No 1 Andrew Barclay & Sons, No 1876 of 1925 0-4-0F 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 design of this class of locomotives is derived from the Kerr Stuart Baretto class loco Superior, supplied to the line in 1920. Photos by the author, Extract from the Bagnall catalogue: The next GEC/2 Drawing Office records . The engraving has more than enough details for a modelbut where is the source of Engineering Articles? 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. 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. Media in category "W. G. Bagnall locomotives". Both the write-up and the photograph of the NZ engine suggest it is more closely related to "Excelsior" of the 2ft gaugeKerry Tramway, which had conventional outside cylinders at the front. United Mines Ltd., Bryn Owel, Flintshire, was delivered on 23rd March The company was located at the Castle Engine Works, in Castletown, Stafford. It was supplied new with a full cab to the Llechwedd Quarry in 1899, works No. Preserved Austerity Locomotives built to the Hunslet Design. Made for stock. These first two standard gauge locomotives were sub-contracted, possibly to Henry Hughes, of Loughborough. From Hulletts, Scenes on two of the systems operated by Hullett's in South Africa. WG Bagnall Ltd was established as a locomotive manufacturer in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall in Stafford at what became the Castle Engine Works. Liverpool \Y2| (2&&Z~Al" DNyX{a8_[;!qH[(,$Hyym*V3v7,0XiP tysLRcB" GEC/1/6/2 WG Bagnall Ltd Minute Book. The first railway locomotive was built the following year. It is, I think, 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. The remainder was built from scratch. is obvious that the articulated design was not a success. 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". this design (the last) were both for the Ashanti Corporation and were identical An interesting side issue here was that it was Graces Guide is THE place for the retro-technologist. In 1948 a 30,000 re-tooling and expansion of the engine works was completed to enable the production of diesel-electric locomotives. The roll contains c 12 waxed linen drawings of wiring diagrams for diesel electric locomotives. cylinders were set back to back (or front to front, depending on the way one be blamed on bad maintenance, which left a lot to be desired. Other examples include the New Zealand TR class locomotive of which W.G Bagnall built seven in 195657. It was presented to the LCGB in February 1967 by its former owners Messrs Colvilles Ltd of Mossend. The prototype 15inch saddletank was ordered by Butterley & Co in late 1939 and Bagnall built this one plus another for stock. reversing lever. The loco is now running better than my Roundhouse did when first built so I am quite pleased with the result. using an enlarged version of their "Bull Head" boiler. The minimum radius for both locomotives is 26 Dimensions: 0-4-0 is 19cm long, 7.5cm wide and 12.5cm high, having a mass of 1.25kg; the 0-4-2 is 23cm long, same height and width and mass 1.35kg. That is the only known photograph of WOTTON, but there were several engravings that appeared contemporaneously. only one of a class of seven to emerge from the Stafford works. * Calculated at 85% of boiler working In fact it was fitted to the last 17.5mm wheels maybe very old OO gauge wheels? Status:In 2019 the locomotive was withdrawn from service for a boiler overhaul, this is currently underway at Kemsley Down. Servos are all in the cab, the batteries are in the roof, and the receiver is under the cab, between the frames. English: 3ft gauge tramway with a small five ton steam locomotive delivered by Bagnall and Co in England in 1907. on the narrow gauge sugar plantation lines in South Africa. 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. It does suggest holes at radii perpendicular to the crank lines - here's a better illustration from a contemporary locomotive ("BRICK", b/n 210 of 1879):http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/d/d9/Im1879Ev28-p017.jpg. priming, and being of insufficient power. 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. 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 boiler work was contracted out to NNR Engineering. per sq. Upper: Bagnall Some of Kerr Stuart's designs were brought to Bagnalls when they employed Kerr Stuart's chief Draughtsman. 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. At Felixton The gas tank has a duration of 20 minutes on the smaller 0-4-0 and 25 minutes on the 0-4-2. .Q+6?DS_?m&0* s= 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 cracked wooden buffer beam would be an interesting challenge to model. 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. This locomotive has been reproduced in model form by Fourdees Model Railway Products. The boiler is of special design, can be readily washed out and examined. preceded by some years by five double bogie articulated diesels (of which more Is it specifically the ones with inside and reversed cylinders that you want? and 3015. Of these none have been preserved. and had welded in, and the "bull head" boilers were not liked anyway. . and information, member Ken Fleming for his excellent drawings and The English opinion that, had it not been for the conditions forced upon them by the War, Constructed by WG Bagnall of Stafford (p. 38).jpg, Four Coupled Eight Wheeled Side Tank Locomotive for Egyptian Delta Light Railways Ltd. 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. They were noted for building steam and diesel locomotives in standard and narrow gauges. at work. Woody Bay station, close to the original line's summit, stands at 980 feet. 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. It was said to be disliked by the drivers because the fire required greater attention than the Hunslet's. 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 By the way, are there any photos or drawings of similar designs in narrow gauge? They also used marine (circular) fireboxes on narrow gauge engines, a design that was cheap but needed a different firing technique. The most detailed was in the journal "Engineering" (3rd January 1879 p17*), which was accompanied by a very detailed breakdown of leading dimensions. 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. That NZ Bagnall is definitely of the same general arrangement as the Brill Tramway one, fascinating that it is 3'6" gauge. As ever, we'd like to thank David Fletcher for his superb drawings, illustrating the livery options. I will have to see if I have the time, and a hard drive to download the lot in PDF formmaybe more selectively!!! built for the Kent Electric Power Company at Littlebrook Power Station, near Dartford, Originally named "Vulcan" and numbered 401 it was part of a batch of three built for the. This locomotive will be reproduced in model form by Hornby in 2020. The next two of This page and its contents (1,990). 53 1568. EDWARD LLOYD Ruston & Hornsby 435403 of 1961 0-4-0DH this one is 2' gauge) brand new build Bagnall 0-4-0 tank locomotive built to their 'Sipat' design. They also used marine (circular) fireboxes on narrow gauge engines, a design that was cheap but needed a different firing technique. class were built until 1946 when Macnays ordered two (Bagnall nos.2830 and If so, The Engineer article about "Brick" is a good place to start. The loco is still running in and has not yet had a run under full working conditions but my expectations are that I will get a run of around 35 minutes on a fill of gas. complicated and delicate for conditions on the plantations. Scenes on two of the systems operated by Hullett's in South Africa. >> However, it is interesting to note that in spite of all their This engine masquerades as Ivor the Engine during special events related to the books by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin. locomotive type boiler was out of the question. 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. The first was Bagnall 2494 of 1933, ordered in January and delivered to Ashanti Goldfields in West Africa in June 1933. These included The Vulcan Foundry, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns and W. G. Bagnall. later). The engravings (with a scale, but without the dimensions) are also reproduced in the monumental "Bagnalls of Stafford. 4 Bagnall (2025-1916).jpg, Four Coupled Eight Wheeled Side Tank Locomotive for Egyptian Delta Light Railways Ltd. 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. 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. of these boilers was the time taken to make steam, but once pressure was I do rather like these eccentric little Tramways and Light Railways of England, despite living in New South Wales. The book mentioned above, "Bagnalls of Stafford", has very good history of the early locos. Bagnall Ltd, Stafford, maker's No. 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. GEC/2/2/10/4 Concept Eurostar, BR Class 91, and Class 9E electric locomotive drawings. Examples of such locomotives can be seen on the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway. Main effort is now concentrated on overhauling the boiler including replacing the old steel firebox with a new all welded replacement. Upper: Bagnall 3014 UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July 1963. Crookes Brothers Ltd., Renishaw Sugar Estate, Natal, South Africa. 1876 Produced their first railway locomotive. They originally worked at the . The next articulated diesel (2498 of 1934) was a smaller version of the Ashanti locomotive and used a Deutz engine. standard practice to build up worn tyres by welding and they complained that http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/0/08/Er18790103.pdf. overall reduction of 22.4 to 1 a speed of 3 to 4mph was obtained, and in high Well, the engraving seems to agree with the leading dimensions, but given scale on the drawing is most definitely wrong. She is named after the original owner of Sittingbourne Mill. 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. to haul up to 200 tons on a line having a maximum grade of 1 in 25 and curves of It was powered by a Deutz diesel engine of 22 to 24bhp at 700rpm, with the On test at full load the fuel consumption was 38lbs per bhp hour. A fourth locomotive of this type named Melior was delivered in 1924. 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. Alpha is now located near the engine shed and is progressively being cosmetically restored by our young members. The Great Western Railway Bagnall GWR 9400 Class was numbered 84008449 and numbers 8400 to 8406 were employed on the former L.M.S. Following an overhaul lasting over 30 years Leader returned to traffic in 2012. creation of Bagnalls senior draughtsman at the time, MrI. gear at 8 to 1 reduction 10 to 12mph. hartleymartin, May 28, 2016 in UK Prototype Questions, Picture from this webpate: http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/QN_18_06.htm. everything was found to be wrong with 3014 according to the charge hand fitter! AC.Farr, Bagnall designed a locomotive that was only 90 inches (2.3 m) high by dropping the cab floor down between the main frames. motion gear, axles and bogies, boiler and firebox, brake gear). 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. axles, the other two axles being driven by coupling rods. privacy policy, Engineering: Mechanical > Railway equipment, GB/NNAF/C123672 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B5946 ). Steel fireboxes were used as well as "Owens" patent poppet valve and balanced regulator valves though surprisingly the locomotives weren't fitted with superheating. Triumph had the honour of pulling the train at the handover ceremony in 1969. 7 1 / 4 " Bagnall Narrow Gauge Locomotive. The locomotive, Bagnall 2494, was delivered F.O.B. Bagnall 2624 of 1940 built for the Tongaat Sugar Estates, Natal. 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