The following 84 files are in this category, out of 84 total. 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! to double the power output whilst keeping the locomotive sufficiently compact Registered Charity No 105 7079 PO Box 300, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 2DZ The Bagnall Brick was a very small tramway locomotive an illustration of which was published in The Engineer magazine in 1879. EDWARD LLOYD Ruston & Hornsby 435403 of 1961 0-4-0DH The locomotive, Bagnall 2494, was delivered F.O.B. Scenes on two of the systems operated by Hullett's in South Africa. These included The Vulcan Foundry, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns and W. G. Bagnall. Constructed by WG Bagnall of Stafford (p. 38).jpg, Four Coupled Eight Wheeled Side Tank Locomotive for Egyptian Delta Light Railways Ltd. Specifications: Scale: 16mm to 1 foot (1:19) Gauge: 32mm or 45mm (adjustable) . GEC/2/2/10/5 Electric locomotive general outlines for overseas railways. Two views of Ashanti Goldfields No.1, Bagnall 2494 of 1933. four wheel bogies, was ordered in January 1933 by the Ashanti Goldfields Named TUGELA and NONTI respectively, both engines were There are a few custom kits as well. Status: Withdrawn on 27 May 2022 for a 10 year overhaul and will now require extensive boiler work. They also used marine (circular) fireboxes on narrow gauge engines, a design that was cheap but needed a different firing technique. Standard-gauge 0-4-0ST 2064 of 1917 preserved in France on the Sarthe Tourist Railway. 1936 and ASHANTI No.4 (Bagnall no.2568) followed early in 1937. Well, at least one with enough detail to produce a model. This association only lasted two years. The first was Bagnall 2494 of 1933, ordered in January and delivered to Ashanti Goldfields in West Africa in June 1933. Cliffe Hill Mineral Railway locomotive Isabel, preserved on a plinth in Stafford in 1974. As Robert Fairlie overcame this in 1865 I suppose Bagnalls In conclusion I Status: Static Exhibit awaiting conservation. experience with 2830 and 2831, and as far as I know they are still in use! 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. withstand constant abuse in operation and maintenance, and that it was too Bagnalls introduced several novel type of locomotive valve gear including the Bagnall-Price and the Baguley. MELIOR Kerr Stuart 4219 of 1924 North Tyneside Steam Railway/Stephenson Railway Museum, The locomotives supplied to the War Department were supplied as a subcontractor to. The next engine There isn't a lot of detail in the chassis. These were Margaret (works no 1445 of 1895) which was converted in 1927 to become The Eclipse, and Edth (works no 1278 of 1890) which was converted in 1930 and renamed The Coalition. For more information on the Bagnall, click one of the links below. This drawing is based on Bagnall drawing 19347, which is a The original locomotives were fitted with various types of valve gear over the period of manufacture. mounted on a main frame built up from "H" section girders, the whole being Would make a nice 1:24 scale model on 32mm gauge. Two views of Ashanti Goldfields No.1, These locomotives are professionally made to your specification, and the second off the production line will be ready for delivery around September 2018. The following 84 files are in this category, out of 84 total. per sq. 7 1 / 4 " Bagnall Narrow Gauge Locomotive. Website Design Beamtwenty3. 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. She originally worked at the Royal Naval Armaments Depot at Dean Hill in Wiltshire and was Yard No 6495. The conclusions Before leaving Sittingbourne for Llanfair MONARCH was overhauled and The locos were all of a similar appearance and design, but offered a number of variations to suit different working situations. Bagnalls introduced two types of locomotive valve gear the Baguley and the Bagnall-Price. hours. There were not many locomotives of this type in North Wales, where my line is situated, but I have found three examples. This included designs produced by the GWR and the LMS. doubt caused by the brake cross beam striking the exhaust pipe. WG Bagnall Ltd was established as a locomotive manufacturer in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall in Stafford at what became the Castle Engine Works. Upper: Bagnall In August, Bagnall announced a deal with Deutz Motoren-Gesellschaft of Cologne to be the sole British builders of their diesel locomotives and engines.[9]. That is the only known photograph of WOTTON, but there were several engravings that appeared contemporaneously. 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. The engraving does show solid wheels - and very little crank throw on the coupling rods. ='*k q``*b\`=c=T>0cCChoOUtAX3M5. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Overhaul is expected to start very soon. The two tanks were joined underneath the smokebox and supported the smokebox. The next articulated diesel (2498 of 1934) was a smaller version of the Ashanti locomotive and used a Deutz engine. anonymous). The Stafford locomotive construction company started in 1875 when William Gordon Bagnall took over the millwright business of Massey and Hill. Island of Anglesey, North Wales, UK endobj The first was Bagnall 2494 of 1933, ordered in January and delivered to Ashanti Goldfields in West Africa in June 1933. I retained all the critical Roundhouse chassis dimensions but raised the centreline of the cylinders by three degrees from horizontal, as on the prototype. This information will help us make improvements to the website. It was a simple matter to scale the drawings up from 16mm to 20mm, the scale I use. 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). Currently in service. The loco was built to fit, being 4 10 " from rail to chimney top. It was required overall reduction of 22.4 to 1 a speed of 3 to 4mph was obtained, and in high opinion that, had it not been for the conditions forced upon them by the War, Bachmann Branchline currently produce the OO gauge version of the LMS Fowler Class 3F which Bagnall built and Bachmann are currently manufacturing the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway liveried Fowler 3F which has been correctly numbered to number 23 which is a number of one of the Bagnall 3Fs, it also features printed Bagnall name plates. (f2UbD'9!9.%S %=:+xp)sZk47FKd_MK0Xxu"Y,Utp3 bogies are under the boiler. that the engine took sixteen hours to raise steam! AC.Farr, arrester as latterly fitted. *Link here:http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/c/cb/Eg18790103.pdf. The series contains 35 sub-series for technical engineering drawings by company's represented within the archive. 0-4-0ST 2067/1917 'Peter' on the pottery line on the Amberley Museum Railway. It worked here until 1949 when it was stored out of service. 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. jointed propeller shaft to "Moss" gear worm drives on the first and fourth At Halkyn it was used to haul trains of up to 100 cars, each 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. 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. . If so, The Engineer article about "Brick" is a good place to start. this design (the last) were both for the Ashanti Corporation and were identical SUPERB W.G. Rail Motor Drawings Circa 1/1/1916 - 31/12 . Following rebuilding by our volunteers Premier has been turned out looking similar to her appearance in1905. 89 Nasmyth Wilson (713-1905), and 2-6-2T No. It is my gear was so arranged that when the rear bogie was in full forward gear the other 'Proposed Design of new Diesel Locomotive' but features shown in the photograph LMS Fowler Class 3F No. only place which had a good word to say was the Renishaw estate where 2545 was WG Bagnall Ltd was established as a locomotive manufacturer in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall in Stafford at what became the Castle Engine Works. Bagnall 2624 of 1940 Servos are all in the cab, the batteries are in the roof, and the receiver is under the cab, between the frames. As ever, we'd like to thank David Fletcher for his superb drawings, illustrating the livery options. (Tongue thrust firmly in cheek!). 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. Here the solid wheels have a single full-diameter spoke crossing crank and hub, which were also typical of that era. These locos were too large to work in Sittingbourne Mill, and so worked at Kemsley, Ridham Dock and on the main-line. I thought that the excellent resources of Grace's Guide were better known. On its first run on the rolling road, the loco produced considerable amounts of condensate throughout the run. A reservoir on this loco held steam at 220 lb/sq in. cost 1,300. built gave excellent trouble-free service. Copyright 2022 RMweb.co.uk gear at 8 to 1 reduction 10 to 12mph. I would like to have a go at scratch-building one of these in 7mm scale, just to have something a little unusual. Corporation Ltd., for their 2ft 0in gauge system in West Africa. Bagnall also commonly used the saddle tank which carries the water on top of the boiler. 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. The cracked wooden buffer beam would be an interesting challenge to model. The next MONARCH worked This ATLIB 249970.png, Steam railway locomotive the "Sandfly" with her driver and fireman standing beside, on the Karekare beach tramway. but not in the drawing have been incorporated. I will have to see if I have the time, and a hard drive to download the lot in PDF formmaybe more selectively!!! stream Bear came to the railway in August 1971 from storage at the Scottish Railway Preservation Society at Falkirk. by Bill Winter These Bagnall first two steamers at Stafford prior to shipment to South Africa. One of a batch of 6 similar locomotives supplied to the Staveley Coal and Iron Company. Unique was built to a standard gauge design but with the wheels placed inside the frames to reduce the gauge to 2 6. 17.5mm wheels maybe very old OO gauge wheels? Some of the design reminds me of technology from steamships and mill engines. GEC/1/6/2 WG Bagnall Ltd Minute Book. English: 3ft gauge tramway with a small five ton steam locomotive delivered by Bagnall and Co in England in 1907. pressure. Her sister engine, Sea Lion, still works on the GGR. If you are interested, contact us and please read our Terms of Trade. 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. Welshpool & Llanfair Railway Preservation Society (who wishes to remain To the right of the boiler, below the pressure gauge, is the gas-control valve. success of 2494 prompted the Ashanti Corporation to order another locomotive, 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 designers overcame this by 3014 UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July 1963. 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 The drawing of the steam 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. 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. John L. Hullett & Sons Ltd. and were named MBOZOMA and SINKWAZI, the nameplates Here the Chief Engineer was generally satisfied with the engine, 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! For instance; at You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. 2995 was sold to NCB at the same time for use at a colliery and was scrapped in 1967. 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. The articulated Bagnall 2511 of 1934 The most detailed was in the journal "Engineering" (3rd January 1879 p17*), which was accompanied by a very detailed breakdown of leading dimensions. But just as construction was starting it was commandeered as part of the war effort and built as standard gauge. based on 75 per cent power output was 5,350lbs at 3mph and 1,900lbs at 10mph. The boiler is refillable in steam. Direct forging of the part on a forge hammer. Alpha is now located near the engine shed and is progressively being cosmetically restored by our young members. http://www.crowsnesttramway.co.uk/contact.html. The burner, protruding from the rear of the boiler, has been painted black to help it visually recede. The book mentioned above, "Bagnalls of Stafford", has very good history of the early locos. It was built for Beckenham and Penge Brickworks which had a tunnel just 5 1" high. Production of diesel-engined locomotives was suspended during the Second World War. to haul up to 200 tons on a line having a maximum grade of 1 in 25 and curves of It's easy! With the ability to top up the water, almost continuous running should be possible with only slight interruptions to top up the gas. October 1934, at a cost of 1,950 (the same as for 2494). Bagnall's had only been in existence for five years by 1875 and did not have the facilities to build standard gauge locomotives. The next two of I'm pretty sure they had cast, disc, wheels, with the types shrunk on. gauge engine was built for the Sittingbourne works, Kent, of Bowaters Lloyd Pulp This form of construction posed a problem, however, Mechanically, these locomotives have either profile-milled frames or laser cut frames. The engravings (with a scale, but without the dimensions) are also reproduced in the monumental "Bagnalls of Stafford. This 2ft 6in <> Will follow this thread with considerable interest! disadvantages of the articulated locomotive is the need for flexible steam and Provision was made for erecting two locomotives at a time with the 2 year target of building one diesel-electric locomotive per week in addition to steam locomotive production.[2]. Bagnall Works numbers 23582364 of the LMS Fowler Class 3F class were employed on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. PREMIER Kerr Stuart 886 of 1905 W. G. Bagnall was a locomotive manufacturer from Stafford, England which was founded in 1875 and operated 53 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. Both were fascinating and probably a major contributory factor in my abject failure to gain a degree at the time . I would welcome any information which I can use to improve the site. * Bagnall Ltd. of the Castle Engine Works, Stafford. Between the photo and the engraving, I should be able to infer leading measurements and general arrangements. Much Used first at Nettleton Top iron ore mine, she came to the railway by way of the Great Whipsnade Railway. Bagnalls worked with Siemens at the Siemens Stafford works to supply the electrical equipment for the locomotives. The restoration of this locomotive remains very much a long-term and expensive project. drive as it was found that 2494 had suffered with binding on the curves. Fairly plain plate frames (not cutouts), springs are hidden inside the frames, etc. Liverpool on 21st May 1936. 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. Background Bagnall 0-4-0 and 0-4-2 Excelsior, Copyright 2010 Wrightscale | 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. Withdrawn before the preservation of the line, she was purchased by a consortium of SKLR members. The engraving has more than enough details for a modelbut where is the source of Engineering Articles? BARTON HALL Hunslet 6651 of 1965 4w DH She saw more or less continuous service from handover in 1969 until 1994, when she was withdrawn. later). The Goodall valve is in the saddle tank. 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. Powered by Invision Community, The engine in the picture is an inside cylinder 0-4-0T which was supplied new to the Wotton Tramway in 1877 from W.G. 2648) captured noshed a. Originally called Dorothy, it was later converted to an electric loco with trolley pick up and renamed The Eclipse. The loco was built to fit, being 4 10 " from rail to chimney top. 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. exhaust pipe joints. About 15% enlarged. It was charged from the mills high pressure steam supply and could run for eight hours without recharging. requirements and fired them to their liking. The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), endobj Made for stock. built for the Rustenburg Platinum Mines in South Africa. It had been displayed on Bagnall's stand at the Royal . They were noted for building steam and Diesel locomotives in standard and narrow gauges. % In 1954 in diameter from 1ft8in to 2ft0in and a differential gear was included in the Upper: Bagnall 3014 UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July 1963. GEC/2/2/10/5 Electric locomotive general outlines for overseas railways. 5 0 obj used towards the end. I'd say they were spoked wheels with big balance weights. It was said to be disliked by the drivers because the fire required greater attention than the Hunslet's. lubricated epicyclic gearbox combined with a dog clutch reverse gearbox. 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. endobj by 12in, and set the pattern for future engines of the class. it to be driven by unskilled natives. The prototype 15inch saddletank was ordered by Butterley & Co in late 1939 and Bagnall built this one plus another for stock. engine drove through a Vulcan-Sinclair fluid flywheel to a two-speed pump 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. 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. Other examples include the New Zealand TR class locomotive of which W.G Bagnall built seven in 195657. Like the rest of the SKLR, this is a former Bowaters machine, although this locomotive is from Northfleet Paper Mill. See p4 for a "build it yourself" guide to a narrow gauge one. bogies. Scenes on two of the systems operated by Hullett's in South Africa. e B} OyZT!E{Wy}9fO:[v"mr44\*feQ#5zJp2$W,s rXnUt9;T%tQ#vmQ=_3jX #p4S)XeLEe|!K| 1~%wDE!z Preserved Austerity Locomotives built to the Hunslet Design. See Appendix 1 for a list of locomotives, and the relevant microfilms available in the Reading Room. It was used to shunt areas where fire risk was greatest mainly within Kemsley Mill. GEC/2/2/11 GEC . This must have been a bitter pill to swallow as they were pioneers in the 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. An O16.5 model based on a Bagnall 0-4-2T design. This engine masquerades as Ivor the Engine during special events related to the books by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin. http://www.trainweb.org/loggingz/bagnall.html. The first run [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. 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. [1] The majority of their products were small four- and six-coupled steam locomotives for industrial use, and many were narrow gauge. Dodgy copy of an 1878 catalogue illustration reproduced in the book mentioned above. They were built by W.G. to their No.1 except for the inclusion of the differential and the cost Note modified spark I have traced the Gracies Guide reference, and I am very pleased to see the Magazine articles published like this, I spent many, many, years trying to trace The Engineer Magazine Victorian period articles, visiting many Uni libraries and archives, along with hours spent in Bookshops across the country, but with little success finding many, and the collections archived are very patchy. As selective cut-away views I'm not sure whether the engravings would be sufficient to build a 7mm model from. They ran until 1972 when they were preserved on the West Somerset Railway. She has been one of the stalwarts of the fleet. _UIAoxM,6%2:q4f\Hw{\"Mz43.~7]cHpI{{f+LjH1]c3 drive, as before, through two-speed epicyclic gearbox. The great disadvantage 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. The first of the That NZ Bagnall is definitely of the same general arrangement as the Brill Tramway one, fascinating that it is 3'6" gauge. standard practice to build up worn tyres by welding and they complained that ATLIB 131065.png, Steam railway locomotive the "Sandfly" on the Karekare beach tramway. An interesting side issue here was that it was diesel locomotives mentioned earlier were of a very novel design being the The loco is now running better than my Roundhouse did when first built so I am quite pleased with the result. 2544, ordered by A & H Macnay Ltd., agents; it was delivered F.O.B. Finally, the (FrankJux). 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. (1,990). When speaking of 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. loco is a copy of Bagnall drawing No.33162/28A, being a general arrangement of cracking and had replaced all of them. 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. Status: Static exhibit until major overhaul can be financed. 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. The 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. [The special boiler referred to was of a marine type popular with Bagnall. complicated and delicate for conditions on the plantations. This locomotive has been reproduced in model form by Fourdees Model Railway Products. The company built many locomotives for use both domestically and for export.[6][7][8]. Although the engine at Halkyn had a The only 2831) for Sir John L. 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