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S&DJR Sentinels
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Sentinel Waggon Works· from 1929· steam locomotive for shunting
what is it?
The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR) Sentinel locomotives were two small vertical-boilered, chain-driven steam locomotives for shunting. They were built by Sentinel Waggon Works, who also produced similar designs for industrial customers.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 97 years ago, in 1929.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 32 years (1929–1961).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1929
- in service from
- 1929
- retired
- 1961
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam (geared)
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Sentinel Waggon Works
- operators
- Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- 149 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0VBT
- weight
- 27.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7386975, Wikipedia: S&DJR Sentinels (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.