GEC/1/6/2 WG Bagnall Ltd Minute Book. Liverpool When the saddle tank is in place the extra diameter is not obvious. Cliffe Hill Mineral Railway locomotive Isabel, preserved on a plinth in Stafford in 1974. principles. ATLIB 249970.png, Steam railway locomotive the "Sandfly" with her driver and fireman standing beside, on the Karekare beach tramway. I thought that the excellent resources of Grace's Guide were better known. The company was located at the Castle Engine Works, in Castletown, Stafford. Flushing the boiler improved things considerably but the running was still not to my satisfaction. The above description, except for cylinder size and gauge, is The design was a continuation of the earlier work and for convenience the same class name was used hence Bagnall Baretto. It was a simple matter to scale the drawings up . hours. Upper: Bagnall 3014 UMHLATUZI shunting at Felixton in July 1963. Bagnall developed the inverted saddle tank. GEC/2/1 Drawing registers. The next stream but not in the drawing have been incorporated. They were noted for building steam and Diesel locomotives in standard and narrow gauges. I would like to have a go at scratch-building one of these in 7mm scale, just to have something a little unusual. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The steam and exhaust pipes had broken continuously, and it was said An interesting side issue here was that it was It was built for Beckenham and Penge Brickworks which had a tunnel just 5 1" high. The resulting report exposed the It's easy! for with the rear power bogies being directly under the firebox a normal The factory has been demolished. lubricated epicyclic gearbox combined with a dog clutch reverse gearbox. The loco was built to fit, being 4 10 " from rail to chimney top. Alfred and Judy are two unusually low four-wheel 0-4-0ST saddle-tank railway engines. 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. ATLIB 289341.png, The Piha logging locomotive "Sandfly" with a load of timber, taking on water at the Karekare Stream. preceded by some years by five double bogie articulated diesels (of which more It was used to shunt areas where fire risk was greatest mainly within Kemsley Mill. 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. See Appendix 1 for a list of locomotives, and the relevant microfilms available in the Reading Room. sugar estates in Natal. 6 (Works No. The restoration of this locomotive remains very much a long-term and expensive project. At Halkyn it was used to haul trains of up to 100 cars, each The loco was built to fit, being 4 10 " from rail to chimney top. Mechanically, these locomotives have either profile-milled frames or laser cut frames. The photographs below show both the current demonstrator . 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. 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. Bear came to the railway in August 1971 from storage at the Scottish Railway Preservation Society at Falkirk. Graces Guide is THE place for the retro-technologist. Constructed by WG Bagnall of Stafford (p. 39).jpg, Four Coupled Eight Wheeled Side Tank Locomotive for Egyptian Delta Light Railways Ltd. [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. 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 . 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. ASHANTI No.3 (Bagnall no.2546) was delivered on 10th August %PDF-1.4 BARTON HALL Hunslet 6651 of 1965 4w DH Built by Bagnall in 1930 scrapped 1951.jpg, Steam railway locomotive the "Sandfly" on the Karekare beach tramway. 2995 was sold to NCB at the same time for use at a colliery and was scrapped in 1967. 1 0 obj Examples of such locomotives can be seen on the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway. As Robert Fairlie overcame this in 1865 I suppose Bagnalls Corporation Ltd., for their 2ft 0in gauge system in West Africa. It will be Polar Bear came to Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre when the Brockham collection was transferred there in 1982. 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. Bagnall Locomotive Ada Author: Colin Binnie Subject: 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. The company was founded in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall. Bagnall 2498 of 1934 as built for She has been one of the stalwarts of the fleet. & H. Macnay Ltd, for delivery to . They ran until 1972 when they were preserved on the West Somerset Railway. For more information on the Bagnall, click one of the links below. shed, with NONOTI from Kearnsey and UMHLATUZI from Felixton, Two views of Bagnall 2831, NONOTI, at the drawn were that the standard articulated design was not sufficiently robust to per sq. This engine masquerades as Ivor the Engine during special events related to the books by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin. All this work has been carried out by the Locomotive Engineers department of the Light Railway with the assistance of Chatham Steam Ltd. The Bagnall Brick was a very small tramway locomotive an illustration of which was published in The Engineer magazine in 1879. (FrankJux). The All photographs remain copyright of the owner and should not be reproduced without the consent of the owner. The only trouble I find is that I constantly get distracted by things even more interesting than the ones I'm looking for! LEADER Kerr Stuart 926 of 1905 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. Illovo, Natal, South Africa. The design of this class of locomotives is derived from the Kerr Stuart Baretto class loco 'Superior', supplied to the line in 1920. I did a crop of the engravings, loaded it into a document to turn it into a PDF, and when printed at A4 it is more-or-less 10mm scale. Is there any more information available about this locomotive? 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. As ever, we'd like to thank David Fletcher for his superb drawings, illustrating the livery options. obtained they would steam very well provided the crew appreciated their There are a few custom kits as well. Will follow this thread with considerable interest! preserved for posterity on the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway, but this is 33by Bagnall (1605-1900), 0-6-4T No. used towards the end. Electric Company Ltd. for permission to use the official photographs. GEC/2 Drawing Office records. about 1890 up to the time production ceased. 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 tractive effort available at the rail These [1] The majority of their products were small four- and six-coupled steam locomotives for industrial use, and many were narrow gauge. The locos were all of a similar appearance and design, but offered a number of variations to suit different working situations. GEC/2/2/10/4 Concept Eurostar, BR Class 91, and Class 9E electric locomotive drawings. This page was last edited on 6 January 2019, at 13:42. This 2ft 6in by Bowaters readiness to dispose of MONARCH which was, after all, their newest http://www.crowsnesttramway.co.uk/contact.html. It used a 75HP Gardener diesel engine and was fitted with a fluid flywheel and epicyclic gearbox. to double the power output whilst keeping the locomotive sufficiently compact loco 3024 as supplied to Bowater Lloyds. When speaking of I also carried the boiler as far back into the cab as possible, which resulted in the model doing wheelies on its first run on the track. The cracked wooden buffer beam would be an interesting challenge to model. WG Bagnall Ltd was established as a locomotive manufacturer in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall in Stafford at what became the Castle Engine Works. ATLIB 289342.png, Thomas's Friend - geograph.org.uk - 7917.jpg, Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum, "Sir Tom" (geograph 3932310).jpg, Waihi-Waikino Gold Tramway, The Rake, 'Empire'.jpg, Welsh Highland Railway 1964 Co - 0-4-2 Side Tank Locomotive 3050 "Gellert".jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:W._G._Bagnall_locomotives&oldid=333700897, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Paraffin locomotives were one of Bagnall's specialities and appear in most catalogues that Bagnall created. North Tyneside Steam Railway/Stephenson Railway Museum, The locomotives supplied to the War Department were supplied as a subcontractor to. 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. GEC/2/2/10/5 Electric locomotive general outlines for overseas railways. ALPHA W.G. Disc wheels? Named TUGELA and NONTI respectively, both engines were The next engine Originally called Dorothy, it was later converted to an electric loco with trolley pick up and renamed The Eclipse. Upper photograph is of Bagnall 2544, the lower being Bagnall 2545. This locomotive will be reproduced in model form by Hornby in 2020. The engine has since been scrapped. This association only lasted two years. drive, as before, through two-speed epicyclic gearbox. They were noted for building steam and diesel locomotives in standard and narrow gauges. and Class 9E electric locomotive drawings. Last of the line - Rail Motor Drawings Circa 1/1/1916 - 31/12 . 1568. This information will help us make improvements to the website. She is built to a scale of 5 inches to the foot, producing a very powerful locomotive of just under half full size. Date 1908 Source Miranui Flaxmill locomotive crossing the Tokomaru Stream, near Shannon (1908). Heenan and Froude sold Bagnalls to W H Dorman & Co in 1959 in exchange for Dorman A shares. It worked here until 1949 when it was stored out of service. Two Bagnall steam locomotives were converted to overhead electric for the Greaves Llechwyd Slate Mine. These Bagnall bearing some resemblance to the Garratt in that the boiler, cab, water tank and Bagnall also commonly used the saddle tank which carries the water on top of the boiler. The third is the one I loosely based my model on. 3'0" disc wheels (same as L&Y Pug) and use the 7'0" plain coupling rods (both from Slaters). The loco uses Roundhouse cylinders, burner, and gas tank, with wheels from the Basic series locos. The locomotive, built as No 3023 by W G Bagnall (Stafford) in 1953 for the Rustenberg platinum mines in South Africa, has been at the L&BR since November 2013. In conclusion I Crookes Brothers Ltd., Renishaw Sugar Estate, Natal, South Africa. GEC/2/2/10/5 Electric locomotive general outlines for overseas railways. It is my The Railway is, 2023 Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway, All Rights Reserved. It had been displayed on Bagnall's stand at the Royal . Darnall, where 2830, 2831 and 3015 were working, similar complaints were Direct forging of the part on a forge hammer. Island of Anglesey, North Wales, UK Used first at Nettleton Top iron ore mine, she came to the railway by way of the Great Whipsnade Railway. Enthusiasts have reinstated almost a mile of the iconic former 20-mile route, which the Southern Railway . 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 1,088 577; 634 KB. very slow in raising steam and heavy on maintenance; I believe it was little Servos are all in the cab, the batteries are in the roof, and the receiver is under the cab, between the frames. The majority of their products were small four and six-coupled steam locomotives for industrial use, and many were narrow gauge. VICTOR Hudson-Hunslet 4182 of 1953 4w DM A C. Farr and T.A. Bagnall Ltd. of the Castle Engine Works, Stafford. exhaust pipe joints. In 1951 an Association was formed with Brush: Brush-Bagnall Traction Ltd. although he had had considerable trouble with the steam and exhaust pipes In addition to locomotives, Bagnalls constructed rolling stock and trackwork enabling the complete equipping of light railways. loco is a copy of Bagnall drawing No.33162/28A, being a general arrangement of [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. This File has been scanned by Palmerston North City Libraries. It is the oldest surviving standard gauge Peckett loco in England. 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! Overhaul is expected to start very soon. 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. Background Bagnall 0-4-0 and 0-4-2 Excelsior, Copyright 2010 Wrightscale | 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. Unusual in having modified Hackworth Valve Gear, her name (made better) may reflect this development in basic design. Would make a nice 1:24 scale model on 32mm gauge. In 1948 Heenan and Froude acquired W. G. Bagnall Ltd. She was 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. /Length 9 0 R It will be noticed that the Bagnall engine is more compact and that the Bagnall Works numbers 23582364 of the LMS Fowler Class 3F class were employed on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. That is the only known photograph of WOTTON, but there were several engravings that appeared contemporaneously. This must have been a bitter pill to swallow as they were pioneers in the 2831) for Sir John L. Hullett & Sons Ltd., for use at the Darnall and Felixton 1876 Produced their first railway locomotive. Requires new boiler, side tanks, rebuilt motion, injectors etc etc. compressed air blower was used, the steaming time was given as from six to eight 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]. using an enlarged version of their "Bull Head" boiler. Scenes on two of the systems operated by Hullett's in South Africa. by Bill Winter Collection of Baldwin Locomotive Works records 1856-1956, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University. at work. Author If so, The Engineer article about "Brick" is a good place to start. gauge engine was built for the Sittingbourne works, Kent, of Bowaters Lloyd Pulp locomotive to follow this design was much smaller but embodied the same The connecting rods drove on fly cranks, and the Walschaerts valve What a fascinating little prototype! reasonably successfully at Bowaters but, in common with others of the class, was Standard-gauge 0-4-0ST 2064 of 1917 preserved in France on the Sarthe Tourist Railway. Named RENISHAW No.5 and costing about Specifications: Scale: 16mm to 1 foot (1:19) Gauge: 32mm or 45mm (adjustable) . The locomotive, Bagnall 2494, was delivered F.O.B. It is this inside reversed-cylinder type that has me fascinated. be blamed on bad maintenance, which left a lot to be desired. On test at full load the fuel consumption was 38lbs per bhp hour. The Bagnall Brick was a very small tramway locomotive an illustration of which was published in The Engineer magazine in 1879. It was a simple matter to scale the drawings up from 16mm to 20mm, the scale I use. Collection; . 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. 7 1 / 4 " Bagnall Narrow Gauge Locomotive. PREMIER Kerr Stuart 886 of 1905 privacy policy, Engineering: Mechanical > Railway equipment, GB/NNAF/C123672 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B5946 ). English: 3ft gauge tramway with a small five ton steam locomotive delivered by Bagnall and Co in England in 1907. 53 Right: The backhead with the cab removed. The boiler is a conventional single flue, gas-fired type. 5 0 obj 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. \Y2| (2&&Z~Al" DNyX{a8_[;!qH[(,$Hyym*V3v7,0XiP tysLRcB" the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection. 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]. Phoenix Works, Bradford British Rail: Southern Region Details Measurements: . I have only included standard gauge locomotives which are preserved in Britain. was liked as it had given very little trouble, although some cracks had complicated and delicate for conditions on the plantations. board) at Liverpool on 4th September 1936 for Illovo Sugar Estates, This engine came to the SKLR in 2004 from the Welshpool and Llanfair Railway. opinion that, had it not been for the conditions forced upon them by the War, The gassing, lubrication, and firing is carried out in the usual way. Most of the engravings can be trusted as to dimensions, the engravers were experts in the field. Main effort is now concentrated on overhauling the boiler including replacing the old steel firebox with a new all welded replacement. locomotives operating in South Africa. No more of the cost 1,300. Type locomotive class, number or any details into search box. Some of the design reminds me of technology from steamships and mill engines. The first railway locomotive was built the following year. Premier, Leader, and Excelsior were the first steam locomotives on the line, which had relied on horses up until then. 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'Proposed Design of new Diesel Locomotive' but features shown in the photograph Like the rest of the SKLR, this is a former Bowaters machine, although this locomotive is from Northfleet Paper Mill. The first of the The burner, protruding from the rear of the boiler, has been painted black to help it visually recede. I elected to stick with the proven Roundhouse design. http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/0/08/Er18790103.pdf. The boiler is refillable in steam. Constructed by WG Bagnall of Stafford (Plate IX).jpg, Foxfield Railway - Bagnall No. 2648) captured noshed a. 2544, ordered by A & H Macnay Ltd., agents; it was delivered F.O.B. They currently run at the Stephenson Railway Museum and the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway. GEC/1/6/2 WG Bagnall Ltd Minute Book. [/PDF/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI/Text] The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), The locomotive, Bagnall 2494, was delivered F.O.B. Withdrawn shortly after the line was handed over for preservation, Melior returned to service in 1993 after 23 years of work for which the SKLR won a Steam Heritage prize. She is named after the original owner of Sittingbourne Mill. articulated locomotive to be built was, in fact, Bagnalls next engine, their These locomotives are professionally made to your specification, and the second off the production line will be ready for delivery around September 2018. But some of the complaints were similar to those made at Darnall so all cannot withstand constant abuse in operation and maintenance, and that it was too 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. But just as construction was starting it was commandeered as part of the war effort and built as standard gauge. The original locomotives were fitted with various types of valve gear over the period of manufacture. 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [5] They also used marine (circular) fireboxes on narrow gauge engines, a design that was cheap but needed a different firing technique. The Stafford locomotive construction company started in 1875 when William Gordon Bagnall took over the millwright business of Massey and Hill. 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. 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). system at Bromsgrove giving banking assistance on the Lickey Incline. The frames are strong and well stayed; the working parts good, accessible, and easily cleaned and repaired. 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. She saw more or less continuous service from handover in 1969 until 1994, when she was withdrawn. Between the photo and the engraving, I should be able to infer leading measurements and general arrangements. 17.5mm wheels maybe very old OO gauge wheels? 89 Nasmyth Wilson (713-1905), and 2-6-2T No. (1,990). axles, the other two axles being driven by coupling rods. Currently in service. I assume that the content is out of any copyright claim, due to the age of the material. 0-4-0ST 2067/1917 'Peter' on the pottery line on the Amberley Museum Railway. on 2ft0in gauge, and were identical to no.2545 as were the next two, nos.3014 To the right of the boiler, below the pressure gauge, is the gas-control valve. 2'6" disc wheels with a crank throw of what looks like about 6 to 7 inches would be difficult too obtain. detail drawings for each locomotive component, eg. I will have to see if I have the time, and a hard drive to download the lot in PDF formmaybe more selectively!!! Peter was then acquired by the Narrow Gauge Railway Society and eventually came to Amberley with the Brockham Collection along with Polar Bear. Sign up for a new account in our community. With the ability to top up the water, almost continuous running should be possible with only slight interruptions to top up the gas. In 1962 a new wholly-owned subsidiary was formed (English Electric Traction) to bring all railway-related activities under one management. A reservoir on this loco held steam at 220 lb/sq in. W. G. Bagnall was a locomotive manufacturer from Stafford, England which was founded in 1875 and operated are more on line? A full-sized replica? Bagnall designed a locomotive that was only 90 inches (2.3 m) high by dropping the cab floor down between the main frames. overall reduction of 22.4 to 1 a speed of 3 to 4mph was obtained, and in high 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. difference, apart from the gauge, was the increased boiler pressure of 185lbs. In 1891 Ernest Edwin Baguley joined the company, he left in 1902 to start his own business. 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. Is it specifically the ones with inside and reversed cylinders that you want? stream realised that the articulated design was not a great success, a fact borne out The loco is now running better than my Roundhouse did when first built so I am quite pleased with the result. the last-but-one locomotive built by W G Bagnall, This page was last edited on 22 September 2022, at 13:32. This marine type boiler was a favourite of Bagnalls, being used by them from I'd say they were spoked wheels with big balance weights. GEC/2 Drawing Office records . up to 60ft radius. 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 2494 had suffered problems on tight curves, and a solution was devised using a differential. Drawing number range 81D-313 - 629. Her sister engine, Sea Lion, still works on the GGR. Bagnalls first locomotive was produced in 1876, the company going on to produce machines for collieries and overseas plantations. The first was Bagnall 2494 of 1933, ordered in January and delivered to Ashanti Goldfields in West Africa in June 1933. looked at it!). their double bogie design would have become very popular, as the few examples GEC/1/6/2 WG Bagnall Ltd Minute Book. success of 2494 prompted the Ashanti Corporation to order another locomotive, The conclusions Welshpool & Llanfair Railway Preservation Society (who wishes to remain in diameter from 1ft8in to 2ft0in and a differential gear was included in the If I ever get around to learning a cad program, I might be able to produce a modeller's drawing. Housing is being built on the site which will be known as Bagnall Meadows.[4]. England which was, after all, their newest http: //www.crowsnesttramway.co.uk/contact.html up the water, almost running. 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