LNER Sentinel railcar
| LNER Sentinel railcar | |
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 Diagram 96 railcar No.45 Commerce at Nottingham Victoria station. | |
| In service | 1925-1948 |
| Designer | Sentinel Waggon Works |
| Constructed | 1925-1932 |
| Scrapped | 1939-1948 |
| Number built | 80 (plus 1 prototype) |
| Number scrapped | All |
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| Capacity | 48-64 (single units) 112 (twin unit) |
| Operator(s) | London and North Eastern Railway British Railways (briefly) |
| Specifications | |
| Train length | 103 ft (31 m) (Diagram 99, 100) |
| Car length | 56 ft 5 in (17.20 m) (Diagram 14600-614E) 57 ft 11 in (17.65 m) (Diagram 88, 89) 58 ft 6 in (17.83 m) (Diagram 90, 93, 96, 97) 51 ft (16 m) (Diagram 100) 65 ft (20 m) (Diagram 159) |
| Width | 8 ft (2.4 m) (Diagram 14600-614E) 9 ft (2.7 m) (others) |
| Wheel diameter | 2 ft 6 in (760 mm) (Diagram 14600-614E) 3 ft 1 in (940 mm) (others) |
| Maximum speed | 64 mph (103 km/h) (Diagram 99, 100; record)[1] |
| Cylinder count | 2 (Diagram 14600-614E, 88, 89, 90) 6 (Diagram 93, 96, 97) 12 (Diagram 98, 99, 100, 159) |
| Power output | 275 hp (205 kW) (Diagram 14600-614E) 300 hp (220 kW) (others) Nominal:
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| Coupling system | Buffers and chain |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
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The LNER Sentinel railcars were a series of 80 gear-driven steam railcars used by the London and North Eastern Railway.
History
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Service history
From April 1928, Diagram 89 railcar No.237 Rodney was used for passenger operations on the Forge Valley Line between Pickering and Scarborough, before being joined by Diagram 96 railcar No.2136 Hope in December of that same year. The latter was a common sight on that line until 1930, and in 1932, it was moved to Whitby.[2]
Another Diagram 96 railcar, No.37 Clydesdale, was used on the North Clyde Line from Glasgow Queen Street, until its withdrawal in 1945, replaced by a two-coach service hauled by an ex-NBR M/L class 4-4-2T (LNER C15/16 class).[3]
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Design
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Accidents and incidents
On 9 June 1929, Diagram 89 railcar No.220 Waterwitch overran signals at Marshgate Junction in Doncaster, and broke into two sections when it collided with an excursion train. The railcar was damaged beyond repair, and was withdrawn from service.[4]
See also
References
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Sentinel Steam Railcars". www.lner.info.
- ↑ "Traffic operations". www.forgevalleyrailway.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ↑ Ferguson, Gillon. "Sentinel Steam Railcars - A Recollection". www.railscot.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ↑ Hoole 1982, p. 28.
Bibliography
- Hoole, Ken (1982). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 3. Redruth: Atlantic Books. ISBN 0-906899-05-2. Search this book on
- Yeadon, W.B. (1996). Railcars and Sentinel Shunters. Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives. 12. Challenger Publications. ISBN 9781899624249 – via Internet Archive. Search this book on
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