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You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. only one of a class of seven to emerge from the Stafford works. The next These locomotives are professionally made to your specification, and the second off the production line will be ready for delivery around September 2018. With the ability to top up the water, almost continuous running should be possible with only slight interruptions to top up the gas. Peter was then acquired by the Narrow Gauge Railway Society and eventually came to Amberley with the Brockham Collection along with Polar Bear. The locomotive, Bagnall 2494, was delivered F.O.B. Specifications: Scale: 16mm to 1 foot (1:19) Gauge: 32mm or 45mm (adjustable) . The connecting rods drove on fly cranks, and the Walschaerts valve She has been one of the stalwarts of the fleet. UNIQUE W.G. United Mines Ltd., Bryn Owel, Flintshire, was delivered on 23rd March Drawing number range 81D-313 - 629. 2648) captured noshed a. 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. 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. It's a very long way from you and my information is decades out of date, but Newcastle University library used to have a full, bound set of The Engineer and also The Automotive Engineer. GEC/2 Drawing Office records. their double bogie design would have become very popular, as the few examples (Tongue thrust firmly in cheek!). Fairly plain plate frames (not cutouts), springs are hidden inside the frames, etc. 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. The company built many locomotives for use both domestically and for export.[6][7][8]. very slow in raising steam and heavy on maintenance; I believe it was little Standard-gauge 0-4-0ST 2064 of 1917 preserved in France on the Sarthe Tourist Railway. It was used to shunt areas where fire risk was greatest mainly within Kemsley Mill. The Dorothea Quarry had what had been a standard version, with a roof mounted on angles and open to the front and sides. In later life 2994 and 2996 were sold to the Austin Motor Company and were named 'Victor' and 'Vulcan'. Malletts and Meyers, but strictly speaking they are a design on their own, ], -- Drawing by Dave Watkins: Used with permission. The Goodall valve is in the saddle tank. m6h@/9;X This information will help us make improvements to the website. All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. diesel locomotives mentioned earlier were of a very novel design being the 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. The boiler work was contracted out to NNR Engineering. Bagnall 2472 of 1932 They also used marine (circular) fireboxes on narrow gauge engines, a design that was cheap but needed a different firing technique. 4 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 model of the Bagnall Excelsior is available in two formats, an 0-4-0 as originally built and as an 0-4-2 as rebuilt and used firstly on the Lynton and Barnstaple and latterly at a quarry at Portland. 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. Other examples include the New Zealand TR class locomotive of which W.G Bagnall built seven in 195657. 8 0 obj These All Rights Reserved. Made for stock. class were built until 1946 when Macnays ordered two (Bagnall nos.2830 and 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. 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. Peter was built as a 3ft gauge engine for the Canadian Forestry Commission. The first run Bagnalls carried out a survey, under actual working conditions, of all their that with proper maintenance these joints should give very little trouble. [/PDF/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI/Text] gauge engine was built for the Sittingbourne works, Kent, of Bowaters Lloyd Pulp 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. [The special boiler referred to was of a marine type popular with Bagnall. 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. endobj The Stafford locomotive construction company started in 1875 when William Gordon Bagnall took over the millwright business of Massey and Hill. locomotive to follow this design was much smaller but embodied the same Preserved Austerity Locomotives built to the Hunslet Design 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. It looks like an unusual little prototype that should not be too hard to model, what with a lack of outside motion save for the coupling rods. The third is the one I loosely based my model on. Overhaul in progress, repairs to bunker and cab completed. All this work has been carried out by the Locomotive Engineers department of the Light Railway with the assistance of Chatham Steam Ltd. 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. Sybil was an open-cab version on the Dinorwic Quarry. GEC/2/2/11 GEC Alsthom Limited drawings. In 1891 Ernest Edwin Baguley joined the company, he left in 1902 to start his own business. narrow gauge steam locomotive to leave the Stafford works. mounted on a main frame built up from "H" section girders, the whole being About 15% enlarged. endstream The valve gear is slip eccentric and the engine comes fitted with a 0.75 pressure gauge. given trouble (probably due to over-expanding) and had had to be beaded and based on 75 per cent power output was 5,350lbs at 3mph and 1,900lbs at 10mph. My feeling is that there is enough info about this loco in the 'Engineering' article to allow one to build a full-sized replica, let alone a model! Two Bagnall steam locomotives were converted to overhead electric for the Greaves Llechwyd Slate Mine. 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. Civil for help 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. An interesting side issue here was that it was 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. Following an overhaul lasting over 30 years Leader returned to traffic in 2012. The boiler is a conventional single flue, gas-fired type. Most of the engravings can be trusted as to dimensions, the engravers were experts in the field. Leader was built new for the line and was originally numbered No.2. looked at it!). board) at Liverpool on 4th September 1936 for Illovo Sugar Estates, When the saddle tank is in place the extra diameter is not obvious. During the summer of 2012, Melior underwent a scheduled ten year overhaul and retube. During World War II, Bagnall was subcontracted work for the Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST which resulted in 52 being manufactured from 1943 to 1947. On the left side of the footplate is the displacement lubricator. All photographs remain copyright of the owner and should not be reproduced without the consent of the owner. 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. 3j.>1K-fCX$7%2ETd&EY h:^U9)'1CRW]ooD3#M?Y1%med.v34 h&MI JjkiXHY4Jj#|5QrL]1N4D=t AH7lV_uv|-88[ep,no*-tB2'w 8}PTY/#,QiT" Q&pS3T1z ):VSOK,S\%:1^ KJo?e1,b/Gc/ E]/d*1zc87ep-oeJ8:=1C_ >d%+ M1z'"CF!wS_U_w5P~Zpl`SP{{NH4g@gM1'WL e9'^[D6A\J*fCdgpaUV61^j+7M>8kr#Kb|Ukg!6c}6id`d.]!=m?*c["DK}C{=Ncl Ed[SY\~G =p#V^EvE}WHv)p1 9L&TD\?^a"sJ+u$JZsW\57 z!eK%a^puH@2n"{H/?@@$'c={a[BPUtS"i)zfFJo)6SULS?'P(@nM#t N*}}"$6^H$&t\MYckU. I have only included standard gauge locomotives which are preserved in Britain. built gave excellent trouble-free service. Bagnalls introduced several novel type of locomotive valve gear including the Bagnall-Price and the Baguley. 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. e B} OyZT!E{Wy}9fO:[v"mr44\*feQ#5zJp2$W,s rXnUt9;T%tQ#vmQ=_3jX #p4S)XeLEe|!K| 1~%wDE!z Early in 1966 MONARCH was acquired by a member of the internal combustion locomotive field, their first being built in 1911! * These first two standard gauge locomotives were sub-contracted, possibly to Henry Hughes, of Loughborough. 1568. In addition to locomotives, Bagnalls constructed rolling stock and trackwork enabling the complete equipping of light railways. * Calculated at 85% of boiler working The loco uses Roundhouse cylinders, burner, and gas tank, with wheels from the Basic series locos. Palmerston North City Library, digitisation ID 2007N_Fx91_FLA_0636. 1876 Produced their first railway locomotive. I located a set of general-arrangement drawing for a standard version of this engine on Dave Watkins' web site, drawn for his 16mm coal fired Frog. Following a visit to the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway in August/September 2017, Superb has been turned and now her chimney points towards Sittingbourne, the same as all the other steam locomotives. Birmingham, Tame & Rea District Drainage Board Railway, Minworth, England, Wendy is a 2ft gauge Quarry Bagnall formerly used at the, built for the Shropshire Beet Sugar Company at Alscott, near Wellington. Alpha is now located near the engine shed and is progressively being cosmetically restored by our young members. the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection. Below: Looking down on the engine. reasonably successfully at Bowaters but, in common with others of the class, was \Y2| (2&&Z~Al" DNyX{a8_[;!qH[(,$Hyym*V3v7,0XiP tysLRcB" Related people. The locomotive, Bagnall 2494, was delivered F.O.B. The only 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. 2494 had suffered problems on tight curves, and a solution was devised using a differential. This engine came to the SKLR in 2004 from the Welshpool and Llanfair Railway. The steam and exhaust pipes had broken continuously, and it was said VICTOR Hudson-Hunslet 4182 of 1953 4w DM 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 remainder was built from scratch. They originally worked at the . difference, apart from the gauge, was the increased boiler pressure of 185lbs. 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 . 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. The photographs below show both the current demonstrator . The It was retired in 1979 and was presented to the railway for safe keeping as it was the last steam locomotive owned and operated by Bowaters anywhere in the world. engine. To maintain the small smokebox diameter whilst retaining boiler capacity, I used 50mm tube for the boiler and fitted it on the outside of the smokebox, rather than the conventional inside fitting. /Length 9 0 R The next One of a batch of 6 similar locomotives supplied to the Staveley Coal and Iron Company. It is this inside reversed-cylinder type that has me fascinated. typical of all the class. disadvantages of the articulated locomotive is the need for flexible steam and articulated locomotive to be built was, in fact, Bagnalls next engine, their The next two of I'd say they were spoked wheels with big balance weights. Before leaving Sittingbourne for Llanfair MONARCH was overhauled and cost 1,300. sugar estates in Natal. From Hulletts, Following rebuilding by our volunteers Premier has been turned out looking similar to her appearance in1905. gear at 8 to 1 reduction 10 to 12mph. loco is a copy of Bagnall drawing No.33162/28A, being a general arrangement of I do rather like these eccentric little Tramways and Light Railways of England, despite living in New South Wales. gearbox with differential was also ordered for 2494 to bring it into line with Upper: Bagnall 3014 UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July 1963. Superb underwent a heavy overhaul, including boiler work and re-profiling of the wheels, returning to service in 2012. These Bagnall The engraving does show solid wheels - and very little crank throw on the coupling rods. The first was Bagnall 2494 of 1933, ordered in January and delivered to Ashanti Goldfields in West Africa in June 1933. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. Currently in service. MONARCH (Bagnall 3024 of 1953) at Bowaters. A C. Farr and T.A. With 25,250lbs of tractive effort they were second only to the Peckett OQ Class as the most powerful locomotives of their type. Type locomotive class, number or any details into search box. *Link here:http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/c/cb/Eg18790103.pdf. Upper: Bagnall 3014 UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July 1963. Bagnall LtdWe take a look at a host of preserved Bagnall steam locomotives.We start off looking at Linda/Dunlop No. later). The design was a continuation of the earlier work and for convenience the same class name was used hence Bagnall Baretto. Corporation Ltd., for their 2ft 0in gauge system in West Africa. 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. locomotives have been described by various writers as Garratts, Fairlies, Status: Static exhibit undergoing cosmetic restoration, This weekend is a Kemsley Down-based Work Weekend The Railway is closed until Good, This weekend is a Work Weekend - and it's a big one! Liverpool coal bunker are mounted on a common frame which is carried on the two power Scenes on two of the systems operated by Hullett's in South Africa. This 2ft 6in The Bagnall Brick was a very small tramway locomotive an illustration of which was published in The Engineer magazine in 1879. I wonder how they produced the cranks in the leading axle for the pistons. 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 Boiler is a conventional single flue, gas-fired type leading axle for the pistons next one of a class seven! 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