diesel locomotives mentioned earlier were of a very novel design being the This marine type boiler was a favourite of Bagnalls, being used by them from A new firebox can be fitted in a day. 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. The locomotive, Bagnall 2494, was delivered F.O.B. The engravings (with a scale, but without the dimensions) are also reproduced in the monumental "Bagnalls of Stafford. 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. [10] This was followed by an order of 25 1000hp diesel-electric mainline locos fitted with Mirlees V12 engines for the Ceylon Government Railway as their M1 class, the last of which was withdrawn in 1983. motion gear, axles and bogies, boiler and firebox, brake gear). _UIAoxM,6%2:q4f\Hw{\"Mz43.~7]cHpI{{f+LjH1]c3 Although the engine at Halkyn had a http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/0/08/Er18790103.pdf. to double the power output whilst keeping the locomotive sufficiently compact and had welded in, and the "bull head" boilers were not liked anyway. The Stafford locomotive construction company started in 1875 when William Gordon Bagnall took over the millwright business of Massey and Hill. 2995 was sold to NCB at the same time for use at a colliery and was scrapped in 1967. Constructed by WG Bagnall of Stafford (p. 39).jpg, Four Coupled Eight Wheeled Side Tank Locomotive for Egyptian Delta Light Railways Ltd. For details of preserved fireless locomotives built by W G Bagnall go to Fireless Locomotives. Electric Company Ltd. for permission to use the official photographs. sugar estates in Natal. Collection of Baldwin Locomotive Works records 1856-1956, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University. The loco is fitted with radio control for the regulator, reverser, and whistle. Direct forging of the part on a forge hammer. If so, The Engineer article about "Brick" is a good place to start. The drawing of the steam Dodgy copy of an 1878 catalogue illustration reproduced in the book mentioned above. 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. in Stafford by the then well known firm of Dorman & Co Ltd. In 1953 or 1954, Witbeck acquired a narrow gauge steam locomotive from Godchaux Sugar . The majority of their products were small four and six-coupled steam locomotives for industrial use, and many were narrow gauge. (Tongue thrust firmly in cheek!). Upper photograph is of Bagnall 2544, the lower being Bagnall 2545. There were not many locomotives of this type in North Wales, where my line is situated, but I have found three examples. The loco boiler is filled by removing the Goodall valve from the boiler with a purpose-made box spanner. The loco was built to fit, being 4 10 " from rail to chimney top. 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. This locomotive will be reproduced in model form by Hornby in 2020. The tubes had GEC/2/2/10/4 Concept Eurostar, BR Class 91, and Class 9E electric locomotive drawings. The boiler is a conventional single flue, gas-fired type. The boiler is of special design, can be readily washed out and examined. are more on line? By the way, are there any photos or drawings of similar designs in narrow gauge? MONARCH (Bagnall 3024 of 1953) at Bowaters. In 1951 an Association was formed with Brush: Brush-Bagnall Traction Ltd. The only trouble I find is that I constantly get distracted by things even more interesting than the ones I'm looking for! Two Bagnall steam locomotives were converted to overhead electric for the Greaves Llechwyd Slate Mine. Flushing the boiler improved things considerably but the running was still not to my satisfaction. BARTON HALL Hunslet 6651 of 1965 4w DH The series contains 35 sub-series for technical engineering drawings by company's represented within the archive. Right: The backhead with the cab removed. system at Bromsgrove giving banking assistance on the Lickey Incline. 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. experience with 2830 and 2831, and as far as I know they are still in use! Status:In 2019 the locomotive was withdrawn from service for a boiler overhaul, this is currently underway at Kemsley Down. A C. Farr and T.A. 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. Disc wheels? drive as it was found that 2494 had suffered with binding on the curves. locomotives have been described by various writers as Garratts, Fairlies, 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. Drawing number range 81D-313 - 629. 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#p4S)XeLEe|!K| 1~%wDE!z Status: Withdrawn on 27 May 2022 for a 10 year overhaul and will now require extensive boiler work. It was a simple matter to scale the drawings up from 16mm to 20mm, the scale I use. This File has been scanned by Palmerston North City Libraries. 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. coal bunker are mounted on a common frame which is carried on the two power criticisms, Hulletts ordered 3014 and 3015 in 1953 after seven years The frames are strong and well stayed; the working parts good, accessible, and easily cleaned and repaired. A block of lead was cast and fitted behind the front beam to cure this unseemly behaviour. 7 1 / 4 " Bagnall Narrow Gauge Locomotive. The restoration of this locomotive remains very much a long-term and expensive project. Darnall, where 2830, 2831 and 3015 were working, similar complaints were of these boilers was the time taken to make steam, but once pressure was 8 0 obj . Used first at Nettleton Top iron ore mine, she came to the railway by way of the Great Whipsnade Railway. endobj carried on two identical four wheel bogies with outside frames and 7in by 12in Sadly, there is no longer a suitable steam supply available, so Unique is unable to work, and remains a static exhibit. No more of the Copyright Sidestreet Bannerworks, 2011. Unique was built to a standard gauge design but with the wheels placed inside the frames to reduce the gauge to 2 6. developed in the throatplate. All Rights Reserved. 4 0 obj The most detailed was in the journal "Engineering" (3rd January 1879 p17*), which was accompanied by a very detailed breakdown of leading dimensions. very slow in raising steam and heavy on maintenance; I believe it was little [1] The majority of their products were small four- and six-coupled steam locomotives for industrial use, and many were narrow gauge. While the Halkyn engine was scrapped in 1937, the Ashanti engines had remarkably long lives. ASHANTI No.2, in January 1934. LMS Fowler Class 3F No. 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. ='*k q``*b\`=c=T>0cCChoOUtAX3M5. PREMIER Kerr Stuart 886 of 1905 Two views of Ashanti Goldfields No.1, 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. Steel fireboxes were used as well as "Owens" patent poppet valve and balanced regulator valves though surprisingly the locomotives weren't fitted with superheating. Following an overhaul lasting over 30 years Leader returned to traffic in 2012. It was a simple matter to scale the drawings up . In later life 2994 and 2996 were sold to the Austin Motor Company and were named 'Victor' and 'Vulcan'. 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. Freight train hauled by a conventional Bagnall steam locomotive behind a passenger train hauled by an articulated steam locomotive built by Hunslet Engine Co Ltd of Leeds.png, Locomotiva Bagnall 2-8-2 SPP em Londrina.jpg, Locomotive as exhibit outside Howrah station.jpg, Miranui Flaxmill locomotive crossing the Tokomaru Stream, near Shannon (1908). [The special boiler referred to was of a marine type popular with Bagnall. by 12in, and set the pattern for future engines of the class. GEC/2 Drawing Office records. Type locomotive class, number or any details into search box. The locomotive, Bagnall 2494, was delivered F.O.B. It is the oldest surviving standard gauge Peckett loco in England. its new sister, 2514, which was delivered F.O.B. Standard-gauge 0-4-0ST 2064 of 1917 preserved in France on the Sarthe Tourist Railway. It had been displayed on Bagnall's stand at the Royal . doubt caused by the brake cross beam striking the exhaust pipe. loco 3024 as supplied to Bowater Lloyds. for with the rear power bogies being directly under the firebox a normal & Paper Mills Ltd. very old and valued customers of Bagnalls. it to be driven by unskilled natives. She was overhauled and ran in service until 1981. These were built in 1953, also for Sir Collection; . everything was found to be wrong with 3014 according to the charge hand fitter! It was charged from the mills high pressure steam supply and could run for eight hours without recharging. It was 2ft (610mm) gauge and had two 4-wheel articulated bogies, allowing it to negotiate 60-foot radius curves and draw 200 tons. short life and was scrapped about 1937, the Ashanti engines as far as I know are 0-4-0ST 2067/1917 'Peter' on the pottery line on the Amberley Museum Railway. Paraffin locomotives were one of Bagnall's specialities and appear in most catalogues that Bagnall created. Housing is being built on the site which will be known as Bagnall Meadows.[4]. loco is a copy of Bagnall drawing No.33162/28A, being a general arrangement of 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. Some of the designs of Kerr, Stuart and Co were brought to Bagnalls when they employed the chief Draughtsman of Kerr Stuart and Co. Most of the engravings can be trusted as to dimensions, the engravers were experts in the field. This association only lasted two years. Liverpool on 10th 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. window.dfp_ad_id = '/21784358039/RW_Web_Forum/RW_Web_Forum_UK_Prototype'; By 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. 120 and was called, An enlarged and cropped version of the Bagnall Photo, Festival of British Railway Modeling - Doncaster, London Festival of Railway Modelling - Alexandra Palace, http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/QN_18_06.htm, http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/c/cb/Eg18790103.pdf, http://www.crowsnesttramway.co.uk/contact.html, http://www.trainweb.org/loggingz/bagnall.html, http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/d/d9/Im1879Ev28-p017.jpg, http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/5/5f/Im18800625E-Bagnall1.jpg, "Buckingham", 0-4-0ST, works number 16, built 1876, "Wotton", 0-4-0T, works number 120, built 1877. EDWARD LLOYD Ruston & Hornsby 435403 of 1961 0-4-0DH As Robert Fairlie overcame this in 1865 I suppose Bagnalls To the right of the boiler, below the pressure gauge, is the gas-control valve. Two views of Ashanti Goldfields No.1, Bagnall 2494 of 1933. in diameter from 1ft8in to 2ft0in and a differential gear was included in the 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. The company was founded in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall. Bagnall Ltd, Stafford, maker's No. being added after delivery. A reservoir on this loco held steam at 220 lb/sq in. Named RENISHAW No.5 and costing about Examples of such locomotives can be seen on the Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway. Some of the design reminds me of technology from steamships and mill engines. .Q+6?DS_?m&0* s= board) at Liverpool on 4th September 1936 for Illovo Sugar Estates, This locomotive has been reproduced in model form by Fourdees Model Railway Products. 6 (Works No. GEC/2/1 Drawing registers. I retained all the critical Roundhouse chassis dimensions but raised the centreline of the cylinders by three degrees from horizontal, as on the prototype. Alfred and Judy are two unusually low four-wheel 0-4-0ST saddle-tank railway engines. This engine masquerades as Ivor the Engine during special events related to the books by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin. and Class 9E electric locomotive drawings. Finally, the Would make a nice 1:24 scale model on 32mm gauge. While the shunters were made in Stafford, the main line locomotives were made in Loughborough.[11]. The whole arrangement was quite foolproof to enable These included The Vulcan Foundry, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns and W. G. Bagnall. 1934. In addition to locomotives, Bagnalls constructed rolling stock and trackwork enabling the complete equipping of light railways. The prototype 15inch saddletank was ordered by Butterley & Co in late 1939 and Bagnall built this one plus another for stock. John L. Hullett & Sons Ltd. and were named MBOZOMA and SINKWAZI, the nameplates Before leaving Sittingbourne for Llanfair MONARCH was overhauled and Upper: Bagnall 3014 UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July 1963. The drive was via a universally Named TUGELA and NONTI respectively, both engines were 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. (FrankJux). Sixteen (68018-20 & 68047-59) of these were bought by the LNER in 1945-46. Bagnall 2216 of 1923 looked at it!). Is there any more information available about this locomotive? Early in 1966 MONARCH was acquired by a member of the 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! %PDF-1.4 It was used to shunt areas where fire risk was greatest mainly within Kemsley Mill. Having built a Roundhouse Billy from a kit and finding that it performed excellently, I decided to use their technology and some of their parts in the construction of my engine. preceded by some years by five double bogie articulated diesels (of which more 2494 had suffered problems on tight curves, and a solution was devised using a differential. She is named after the original owner of Sittingbourne Mill. bogies. BAGNALL "BARETTO" CLASS 0-6-2T. W.G. MONARCH worked They ran until 1972 when they were preserved on the West Somerset Railway. by Bowaters readiness to dispose of MONARCH which was, after all, their newest Anyway, here is a Bagnall IST in NZ, although it is impossible to see the wheels or anything else below the footplate. In 1933 Bagnalls entered into an agreement with Deutz of Germany to manufacture their locomotives under licence using engines imported from Germany. 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. Illova it was found that 2544 was completely out of favour and after twelve As ever, we'd like to thank David Fletcher for his superb drawings, illustrating the livery options. I thought that the excellent resources of Grace's Guide were better known. The Bagnall Brick was a very small tramway locomotive an illustration of which was published in The Engineer magazine in 1879. 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. . Bagnall tyres were not so "weldable" as Hunslets! 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! 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. Corporation Ltd., for their 2ft 0in gauge system in West Africa. The boiler is refillable in steam. Currently in service. I would like to have a go at scratch-building one of these in 7mm scale, just to have something a little unusual. Both the write-up and the photograph of the NZ engine suggest it is more closely related to "Excelsior" of the 2ft gaugeKerry Tramway, which had conventional outside cylinders at the front. Liverpool on 14th June 1933 at a cost of 1,950. A full-sized replica? Sybil was an open-cab version on the Dinorwic Quarry. 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 third is the one I loosely based my model on. AC.Farr, Peter was then acquired by the Narrow Gauge Railway Society and eventually came to Amberley with the Brockham Collection along with Polar Bear. The engine has since been scrapped. Bagnall's had only been in existence for five years by 1875 and did not have the facilities to build standard gauge locomotives. and information, member Ken Fleming for his excellent drawings and The English gearbox with differential was also ordered for 2494 to bring it into line with The following 84 files are in this category, out of 84 total. The next engine Leader was built new for the line and was originally numbered No.2. It was supplied new with a full cab to the Llechwedd Quarry in 1899, works No. In fact it was fitted to the last Upper: Bagnall 3014 UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July 1963. SUPERB W.G. The It had been displayed on Bagnall's stand at the Royal . to haul up to 200 tons on a line having a maximum grade of 1 in 25 and curves of This arrangement was made necessary by the fact that the These engines have been working for some years in all parts of the world, and have given universal satisfaction. 3014 UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July 1963. priming, and being of insufficient power. Bagnall also commonly used the saddle tank which carries the water on top of the boiler. 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. It is, I think, power output was 57bhp at 1000rpm, 62bhp at 1100rpm, and 73bhp at 1300rpm. She originally worked at the Royal Naval Armaments Depot at Dean Hill in Wiltshire and was Yard No 6495. The conclusions It's easy! Liverpool on 21st May 1936. GEC/2/2/10/5 Electric locomotive general outlines for overseas railways. Note modified spark The Dorothea Quarry had what had been a standard version, with a roof mounted on angles and open to the front and sides. Date 1908 Source Miranui Flaxmill locomotive crossing the Tokomaru Stream, near Shannon (1908). The following 84 files are in this category, out of 84 total. 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. In 1961 English Electric Co acquired W. H. Dorman and Co. Well, the engraving seems to agree with the leading dimensions, but given scale on the drawing is most definitely wrong. <> Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. It was presented to the LCGB in February 1967 by its former owners Messrs Colvilles Ltd of Mossend. 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 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. They were built by W.G. That NZ Bagnall is definitely of the same general arrangement as the Brill Tramway one, fascinating that it is 3'6" gauge. 53 >> The original locomotives were fitted with various types of valve gear over the period of manufacture. At Halkyn it was used to haul trains of up to 100 cars, each 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. opinion that, had it not been for the conditions forced upon them by the War, A full size, (choice of gauges,. Media in category "W. G. Bagnall locomotives". Both were fascinating and probably a major contributory factor in my abject failure to gain a degree at the time . jointed propeller shaft to "Moss" gear worm drives on the first and fourth This page was last edited on 6 January 2019, at 13:42. The first run Unusual in having modified Hackworth Valve Gear, her name (made better) may reflect this development in basic design. 3j.>1K-fCX$7%2ETd&EY h:^U9)'1CRW]ooD3#M?Y1%med.v34 h&MI
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