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Copyright © 2010 by
"Neil Warbrick"
All Rights reserved
"Neil Warbrick"
All Rights reserved
ENTINEL
TEAM
AGGON
No. 5676
Built 1924
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Last updated.28/07/10
In the early 1900s road transport was a very different industry from today - steam trains and ships carried most long-distance goods, and horse-and-cart and steam road vehicles undertook the shorter-distance deliveries. It would be another few decades before the newly developed petrol and diesel engines would be sufficiently powerful and reliable for transporting heavy goods, and it is in this period that steam road transport bridged the gap by evolving from the shiny brass and steel traction engines of the Victorian era to the first generation of modern flat-bed, tipping-body, tanker, curtain-sided and enclosed-body trucks, all powered by steam and coal.
Built in 1924 by Alley and MacLellan of Shrewsbury (formerly Glasgow), Sentinel Super Waggon, registered EC5927, was built for the Penrith and District Road Carrying Company. A steering failure in June 1932 saw 5676 end up in a ravine until recovered in 1987, thereafter being totally rebuilt.
Now owned by Ken Henderson, this 6 ton (load capacity) waggon is housed at Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life, Coatbridge, and at Comrie Railroad, Perthshire, attending rallies, galas and road runs throughout Scotland under her own steam.
Please contact us if you have any original correspondence or pictures relating to the Waggon, or spare Sentinel engine/crankshaft.
Built in 1924 by Alley and MacLellan of Shrewsbury (formerly Glasgow), Sentinel Super Waggon, registered EC5927, was built for the Penrith and District Road Carrying Company. A steering failure in June 1932 saw 5676 end up in a ravine until recovered in 1987, thereafter being totally rebuilt.
Now owned by Ken Henderson, this 6 ton (load capacity) waggon is housed at Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life, Coatbridge, and at Comrie Railroad, Perthshire, attending rallies, galas and road runs throughout Scotland under her own steam.
Please contact us if you have any original correspondence or pictures relating to the Waggon, or spare Sentinel engine/crankshaft.
A brief history of Sentinel Super Steam Waggon no. 5676
Current and upcoming events
The Waggon is currently at Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life. Various events are taking place at the museum over the Summer holidays. See the museum website for further details.
Website - what's new
Jul'10 - Ongoing details of the 85 year-old / 2009-10 rebuild work, including the strip down of the flatbed and rear axle, plus removal of the engine and starting its rebuild.
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Video clip of the Waggon at Comrie in 2008.
Major parts of the engine are now back following substantial work on the crankcase, main bearings and piston rods. Further details are at the rebuild link below.
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