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William Gordon Bagnall,
whose factory W.G.Bagnall Ltd, Castle Engine Works, in Castle
Town, Stafford, was world renown for steam locomotives.
The firm traded from 1875 to about 1962. The last six indentured
apprentices where taken on in 1960.
This scanned image of an advert dated
March 1880 was taken from an Engineering magazine. This
scan and the following photographs and much of the information
here was provided by a former apprentice at W.G.Bagnall
Ltd.
Each of the workshop staff were issued
with 10 tool checks. These checks were used at the Tool
Shop in exchange for tools and other equipment. The tool
checks pictured above were issued in 1960. The last three
numbers on the checks were the W.G.Bagnall Personnel number
(i.e. 90157, or just 157 in this case)
W.G.Bagnall Engine plate No 1491 Isabel
If you ask any Staffordian to name
a W.G.Bagnall Engine, most would say Isabel. Isabel, a saddle
tank engine, sat on a plinth at the Castle Engine works
site from 1953 to 1961.
Isabel was relocated outside Stafford
Railway Station in 1963 were it remained until around 1983.
The engine is now preserved in steam at
Amerton farm railway, entrusted to Staffordshire Narrow
Gauge Railway Society.
A memorial to W.G.Bagnall stands in the
church yard of St. Mary's Castle Church.
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