4wVB Sentinel 100hp Profile and Models

4wVB Sentinel 100hp

No. 5 'Frank Galbraith' at the National Railway Museum, York in June 2009. ©David Ingham

The Sentinel Waggon Works 100hp shunter was their last steam powered shunting locomotive design. They produced a large number of these small, vertical boilered, gear driven locomotives for use on a variety of industrial sites, where there was a need for locos that could steam quickly and were easy to operate by only 1 or 2 crew. They featured an unusual body design which made them look almost like diesel locomotives.

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

Sentinel Waggon Works

Build Date

1920s to 1930s

Total Built

Unknown

Tractive Effort

Unknown

Wheel Configuration

4wVB

Operated By

Various Industrial Operators

Main Duties

Shunting/ Industrial

In Service Until

1960s

Surviving Examples

1