Bagnall fireless locomotives (preserved)
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Six Bagnall fireless locomotives have been preserved in Great Britain. This is a surprisingly large number since W. G. Bagnall of Stafford, England, built only 14 fireless locomotives in total.
Brief histories of the preserved locomotives are given in this article and they are listed by works number. All are standard gauge 0-4-0s except where otherwise stated.
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[edit] 2216
This unusual 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge 2-4-0, named "Unique", is the first fireless locomotive built by Bagnall. It was ordered by Edward Lloyd Ltd in February 1923 and delivered to their paper mills at Sittingbourne, Kent in February 1924.
It is now preserved on the Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway which is part of the former Lloyd's system.
[edit] 2370
This is a 0-6-0 ordered in December 1928 by the Distillers Company Limited and delivered to their Salt End Works, Kingston upon Hull, in May 1929. It is privately preserved in the Midlands but the exact location is unknown.
[edit] 2473
Ordered in May 1932 by Huntley & Palmers, biscuit manufacturers, of Reading, Berkshire. It was delivered later in 1932 and named "Huntley & Palmers No.1". A second locomotive "Huntley & Palmers No.2" (works no. 2474) was ordered and delivered in the same year.
The factory's railway system closed in 1969 and No.2 was scrapped in March 1970. No.1 was sold in May 1970 to the Great Western Society and moved to Didcot Railway Centre. It was later sold to a private owner and moved to the West Somerset Railway.
In 2003, Jane Griffiths (who was Member of Parliament for Reading East at the time) discovered the locomotive and mounted a campaign to return it to Reading. The locomotive was moved to the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway where it remains (March 2008). The campaign has been taken up by Kenavon Railway Society [1] which is continuing the effort to bring the locomotive to Reading.
[edit] 2898
Ordered in January 1947 by Paton & Baldwins, wool spinners, and delivered to their new factory in Darlington in 1948. It was overhauled by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns in the late 1950s.
It is now preserved at Darlington Railway Centre and Museum.
[edit] 3019
This is a 0-6-0 ordered in September 1949 by Shell Refining and Marketing Co. Ltd. It was delivered in May 1952 to Trimpell Ltd. (a subsidiary company) of Heysham, Lancashire and numbered 5. This locomotive is notable in being designed for the unusually high reservoir pressure of 300 psi (21 bar).
It was sold in November 1970 to Lakeside Railway Estates Co. Ltd. and put in their museum in the former British Railways motive power depot at Carnforth. It was later moved to Shropshire but the exact location is unknown.
[edit] 3121
This is the last fireless locomotive built by Bagnall. It was ordered in December 1955 by English Clays Lovering Pochin Co. Ltd. and delivered in May 1957 to their Marsh Mills Drying Works, Plympton, Devon.
It is now in the care of the Cornish Steam Locomotive Preservation Society [2] and stored at the Bodmin and Wenford Railway.
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- Baker, A. and Civil, A. Fireless Locomotives, Oakwood Press, 1976, ISBN 0 85361 193 9
