LMS Sentinels 7160-3
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Power type | Steam |
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Builder | Sentinel Waggon Works, Shrewsbury |
Serial number | 8209–8212 |
Build date | 1930 |
Configuration | 0-4-0T |
Gauge | 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm) |
Driver size | 2 ft 6 in |
Wheelbase | 7 ft |
Length | 19 ft 4in |
Locomotive weight | 20 tons 17 cwt |
Fuel capacity | 16 cwt |
Water capacity | 300 imp gal |
Boiler pressure | 275 psi |
Heating surface: Tubes | 35 sq ft |
Heating surface: Firebox | 36½ sq ft |
Cylinders | 2 |
Cylinder size | 6¾ in bore × 9 in stroke |
Career | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Number in class | 4 |
Number | 7160–7163; later 7180–7183 |
Retired | 1953–1956 |
London Midland and Scottish Railway Sentinels 7160-3, later renumbered 7180-3 and by British Railways 47180-3 was a class of small vertical boilered chain-driven shunting locomotives.
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[edit] Overview
Built by Sentinel Waggon Works of Shrewsbury in 1930, makers Nos 8209-12. 47180 was withdrawn in 1953, 47183 in 1955 and 47181 and 47182 in 1956. All were scrapped.
[edit] References
- Rowledge, J.W.P. (1975). Engines of the LMS built 1923–51. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 0902888595.