Baguley Cars
E. E. Baguley of Shobnall Road, Burton-on-Trent
1902 Company formed with earlier connections with Thornewill and Warham
1911 The firm was formed as Baguley (Cars) Ltd by Ernest Edwin Baguley formerly of W. G. Bagnall in the old Ryknield Motor Co lorry works. They started building road vehicles and moved on to railcars, inspection cars, locomotives and rolling stock.
1911 November. Details of the 20-hp 4-cylinder car. [1][2]
1913-1917 For a list of the models and prices of Cars see the 1917 Red Book.
1913-1917 For a list of the models and prices of Petrol Motor Commercial Vehicles see the 1917 Red Book.
1915 (1912) Purchased from the liquidator the assets of McEwan, Pratt and Co.
1920 Built five production AE 20/25 cars
1920 The name changed to Baguley (Engineers) Ltd. That year they introduced a petrol-hydraulic locomotive.
1919-28 They built 32 locomotives and nine power units for steam railcars.
1930 'Messrs. Baguley (Engineers), Limited, of Burton-on-Trent, have recently supplied some very unusual bogie wagons to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company for use on their 3-ft. gauge lines in Persia. These exceptional examples of narrow-gauge stock are illustrated in Figs. .... They are intended for the transport of steel tanks, 83-ft. long and 10-ft. in diameter, the load full being 80 tons. The line is laid with 50-lb. rails, and the stock was required to take curves of 95-ft. radius. In view of the track the wagons were designed with four six-wheel bogies, by means of which good distribution has been ensured. ...'[3]
Later became Baguley-Drewry
See Also
Sources of Information
- British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816