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Sentinel 9387 Vertical Boiler Tank engine

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[[File: Sentinel_9387_20150426.jpg |thumb|300px|right| Sentinel VBT 9387 awaiting restoration in April 2015]]
This looks like a diesel but is actually a steam engine built by '''Sentinel & Sons (Shrewsbury) Limited as works number 9387 of 1948''' was present on the SVR from 2015-2016 for cosmetic restoration work.
The locomotive looks like a diesel but is actually a steam engine built by Sentinel & Sons (Shrewsbury) Limited as works number 9387 of 1948. Sentinel incorporated small, vertical water-tube boilers which powered multiple-cylinder, high speed enclosed engines. The cylinders were actuated by poppet valves and the final drive was either by chain or cardan shaft. This locomotive is a 100 hp Vertical Boiler Tank Engine with chain driven wheels and gears ([[Whyte notation]] 4wVBT VCG).
==9387 in service==
==9387 in preservation==
9387 arrived on the SVR in March 2015 for cosmetic restoration work to be carried out, and was photographed at [[Bridgnorth Loco Works]]. This involved stripping of paint, metalwork repairs and painting. Heritage Painting finished the paintwork and lining, the restoration being completed by the end of February 2016 when the locomotive left for its new home at the Sandford Station Railway Heritage Centre in Somerset. It now carries green livery and is named 'Marjorie'.
[[File:Phearn23092017.JPG |thumb|300px|right| Sentinel 9387 Vertical Boiler Tank engine, now named 'Marjorie', at Sandford Station Railway Heritage Centre in Somerset 23 September 2017.]]
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