Bagnall 0-6-0DM built 1959, number 3150 "Wolstanton No 3"

"Wolstanton No3" is the only survivor of three locomotives built at the same time for NCB Wolstanton Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent. These were works numbers 3147, 3149 and 3150 which became numbers 1 to 3 at Wolstanton. They were among several similar machines used by the NCB in the North and South Staffordshire areas, and were characterised by the neat Bagnall styling of the bonnet, radiator and cab. The design was developed in 1955 and the engine fitted is a Gardner 204hp unit with conventional mechanical transmission to a jackshaft and coupling rods. Overall, the mechanical aspects of these locomotives are very similar to a British Railways class 03 shunter. A larger, longer 304hp version was also built by Bagnalls, and they later experimented with hydraulic transmission, as shown on the four wheeled version "Myfanwy" and the smaller diesel "Leys".

"Wolstanton No3" spent a short period of time at Hem Heath Colliery but otherwise worked at Wolstanton during its extensive modernisation and expansion to raise coal from the workings of several of the older pits in the area. Production never lived up to expectations and the colliery ceased winding coal in October 1985. Sister locomotive "Wolstanton No 2" had already been scrapped in 1978 but "Wolstanton No 1" and "Wolstanton No 3" remained in use until the end, together with another couple of diesels. All were sold for scrap in March 1986 except "Wolstanton No3" which was the subject of a last minute rescue by a Foxfield member, arriving for preservation by road on 21 March. "Wolstanton No3" has received careful mechanical attention and is in full working order, painted in a dark green livery. 

Below: Bagnall drawing of 204hp 0-6-0DM locomotive similar to "Wolstanton No3"