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. 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.
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| Location | Name | Works Number | Built | Arrangement | Gauge | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amberley Museum Railway | Polar Bear | 1781 | 1905 | 2-4-0T | 2 ft (610 mm) | Originally built for the Groudle Glen Railway, the Bear as she is affectionately known was acquired by the Brockham Museum Trust soon after the GGR closed. She came to Amberley when the Brockham collection was transferred there in 1982. Currently under overhaul. |
| Amberley Museum Railway | Peter | 2067 | 1917 | 0-4-0ST | 2 ft (610 mm) | Peter was built as a 3ft gauge engine for the Canadian Forestry Commission. However due to cessation of hostilities it was returned to the manufacturer and, after being regauged to 2ft, was put to work at the Cliffe Hill Quarry Company. Peter recently returned to service after a six-year restoration. |
| Amberley Museum Railway | Wendy | 2091 | 1919 | 0-4-0ST | 2 ft (610 mm) | Wendy is a 2ft gauge Quarry Bagnall formerly used at the Dorothea Quarry in North Wales. She is currently on loan to Amberley Museum from the Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Society. |
| 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 8 1⁄2 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 8 1⁄2 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 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | |
| Bodmin and Wenford Railway | Alfred | 3058 | 1953 | 0-4-0ST | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | |
| Bodmin and Wenford Railway | Judy | 2572 | 1937 | 0-4-0ST | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | |
| Bodmin and Wenford Railway | 3121 | 1957 | 0-4-0F | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | Rare fireless locomotive | |
| Bodmin and Wenford Railway | 2766 | 1944 | 0-6-0ST | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 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 |
| Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad | No. 4 | ... | 1947 | 0-4-4-0T | 2 ft (610 mm) | Locate in Cripple Creek, Colorado USA and used as season tourist train in one of Colorado's old mining districts |
| Foxfield Light Railway | Hawarden | 2623 | 1940 | 0-4-0ST | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | built for Butterley Company's steelworks, Ripley, Derbyshire |
| Foxfield Light Railway | No. 2 | 2842 | 1946 | 0-4-0ST | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 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 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | built for the NCB North Staffordshire Area |
| Foxfield Light Railway | Lewisham | 2221 | 1927 | 0-6-0ST | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 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 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | the last-but-one locomotive built by W G Bagnall |
| Hong Kong Railway Museum | 1928 | 0-4-4T | 2 ft (610 mm) | ex Sha Tau Kok Railway | ||
| Kent (exact location uncertain) [1] | Huntley & Palmers No.1 | 2473 | 1932 | 0-4-0F | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | Fireless locomotive |
| Phyllis Rampton Trust | 2228 | 1928 | 0-4-4T | 2 ft (610 mm) | ex Sha Tau Kok Railway | |
| 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 11 5⁄8 in) | ex Renishaw Sugar Mill, South Africa | |
| Plym Valley Railway | Byfield | 2655 | 1942 | 0-6-0ST | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 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 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | built for the Byfield Ironstone Co's quarry |
| Rutland Railway Museum | "Cranford" No 2. | 0-6-0ST | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 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[2]. |
| Stephenson Railway Museum | Thomas Burt MP | 401 | 1950 | 0-6-0 | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | There were three, but two survive. |
| East Anglian Railway Museum | Jubilee | 2542 | 1936 | 0-4-0 | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | Returned to traffic in 2007 after an 18 month overhaul, painted in unlined light green |
| Muzium Negara | FMSR No. 13/MR 321.01 | 2323 | 1928 | 0-6-2T | 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) | One of five lightweight shunters used on the wharves in Port Swettenham and Singapore. Originally owned by the Federated Malay States Railways and Malayan Railways. Sold to Pan-Malayan Cement in 1965 and painted green, but returned to MR and cosmetically restored with black MR livery in 1972. Placed on display beside Muzium Negara in 1973. |
| Usina São João in Santa Rita, PB | USJ #3 "João Felipe" | 1737 | 1903 | 0-4-0ST+T | 3 ft 3 3⁄8 in (1,000 mm) | Unmounted. |
| Usina Santa Tereza in Goiana, PE | "Santa Tereza" (ex "Catu"; unnumbered) | 1981 | 1913 | 0-4-2T | 2 ft 5 1⁄2 in (750 mm) | Operated before at Usina Nossa Senhora das Maravilhas, also in the state of Pernambuco, where her name used to be "Catu". |