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==9387 in service==
It was originally used by Roads Reconstruction of at Whatley Quarry <ref group="note">Still active as Hanson's biggest quarry, producing around six million tonnes of aggregate a year.</ref> in Frome, Somerset where it was numbered operated by Frome Rural District Council until around 1930. A number of companies in the area subsequently combined to form Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd. After WWII the quarry rail system was upgraded to standard gauge, with trains of up to seven Hudson side-tipping wagons hauled by Sentinel locos including 9387 which was number 3. <ref>[http://www.christinawhitephotography.co.uk/my-work/whatley-quarry/ Whatley Quarry History (Christina White)]</ref> After being retired from industrial use the locomotive was displayed at Welshmill Adventure Playground in Frome at some time prior to March 1976, in yellow livery with 'ARC' lettering. <ref group="note"> Several of the Roads Reconstruction directors were also directors of Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation Ltd, which by 1973 had amalgamated with Amey to form Amey Roadstone Corporation.</ref> The last owner was the Hanson Group, and from August 1998 until early 2015 No. 9387 was on static display outside their Tytherington Quarry in Gloucestershire, with cosmetic overhaul at the West Somerset Railway in 2000/2001<ref>[http://www.uklocos.com/final-results.asp?action=display&id=5711 uklocos database] retrieved 26 July 2021</ref>.
==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. <ref>[https://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/return-to-station-for-shunting-engine-4481956 Weston Mercury, 10 March 2016] (Retrieved 9 November 2021)</ref> It now carries green livery and is named 'Marjorie'.
[[File:Phearn23092017.JPG |thumb|300px|right| Sentinel 9387 at Sandford Station Railway Heritage Centre in Somerset 23 September 2017.]]
==See also==
[[Steam and diesel locomotives visiting the SVR for contract overhauls]]
 
==Notes==
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==References==
==Links==
*[https://sandfordstation.co.uk/ Sandford Station web site]*[https://www.hanson-communities.co.uk/en/whatley-and-westdown-quarry-community-page/about Hansons: Whatley Quarry]
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