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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.
 Isabel is typical of the small narrow gauge engines built by Bagnall |
 1940-built standard gauge 0-4-0ST Hawarden |
 0-4-0ST Alfred, formerly Port of Par and is preserved at the Bodmin and Wenford Railway. |
 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 |
| 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 |
| Battlefield Line | Lamport No.3 | 2670 | 1942 | 0-6-0ST | 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) | one of a batch of 6 similar locomotives supplied to the Staveley Coal and Iron Company |
| Battlefield Line | Linda | 2648 | 1940 | 0-4-0ST | 4 ft 8½ in (1435 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 (1435 mm) | |
| Bodmin and Wenford Railway | Alfred | 3058 | 1953 | 0-4-0ST | 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) | |
| Bodmin and Wenford Railway | Judy | 2572 | 1937 | 0-4-0ST | 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) | |
| Bodmin and Wenford Railway | 3121 | 1957 | 0-4-0F | 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) | Rare fireless locomotive | |
| Bodmin and Wenford Railway | 2766 | 1944 | 0-6-0ST | 4 ft 8½ in (1435 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 (1435 mm) | Fireless locomotive. May be moved to Reading in 2007 |
| Foxfield Light Railway | Hawarden | 2623 | 1940 | 0-4-0ST | 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) | built for Butterley Company's steelworks, Ripley, Derbyshire |
| Foxfield Light Railway | No. 2 | 2842 | 1946 | 0-4-0ST | 4 ft 8½ in (1435 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 (1435 mm) | built for the NCB North Staffordshire Area |
| Foxfield Light Railway | Lewisham | 2221 | 1927 | 0-6-0ST | 4 ft 8½ in (1435 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 (1435 mm) | the last-but-one locomotive built by W G Bagnall |
| Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway | Cherwell | 2654 | 1942 | 0-6-0ST | 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) | built for the Byfield Ironstone Co's quarry |
| 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. |
| Welsh Highland Railway | Sinembe | 2287 | 1927 | 4-4-0T | 2 ft (610 mm) | built for the Tongaat Sugar Estates, Natal. |
| Stephenson Railway Museum | Thomas Burt MP | 401 | 1950 | 0-6-0 | 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) | There were three, but two survive. |
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