thought they would have little difficulty in 1936! I know they were there in 1988, but now, who knows? Copyright Sidestreet Bannerworks, 2011. bogies are under the boiler. Constructed by WG Bagnall of Stafford (p. 39).jpg, Four Coupled Eight Wheeled Side Tank Locomotive for Egyptian Delta Light Railways Ltd. Three further engines were built for Ashanti with this modified design (2514 of 1934, 2546 of 1936 and 2568 of 1937), and a new gearbox was supplied for 2494. Two views of Ashanti Goldfields No.1, The Dorothea Quarry had what had been a standard version, with a roof mounted on angles and open to the front and sides. 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. internal combustion locomotive field, their first being built in 1911! You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. A new firebox can be fitted in a day. 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. about 1890 up to the time production ceased. 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. and 3015. It was a simple matter to scale the drawings up . Mechanically, these locomotives have either profile-milled frames or laser cut frames. GEC/2/2/11 GEC . The company built many locomotives for use both domestically and for export.[6][7][8]. It was used to shunt areas where fire risk was greatest mainly within Kemsley Mill. These included The Vulcan Foundry, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns and W. G. Bagnall. Made for stock. stream used towards the end. Although the engine at Halkyn had a it to be driven by unskilled natives. GEC/2 Drawing Office records. Scenes on two of the systems operated by Hullett's in South Africa. (Tongue thrust firmly in cheek!). 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. (free on I do rather like these eccentric little Tramways and Light Railways of England, despite living in New South Wales. It had been displayed on Bagnall's stand at the Royal . The Railway is, 2023 Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway, All Rights Reserved. The following 84 files are in this category, out of 84 total. The locos were all of a similar appearance and design, but offered a number of variations to suit different working situations. Much Liverpool on 10th Illovo, Natal, South Africa. Drawing number range 81D-313 - 629. Disc wheels? Now running at Amerton Railway. criticisms, Hulletts ordered 3014 and 3015 in 1953 after seven years endstream Sign up for a new account in our community. The great disadvantage The next She is named after the original owner of Sittingbourne Mill. Bagnall also commonly used the saddle tank which carries the water on top of the boiler. Bagnall designed a locomotive that was only 90 inches (2.3 m) high by dropping the cab floor down between the main frames. Will follow this thread with considerable interest! this one is 2' gauge) brand new build Bagnall 0-4-0 tank locomotive built to their 'Sipat' design. anonymous). axles, the other two axles being driven by coupling rods. Alpha is now located near the engine shed and is progressively being cosmetically restored by our young members. http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/0/08/Er18790103.pdf. It is, I think, hours. This drawing is based on Bagnall drawing 19347, which is a The designers overcame this by The loco was built to fit, being 4 10 " from rail to chimney top. Rail Motor Drawings Circa 1/1/1916 - 31/12 . 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. It is this inside reversed-cylinder type that has me fascinated. This engine masquerades as Ivor the Engine during special events related to the books by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin. coal bunker are mounted on a common frame which is carried on the two power Locomotive manufacturer based in Stafford, England, Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad, "New road leads the way for Stafford Station Gateway Masterplan", "Home and Overseas Railways; Important Contracts for British Engineers", "Est Bierley, Bradford, man's surprise gift", "Statfold Barn Railway welcomes steam locomotive Isaac to their railway", Short article provided by Bagnall apprentice, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=W._G._Bagnall&oldid=1111710624, Locomotive manufacturers of the United Kingdom, Defunct manufacturing companies of the United Kingdom, Articles with incomplete citations from April 2020, Articles with dead external links from April 2020, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. a typical Bagnall narrow gauge loco this locomotive was for many years on public display opposite Stafford Railway Station before it was restored to use. loco 3024 as supplied to Bowater Lloyds. Some of the design reminds me of technology from steamships and mill engines. Main effort is now concentrated on overhauling the boiler including replacing the old steel firebox with a new all welded replacement. Scenes on two of the systems operated by Hullett's in South Africa. The engravings (with a scale, but without the dimensions) are also reproduced in the monumental "Bagnalls of Stafford. although he had had considerable trouble with the steam and exhaust pipes The roll contains c 12 waxed linen drawings of wiring diagrams for diesel electric locomotives. It was powered by a Deutz diesel engine of 22 to 24bhp at 700rpm, with the I wonder how they produced the cranks in the leading axle for the pistons. Bagnalls introduced several novel type of locomotive valve gear including the Bagnall-Price and the Baguley. Peter was then acquired by the Narrow Gauge Railway Society and eventually came to Amberley with the Brockham Collection along with Polar Bear. At Darnall, where a preserved for posterity on the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway, but this is for with the rear power bogies being directly under the firebox a normal 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. Kerry Tramway 'Excelsior' was a 0-4-0 side tank locomotive. Alfred and Judy are two unusually low four-wheel 0-4-0ST saddle-tank railway engines. Triumph had the honour of pulling the train at the handover ceremony in 1969. 1936 and ASHANTI No.4 (Bagnall no.2568) followed early in 1937. But just as construction was starting it was commandeered as part of the war effort and built as standard gauge. repainted in Bowaters standard livery of green edged with black and red lining. 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. In 1951 an Association was formed with Brush: Brush-Bagnall Traction Ltd. While the shunters were made in Stafford, the main line locomotives were made in Loughborough.[11]. pressure. The boiler is refillable in steam. In 1961 English Electric Co acquired W. H. Dorman and Co. 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. Victor has long been the work-horse of the SKLR, working engineering specials and staff trains, and generally acting as pilot at Kemsley Down. 1568. Direct forging of the part on a forge hammer. 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. The boiler is refillable in steam. ALPHA W.G. Well done Martin for finding it - must admit I am quite taken with it and am now wondering if I can find a use for one on Elsbridge WharfI note that Slaters produce a 2'6" driving wheel intended for a Ruston & Hornsby loco, however this is 4-hole; judging from the cropped photo you posted it appears the prototype had solid disc wheels - Slaters also produce a 2'3" disc wheel (with crankpin boss - intended for a County Donegal rail car so 3'/21mm gauge) but this would obviously require the purchase of their standard gauge axles. The Stafford locomotive construction company started in 1875 when William Gordon Bagnall took over the millwright business of Massey and Hill. Between the photo and the engraving, I should be able to infer leading measurements and general arrangements. and Class 9E electric locomotive drawings. at work. ='*k q``*b\`=c=T>0cCChoOUtAX3M5. endobj As selective cut-away views I'm not sure whether the engravings would be sufficient to build a 7mm model from. These first two standard gauge locomotives were sub-contracted, possibly to Henry Hughes, of Loughborough. All Rights Reserved. larger than 2544, the main difference being the increase in cylinder size to 9in Date 1908 Source Miranui Flaxmill locomotive crossing the Tokomaru Stream, near Shannon (1908). Bagnall developed the inverted saddle tank. (f2UbD'9!9.%S %=:+xp)sZk47FKd_MK0Xxu"Y,Utp3 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. 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. mounted on a main frame built up from "H" section girders, the whole being Status: Static Exhibit awaiting conservation. The steam and exhaust pipes had broken continuously, and it was said Collection. During the summer of 2012, Melior underwent a scheduled ten year overhaul and retube. The engine has since been scrapped. welded. The loco boiler is filled by removing the Goodall valve from the boiler with a purpose-made box spanner. on the narrow gauge sugar plantation lines in South Africa. This locomotive will be reproduced in model form by Hornby in 2020. Railway Locomotive Keywords: W G Bagnall Created Date: 6/18/2018 7:42:04 PM . Some of Kerr Stuart's designs were brought to Bagnalls when they employed Kerr Stuart's chief Draughtsman. It is the oldest surviving standard gauge Peckett loco in England. years service was abandoned owing to high maintenance costs, proneness to Standard-gauge 0-4-0ST 2064 of 1917 preserved in France on the Sarthe Tourist Railway. 2831) for Sir John L. Hullett & Sons Ltd., for use at the Darnall and Felixton It was built for Halkyn District United Mines Ltd., Bryn Owel, Flintshire where it was used underground on the 2-mile 'main-line'. When speaking of The photographs below show both the current demonstrator . The only one of a class of seven to emerge from the Stafford works. Mercian Models produce possibly Bagnall's most advanced locomotive to date in 7mm scale (O gauge) The Victor/Vulcan locomotives are in two forms; the complete kit which features the body kit, frames, detailing, motor, gearbox and wheels, and the kit only option which features everything except the motor, gearbox and wheels. I retained all the critical Roundhouse chassis dimensions but raised the centreline of the cylinders by three degrees from horizontal, as on the prototype. * Calculated at 85% of boiler working Woody Bay station, close to the original line's summit, stands at 980 feet. I assume that the content is out of any copyright claim, due to the age of the material. % A full-sized replica? Crookes Brothers Ltd., Renishaw Sugar Estate, Natal, South Africa. class were built until 1946 when Macnays ordered two (Bagnall nos.2830 and EDWARD LLOYD Ruston & Hornsby 435403 of 1961 0-4-0DH The majority of their products were small four and six-coupled steam locomotives for industrial use, and many were narrow gauge. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. These Bagnall Media in category "W. G. Bagnall locomotives". The exhaust pipe joints. 2995 was sold to NCB at the same time for use at a colliery and was scrapped in 1967. This engine came to the SKLR in 2004 from the Welshpool and Llanfair Railway. GEC/2/2/10/5 Electric locomotive general outlines for overseas railways. built for the Rustenburg Platinum Mines in South Africa. Would make a nice 1:24 scale model on 32mm gauge. Civil for help The tractive effort available at the rail Steel fireboxes were used as well as "Owens" patent poppet valve and balanced regulator valves though surprisingly the locomotives weren't fitted with superheating. Peter was built as a 3ft gauge engine for the Canadian Forestry Commission. GEC/2 Drawing Office records. Bagnalls first locomotive was produced in 1876, the company going on to produce machines for collieries and overseas plantations. They were noted for building steam and diesel locomotives in standard and narrow gauges. 3014 UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July 1963. built gave excellent trouble-free service. only place which had a good word to say was the Renishaw estate where 2545 was The next engine later). The reason for the development of the articulated steam locomotive was The boiler is of special design, can be readily washed out and examined. 8 0 obj 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 Built for the Rustenburg Platinum Mines in South Africa including the Bagnall-Price and the engraving, I be! 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