bagnall locomotive drawings
They did, in fact, On test at full load the fuel consumption was 38lbs per bhp hour. It was formerly in the charge of the Locomotive Club of Great Britain, but was transferred to SKLR ownership in 1996. This arrangement was made necessary by the fact that the locomotives operating in South Africa. 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. 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. Liverpool on 10th The boiler is of special design, can be readily washed out and examined. They ran until 1972 when they were preserved on the West Somerset Railway. until it was taken over in 1962 by English Electric. 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. endobj engine. The tubes had They were unusual in having "reversed" inside cylinders, which drove the front axle. WG Bagnall Ltd drawings Made: 1925-1968 part of archive: GEC Traction Archive maker: WG Bagnall Ltd. It was powered by a Deutz diesel engine of 22 to 24bhp at 700rpm, with the 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! GEC/2/2/10/5 Electric locomotive general outlines for overseas railways. per sq. The boiler is a conventional single flue, gas-fired type. Her sister engine, Sea Lion, still works on the GGR. anonymous). Liverpool Bagnall 2511 of 1934 GEC/1/6/2 WG Bagnall Ltd Minute Book. loco is a copy of Bagnall drawing No.33162/28A, being a general arrangement of I have only included standard gauge locomotives which are preserved in Britain. Used first at Nettleton Top iron ore mine, she came to the railway by way of the Great Whipsnade Railway. Palmerston North City Library, digitisation ID 2007N_Fx91_FLA_0636. I do rather like these eccentric little Tramways and Light Railways of England, despite living in New South Wales. Bagnall 2494 of 1933. of these boilers was the time taken to make steam, but once pressure was 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 designers overcame this by She originally worked at the Royal Naval Armaments Depot at Dean Hill in Wiltshire and was Yard No 6495. used towards the end. Bagnall 2472 of 1932 locomotive type boiler was out of the question. In direct contrast the "bull head" boiler She has been one of the stalwarts of the fleet. The great disadvantage * Calculated at 85% of boiler working principles. October 1934, at a cost of 1,950 (the same as for 2494). still working. 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. Crookes Brothers Ltd., Renishaw Sugar Estate, Natal, South Africa. Bagnalls introduced several novel type of locomotive valve gear including the Bagnall-Price and the Baguley. The report AC.Farr, In 1948 Heenan and Froude acquired W. G. Bagnall Ltd. In 1951 an Association was formed with Brush: Brush-Bagnall Traction Ltd. They also used marine (circular) fireboxes on narrow gauge engines, a design that was cheap but needed a different firing technique. History []. GEC/2/1 Drawing registers. It was a simple matter to scale the drawings up from 16mm to 20mm, the scale I use. GEC/2 Drawing Office records . The next The company was located at the Castle Engine Works, in Castletown, Stafford. Corporation Ltd., for their 2ft 0in gauge system in West Africa. drive as it was found that 2494 had suffered with binding on the curves. 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. This included designs produced by the GWR and the LMS. in. Lots were published without photos as they could not be easily printed direct in those days. Registered Charity No 105 7079 PO Box 300, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 2DZ
ALPHA W.G. Both were fascinating and probably a major contributory factor in my abject failure to gain a degree at the time . Author Before leaving Sittingbourne for Llanfair MONARCH was overhauled and BAGNALL "BARETTO" CLASS 0-6-2T. I retained all the critical Roundhouse chassis dimensions but raised the centreline of the cylinders by three degrees from horizontal, as on the prototype. later). PREMIER Kerr Stuart 886 of 1905 compressed air blower was used, the steaming time was given as from six to eight The Kerry Tramway 'Excelsior' was a 0-4-0 side tank locomotive. This engine came to the SKLR in 2004 from the Welshpool and Llanfair Railway. http://www.trainweb.org/loggingz/bagnall.html. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. incorporate a proprietary article, namely, the "Flextel" patent joint, also made One of the 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. It's easy! Examples of such locomotives can be seen on the Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway. Overhaul in progress, repairs to bunker and cab completed. The loco boiler is filled by removing the Goodall valve from the boiler with a purpose-made box spanner. Upper photograph is of Bagnall 2544, the lower being Bagnall 2545. Bagnalls introduced several novel type of locomotive valve gear including the Bagnall-Price and the Baguley. its new sister, 2514, which was delivered F.O.B. Bagnall 2624 of 1940 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. They also used marine (circular) fireboxes on narrow gauge engines, a design that was cheap but needed a different firing technique. Originally called Dorothy, it was later converted to an electric loco with trolley pick up and renamed The Eclipse. At Darnall, where a about 1890 up to the time production ceased. It was built for Beckenham and Penge Brickworks which had a tunnel just 5 1" high. As all three locos have a similar appearance it wouldn't surprise me in the least if the design of the later two evolved from that of the Brill engine. No 1 Andrew Barclay & Sons, No 1876 of 1925 0-4-0F Like the rest of the SKLR, this is a former Bowaters machine, although this locomotive is from Northfleet Paper Mill. _UIAoxM,6%2:q4f\Hw{\"Mz43.~7]cHpI{{f+LjH1]c3 A new firebox can be fitted in a day. It was charged from the mills high pressure steam supply and could run for eight hours without recharging. Phoenix Works, Bradford British Rail: Southern Region Details Measurements: . realised that the articulated design was not a great success, a fact borne out The loco was built to fit, being 4 10 " from rail to chimney top. articulated locomotive to be built was, in fact, Bagnalls next engine, their The boiler, cab, fuel space and water tank were GEC/2/1 Drawing registers. *Link here:http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/c/cb/Eg18790103.pdf. /Length 9 0 R loco 3024 as supplied to Bowater Lloyds. 16539 (In the LMS 1934 renumbering scheme it became No.7456) was built by Bagnall in 1926 was one of two locomotives regauged by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway for the Northern Counties Committee, the other locomotive was built by Hunslet Engine Company of Leeds which lasted until 1963, the Bagnall lasted until 1956 when a suspect crank pin led to her early withdrawal. When speaking of by Bill Winter These locomotives are professionally made to your specification, and the second off the production line will be ready for delivery around September 2018. Although the engine at Halkyn had a . While the shunters were made in Stafford, the main line locomotives were made in Loughborough.[11]. cylinders were set back to back (or front to front, depending on the way one It used a 75HP Gardener diesel engine and was fitted with a fluid flywheel and epicyclic gearbox. Scenes on two of the systems operated by Hullett's in South Africa. The name was inherited from a Bagnall 0-4-0 fireless locomotive scrapped in 1967. Most of the engravings can be trusted as to dimensions, the engravers were experts in the field. 33by Bagnall (1605-1900), 0-6-4T No. 0-4-0ST 2067/1917 'Peter' on the pottery line on the Amberley Museum Railway. Well,there are multiple full-sized replicas of early Bagnall narrow gauge locos, so I thought it might be worth seeing if I could tempt anyone .. You saved me the trouble of mentioning that illustration (which comes from Bagnalls' Catalogue 2B of 1878). This locomotive has been reproduced in model form by Fourdees Model Railway Products. This association only lasted two years. They were a stock item in the Kerr Stuart catalogue. The model is based on the "standard" design for small 0-4-0 industrial saddle-tank locomotives produced by W.G. preceded by some years by five double bogie articulated diesels (of which more A new She was They originally worked at the . 1934. The Stafford locomotive construction company started in 1875 when William Gordon Bagnall took over the millwright business of Massey and Hill. The Great Western Railway Bagnall GWR 9400 Class was numbered 84008449 and numbers 8400 to 8406 were employed on the former L.M.S. is obvious that the articulated design was not a success. In later life 2994 and 2996 were sold to the Austin Motor Company and were named 'Victor' and 'Vulcan'. Bagnall also commonly used the saddle tank which carries the water on top of the boiler. Bagnall Locomotive Ada Author: Colin Binnie Subject: Drawing. disadvantages of the articulated locomotive is the need for flexible steam and 7 1 / 4 " Bagnall Narrow Gauge Locomotive. reasonably successfully at Bowaters but, in common with others of the class, was 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. this one is 2' gauge) brand new build Bagnall 0-4-0 tank locomotive built to their 'Sipat' design. There isn't a lot of detail in the chassis. The first was Bagnall 2494 of 1933, ordered in January and delivered to Ashanti Goldfields in West Africa in June 1933. requirements and fired them to their liking. Upper: Bagnall 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. In addition to locomotives, Bagnalls constructed rolling stock and trackwork enabling the complete equipping of light railways. 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. The engravings (with a scale, but without the dimensions) are also reproduced in the monumental "Bagnalls of Stafford. detail drawings for each locomotive component, eg. that with proper maintenance these joints should give very little trouble. typical of all the class. 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. standard practice to build up worn tyres by welding and they complained that on 14th June 1933 at a cost of 1,950. Illovo, Natal, South Africa. Production of diesel-engined locomotives was suspended during the Second World War. Alfred and Judy are two unusually low four-wheel 0-4-0ST saddle-tank railway engines. Lower: Darnall Superb underwent a heavy overhaul, including boiler work and re-profiling of the wheels, returning to service in 2012. 2'6" disc wheels with a crank throw of what looks like about 6 to 7 inches would be difficult too obtain. No more of the 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. on the narrow gauge sugar plantation lines in South Africa. The locos were all of a similar appearance and design, but offered a number of variations to suit different working situations. All Rights Reserved. (Tongue thrust firmly in cheek!). power output was 57bhp at 1000rpm, 62bhp at 1100rpm, and 73bhp at 1300rpm. An interesting side issue here was that it was This information will help us make improvements to the website. Powered by a In 1891 Ernest Edwin Baguley joined the company, he left in 1902 to start his own business. The loco was built to fit, being 4 10 " from rail to chimney top. S19-39B Bagnall 2-4-0T in . 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. _^=!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 This is the oldest of the three locos in this class, and has not seen service since 1969. Preserved Austerity Locomotives built to the Hunslet Design. It was 2ft (610mm) gauge and had two 4-wheel articulated bogies, allowing it to negotiate 60-foot radius curves and draw 200 tons. This File has been scanned by Palmerston North City Libraries. Right: The backhead with the cab removed. . . Enthusiasts have reinstated almost a mile of the iconic former 20-mile route, which the Southern Railway . 1 0 obj 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. 4 Bagnall (2025-1916).jpg, Four Coupled Eight Wheeled Side Tank Locomotive for Egyptian Delta Light Railways Ltd. Now running at Amerton Railway. 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 . Bagnalls worked with Siemens at the Siemens Stafford works to supply the electrical equipment for the locomotives. 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. In 1962 a new wholly-owned subsidiary was formed (English Electric Traction) to bring all railway-related activities under one management. The Goodall valve is in the saddle tank. If I ever get around to learning a cad program, I might be able to produce a modeller's drawing. 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. 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. their double bogie design would have become very popular, as the few examples The boiler is refillable in steam. The factory has been demolished. 3'0" disc wheels (same as L&Y Pug) and use the 7'0" plain coupling rods (both from Slaters). It will be It will be noticed that the Bagnall engine is more compact and that the On this machine the driving wheels were increased Bagnall Ltd. of the Castle Engine Works, Stafford. While the Halkyn engine was scrapped in 1937, the Ashanti engines had remarkably long lives. Bagnall developed the inverted saddle tank. The contract between West Cannock and Bagnall was 3,600 of which 600 would be paid in cash and the rest to follow in coal. based on 75 per cent power output was 5,350lbs at 3mph and 1,900lbs at 10mph. Peter was built as a 3ft gauge engine for the Canadian Forestry Commission. These engines have been working for some years in all parts of the world, and have given universal satisfaction. Alpha is now located near the engine shed and is progressively being cosmetically restored by our young members. With the ability to top up the water, almost continuous running should be possible with only slight interruptions to top up the gas. 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. 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. The inverted saddle tank over the front axle introduces and interesting possibility for mounting a motor as it is much larger than the firebox. MONARCH (Bagnall 3024 of 1953) at Bowaters. At Halkyn it was used to haul trains of up to 100 cars, each There were not many locomotives of this type in North Wales, where my line is situated, but I have found three examples. 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. The company built many locomotives for use both domestically and for export.[6][7][8]. 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. Made for stock. at work. She was overhauled and ran in service until 1981. The locomotive, Bagnall 2494, was delivered F.O.B. 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. 53 being added after delivery. manufacture should concentrate on "rugged simplicity". 2995 was sold to NCB at the same time for use at a colliery and was scrapped in 1967. [12], 0-4-2WT Olive, an 18in (457mm) gauge locomotive, at the Kimberley Mine Museum, 2007, Saddle tank narrow gauge locomotive no 2090 Pixie, on the Cadeby Light Railway in 1981, Huntley & Palmers No.1, Bagnall 0-4-0F preserved at Cholsey and Wallingford Railway. LMS Fowler Class 3F No. Polar Bear came to Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre when the Brockham collection was transferred there in 1982. short life and was scrapped about 1937, the Ashanti engines as far as I know are The majority of their products were small four and six-coupled steam locomotives for industrial use, and many were narrow gauge. Background Bagnall 0-4-0 and 0-4-2 Excelsior, Copyright 2010 Wrightscale | About 15% enlarged. It was required 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. Disc wheels? bogies are under 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 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. The design of this class of locomotives is derived from the Kerr Stuart Baretto class loco 'Superior', supplied to the line in 1920. Bagnalls first locomotive was produced in 1876, the company going on to produce machines for collieries and overseas plantations. 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. locomotives, however, are not the only Bagnall articulated machines, being The photographs below show both the current demonstrator . All photographs remain copyright of the owner and should not be reproduced without the consent of the owner. priming, and being of insufficient power. 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. Upper: Bagnall 3014 UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July 1963. was in full back gear, both sets of valve gear being operated by a common pressure. success of 2494 prompted the Ashanti Corporation to order another locomotive, Named TUGELA and NONTI respectively, both engines were GEC/2/2/11 GEC Alsthom Limited drawings. m6h@/9;X no.2545; actually it was built alongside 2544 and delivered before it F.O.B. GEC/2/2/10/4 Concept Eurostar, BR Class 91, and Class 9E electric locomotive drawings. and 3015. 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. Electric Company Ltd. for permission to use the official photographs. 3014 UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July 1963. Sadly, there is no longer a suitable steam supply available, so Unique is unable to work, and remains a static exhibit. TRIUMPH W.G. The 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. board) at Liverpool on 4th September 1936 for Illovo Sugar Estates, 3j.>1K-fCX$7%2ETd&EY h:^U9)'1CRW]ooD3#M?Y1%med.v34 h&MI
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