Wingrove & Rogers
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Wingrove & Rogers Ltd of Kirkby, Liverpool, England, were formed in 1919 to manufacture control gear for British Electric Vehicles Ltd of Southport. In the 1920s they diversified into variable capacitors, the components essential for tuning in the front end of radio receivers which they continued throughout the second world war during which they supplied the armed forces. In 1926 they amalgamated with British Electric Vehicles Ltd,[1] and moved their production from Southport to Liverpool where they continued the production of electric vehicles including electrically motorised trolleys and electric locomotives (mainly narrow gauge), largely for use in factories, mines, and by tunnelling contractors.
Wingrove & Rogers were bought by Pikrose in the early 1990s.
Products
From 1919 Wingrove & Rogers manufactured their patented controller used on the electric vehicles manufactured by British Electric Vehicles of Southport.
After amalgamating with British Electric Vehicles in 1926 they produced electrically powered factory trolleys, and narrow gauge railway locomotives, used in factories and mines. By the 1960s their range of products had extendedto include fork lift trucks and pallet trucks.[2]
The locomotive type designations were based on weight :
- 1.5ton Types WR5 and WR5L
- 2 Ton Type WR8
- 3-3.5 Ton Type WR18
- 5 Ton Type W527
- 7-8 Ton Type W128
Preserved Vehicles
These simple battery locomotives were some of the last narrow gauge locomotives to be made, and some may still be in use. Their preservation largely came after the steam and internal combustion locomotives had been preserved with the realisation that they are also a part of the same story and need to be represented in collections.
| Name | Works Number |
Year built |
Type | Gauge | Previous Operator | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3557 | 1946 | W227 | 2 ft (610 mm) | Force Crag Baryte Mine | Preserved in 2007, at the Springfield Agricultural Railway | |
| 4998 | 1953 | 2 ft (610 mm) | Redland Brick Ltd, North Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey | At Amberley Chalk Pits Museum | ||
| 5034 | 1953 | 2 ft (610 mm) | Redland Brick Ltd, North Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey | At Amberley Chalk Pits Museum | ||
| T8033 | 1979 | 2 ft (610 mm) | Redland Brick Ltd, North Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey | At Amberley Chalk Pits Museum | ||
| L1009 | WR5 | 2 ft (610 mm) | Preserved at the Lea Bailey Light Railway (stripped for repairs) | |||
| 7888R | WR18 | 2 ft (610 mm) | Preserved at the Lea Bailey Light Railway | |||
| 7617 | WR5L | 18 in (457 mm) | Preserved at the Lea Bailey Light Railway | |||
| LM4 | N7605 | WR8 | 2 ft (610 mm) | Preserved at the Lea Bailey Light Railway | ||
| D6912 | 1964 | 2 ft (610 mm) | Spondon Power Station, Derby | Preserved at the Apedale Valley Light Railway | ||
| 6092 | 1958 | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) | Beckermet Mining Co | Preserved at the Statfold Barn Railway |
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