Sentinel 9387 Vertical Boiler Tank engine
This 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 chainAs a unit of measurement, 22 yards or 1/80th of a mile or cardan shaft. This locomotive is a 100 hp Vertical Boiler Tank Engine with chainAs a unit of measurement, 22 yards or 1/80th of a mile driven wheels and gears (Whyte notation 4wVBT VCG).
9387 in service
It was originally used by Roads Reconstruction of at Whatley Quarry in Frome, Somerset where it was numbered 3. After being retired from industrial use the locomotive displayed at Welshmill Adventure Playground in Frome at some time prior to March 1976, in yellow livery with 'ARC' lettering. 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[1].
9387 in preservation
9387 arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway 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.
See also
Steam and diesel locomotives visiting the SVR for contract overhauls
References
- ↑ uklocos database retrieved 26 July 2021
