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Bagnall Port of Par 0-4-0ST (OO/HO)
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Product Description
As of November 10, 2023, Rapido Trains UK has announced that they will be producing these locomotives in OO scale for general release, presumably sometime in 2024. If you're interested in a ready-to-run, more highly detailed, and more accurate model of Alfred and Judy, or Bill and Ben, keep an eye on Rapido Trains's website and social media accounts. They are currently available for preorder starting from £118.96. https://www.hattons.co.uk/1546461/rapido_trains_uk_968004_port_of_par_bagnall_0_4_0st_alfred_in_port_of_par_lined_yellow_as_preserved/stockdetail
This is a model of the W. G. Bagnall 0-4-0 Saddle Tank engines built for the Port of Par in Cornwall.
This model is designed to fit on a Hornby W4 Peckett 0-4-0ST. Some minor modifications to either the body or the chassis may be necessary to ensure a proper fit.
Two examples were built, one in 1937 and another in 1953. They were designed specifically for the docks, as there is a very low clearance bridge underneath the Cornish main line.
Both examples survive today in preservation on the Bodmin and Wenford Railway.
The first locomotive to work at Par was a vertical boiler, built in 1912, followed by another small 0-4-0ST called "Punch" in 1916. Punch was a second-hand Manning Wardle engine.
In 1927, the VBT was taken out of service and replaced with a Sentinel called Toby, another vertical boiler engine, but a much more modern one.
Punch was rebuilt in 1932 using parts from the first VBT, but only operated like that for another 5 years. Workers at Par built another engine out of two disused steam cranes.
Finally, the port decided to order a brand new engine from W. G. Bagnall in 1937.
They had initially planned to name the engine "Chough", after the Cornish chough, a native bird whose name is pronounced like "chuff", but the builders thought that the name looked too similar to the word "cough", and so delivered the locomotive without a name.
By 1960, the engine was christened "Judy", continuing the naming scheme in reference to the puppet show.
Judy cost approximately £1,200 and weighed 16,000kg upon arrival.
Alfred was very similar in appearance to Judy, but with minor differences, the biggest of which being that Alfred weighed 16,250kg.
Once in 1966, an Anglican vicar by the name of Wilbert visited the port and saw the two diminuitive engines flitting about.
Shortly thereafter, he decided to write a book called Main Line Engines, which featured fictionalized versions of the two engines, whom he called Bill and Ben.
This is a model of the W. G. Bagnall 0-4-0 Saddle Tank engines built for the Port of Par in Cornwall.
This model is designed to fit on a Hornby W4 Peckett 0-4-0ST. Some minor modifications to either the body or the chassis may be necessary to ensure a proper fit.
Two examples were built, one in 1937 and another in 1953. They were designed specifically for the docks, as there is a very low clearance bridge underneath the Cornish main line.
Both examples survive today in preservation on the Bodmin and Wenford Railway.
The first locomotive to work at Par was a vertical boiler, built in 1912, followed by another small 0-4-0ST called "Punch" in 1916. Punch was a second-hand Manning Wardle engine.
In 1927, the VBT was taken out of service and replaced with a Sentinel called Toby, another vertical boiler engine, but a much more modern one.
Punch was rebuilt in 1932 using parts from the first VBT, but only operated like that for another 5 years. Workers at Par built another engine out of two disused steam cranes.
Finally, the port decided to order a brand new engine from W. G. Bagnall in 1937.
They had initially planned to name the engine "Chough", after the Cornish chough, a native bird whose name is pronounced like "chuff", but the builders thought that the name looked too similar to the word "cough", and so delivered the locomotive without a name.
By 1960, the engine was christened "Judy", continuing the naming scheme in reference to the puppet show.
Judy cost approximately £1,200 and weighed 16,000kg upon arrival.
Alfred was very similar in appearance to Judy, but with minor differences, the biggest of which being that Alfred weighed 16,250kg.
Once in 1966, an Anglican vicar by the name of Wilbert visited the port and saw the two diminuitive engines flitting about.
Shortly thereafter, he decided to write a book called Main Line Engines, which featured fictionalized versions of the two engines, whom he called Bill and Ben.
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Bagnall 0-4-0ST (Alfred/Judy/Bill/Ben)
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