W. G. Bagnall

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W. G. Bagnall was a locomotive manufacturer from Stafford, England. It was founded in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall and ceased trading in 1962 when it was taken over by English Electric Co Ltd. The company was located at the Castle Engine Works, in Castle Town, Stafford. The majority of their products were small four- and six-coupled steam locomotives for industrial use, and many were narrow gauge. They were noted for building steam and diesel locomotives in standard and narrow gauges.

Bagnalls introduced several novel type of locomotive valve gear including the Bagnall-Price and the Baguley. More information about these and other Bagnall's valve gear are available here. They also used marine (circular) fireboxes on narrow gauge engines, a design that was cheap but needed a different firing technique.

Some of Kerr Stuart's designs were brought to Bagnalls when they employed Kerr Stuart's chief Draughtsman. Examples of such locomotives can be seen on the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway.

1 Images
2 Preservation
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

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0-4-0ST Woto at Alan Keef Ltd., 1999	Pekoe-Tip a 2 ft (610 mm) gauge locomotive supplied to the Jokai (Assam) Tea Co Ltd, Assam, India	0-4-2WT Olive, an 18 in (457 mm) gauge locomotive, at the Kimberley diamond 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	An O16.5 model based on a Bagnall 0-4-2T design

[edit] Preservation

Location	Name	Works Number	Built	Arrangement	Gauge	Notes
Amerton Railway	Isabel	1491	1897	0-4-0ST	2 ft (610 mm)	a typical Bagnall narrow gauge loco - this loco was for many years on public display opposite Stafford Railway Station before it was restored to use.
Battlefield Line	Lamport No.3	2670	1942	0-6-0ST	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)	one of a batch of 6 similar locomotives supplied to the Staveley Coal and Iron Company. Stored undercover awaiting overhaul
Chasewater Railway	Linda	2648	1940	0-4-0ST	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)	the first of a batch of 9 supplied to the Ministry of Supply for use at Royal Ordnance Factories
Bodmin and Wenford Railway	No. 19	2962	1950	0-4-0ST	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)
Bodmin and Wenford Railway	Alfred	3058	1953	0-4-0ST	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)
Bodmin and Wenford Railway	Judy	2572	1937	0-4-0ST	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)
Bodmin and Wenford Railway		3121	1957	0-4-0F	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)	Rare fireless locomotive
Bodmin and Wenford Railway		2766	1944	0-6-0ST	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)	J94 class
Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway	Armistice	2088	1919	0-4-0ST	2 ft (610 mm)	Birmingham, Tame & Rea District Drainage Board Railway, Minworth, England
Cholsey and Wallingford Railway	Huntley & Palmers No.1	2473	1932	0-4-0F	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)	Fireless locomotive. May be moved to Reading in 2008
Foxfield Light Railway	Hawarden	2623	1940	0-4-0ST	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)	built for Butterley Company's steelworks, Ripley, Derbyshire
Foxfield Light Railway	No. 2	2842	1946	0-4-0ST	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)	built for the Kent Electric Power Company at Littlebrook Power Station, near Dartford
Foxfield Light Railway	Florence No. 2	3059	1954	0-6-0ST	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)	built for the NCB North Staffordshire Area
Foxfield Light Railway	Lewisham	2221	1927	0-6-0ST	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)	built for the Shropshire Beet Sugar Company at Alscott, near Wellington
Foxfield Light Railway	Leys	3027	1961	0-4-0DH	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)	the last-but-one locomotive built by W G Bagnall
Phyllis Rampton Trust		2228	1928	0-4-4T	2 ft (610 mm)
Phyllis Rampton Trust	Conqueror	2192	1922	0-6-2T	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	ex-Bowaters Paper Railway and Great Whipsnade Railway
Phyllis Rampton Trust		2895	1948	0-4-2ST	2 ft (610 mm)
Phyllis Rampton Trust		2029	1916	2-6-2T	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)
Phyllis Rampton Trust		2460	1932	4-6-2	2 ft (610 mm)
Phyllis Rampton Trust		2457	1932	4-6-2	2 ft (610 mm)
Phyllis Rampton Trust		2545	1936	0-4-4-0T	600 mm (1 ft 11⅝ in)	ex-Reinshaw Sugar Mill
Plym Valley Railway	Byfield	2655	1942	0-6-0ST	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)	Built to work at Byfield Ironstone Quarry in Northamptonshire. Overhaul is expected to start very soon
Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway	Cherwell	2654	1942	0-6-0ST	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)	built for the Byfield Ironstone Co's quarry
Rutland Railway Museum	"Cranford" No 2.			0-6-0ST	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)	Awaiting overhaul, boiler ticket expired in 2006.
Welsh Highland Railway	Sinembe	2287	1927	4-4-0T	2 ft (610 mm)	built for the Tongaat Sugar Estates, Natal.
Welsh Highland Railway	Gelert	3050	1953	0-4-2T	2 ft (610 mm)	built for the Rustenberg Platinum Mines in South Africa.
Welsh Highland Railway	Moel Tryfan	3023	195?	0-4-2T	2 ft (610 mm)	built for the Rustenberg Platinum Mines in South Africa.
Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway	Monarch	3024	1953	0-4-4-0T	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	built for the Bowaters Paper Railway in Kent. This was last narrow gauge steam locomotive built for industrial service in the UK^[1].
Stephenson Railway Museum	Thomas Burt MP	401	1950	0-6-0	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)	There were three, but two survive.
East Anglian Railway Museum	Jubilee	2542	1936	0-4-0	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)	Returned to traffic in 2007 after an 18 month overhaul, painted in unlined light green