/1/6/2 WG Bagnall Ltd Minute Book. 17.5mm wheels maybe very old OO gauge wheels? built for the Rustenburg Platinum Mines in South Africa. that the engine took sixteen hours to raise steam! * Calculated at 85% of boiler working axles, the other two axles being driven by coupling rods. Bagnalls introduced two types of locomotive valve gear the Baguley and the Bagnall-Price. October 1934, at a cost of 1,950 (the same as for 2494). It weighed 6tons and It was supplied new with a full cab to the Llechwedd Quarry in 1899, works No. Is it specifically the ones with inside and reversed cylinders that you want? 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. .Q+6?DS_?m&0* s= It was built for Halkyn District United Mines Ltd., Bryn Owel, Flintshire where it was used underground on the 2-mile 'main-line'. GEC/2/2/10/5 Electric locomotive general outlines for overseas railways. The Great Western Railway Bagnall GWR 9400 Class was numbered 84008449 and numbers 8400 to 8406 were employed on the former L.M.S. The model cylinders were set back to back (or front to front, depending on the way one WG Bagnall Ltd was established as a locomotive manufacturer in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall in Stafford at what became the Castle Engine Works. I have only included standard gauge locomotives which are preserved in Britain. It's easy! and had welded in, and the "bull head" boilers were not liked anyway. An O16.5 model based on a Bagnall 0-4-2T design. Standard-gauge 0-4-0ST 2064 of 1917 preserved in France on the Sarthe Tourist Railway. [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. The locomotive, Bagnall 2494, was delivered F.O.B. internal combustion locomotive field, their first being built in 1911! BAGNALL "BARETTO" CLASS 0-6-2T. are more on line? Smith, I. stream VICTOR Hudson-Hunslet 4182 of 1953 4w DM EDWARD LLOYD Ruston & Hornsby 435403 of 1961 0-4-0DH & H. Macnay Ltd, for delivery to Two views of Ashanti Goldfields No.1, Bagnall 2494 of 1933. 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. The Between the photo and the engraving, I should be able to infer leading measurements and general arrangements. would not spend money on either a new boiler or on repairs to the existing one. Illova it was found that 2544 was completely out of favour and after twelve What a fascinating little prototype! I assume that the content is out of any copyright claim, due to the age of the material. Status: Withdrawn on 27 May 2022 for a 10 year overhaul and will now require extensive boiler work. At Halkyn it was used to haul trains of up to 100 cars, each It is my ATLIB 289341.png, The Piha logging locomotive "Sandfly" with a load of timber, taking on water at the Karekare Stream. Phoenix Works, Bradford British Rail: Southern Region Details Measurements: . In later life 2994 and 2996 were sold to the Austin Motor Company and were named 'Victor' and 'Vulcan'. Collection of Baldwin Locomotive Works records 1856-1956, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University. It is the oldest surviving standard gauge Peckett loco in England. pressure. 4 Bagnall (2025-1916).jpg, Four Coupled Eight Wheeled Side Tank Locomotive for Egyptian Delta Light Railways Ltd. They were unusual in having "reversed" inside cylinders, which drove the front axle. Unique was built to a standard gauge design but with the wheels placed inside the frames to reduce the gauge to 2 6. GEC/2/1 Drawing registers. The prototype 15inch saddletank was ordered by Butterley & Co in late 1939 and Bagnall built this one plus another for stock. Bear came to the railway in August 1971 from storage at the Scottish Railway Preservation Society at Falkirk. <> standard practice to build up worn tyres by welding and they complained that All Rights Reserved. Lower: Darnall the last-but-one locomotive built by W G Bagnall, This page was last edited on 22 September 2022, at 13:32. 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. No 3 BEAR Peckett & Sons, No 614 of 1896 0-4-0ST The design was a continuation of the earlier work and for convenience the same class name was used hence Bagnall Baretto. Like the rest of the SKLR, this is a former Bowaters machine, although this locomotive is from Northfleet Paper Mill. Gardner 6 cylinder diesel engine typical of their design even to this day, the She has been one of the stalwarts of the fleet. cost 1,300. four wheel bogies, was ordered in January 1933 by the Ashanti Goldfields Will follow this thread with considerable interest! 5 0 obj 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. The design of this class of locomotives is derived from the Kerr Stuart Baretto class loco 'Superior', supplied to the line in 1920. For more information on the Bagnall, click one of the links below. * Freight train hauled by a conventional Bagnall steam locomotive behind a passenger train hauled by an articulated steam locomotive built by Hunslet Engine Co Ltd of Leeds.png 1,088 577; 634 KB. The 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. The drive was via a universally These locos were too large to work in Sittingbourne Mill, and so worked at Kemsley, Ridham Dock and on the main-line. The first of the 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. bogies. Disc wheels? 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
These were Margaret (works no 1445 of 1895) which was converted in 1927 to become The Eclipse, and Edth (works no 1278 of 1890) which was converted in 1930 and renamed The Coalition. Finally, the \Y2| (2&&Z~Al" DNyX{a8_[;!qH[(,$Hyym*V3v7,0XiP tysLRcB" Bagnalls first locomotive was produced in 1876, the company going on to produce machines for collieries and overseas plantations. Upper photograph is of Bagnall 2544, the lower being Bagnall 2545. * A full-sized replica? The company was founded in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall. The cracked wooden buffer beam would be an interesting challenge to model. History []. GEC/2/2/10/4 Concept Eurostar, BR Class 91, and Class 9E electric locomotive drawings. In 1948 Heenan and Froude acquired W. G. Bagnall Ltd. The first was Bagnall 2494 of 1933, ordered in January and delivered to Ashanti Goldfields in West Africa in June 1933. window.dfp_ad_id = '/21784358039/RW_Web_Forum/RW_Web_Forum_UK_Prototype'; By overall reduction of 22.4 to 1 a speed of 3 to 4mph was obtained, and in high I retained all the critical Roundhouse chassis dimensions but raised the centreline of the cylinders by three degrees from horizontal, as on the prototype. BARTON HALL Hunslet 6651 of 1965 4w DH Some of Kerr Stuart's designs were brought to Bagnalls when they employed Kerr Stuart's chief Draughtsman. 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. Premier, Leader, and Excelsior were the first steam locomotives on the line, which had relied on horses up until then. Graces Guide is THE place for the retro-technologist. It worked here until 1949 when it was stored out of service. design to be built, an 040 + 040 side tank on 2ft0 in gauge, was Bagnall The remainder was built from scratch. locomotive type boiler was out of the question. In 1891 Ernest Edwin Baguley joined the company, he left in 1902 to start his own business. Housing is being built on the site which will be known as Bagnall Meadows.[4]. The boiler is refillable in steam. 2648) captured noshed a. John L. Hullett & Sons Ltd. and were named MBOZOMA and SINKWAZI, the nameplates The burner, protruding from the rear of the boiler, has been painted black to help it visually recede. One of a batch of 6 similar locomotives supplied to the Staveley Coal and Iron Company. exhaust pipe joints. Bagnalls introduced several novel type of locomotive valve gear including the Bagnall-Price and the Baguley. GEC/1/6/2 WG Bagnall Ltd Minute Book. stream In 1933 Bagnalls entered into an agreement with Deutz of Germany to manufacture their locomotives under licence using engines imported from Germany. LMS Fowler Class 3F No. to their No.1 except for the inclusion of the differential and the cost Named RENISHAW No.5 and costing about 6 (Works No. incorporate a proprietary article, namely, the "Flextel" patent joint, also made this one is 2' gauge) brand new build Bagnall 0-4-0 tank locomotive built to their 'Sipat' design. Sybil was an open-cab version on the Dinorwic Quarry. The locos were all of a similar appearance and design, but offered a number of variations to suit different working situations. (FrankJux). Prices (2009) 0-4-0 850, 0-4-2 900. Upper: Bagnall 3014 UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July 1963. Servos are all in the cab, the batteries are in the roof, and the receiver is under the cab, between the frames. 1568. There are few W.G. Flushing the boiler improved things considerably but the running was still not to my satisfaction. 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. Used first at Nettleton Top iron ore mine, she came to the railway by way of the Great Whipsnade Railway. using an enlarged version of their "Bull Head" boiler. Liverpool on 10th Bagnall 2216 of 1923 This locomotive has been reproduced in model form by Fourdees Model Railway Products. built gave excellent trouble-free service. She originally worked at the Royal Naval Armaments Depot at Dean Hill in Wiltshire and was Yard No 6495. Drawing number range 81D-313 - 629. 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. Bagnall 2472 of 1932 Awaiting overhaul, boiler ticket expired in 2006. locomotives, however, are not the only Bagnall articulated machines, being ASHANTI No.2, in January 1934. North Tyneside Steam Railway/Stephenson Railway Museum, The locomotives supplied to the War Department were supplied as a subcontractor to. 3014 UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July 1963. (free on /Length 9 0 R This locomotive will be reproduced in model form by Hornby in 2020. As Robert Fairlie overcame this in 1865 I suppose Bagnalls The designers overcame this by The Wotton/Brill Tramway was not far from where I live and I've walked all of the route that can be walked, and comparing with photos, it is surprising how little the area has changed in the past 120+ years. Welshpool & Llanfair Railway Preservation Society (who wishes to remain http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/0/08/Er18790103.pdf. sugar estates in Natal. This is the oldest of the three locos in this class, and has not seen service since 1969. She was only one of a class of seven to emerge from the Stafford works. It had been displayed on Bagnall's stand at the Royal . power output was 57bhp at 1000rpm, 62bhp at 1100rpm, and 73bhp at 1300rpm. In 1951 an Association was formed with Brush: Brush-Bagnall Traction Ltd. It was built for Beckenham and Penge Brickworks which had a tunnel just 5 1" high. I know they were there in 1988, but now, who knows? The drawing of the steam 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. That NZ Bagnall is definitely of the same general arrangement as the Brill Tramway one, fascinating that it is 3'6" gauge. Well, the engraving seems to agree with the leading dimensions, but given scale on the drawing is most definitely wrong. Upper: Bagnall 3014 UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July 1963. larger than 2544, the main difference being the increase in cylinder size to 9in 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. If I ever get around to learning a cad program, I might be able to produce a modeller's drawing. On this machine the driving wheels were increased Before leaving Sittingbourne for Llanfair MONARCH was overhauled and reasonably successfully at Bowaters but, in common with others of the class, was and flexible to negotiate the very sharp curves and severe gradients to be found endobj 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. of the class no.3024 MONARCH, also built in 1953 was the last. on 14th June 1933 at a cost of 1,950. a great pity that during the Second World War Bagnalls were more or less forced It was a simple matter to scale the drawings up from 16mm to 20mm, the scale I use. bearing some resemblance to the Garratt in that the boiler, cab, water tank and Electric Company Ltd. for permission to use the official photographs. 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. 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. The whole arrangement was quite foolproof to enable The locomotive, Bagnall 2494, was delivered F.O.B. Currently in service. Most of the engravings can be trusted as to dimensions, the engravers were experts in the field. GEC/2 Drawing Office records. She was overhauled and ran in service until 1981. SUPERB W.G. LEADER Kerr Stuart 926 of 1905 GEC/2/2/11 GEC Alsthom Limited drawings. was liked as it had given very little trouble, although some cracks had See p4 for a "build it yourself" guide to a narrow gauge one. In addition to locomotives, Bagnalls constructed rolling stock and trackwork enabling the complete equipping of light railways. Bagnall articulated locomotives most people will think of MONARCH, now happily Production of diesel-engined locomotives was suspended during the Second World War. disadvantages of the articulated locomotive is the need for flexible steam and A full size, (choice of gauges,. Withdrawn before the preservation of the line, she was purchased by a consortium of SKLR members. 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). weighing 26/30cwts, at 10mph over the two mile long underground main line. The gas tank has a duration of 20 minutes on the smaller 0-4-0 and 25 minutes on the 0-4-2. 2,500, this engine was also ordered by A. Collection. Type locomotive class, number or any details into search box. They were noted for building steam and Diesel locomotives in standard and narrow gauges. success of 2494 prompted the Ashanti Corporation to order another locomotive, We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. Kearnsey shed of Hulett's Sugar Corporation Ltd. Here the solid wheels have a single full-diameter spoke crossing crank and hub, which were also typical of that era. The engravings (with a scale, but without the dimensions) are also reproduced in the monumental "Bagnalls of Stafford. In 1948 a 30,000 re-tooling and expansion of the engine works was completed to enable the production of diesel-electric locomotives. later). k?^&N
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