Liverpool on 14th June 1933 at a cost of 1,950. * A new firebox can be fitted in a day. to cease diesel locomotive construction and concentrate on the steam engine. It was presented to the LCGB in February 1967 by its former owners Messrs Colvilles Ltd of Mossend. Liverpool on 21st May 1936. Civil for help motion gear, axles and bogies, boiler and firebox, brake gear). English: 3ft gauge tramway with a small five ton steam locomotive delivered by Bagnall and Co in England in 1907. this design (the last) were both for the Ashanti Corporation and were identical Two Bagnall steam locomotives were converted to overhead electric for the Greaves Llechwyd Slate Mine. standard practice to build up worn tyres by welding and they complained that locomotive type boiler was out of the question. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. stream When speaking of These locomotives are professionally made to your specification, and the second off the production line will be ready for delivery around September 2018. 2831) for Sir John L. Hullett & Sons Ltd., for use at the Darnall and Felixton 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. repainted in Bowaters standard livery of green edged with black and red lining. is obvious that the articulated design was not a success. very slow in raising steam and heavy on maintenance; I believe it was little The next articulated diesel (2498 of 1934) was a smaller version of the Ashanti locomotive and used a Deutz engine. There are few W.G. arrester as latterly fitted. 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. It will be 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 . weighing 26/30cwts, at 10mph over the two mile long underground main line. Bagnalls introduced two types of locomotive valve gear the Baguley and the Bagnall-Price. They also used marine (circular) fireboxes on narrow gauge engines, a design that was cheap but needed a different firing technique. & H. Macnay Ltd, for delivery to Bagnalls first locomotive was produced in 1876, the company going on to produce machines for collieries and overseas plantations. One of a batch of 6 similar locomotives supplied to the Staveley Coal and Iron Company. Lagos Government Railway, 1912. 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. 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! The boiler is refillable in steam. withstand constant abuse in operation and maintenance, and that it was too Constructed by WG Bagnall of Stafford (p. 39).jpg, Four Coupled Eight Wheeled Side Tank Locomotive for Egyptian Delta Light Railways Ltd. only place which had a good word to say was the Renishaw estate where 2545 was Collection. Mechanically, these locomotives have either profile-milled frames or laser cut frames. They were unusual in having "reversed" inside cylinders, which drove the front axle. still working. /Length 9 0 R built for the Tongaat Sugar Estates, Natal. 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. 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 gas tank has a duration of 20 minutes on the smaller 0-4-0 and 25 minutes on the 0-4-2. It is my 1934. The next two of I thought that the excellent resources of Grace's Guide were better known. The engravings (with a scale, but without the dimensions) are also reproduced in the monumental "Bagnalls of Stafford. The Goodall valve is in the saddle tank. I elected to stick with the proven Roundhouse design. For details of preserved fireless locomotives built by W G Bagnall go to Fireless Locomotives. This For instance; at Click here for PDF Drawing of 'Alice's General Arrangement 'Alice' is a 10 " gauge model of the small 2ft gauge Bagnall locomotives supplied to many quarries, factories and construction companies in the early 20th century. Early in 1966 MONARCH was acquired by a member of the Both locomotives survive and are at the Statfold Barn Railway. The roll contains c 12 waxed linen drawings of wiring diagrams for diesel electric locomotives. (FrankJux). Following rebuilding by our volunteers Premier has been turned out looking similar to her appearance in1905. per sq. The conclusions e B} OyZT!E{Wy}9fO:[v"mr44\*feQ#5zJp2$W,s rXnUt9;T%tQ#vmQ=_3jX #p4S)XeLEe|!K| 1~%wDE!z 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. larger than 2544, the main difference being the increase in cylinder size to 9in appalling conditions under which steam locomotives were required to work and it Is there any more information available about this locomotive? 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. BARTON HALL Hunslet 6651 of 1965 4w DH To the right of the boiler, below the pressure gauge, is the gas-control valve. 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. In 1933 Bagnalls entered into an agreement with Deutz of Germany to manufacture their locomotives under licence using engines imported from Germany. Scenes on two of the systems operated by Hullett's in South Africa. The boiler was worn out and the owners Both were fascinating and probably a major contributory factor in my abject failure to gain a degree at the time . They originally worked at the . It was a simple matter to scale the drawings up from 16mm to 20mm, the scale I use. 89 Nasmyth Wilson (713-1905), and 2-6-2T No. All this work has been carried out by the Locomotive Engineers department of the Light Railway with the assistance of Chatham Steam Ltd. * GEC/2/1 Drawing registers. A fourth locomotive of this type named Melior was delivered in 1924. This included designs produced by the GWR and the LMS. 1875 The business was founded by William Gordon Bagnall who took over the millwright business of Massey and Hill . in Stafford by the then well known firm of Dorman & Co Ltd. UNIQUE W.G. Graces Guide is THE place for the retro-technologist. Upper: Bagnall 3014 UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July 1963. later). Lower: Darnall 2648) captured noshed a. 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". Premier was built new for the line and was originally numbered No 1. privacy policy, Engineering: Mechanical > Railway equipment, GB/NNAF/C123672 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B5946 ). ='*k q``*b\`=c=T>0cCChoOUtAX3M5. Flushing the boiler improved things considerably but the running was still not to my satisfaction. They were built by W.G. no.2545; actually it was built alongside 2544 and delivered before it F.O.B. It was built for Halkyn District United Mines Ltd., Bryn Owel, Flintshire where it was used underground on the 2-mile 'main-line'. If you are interested, contact us and please read our Terms of Trade. In later life 2994 and 2996 were sold to the Austin Motor Company and were named 'Victor' and 'Vulcan'. She has been one of the stalwarts of the fleet. http://www.trainweb.org/loggingz/bagnall.html. Polar Bear came to Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre when the Brockham collection was transferred there in 1982. bogies. [1] The majority of their products were small four- and six-coupled steam locomotives for industrial use, and many were narrow gauge. As Robert Fairlie overcame this in 1865 I suppose Bagnalls Drawing number range 81D-313 - 629. A new Here are a few examples. The remainder was built from scratch. The report The model is based on the "standard" design for small 0-4-0 industrial saddle-tank locomotives produced by W.G. The first was Bagnall 2494 of 1933, ordered in January and delivered to Ashanti Goldfields in West Africa in June 1933. by 12in, and set the pattern for future engines of the class. W.G. drawn were that the standard articulated design was not sufficiently robust to ASHANTI No.3 (Bagnall no.2546) was delivered on 10th August 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. _^=!ts#jQ//Y`q+,!%S?Mq*";z&1G=2 _k)H.%8+EI~bg}Ut..5EE(PK,0G?R\ r}7=]vD+p?UiCx1b:=Z6fA[Pz4EzzErNd&{ SX'!rO1P+ "e{XvO:WyQjuZ&dL Anyway, here is a Bagnall IST in NZ, although it is impossible to see the wheels or anything else below the footplate. Overhaul is expected to start very soon. One of the carried on two identical four wheel bogies with outside frames and 7in by 12in About 15% enlarged. 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. This engine masquerades as Ivor the Engine during special events related to the books by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin. The Victor/Vulcan 2994-6 locomotives were ordered by the Steel Company of Wales (SCOW) for their Abbey, Margam and Port Talbot works in 1950. compressed air blower was used, the steaming time was given as from six to eight 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. and Class 9E electric locomotive drawings. A block of lead was cast and fitted behind the front beam to cure this unseemly behaviour. by Bowaters readiness to dispose of MONARCH which was, after all, their newest 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. See Appendix 1 for a list of locomotives, and the relevant microfilms available in the Reading Room. 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. In fact it was fitted to the last At Halkyn it was used to haul trains of up to 100 cars, each by Bill Winter m6h@/9;X Bagnall Locomotive Ada Author: Colin Binnie Subject: Drawing. 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. up to 60ft radius. who had come to them from the Great Western Railway. realised that the articulated design was not a great success, a fact borne out would like to thank Messrs. W.A. 1876 Produced their first railway locomotive. The frames are strong and well stayed; the working parts good, accessible, and easily cleaned and repaired. ATLIB 289341.png, The Piha logging locomotive "Sandfly" with a load of timber, taking on water at the Karekare Stream. overall reduction of 22.4 to 1 a speed of 3 to 4mph was obtained, and in high Status: Withdrawn on 27 May 2022 for a 10 year overhaul and will now require extensive boiler work. The loco is now running better than my Roundhouse did when first built so I am quite pleased with the result. Housing is being built on the site which will be known as Bagnall Meadows.[4]. engine. AC.Farr, on 14th June 1933 at a cost of 1,950. 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. 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