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Irish Narrow Gauge - Locomotives - W. G. Bagnall

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W. G. Bagnall

• 1875: founded by William Gordon Bagnall
• 1876: first loco built
• 1887: became W. G. Bagnall Ltd
• works: Castle Engine Works, Stafford, England
• 1951: became Brush-Bagnall Traction Ltd
• ?1960: taken over by English Electric
• books: [WGBAN] W. G. Bagnall - Narrow Gauge Locomotives and Rolling Stock 1910
• W. G. Bagnall Ltd.
• documents:
  • National Railway Museum Library and Archives
  • Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire Record Office

W. G. Bagnall: No.730 0-6-0T

• specs:
  • weight: 24Tons
  • cylinders: 13"x20"
  • driving wheels: 42"
  • wheelbase: 11'0"
  • working pressure: 140psi
  • heating surface: 510 sq ft
  • grate area: 9 sq ft
  • tank capacity: 600 gal
  • bunker capacity: 45 cu ft
  • tractive effort: 9.576 lbs @ 85%
• 1886.01: WCR 1
• 1912: scrapped
• photos: [WCRPT: b-5-p79-1900 ]

W. G. Bagnall: No.738 0-6-0T

• specs:
  • weight: 24Tons
  • cylinders: 13"x20"
  • driving wheels: 42"
  • wheelbase: 11'0"
  • working pressure: 140psi
  • heating surface: 510 sq ft
  • grate area: 9 sq ft
  • tank capacity: 600 gal
  • bunker capacity: 45 cu ft
  • tractive effort: 9.576 lbs @ 85%
• 1886: WCR 2
• 1900: scrapped
• photos: [WCRPT: b-5-p170-1892.05.13 ]

W. G. Bagnall: No.792 0-6-0T

• specs:
  • weight: 24Tons
  • cylinders: 14"x20"
  • driving wheels: 42"
  • wheelbase: 11'0"
  • working pressure: 140psi
  • heating surface: 540 sq ft
  • grate area: 9 sq ft
  • tank capacity: 600 gal
  • bunker capacity: 45 cu ft
  • tractive effort: 11,106 lbs @ 85%
• 1887: WCR 3 "Clifden"
• 1915.07: scrapped

W. G. Bagnall: No.793 0-6-0T

• specs:
  • weight: 24Tons
  • cylinders: 14"x20"
  • driving wheels: 42"
  • wheelbase: 11'0"
  • working pressure: 140psi
  • heating surface: 540 sq ft
  • grate area: 9 sq ft
  • tank capacity: 600 gal
  • bunker capacity: 45 cu ft
  • tractive effort: 11,106 lbs @ 85%
• 1887: WCR 4 "Besborough"
• 1901: scrapped
• photos: [WCRPT: b-5-p32- b-5-p79-1895 ]
  [JIRRS: b-5-v20p361- b-6-v20p373- ]
• painting: [WCRPT: k-5-dj- ]
• drawings: [WCRPT: e-4-p76- ]

W. G. Bagnall: No.1881 4-6-0T

• specs:
  • weight: 36Tons
  • cylinders: 15"x20"
  • driving wheels: 42"
  • leading wheels: 27"
  • fixed wheelbase: 8'4"
  • total wheelbase: 19'1½"
  • heating area: 622 + 74 = 696 sq ft
  • working pressure: 160psi
  • heating area: 622 + 74 = 696 sq ft
  • grate area: 11.5 sq ft
  • tank capacity: 860 gals
  • bunker: 80 cu ft
  • tractive effort: 14,571 lbs @ 85%
  • boiler centre line: 6'3" above rail height
  • GSR class: BN2
• 1908.5: WCR 11/11C "Kilkee"
• 1953.04: scrapped
• photos: [INGV1: b-5-p66- b-5-p72-1934.07.15 ]
  [WCRPT: b-5-p97-1908 b-5-p121-1933 b-5-p188-1935.07.15 b-5-p55-1947.07.11 b-5-p66-1947.08.16 b-5-p68-1947.07.17 b-5-p99-1938.08.06 b-6-p75- b-5-p182-1920 ]
  [JIRRS: b-5-v20p369- ]
• drawings: [WCRPT: e-4-p89- ]

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