Book Description

A comprehensively-illustrated and fascinating history of the 10 steam and 20 diesel locomotives supplied to NZR and private owners by British builder W G Bagnall Ltd, between 1882 and 1958. One NZ Bagnall locomotive remains in active industrial service, while three others are preserved in operational condition on heritage railways. Coverage NZ Bagnall Steam locomotives: works nos, names (if any), type and first owner: Bagnall Works No.416, ¿Samson¿, 0-4-0IST, Mercury Bay Timber Co. Bagnall Works No. 1718, ¿Nikau¿, 0-4-0ST, New Plymouth Sash & Door Company. Bagnall Works No. 1803, ¿Sandfly,¿ 0-4-0ST, Seifert & Co¿s Miranui Flax Mill. Bagnall Works No. 1857, 0-4-0ST, Christchurch Gas Company. Bagnall Works No 1879, ¿Jack¿, 0-4-0ST later 0-4-ST+T, Gisborne Borough Council. Bagnall Works No. 1902, 0-4-2ST, Powell Wood Process Company. Bagnall Works No. 1922, ¿Annie¿, 0-4-2T, Gisborne Borough Council. Bagnall Works No. 2409, 0-4-0ST, Briandale Collieries Ltd. Bagnall Works No. 2475, 0-6-0T, Nelson (NZ) Ltd Tomoana Freezing Works. Bagnall Works No. 2513, ¿Empire¿, 2-4-2PT, Waihi Gold Mining Company. NZ Bagnall Diesel locomotives: works nos, type and first owner: Bagnall Works No. 3076, 0-6-0DM later 0-6-0DH, Tasman Pulp & Paper Company. Bagnall Works Nos. 3079-3088, 0-6-0DM later 0-6-0DH, New Zealand Railways (NZR) Dsa class. Bagnall Works Nos. 3104-3110, 0-4-0DM (some later 0-4-0DH), New Zealand Railways (NZR) Tr class. Bagnall Works Nos. 3132 & 3144, 0-6-0DM, Wilson¿s (NZ) Portland Cement Company. Preserved NZ Bagnall locomotives: Nos. 1857 & 3105 (Canterbury Railway Society), No. 1922 (East Coast Museum of Technology), Nos. 2475 & 3107 (Mainline Steam), Nos. 3079 & 3144 (Waitara Railway Preservation Society), No. 3082 (Glenbrook Vintage Railway), No. 3132 (Whangarei Steam & Model Railway Club)