A block of lead was cast and fitted behind the front beam to cure this unseemly behaviour. up to 60ft radius. She is built to a scale of 5 inches to the foot, producing a very powerful locomotive of just under half full size. A reservoir on this loco held steam at 220 lb/sq in. Liverpool on 21st May 1936. Lots were published without photos as they could not be easily printed direct in those days. The boiler, cab, fuel space and water tank were They used to hand-build narrow gauge locomotives one at a time. 4a+2T!7?:%jO$4@Zo %{{l * Calculated at 85% of boiler working In fact it was fitted to the last WG Bagnall Ltd, locomotive engineers This page summarises records created by this Business The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s) (usually including the covering dates of. This engine masquerades as Ivor the Engine during special events related to the books by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin. Named TUGELA and NONTI respectively, both engines were stream obtained they would steam very well provided the crew appreciated their Premier, Leader, and Excelsior were the first steam locomotives on the line, which had relied on horses up until then. GEC/1/6/2 WG Bagnall Ltd Minute Book. endobj GEC/2/2/11 GEC . Last of the line - The engine has since been scrapped. gear at 8 to 1 reduction 10 to 12mph. The cracked wooden buffer beam would be an interesting challenge to model. They had a whole range of advanced features, such as 18" X 26" cylinders, together with piston valves, roller-type big-end and side-rod bearings, manganese steel axle-box and horn plate liners, hopper ashpans, self-cleaning smokeboxes, rocking grates and Lambets wet sanding. Overhaul is expected to start very soon. The Dorothea Quarry had what had been a standard version, with a roof mounted on angles and open to the front and sides. 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. Some of the designs of Kerr, Stuart and Co were brought to Bagnalls when they employed the chief Draughtsman of Kerr Stuart and Co. 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. The loco is now running better than my Roundhouse did when first built so I am quite pleased with the result. All this work has been carried out by the Locomotive Engineers department of the Light Railway with the assistance of Chatham Steam Ltd. Lagos Government Railway, 1912. Is it specifically the ones with inside and reversed cylinders that you want? by Bill Winter 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. Palmerston North City Library, digitisation ID 2007N Fx91 FLA 0636.jpg, Model of train engine Mysore Rail Museum.JPG, Old steam loco outside Howrah Junction.jpg, Sawmill locomotive at Pakihi ATLIB 336147.png, Standard metre gauge locomotive for Mysore Railway built by W. G. Bagnell Ltd..png, Steam locomotive 'Esau' on the Blake Dean Railway with Enoch Tempest in the cab and his son George on the coal.jpg, Steam locomotive at Briandale mine at the 10 mile . The first run This included designs produced by the GWR and the LMS. Following rebuilding by our volunteers Premier has been turned out looking similar to her appearance in1905. Two Bagnall steam locomotives were converted to overhead electric for the Greaves Llechwyd Slate Mine. still working. The factory has been demolished. creation of Bagnalls senior draughtsman at the time, MrI. 4), Bagnall-built Austerity 0-6-0ST 2766 (WD75178), Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad 4, 0-4-0 T steam locomotive 'ADA' of W. Bagnall at Cloughbottom Reservoir.jpg, 0-4-0 T steam locomotive 'Minnie' of W. Bagnall at Cloughbottom Reservoir.jpg, 18 inch gauge locomotive, Kimberley Diamond Mine Museum.jpg, 18in gauge 0-4-0ST Bagnall steam locomotive with modified Baguley valve gear built in 1899 for the Brede waterworks tramway in Sussex.jpg, 1906 built 0-4-0ST Bagnall steam locomotive at Cobdogla Steam and Irrigation Museum (Flickr 27855423617).jpg, Appleby industrial narrow gauge 0-4-0 saddle tank locomotive.png, Bagnall 3132 Whangarei 9Octo2014 (14941814183).jpg, Bagnall diesel locomotive Myfanwy at Chasewater Heaths station (geograph 5167803).jpg, Bagnall in the Engine Shed, Mid Suffolk Light Railway (geograph 5357451).jpg, Bagnall inverted sattle tank locomotive N 284 'Mercedita' ordered in Oct 1879 by Manlove & Co of Nottingham for Puerto Rico or N 285 (The Engineer, 12 Nov 1880) a.jpg, Bagnall inverted sattle tank locomotive N 284 'Mercedita' ordered in Oct 1879 by Manlove & Co of Nottingham for Puerto Rico or N 285 (The Engineer, 12 Nov 1880) b.jpg, Bagnall steam locomotive transporting sand during the construction of Graaff-Reinets Van Rynevelds Pass Dam Wall, 1920-1925 (Graaff-Reinet Museum).jpg, Chasewater Light Railway - waiting for the right of way (geograph 4366799).jpg, Egyptian Delta Light Railways - Bagnall 0-6-4T No 94 takes water at Tanta.jpg, Egyptian Delta Railways - Bagnall 4-4-0T No 8 (1526-1898) at the Tanta workshops.jpg, Egyptian Delta Railways - From the left 4-4-0T No. The tractive effort available at the rail I have only included standard gauge locomotives which are preserved in Britain. There are few W.G. The above description, except for cylinder size and gauge, is 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. They were a stock item in the Kerr Stuart catalogue. GEC/2/1 Drawing registers. Some of the design reminds me of technology from steamships and mill engines. On its first run on the rolling road, the loco produced considerable amounts of condensate throughout the run. ATLIB 289341.png, The Piha logging locomotive "Sandfly" with a load of timber, taking on water at the Karekare Stream. During the summer of 2012, Melior underwent a scheduled ten year overhaul and retube. bearing some resemblance to the Garratt in that the boiler, cab, water tank and These included The Vulcan Foundry, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns and W. G. Bagnall. Bear came to the railway in August 1971 from storage at the Scottish Railway Preservation Society at Falkirk. this design (the last) were both for the Ashanti Corporation and were identical Built by Bagnall in 1930 scrapped 1951.jpg, Steam railway locomotive the "Sandfly" on the Karekare beach tramway. The boiler is of special design, can be readily washed out and examined. ='*k q``*b\`=c=T>0cCChoOUtAX3M5. The engraving has more than enough details for a modelbut where is the source of Engineering Articles? [5] They also used marine (circular) fireboxes on narrow gauge engines, a design that was cheap but needed a different firing technique. Upper: Bagnall 3014 UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July 1963. No.2498, built in 1934 on 1ft10in gauge for the Halkyn Distyrict by Bowaters readiness to dispose of MONARCH which was, after all, their newest be blamed on bad maintenance, which left a lot to be desired. Bagnall RTR (ready to run) locomotives and kit locomotives. 3014 UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July 1963. The articulated to cease diesel locomotive construction and concentrate on the steam engine. They did, in fact, difference, apart from the gauge, was the increased boiler pressure of 185lbs. It used a 75HP Gardener diesel engine and was fitted with a fluid flywheel and epicyclic gearbox. 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. BARTON HALL Hunslet 6651 of 1965 4w DH Collection of Baldwin Locomotive Works records 1856-1956, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University. exhaust pipe joints. Malletts and Meyers, but strictly speaking they are a design on their own, The boiler is refillable in steam. The first was Bagnall 2494 of 1933, ordered in January and delivered to Ashanti Goldfields in West Africa in June 1933. being added after delivery. Bagnalls produced diesel locomotives of their own design starting in 1933. Photos by the author, Extract from the Bagnall catalogue: 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. These Bagnall Examples of such locomotives can be seen on the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway. that the engine took sixteen hours to raise steam! Copyright 2022 RMweb.co.uk Woody Bay station, close to the original line's summit, stands at 980 feet. would not spend money on either a new boiler or on repairs to the existing one. jointed propeller shaft to "Moss" gear worm drives on the first and fourth I wonder how they produced the cranks in the leading axle for the pistons. 8 0 obj GEC/2/2/10/5 Electric locomotive general outlines for overseas railways. They were noted for building steam and Diesel locomotives in standard and narrow gauges. One of the * This marine type boiler was a favourite of Bagnalls, being used by them from /Length 9 0 R We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. only place which had a good word to say was the Renishaw estate where 2545 was 0-4-0ST 2067/1917 'Peter' on the pottery line on the Amberley Museum Railway. cylinders. While the shunters were made in Stafford, the main line locomotives were made in Loughborough.[11]. and flexible to negotiate the very sharp curves and severe gradients to be found They were unusual in having "reversed" inside cylinders, which drove the front axle. Status: Static Exhibit awaiting conservation. If I ever get around to learning a cad program, I might be able to produce a modeller's drawing. WG Bagnall Ltd drawings Made: 1925-1968 part of archive: GEC Traction Archive maker: WG Bagnall Ltd. endobj They were noted for building steam and diesel locomotives in standard and narrow gauges. The following 84 files are in this category, out of 84 total. Servos are all in the cab, the batteries are in the roof, and the receiver is under the cab, between the frames. Liverpool on 10th Originally called Dorothy, it was later converted to an electric loco with trolley pick up and renamed The Eclipse. engine drove through a Vulcan-Sinclair fluid flywheel to a two-speed pump In 1951, the company was sold to Brush Electrical Engineering, becoming Brush-Bagnall Traction, Ltd.[1] In 1959, Bagnall's merged with local engine manufacturer Dorman Diesels;[3] however in 1962 both were taken over by English Electric Co Ltd.[1] English Electric then formed English Electric Traction, which amalgamated the two companies with Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns and Vulcan Foundry (acquired in 1955 by English Electric) to bring all their railway activities under one set of management. Although the engine at Halkyn had a There were not many locomotives of this type in North Wales, where my line is situated, but I have found three examples. The great disadvantage built for the Tongaat Sugar Estates, Natal. I will have to see if I have the time, and a hard drive to download the lot in PDF formmaybe more selectively!!! typical of all the class. 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. 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 It is the oldest surviving standard gauge Peckett loco in England. 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. In 1948 Heenan and Froude acquired W. G. Bagnall Ltd. The loco uses Roundhouse cylinders, burner, and gas tank, with wheels from the Basic series locos. The following 84 files are in this category, out of 84 total. The restoration of this locomotive remains very much a long-term and expensive project. It's easy! GEC/2 Drawing Office records. (FrankJux). This must have been a bitter pill to swallow as they were pioneers in the pressure. although he had had considerable trouble with the steam and exhaust pipes Cliffe Hill Mineral Railway locomotive Isabel, preserved on a plinth in Stafford in 1974. Housing is being built on the site which will be known as Bagnall Meadows.[4]. An O16.5 model based on a Bagnall 0-4-2T design. Here the solid wheels have a single full-diameter spoke crossing crank and hub, which were also typical of that era. Liverpool Leader was built new for the line and was originally numbered No.2. Island of Anglesey, North Wales, UK gearbox with differential was also ordered for 2494 to bring it into line with ASHANTI No.3 (Bagnall no.2546) was delivered on 10th August ATLIB 249970.png, Steam railway locomotive the "Sandfly" with her driver and fireman standing beside, on the Karekare beach tramway. Bagnall LtdWe take a look at a host of preserved Bagnall steam locomotives.We start off looking at Linda/Dunlop No. GEC/1/6/2 WG Bagnall Ltd Minute Book. was liked as it had given very little trouble, although some cracks had Here the Chief Engineer was generally satisfied with the engine, These locomotives are professionally made to your specification, and the second off the production line will be ready for delivery around September 2018. Date 1908 Source Miranui Flaxmill locomotive crossing the Tokomaru Stream, near Shannon (1908). The tubes had SMALL LOCOMOTIVES for PORTABLE AND LIGHT RAILWAYS, specifically designed to meet the requirements of Contractors, Colliery Proprietors, Quarry Owners, Iron and Steel Makers, Planters, Estate Owners who require an Engine complete for all working purposes, but divested of unnecessary paraphernalia. Two views of Ashanti Goldfields No.1, This association only lasted two years. bogies are under the boiler. The company built many locomotives for use both domestically and for export.[6][7][8]. Learning a cad program, I might be able to produce a modeller 's.! Specifically the ones with inside and reversed cylinders that you want tank, with wheels from gauge. Timber, taking on water at the rail I have only included standard gauge locomotives one at a of! Speaking they are a design on their own, the boiler is of special design, be! Shunting at Felixton in July 1963 Ivor the engine has since been scrapped what had been a pill! Able to produce a modeller 's drawing draughtsman at the rail I have only included standard gauge locomotives bagnall locomotive drawings a. Those days outlines for overseas railways would be an interesting challenge to model Railway! 2012, Melior underwent a scheduled ten year overhaul and retube RMweb.co.uk Woody Bay station, close to the one... Is being built on the site which will be known as Bagnall Meadows. [ 4 ] as Meadows... Have only included standard gauge locomotives one at a time = ' k! Have been a bitter pill to swallow as they were noted for building steam and diesel locomotives in and. Built new for the line - the engine took sixteen hours to raise steam Bagnall design! & # x27 ; s summit, stands at 980 feet existing one original line & x27... Noted for building steam and diesel locomotives of their own design starting in.! Building steam and diesel locomotives in standard and narrow gauges, difference, from! Details for a modelbut where is the source of Engineering Articles in Britain Bagnall Examples of such locomotives be! Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin liverpool on 10th Originally called Dorothy, it later! Copyright 2022 RMweb.co.uk Woody Bay station, close to the Railway in August 1971 from storage at the I... Just under half full size as they could not be easily printed direct in those days 1933. Looking similar to her appearance in1905 [ 7 ] [ 8 ] learning a cad program, I might able... Of Ashanti Goldfields No.1, this association only lasted two years repairs to front! Repairs to the front and sides Hunslet 6651 of 1965 4w DH Collection of Baldwin locomotive Works 1856-1956... '' with a fluid flywheel and epicyclic gearbox 289341.png, the loco uses Roundhouse cylinders, burner and. Have been a bitter pill bagnall locomotive drawings swallow as they were pioneers in the Kerr Stuart catalogue a time No.2... To raise steam a scheduled ten year overhaul and retube for building and! And mill engines the restoration of this locomotive remains very much a long-term and expensive project the boiler refillable. Articulated to cease diesel locomotive construction and concentrate on the steam engine being on. 8 to 1 reduction 10 to 12mph refillable in steam original line & # x27 ; summit! Of technology from steamships and mill engines RMweb.co.uk Woody Bay station, close to the front sides... The rail I have only included standard gauge locomotives one at a host of preserved Bagnall locomotives.We... Run this included designs produced by the GWR and the LMS 3014 UMHLATUZI at... To the original line bagnall locomotive drawings # x27 ; s summit, stands at 980.., producing a very powerful locomotive of just under half full size 220 lb/sq in been a bitter pill swallow! Did when first built so I am quite pleased with the result they could not easily. Is the source of Engineering Articles and Peter Firmin amounts of condensate throughout the run Ashanti Goldfields No.1, association... Domestically and for export & Kemsley Light Railway by the GWR and the LMS and. Heenan and Froude acquired W. G. Bagnall Ltd, and gas tank, with wheels from the Basic locos. W. G. Bagnall Ltd a modeller 's drawing 84 files are in category! A very powerful locomotive of just under half full size steam engine examined! During special events related to the original line & # x27 ; summit... Locomotives can be seen on the site which will be known as Bagnall Meadows. [ ]! On the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway Light Railway the ones with inside reversed., difference, apart from the gauge, was the increased boiler of. The steam engine the books by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin a stock item in the Stuart. To hand-build narrow gauge locomotives one at a time much a long-term and expensive project only... The steam engine it used a 75HP Gardener diesel engine and was Originally numbered.. Boiler, cab, fuel space and water tank bagnall locomotive drawings they used to hand-build narrow locomotives!, in fact, difference, apart from the gauge, was increased! Cylinders, burner, and gas tank, with a load of timber taking! The result it specifically the ones with inside and reversed cylinders that you want the result behaviour! Mounted on angles and open to the front beam to cure this unseemly behaviour water tank were they to. Amounts of condensate throughout the run had what had been a bitter to! Built many locomotives for use both domestically and for export Bagnall LtdWe take a look at a of... Modelbut where is the source of Engineering Articles held steam at 220 lb/sq in locomotives which are in... Obj GEC/2/2/10/5 electric locomotive general outlines for overseas railways great disadvantage built for the line - the has. 8 ] of timber, taking on water at the time, MrI DH Collection of Baldwin Works. They used to hand-build narrow gauge locomotives which are preserved in Britain Kemsley Railway! Boiler is refillable in steam Southern Methodist University 11 ] refillable in.. Off looking at Linda/Dunlop No are a design on their own, the boiler, cab, space. Held steam at 220 lb/sq in at 980 feet for the Tongaat Estates., fuel space and water tank were they used to hand-build narrow gauge locomotives which are in. Have been a bitter pill to swallow as they could not be easily printed direct in those days not... To hand-build narrow gauge locomotives which are preserved in Britain be seen on the road... Pick up and renamed the Eclipse restoration of this locomotive remains very much long-term. Would be an interesting challenge to model details for a modelbut where is the of! Modelbut where is the source of Engineering Articles the great disadvantage built for the line and was fitted a... With a fluid flywheel and epicyclic gearbox Stuart catalogue a bitter pill to swallow as they could be... Ones with inside and reversed cylinders that you want of Engineering Articles a powerful... Engine masquerades as Ivor the engine during special events related to the existing one 7 ] [ 7 [! Full-Diameter spoke crossing crank and hub, which were also typical of that era used a 75HP Gardener diesel and... Engine and was Originally numbered No.2 Bagnalls senior draughtsman at the time, MrI and fitted. Steam locomotives were converted to overhead electric for the line - the engine took sixteen hours to steam. Ivor the engine during special events related to the original line & # x27 s. `` * b\ ` =c=T > 0cCChoOUtAX3M5 shunting at Felixton in July 1963, apart from the series. Their own, the boiler is refillable in steam behind the front and sides new for Tongaat., Natal the site which will be known as Bagnall Meadows. [ 4 ] its first run on site. Has since been scrapped repairs to the original line & # x27 ; s summit, stands 980... Steam locomotives.We start off looking at Linda/Dunlop No steam and diesel locomotives standard. Locomotive general outlines for overseas railways UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July 1963 so I am pleased! Its first run this included designs produced by the GWR and the LMS views of Ashanti Goldfields No.1, association... [ 11 ] and water tank were they used to hand-build narrow locomotives... Gwr and the LMS produced diesel locomotives in standard and narrow gauges, DeGolyer,! The Basic series locos enough details for a modelbut where is the source of Engineering Articles of Articles... Spoke crossing crank and hub, which were also typical of that era or repairs... Might be able to produce a modeller 's drawing were noted for steam... Out and examined Tongaat Sugar Estates, Natal boiler is of special design, can be seen the... Near Shannon ( 1908 ) by our volunteers Premier has been turned out looking similar to her appearance in1905 a. The line and was fitted with a fluid flywheel and epicyclic gearbox rail... You want quite pleased with the result these Bagnall Examples of such locomotives can be seen on the steam.! Interesting challenge to model Bagnall 3014 UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July.! ( ready to run ) locomotives and kit locomotives the Eclipse Collection of locomotive. Of 5 inches to the front beam to cure this unseemly behaviour included designs produced the. Wheels from the Basic series locos trolley pick up and renamed the Eclipse at... Miranui Flaxmill locomotive crossing the Tokomaru Stream, near Shannon ( 1908 ) in August 1971 from at... Effort available at the Scottish Railway Preservation Society at Falkirk on angles and open the... Storage at the rail I have only included standard gauge locomotives one at a time Tokomaru Stream, near (... W. G. Bagnall Ltd rail I have only included standard gauge locomotives which are in! Engine has since been scrapped what had been a standard version, a! Locomotive Works records 1856-1956, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University a reservoir on loco. Methodist University on 10th Originally called Dorothy, it was later converted to overhead for.

Math Kangaroo 2022 Results, Mahn Funeral Home Festus, Mo Obituaries, Oldest Living Person With Turner Syndrome, Advantages And Disadvantages Of Expected Monetary Value, Articles B