All photographs remain copyright of the owner and should not be reproduced without the consent of the owner. This arrangement was made necessary by the fact that the Requires new boiler, side tanks, rebuilt motion, injectors etc etc. W. G. Bagnall was a locomotive manufacturer from Stafford, England which was founded in 1875 and operated Seven examples of the fifty two built by Andrew Barclay to the Hunslet Engine Company survives , Thomas Muir The Saved & The Forgotten Four. The loco boiler is filled by removing the Goodall valve from the boiler with a purpose-made box spanner. Some of Kerr Stuart's designs were brought to Bagnalls when they employed Kerr Stuart's chief Draughtsman. design to be built, an 040 + 040 side tank on 2ft0 in gauge, was Bagnall Related people. [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. 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! The above description, except for cylinder size and gauge, is This 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. 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". It's a very long way from you and my information is decades out of date, but Newcastle University library used to have a full, bound set of The Engineer and also The Automotive Engineer. Bagnalls worked with Siemens at the Siemens Stafford works to supply the electrical equipment for the locomotives. Illovo, Natal, South Africa. gear was so arranged that when the rear bogie was in full forward gear the other locomotive type boiler was out of the question. Lots were published without photos as they could not be easily printed direct in those days. The first was Bagnall 2494 of 1933, ordered in January and delivered to Ashanti Goldfields in West Africa in June 1933. Bagnall articulated locomotives most people will think of MONARCH, now happily 17.5mm wheels maybe very old OO gauge wheels? (FrankJux). 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. Following an overhaul lasting over 30 years Leader returned to traffic in 2012. Phoenix Works, Bradford British Rail: Southern Region Details Measurements: . Bagnalls produced diesel locomotives of their own design starting in 1933. The following 84 files are in this category, out of 84 total. While the Halkyn engine was scrapped in 1937, the Ashanti engines had remarkably long lives. The photographs below show both the current demonstrator . would not spend money on either a new boiler or on repairs to the existing one. incorporate a proprietary article, namely, the "Flextel" patent joint, also made ATLIB 289341.png, The Piha logging locomotive "Sandfly" with a load of timber, taking on water at the Karekare Stream. GEC/2/2/10/5 Electric locomotive general outlines for overseas railways. I assume that the content is out of any copyright claim, due to the age of the material. There are few W.G. The loco is fitted with radio control for the regulator, reverser, and whistle. Bagnall Ltd. of the Castle Engine Works, Stafford. & H. Macnay Ltd, for delivery to 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). Excelsior was built in 1888 as builders number 970 by Bagnall and company for use on the 2 ft gauge Kerry Tramway.Excelsior was sold in 1895 to a contractor and re-gauged to 1 foot 11 1 2 in to help in the construction of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway which got it's own locomotives from Manning Wardle in 1898 and . and had welded in, and the "bull head" boilers were not liked anyway. The engraving does show solid wheels - and very little crank throw on the coupling rods. Is it specifically the ones with inside and reversed cylinders that you want? This association only lasted two years. developed in the throatplate. recommended that the design should not be offered again in South Africa and that 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. endobj Constructed by WG Bagnall of Stafford (Plate IX).jpg, Foxfield Railway - Bagnall No. no.2545; actually it was built alongside 2544 and delivered before it F.O.B. Website Design Beamtwenty3. 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. Bagnalls introduced several novel type of locomotive valve gear including the Bagnall-Price and the Baguley. criticisms, Hulletts ordered 3014 and 3015 in 1953 after seven years on the narrow gauge sugar plantation lines in South Africa. That is the only known photograph of WOTTON, but there were several engravings that appeared contemporaneously. 4'3" works out as 17mm in 4mm scale.Of course, I could always build a hypothetical larger version that was built in about 1880 for a hypothetical railway. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Well, at least one with enough detail to produce a model. 2995 was sold to NCB at the same time for use at a colliery and was scrapped in 1967. Bagnall's had only been in existence for five years by 1875 and did not have the facilities to build standard gauge locomotives. (Tongue thrust firmly in cheek!). Upper: Bagnall 3014 UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July 1963. manufacture should concentrate on "rugged simplicity". the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection. In 1961 English Electric Co acquired W. H. Dorman and Co. Peter was then acquired by the Narrow Gauge Railway Society and eventually came to Amberley with the Brockham Collection along with Polar Bear. Scenes on two of the systems operated by Hullett's in South Africa. Currently in service. to haul up to 200 tons on a line having a maximum grade of 1 in 25 and curves of A block of lead was cast and fitted behind the front beam to cure this unseemly behaviour. * Calculated at 85% of boiler working They used to hand-build narrow gauge locomotives one at a time. Early in 1966 MONARCH was acquired by a member of the In 1933 Bagnalls entered into an agreement with Deutz of Germany to manufacture their locomotives under licence using engines imported from Germany. Lower: Darnall Bagnall also commonly used the saddle tank which carries the water on top of the boiler. BARTON HALL Hunslet 6651 of 1965 4w DH North Tyneside Steam Railway/Stephenson Railway Museum, The locomotives supplied to the War Department were supplied as a subcontractor to. 2 transferring between trains (geograph 3048443).jpg, Foxfield Railway - tackling the bank (geograph 3047733).jpg, Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway Class A 4-6-0 steam locomotive tenders (William Bagnall, Stafford 1933).jpg, Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway Class A 4-6-0 steam locomotives (William Bagnall, Stafford 1933).jpg, Lagos Government Railway, 1912. Bachmann Branchline currently produce the OO gauge version of the LMS Fowler Class 3F which Bagnall built and Bachmann are currently manufacturing the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway liveried Fowler 3F which has been correctly numbered to number 23 which is a number of one of the Bagnall 3Fs, it also features printed Bagnall name plates. Prices (2009) 0-4-0 850, 0-4-2 900. Built by Bagnall in 1930 scrapped 1951.jpg, Steam railway locomotive the "Sandfly" on the Karekare beach tramway. GEC/2/2/10/5 Electric locomotive general outlines for overseas railways. Made for stock. articulated locomotive to be built was, in fact, Bagnalls next engine, their Status: Static exhibit until major overhaul can be financed. realised that the articulated design was not a great success, a fact borne out The most detailed was in the journal "Engineering" (3rd January 1879 p17*), which was accompanied by a very detailed breakdown of leading dimensions. 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. Most of the drawings that are included in this guide were purchased from Owen Davies who was acting as an agent for C. W. Witbeck of Hammond, Louisiana. disadvantages of the articulated locomotive is the need for flexible steam and The next two of 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. I know they were there in 1988, but now, who knows? diesel locomotives mentioned earlier were of a very novel design being the using an enlarged version of their "Bull Head" boiler. 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 was required The loco is now running better than my Roundhouse did when first built so I am quite pleased with the result. 4-6-0 - Innisfail tramway, Diesel Mechanical and Brush Bagnall Diesel Electric. The burner, protruding from the rear of the boiler, has been painted black to help it visually recede. A full-sized replica? Constructed by WG Bagnall of Stafford (p. 38).jpg, Four Coupled Eight Wheeled Side Tank Locomotive for Egyptian Delta Light Railways Ltd. These mounted on a main frame built up from "H" section girders, the whole being its new sister, 2514, which was delivered F.O.B. of these boilers was the time taken to make steam, but once pressure was thought they would have little difficulty in 1936! Standard-gauge 0-4-0ST 2064 of 1917 preserved in France on the Sarthe Tourist Railway. If so, The Engineer article about "Brick" is a good place to start. power output was 57bhp at 1000rpm, 62bhp at 1100rpm, and 73bhp at 1300rpm. carried on two identical four wheel bogies with outside frames and 7in by 12in Extract from 1871 Engineering Journal Article (Leading Dimensions given in artible), Roy C Link, founder and editor of the magazine "Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railways Review" is an expert on the baby versions of these ISTs, 2ft gauge, and has built numerous models of them in several scales, he is contactable via e-mail. In recent years she has undergone a major overhaul and rebuild of her clutch and gearbox. axles, the other two axles being driven by coupling rods. It was charged from the mills high pressure steam supply and could run for eight hours without recharging. withstand constant abuse in operation and maintenance, and that it was too It was 2 ft ( 610 mm) gauge and had two 4-wheel articulated bogies, allowing it to negotiate 60-foot radius curves and draw 200 tons. But just as construction was starting it was commandeered as part of the war effort and built as standard gauge. 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]. motion gear, axles and bogies, boiler and firebox, brake gear). received; they were difficult to maintain, the tubes had given a lot of trouble >> short life and was scrapped about 1937, the Ashanti engines as far as I know are In fact it was fitted to the last 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. W.G. Electric Company Ltd. for permission to use the official photographs. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. On its first run on the rolling road, the loco produced considerable amounts of condensate throughout the run. Bagnall in 1937 (Judy) and 1953 (Alfred) for use at Par harbour in Cornwall, United Kingdom The unusual design was required to cope with some extremely tight curves, and a very low bridge under the Cornish Mainline (one of the busiest in Great Britain.) Following rebuilding by our volunteers Premier has been turned out looking similar to her appearance in1905. 6 (Works No. History []. arrangement was designed and built by Bagnall. I elected to stick with the proven Roundhouse design. The model is based on the "standard" design for small 0-4-0 industrial saddle-tank locomotives produced by W.G. Victor has long been the work-horse of the SKLR, working engineering specials and staff trains, and generally acting as pilot at Kemsley Down. 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. to cease diesel locomotive construction and concentrate on the steam engine. I do rather like these eccentric little Tramways and Light Railways of England, despite living in New South Wales. Below: Looking down on the engine. reversing lever. UNIQUE W.G. Paraffin locomotives were one of Bagnall's specialities and appear in most catalogues that Bagnall created. 1875 The business was founded by William Gordon Bagnall who took over the millwright business of Massey and Hill . (f2UbD'9!9.%S %=:+xp)sZk47FKd_MK0Xxu"Y,Utp3 GEC/2/2/11 GEC . [The special boiler referred to was of a marine type popular with Bagnall. Currently in service. Background Bagnall 0-4-0 and 0-4-2 Excelsior, Copyright 2010 Wrightscale | opinion that, had it not been for the conditions forced upon them by the War, They originally worked at the . sugar estates in Natal. this design (the last) were both for the Ashanti Corporation and were identical window.dfp_ad_id = '/21784358039/RW_Web_Forum/RW_Web_Forum_UK_Prototype'; By Bagnall designed a locomotive that was only 90 inches (2.3 m) high by dropping the cab floor down between the main frames. 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. drive, as before, through two-speed epicyclic gearbox. These included The Vulcan Foundry, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns and W. G. Bagnall. 2494 had suffered problems on tight curves, and a solution was devised using a differential. But some of the complaints were similar to those made at Darnall so all cannot Dodgy copy of an 1878 catalogue illustration reproduced in the book mentioned above. Will follow this thread with considerable interest! TRIUMPH W.G. They were noted for building steam and Diesel locomotives in standard and narrow gauges. Here the Chief Engineer was generally satisfied with the engine, built for the Tongaat Sugar Estates, Natal. Examples of such locomotives can be seen on the Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway. Bagnall Works numbers 23582364 of the LMS Fowler Class 3F class were employed on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. Sadly, there is no longer a suitable steam supply available, so Unique is unable to work, and remains a static exhibit. The tubes had They also used marine (circular) fireboxes on narrow gauge engines, a design that was cheap but needed a different firing technique. 1934. [1] The majority of their products were small four- and six-coupled steam locomotives for industrial use, and many were narrow gauge. A fourth locomotive of this type named Melior was delivered in 1924. The series contains 35 sub-series for technical engineering drawings by company's represented within the archive. Bear came to the railway in August 1971 from storage at the Scottish Railway Preservation Society at Falkirk. 53 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. Palmerston North City Library, digitisation ID 2007N_Fx91_FLA_0636. locomotives operating in South Africa. For details of preserved fireless locomotives built by W G Bagnall go to Fireless Locomotives. 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