gearbox with differential was also ordered for 2494 to bring it into line with They had a whole range of advanced features, such as 18" X 26" cylinders, together with piston valves, roller-type big-end and side-rod bearings, manganese steel axle-box and horn plate liners, hopper ashpans, self-cleaning smokeboxes, rocking grates and Lambets wet sanding. class were built until 1946 when Macnays ordered two (Bagnall nos.2830 and until it was taken over in 1962 by English Electric. This W.G. Website Design Beamtwenty3. 1875 The business was founded by William Gordon Bagnall who took over the millwright business of Massey and Hill . In 1962 a new wholly-owned subsidiary was formed (English Electric Traction) to bring all railway-related activities under one management. At Felixton <> on 14th June 1933 at a cost of 1,950. 'Proposed Design of new Diesel Locomotive' but features shown in the photograph One of the Woody Bay station, close to the original line's summit, stands at 980 feet. Leader was built new for the line and was originally numbered No.2. Photos by the author, Extract from the Bagnall catalogue: Well,there are multiple full-sized replicas of early Bagnall narrow gauge locos, so I thought it might be worth seeing if I could tempt anyone .. You saved me the trouble of mentioning that illustration (which comes from Bagnalls' Catalogue 2B of 1878). Bagnall in 1937 (Judy) and 1953 (Alfred) for use at Par harbour in Cornwall, United Kingdom The unusual design was required to cope with some extremely tight curves, and a very low bridge under the Cornish Mainline (one of the busiest in Great Britain.) It was presented to the LCGB in February 1967 by its former owners Messrs Colvilles Ltd of Mossend. Preserved Austerity Locomotives built to the Hunslet Design. endobj When speaking of VICTOR Hudson-Hunslet 4182 of 1953 4w DM carried on two identical four wheel bogies with outside frames and 7in by 12in Darnall, where 2830, 2831 and 3015 were working, similar complaints were articulated locomotive to be built was, in fact, Bagnalls next engine, their [10] This was followed by an order of 25 1000hp diesel-electric mainline locos fitted with Mirlees V12 engines for the Ceylon Government Railway as their M1 class, the last of which was withdrawn in 1983. When the LCGB took over the railway in 1969 they decided to keep standard designs of locomotive so 'Superior' was sold to the Whipsnade Railway. success of 2494 prompted the Ashanti Corporation to order another locomotive, Status: Static Exhibit awaiting conservation. Would make a nice 1:24 scale model on 32mm gauge. \Y2| (2&&Z~Al" DNyX{a8_[;!qH[(,$Hyym*V3v7,0XiP tysLRcB" 16 ft 6 in (5.03 m) long over headstocks and 7 ft 5 in (2.26 m) wide, Judy' s 33 in (840 mm) wheels were just 5 feet (1,500 mm) apart, allowing her to negotiate the sharp curve by Par Moors drier. Overhaul is expected to start very soon. their double bogie design would have become very popular, as the few examples very slow in raising steam and heavy on maintenance; I believe it was little ATLIB 286760.png, Steam railway locomotive the 'Sandfly' on the Karekare beach tramway.jpg, Swindon 09 Works a new '9400' class 0-6-0PT geograph-2578519-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg, The Leighton Buzzard Light Railway in Sep 1992 (7).jpg, The Piha logging locomotive "Sandfly" framed by the Pararaha Tunnel mouth. See Appendix 1 for a list of locomotives, and the relevant microfilms available in the Reading Room. Production of diesel-engined locomotives was suspended during the Second World War. who had come to them from the Great Western Railway. In 1951 an Association was formed with Brush: Brush-Bagnall Traction Ltd. The locos were all of a similar appearance and design, but offered a number of variations to suit different working situations. complicated and delicate for conditions on the plantations. Bagnalls introduced several novel type of locomotive valve gear including the Bagnall-Price and the Baguley. obtained they would steam very well provided the crew appreciated their It's a very long way from you and my information is decades out of date, but Newcastle University library used to have a full, bound set of The Engineer and also The Automotive Engineer. In conclusion I Related people. Bagnall 2472 of 1932 No.2498, built in 1934 on 1ft10in gauge for the Halkyn Distyrict The designers overcame this by Lower: Darnall to double the power output whilst keeping the locomotive sufficiently compact is obvious that the articulated design was not a success. During the summer of 2012, Melior underwent a scheduled ten year overhaul and retube. e B} OyZT!E{Wy}9fO:[v"mr44\*feQ#5zJp2$W,s rXnUt9;T%tQ#vmQ=_3jX #p4S)XeLEe|!K| 1~%wDE!z Kearnsey shed of Hulett's Sugar Corporation Ltd. disadvantages of the articulated locomotive is the need for flexible steam and to haul up to 200 tons on a line having a maximum grade of 1 in 25 and curves of [The special boiler referred to was of a marine type popular with Bagnall. at work. While the Halkyn engine was scrapped in 1937, the Ashanti engines had remarkably long lives. 1936 and ASHANTI No.4 (Bagnall no.2568) followed early in 1937. %PDF-1.4 Alfred and Judy are two unusually low four-wheel 0-4-0ST saddle-tank railway engines. Bagnall designed a locomotive that was only 90 inches (2.3 m) high by dropping the cab floor down between the main frames. received; they were difficult to maintain, the tubes had given a lot of trouble looked at it!). I would welcome any information which I can use to improve the site. Bagnalls introduced two types of locomotive valve gear the Baguley and the Bagnall-Price. * its new sister, 2514, which was delivered F.O.B. Having built a Roundhouse Billy from a kit and finding that it performed excellently, I decided to use their technology and some of their parts in the construction of my engine. *Link here:http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/c/cb/Eg18790103.pdf. In 1959 W. G. Bagnall was sold to W. H. Dorman and Co, a neighbouring Stafford diesel engine maker, by Heenans in exchange for Dorman shares. The locomotive, built as No 3023 by W G Bagnall (Stafford) in 1953 for the Rustenberg platinum mines in South Africa, has been at the L&BR since November 2013. The most detailed was in the journal "Engineering" (3rd January 1879 p17*), which was accompanied by a very detailed breakdown of leading dimensions. Copyright 2022 RMweb.co.uk Birmingham, Tame & Rea District Drainage Board Railway, Minworth, England, Wendy is a 2ft gauge Quarry Bagnall formerly used at the, built for the Shropshire Beet Sugar Company at Alscott, near Wellington. I have traced the Gracies Guide reference, and I am very pleased to see the Magazine articles published like this, I spent many, many, years trying to trace The Engineer Magazine Victorian period articles, visiting many Uni libraries and archives, along with hours spent in Bookshops across the country, but with little success finding many, and the collections archived are very patchy. Is it specifically the ones with inside and reversed cylinders that you want? realised that the articulated design was not a great success, a fact borne out Overhaul in progress, repairs to bunker and cab completed. The connecting rods drove on fly cranks, and the Walschaerts valve This engine came to the SKLR in 2004 from the Welshpool and Llanfair Railway. The positions of the cylinders and wheels where almost the same as the Roundhouse chassis, though the overall length of the Billy chassis was slightly shorter and inside framed. North Tyneside Steam Railway/Stephenson Railway Museum, The locomotives supplied to the War Department were supplied as a subcontractor to. system at Bromsgrove giving banking assistance on the Lickey Incline. used towards the end. locomotive type boiler was out of the question. Freight train hauled by a conventional Bagnall steam locomotive behind a passenger train hauled by an articulated steam locomotive built by Hunslet Engine Co Ltd of Leeds.png, Locomotiva Bagnall 2-8-2 SPP em Londrina.jpg, Locomotive as exhibit outside Howrah station.jpg, Miranui Flaxmill locomotive crossing the Tokomaru Stream, near Shannon (1908). This marine type boiler was a favourite of Bagnalls, being used by them from Bagnall 2498 of 1934 as built for Named TUGELA and NONTI respectively, both engines were [/PDF/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI/Text] The This drawing is based on Bagnall drawing 19347, which is a Author Used first at Nettleton Top iron ore mine, she came to the railway by way of the Great Whipsnade Railway. The whole arrangement was quite foolproof to enable This category has the following 37 subcategories, out of 37 total. The resulting report exposed the four wheel bogies, was ordered in January 1933 by the Ashanti Goldfields 4-6-0 - Innisfail tramway, Diesel Mechanical and Brush Bagnall Diesel Electric. As Robert Fairlie overcame this in 1865 I suppose Bagnalls At Halkyn it was used to haul trains of up to 100 cars, each Called the Brazil Class, they were built in some numbers and supplied off-the-shelf and the first one apparently going to a customer in Brazil! preceded by some years by five double bogie articulated diesels (of which more arrester as latterly fitted. Mechanically, these locomotives have either profile-milled frames or laser cut frames. motion gear, axles and bogies, boiler and firebox, brake gear). Unusual in having modified Hackworth Valve Gear, her name (made better) may reflect this development in basic design. Bagnall tyres were not so "weldable" as Hunslets! They did, in fact, A new internal combustion locomotive field, their first being built in 1911! Peter was then acquired by the Narrow Gauge Railway Society and eventually came to Amberley with the Brockham Collection along with Polar Bear. Graces Guide is THE place for the retro-technologist. * 2544, ordered by A & H Macnay Ltd., agents; it was delivered F.O.B. GEC/1/6/2 WG Bagnall Ltd Minute Book. WG Bagnall Ltd was established as a locomotive manufacturer in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall in Stafford at what became the Castle Engine Works. The next In 1933 Bagnalls entered into an agreement with Deutz of Germany to manufacture their locomotives under licence using engines imported from Germany. Much http://www.crowsnesttramway.co.uk/contact.html. About 15% enlarged. Sybil was an open-cab version on the Dinorwic Quarry. These were built in 1953, also for Sir drive, as before, through two-speed epicyclic gearbox. given trouble (probably due to over-expanding) and had had to be beaded and Bagnall LtdWe take a look at a host of preserved Bagnall steam locomotives.We start off looking at Linda/Dunlop No. Island of Anglesey, North Wales, UK They used to hand-build narrow gauge locomotives one at a time. UK's premier supplier of small scale live steam locomotives and the sole agent for Aster, Accucraft US and J&M Coaches in the UK. They were noted for building steam and diesel locomotives in standard and narrow gauges. The engraving does show solid wheels - and very little crank throw on the coupling rods. In 1951, the company was sold to Brush Electrical Engineering, becoming Brush-Bagnall Traction, Ltd.[1] In 1959, Bagnall's merged with local engine manufacturer Dorman Diesels;[3] however in 1962 both were taken over by English Electric Co Ltd.[1] English Electric then formed English Electric Traction, which amalgamated the two companies with Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns and Vulcan Foundry (acquired in 1955 by English Electric) to bring all their railway activities under one set of management. They were built by W.G. detail drawings for each locomotive component, eg. power output was 57bhp at 1000rpm, 62bhp at 1100rpm, and 73bhp at 1300rpm. Below: Looking down on the engine. <> gear was so arranged that when the rear bogie was in full forward gear the other I know they were there in 1988, but now, who knows? bogies are under the boiler. Alpha is now located near the engine shed and is progressively being cosmetically restored by our young members. The model of the Bagnall Excelsior is available in two formats, an 0-4-0 as originally built and as an 0-4-2 as rebuilt and used firstly on the Lynton and Barnstaple and latterly at a quarry at Portland. Welshpool & Llanfair Railway Preservation Society (who wishes to remain Bagnall Works numbers 23582364 of the LMS Fowler Class 3F class were employed on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. 7 1 / 4 " Bagnall Narrow Gauge Locomotive. ATLIB 131065.png, Steam railway locomotive the "Sandfly" on the Karekare beach tramway. Type locomotive class, number or any details into search box. 8 0 obj The first engine, on two Most of the engravings can be trusted as to dimensions, the engravers were experts in the field. I elected to stick with the proven Roundhouse design. They also used marine (circular) fireboxes on narrow gauge engines, a design that was cheap but needed a different firing technique. on the narrow gauge sugar plantation lines in South Africa. The tractive effort available at the rail Following a visit to the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway in August/September 2017, Superb has been turned and now her chimney points towards Sittingbourne, the same as all the other steam locomotives. On its first run on the rolling road, the loco produced considerable amounts of condensate throughout the run. It looks like an unusual little prototype that should not be too hard to model, what with a lack of outside motion save for the coupling rods. Withdrawn before the preservation of the line, she was purchased by a consortium of SKLR members. built gave excellent trouble-free service. * Calculated at 85% of boiler working Sign up for a new account in our community. Requires new boiler, side tanks, rebuilt motion, injectors etc etc. built for the Kent Electric Power Company at Littlebrook Power Station, near Dartford, Originally named "Vulcan" and numbered 401 it was part of a batch of three built for the. The factory has been demolished. cylinders. The loco is now running better than my Roundhouse did when first built so I am quite pleased with the result. From Hulletts, welded. no.2545; actually it was built alongside 2544 and delivered before it F.O.B. MONARCH (Bagnall 3024 of 1953) at Bowaters. Before leaving Sittingbourne for Llanfair MONARCH was overhauled and Provision was made for erecting two locomotives at a time with the 2 year target of building one diesel-electric locomotive per week in addition to steam locomotive production.[2]. Palmerston North City Library, digitisation ID 2007N_Fx91_FLA_0636. They were noted for building steam and Diesel locomotives in standard and narrow gauges. Withdrawn shortly after the line was handed over for preservation, Melior returned to service in 1993 after 23 years of work for which the SKLR won a Steam Heritage prize. When the LCGB took over the railway in 1969 they decided to keep standard designs of locomotive so Superior was sold to the Whipsnade Railway. Other examples include the New Zealand TR class locomotive of which W.G Bagnall built seven in 195657. doubt caused by the brake cross beam striking the exhaust pipe. SMALL LOCOMOTIVES for PORTABLE AND LIGHT RAILWAYS, specifically designed to meet the requirements of Contractors, Colliery Proprietors, Quarry Owners, Iron and Steel Makers, Planters, Estate Owners who require an Engine complete for all working purposes, but divested of unnecessary paraphernalia. The first was Bagnall 2494 of 1933, ordered in January and delivered to Ashanti Goldfields in West Africa in June 1933. The photographs below show both the current demonstrator . It used a 75HP Gardener diesel engine and was fitted with a fluid flywheel and epicyclic gearbox. On the closure of the Bowater Railway Excelsior was bought privately and went to the railway at Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, where she is still in use today. principles. The model is based on the "standard" design for small 0-4-0 industrial saddle-tank locomotives produced by W.G. On test at full load the fuel consumption was 38lbs per bhp hour. Construction began on 26th April 1922 and allocated works number No.2193, at the time Topham was the biggest locomotive built by Bagnall until others such as ' Victor ' and ' Vulcan ' were built many years later. The Wotton/Brill Tramway was not far from where I live and I've walked all of the route that can be walked, and comparing with photos, it is surprising how little the area has changed in the past 120+ years. Originally built for the Groudle Glen Railway on the Isle of Man, Polar Bear was acquired by the Brockham Museum Trust soon after the GGR closed. The Great Western Railway Bagnall GWR 9400 Class was numbered 84008449 and numbers 8400 to 8406 were employed on the former L.M.S. it to be driven by unskilled natives. GEC/2 Drawing Office records. creation of Bagnalls senior draughtsman at the time, MrI. GEC/2/1 Drawing registers. The majority of the products that were manufactured were small four and six-coupled steam locomotives for industrial use, the company were noted for building steam and diesel locomotives in standard and narrow gauges. Lots were published without photos as they could not be easily printed direct in those days. hartleymartin, May 28, 2016 in UK Prototype Questions, Picture from this webpate: http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/QN_18_06.htm. These included The Vulcan Foundry, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns and W. G. Bagnall. This association only lasted two years. It was a simple matter to scale the drawings up . This form of construction posed a problem, however, design to be built, an 040 + 040 side tank on 2ft0 in gauge, was Bagnall Well done Martin for finding it - must admit I am quite taken with it and am now wondering if I can find a use for one on Elsbridge WharfI note that Slaters produce a 2'6" driving wheel intended for a Ruston & Hornsby loco, however this is 4-hole; judging from the cropped photo you posted it appears the prototype had solid disc wheels - Slaters also produce a 2'3" disc wheel (with crankpin boss - intended for a County Donegal rail car so 3'/21mm gauge) but this would obviously require the purchase of their standard gauge axles. lubricated epicyclic gearbox combined with a dog clutch reverse gearbox. 6 (Works No. However, it is interesting to note that in spite of all their She saw more or less continuous service from handover in 1969 until 1994, when she was withdrawn. 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In low gear at an Scenes on two of the systems operated by Hullett's in South Africa. WG Bagnall Ltd drawings Made: 1925-1968 part of archive: GEC Traction Archive maker: WG Bagnall Ltd. Rail Motor Drawings Circa 1/1/1916 - 31/12 . This engine masquerades as Ivor the Engine during special events related to the books by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin. The reason for the development of the articulated steam locomotive was based on 75 per cent power output was 5,350lbs at 3mph and 1,900lbs at 10mph. Bagnall Ltd. of the Castle Engine Works, Stafford. Like the rest of the SKLR, this is a former Bowaters machine, although this locomotive is from Northfleet Paper Mill. GEC/1/6/2 WG Bagnall Ltd Minute Book. Is there any more information available about this locomotive? It does suggest holes at radii perpendicular to the crank lines - here's a better illustration from a contemporary locomotive ("BRICK", b/n 210 of 1879):http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/d/d9/Im1879Ev28-p017.jpg. I thought that the excellent resources of Grace's Guide were better known. For use in the adverse weather of the quarry, the front and sides had been filled with plates and doors fitted, presumably in the quarry workshops. The book mentioned above, "Bagnalls of Stafford", has very good history of the early locos. axles, the other two axles being driven by coupling rods. Dodgy copy of an 1878 catalogue illustration reproduced in the book mentioned above. It will be Liverpool on 21st May 1936. % would like to thank Messrs. W.A. on 2ft0in gauge, and were identical to no.2545 as were the next two, nos.3014 4), Bagnall-built Austerity 0-6-0ST 2766 (WD75178), Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad 4, 0-4-0 T steam locomotive 'ADA' of W. Bagnall at Cloughbottom Reservoir.jpg, 0-4-0 T steam locomotive 'Minnie' of W. Bagnall at Cloughbottom Reservoir.jpg, 18 inch gauge locomotive, Kimberley Diamond Mine Museum.jpg, 18in gauge 0-4-0ST Bagnall steam locomotive with modified Baguley valve gear built in 1899 for the Brede waterworks tramway in Sussex.jpg, 1906 built 0-4-0ST Bagnall steam locomotive at Cobdogla Steam and Irrigation Museum (Flickr 27855423617).jpg, Appleby industrial narrow gauge 0-4-0 saddle tank locomotive.png, Bagnall 3132 Whangarei 9Octo2014 (14941814183).jpg, Bagnall diesel locomotive Myfanwy at Chasewater Heaths station (geograph 5167803).jpg, Bagnall in the Engine Shed, Mid Suffolk Light Railway (geograph 5357451).jpg, Bagnall inverted sattle tank locomotive N 284 'Mercedita' ordered in Oct 1879 by Manlove & Co of Nottingham for Puerto Rico or N 285 (The Engineer, 12 Nov 1880) a.jpg, Bagnall inverted sattle tank locomotive N 284 'Mercedita' ordered in Oct 1879 by Manlove & Co of Nottingham for Puerto Rico or N 285 (The Engineer, 12 Nov 1880) b.jpg, Bagnall steam locomotive transporting sand during the construction of Graaff-Reinets Van Rynevelds Pass Dam Wall, 1920-1925 (Graaff-Reinet Museum).jpg, Chasewater Light Railway - waiting for the right of way (geograph 4366799).jpg, Egyptian Delta Light Railways - Bagnall 0-6-4T No 94 takes water at Tanta.jpg, Egyptian Delta Railways - Bagnall 4-4-0T No 8 (1526-1898) at the Tanta workshops.jpg, Egyptian Delta Railways - From the left 4-4-0T No. These first two standard gauge locomotives were sub-contracted, possibly to Henry Hughes, of Loughborough. only place which had a good word to say was the Renishaw estate where 2545 was MONARCH worked loco is a copy of Bagnall drawing No.33162/28A, being a general arrangement of To maintain the small smokebox diameter whilst retaining boiler capacity, I used 50mm tube for the boiler and fitted it on the outside of the smokebox, rather than the conventional inside fitting. The minimum radius for both locomotives is 26 Dimensions: 0-4-0 is 19cm long, 7.5cm wide and 12.5cm high, having a mass of 1.25kg; the 0-4-2 is 23cm long, same height and width and mass 1.35kg. anonymous). Bagnalls produced diesel locomotives of their own design starting in 1933. although he had had considerable trouble with the steam and exhaust pipes Phoenix Works, Bradford British Rail: Southern Region Details Measurements: . arrangement was designed and built by Bagnall. Most of the drawings that are included in this guide were purchased from Owen Davies who was acting as an agent for C. W. Witbeck of Hammond, Louisiana. GEC/2 Drawing Office records. . Gardner 6 cylinder diesel engine typical of their design even to this day, the Peter was built as a 3ft gauge engine for the Canadian Forestry Commission. Built by Bagnall in 1930 scrapped 1951.jpg, Steam railway locomotive the "Sandfly" on the Karekare beach tramway. 4a+2T!7?:%jO$4@Zo %{{l The locomotive, Bagnall 2494, was delivered F.O.B. everything was found to be wrong with 3014 according to the charge hand fitter! A fourth locomotive of this type named Melior was delivered in 1924. History []. 2831) for Sir John L. Hullett & Sons Ltd., for use at the Darnall and Felixton 2 transferring between trains (geograph 3048443).jpg, Foxfield Railway - tackling the bank (geograph 3047733).jpg, Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway Class A 4-6-0 steam locomotive tenders (William Bagnall, Stafford 1933).jpg, Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway Class A 4-6-0 steam locomotives (William Bagnall, Stafford 1933).jpg, Lagos Government Railway, 1912. Drawing number range 81D-313 - 629. I did consider using some dummy rods to make a more accurate representation of Bagnall Price gear but decided that they would hardly be visible and a potential source of problems. Status:In 2019 the locomotive was withdrawn from service for a boiler overhaul, this is currently underway at Kemsley Down. An interesting side issue here was that it was This 2ft 6in preserved for posterity on the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway, but this is in diameter from 1ft8in to 2ft0in and a differential gear was included in the stream The engraving has more than enough details for a modelbut where is the source of Engineering Articles? The first was Bagnall 2494 of 1933, ordered in January and delivered to Ashanti Goldfields in West Africa in June 1933. The boiler was worn out and the owners typical of all the class. When the saddle tank is in place the extra diameter is not obvious. John L. Hullett & Sons Ltd. and were named MBOZOMA and SINKWAZI, the nameplates 53 The prototype 15inch saddletank was ordered by Butterley & Co in late 1939 and Bagnall built this one plus another for stock. Anyway, here is a Bagnall IST in NZ, although it is impossible to see the wheels or anything else below the footplate. The articulated In direct contrast the "bull head" boiler (free on The name was inherited from a Bagnall 0-4-0 fireless locomotive scrapped in 1967. The next engine shed, with NONOTI from Kearnsey and UMHLATUZI from Felixton, Two views of Bagnall 2831, NONOTI, at the coal bunker are mounted on a common frame which is carried on the two power Liverpool on 10th She is built to a scale of 5 inches to the foot, producing a very powerful locomotive of just under half full size. Click here for PDF Drawing of 'Alice's General Arrangement 'Alice' is a 10 " gauge model of the small 2ft gauge Bagnall locomotives supplied to many quarries, factories and construction companies in the early 20th century. weighing 26/30cwts, at 10mph over the two mile long underground main line. Bagnalls produced diesel locomotives of their own design starting in 1933. Bagnalls introduced several novel type of locomotive valve gear including the Bagnall-Price and the Baguley. (1,990). In 1948 WG Bagnall Ltd was sold to the Bridge and Steelwork Company, Heenan and Froude, whose owner also owned The Brush Electrical Engineering Co Ltd of Loughborough and in 1951, Bagnalls formed an association with Brush to create Brush-Bagnall Traction Ltd. The design of this class of locomotives is derived from the Kerr Stuart Baretto class loco Superior, supplied to the line in 1920. Both locomotives survive and are at the Statfold Barn Railway. Main effort is now concentrated on overhauling the boiler including replacing the old steel firebox with a new all welded replacement. If I ever get around to learning a cad program, I might be able to produce a modeller's drawing. In 1911: http: //www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/QN_18_06.htm of 1953 ) at Bowaters new wholly-owned subsidiary was formed ( English.... 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