7S-005-011D Sentinel Y1/Y3 British Railways (E) 8149 Steam Locomotive - DCC Fitted Class_Class 86 When driving ADS decoders

When driving ADS decoders

They were used on Speedlink trains as well as military specials

Built in two batches in 1939 and 1950

- Era: 2018 onwards

Illuminated number boards and headlights

7S-005-011D Sentinel Y1/Y3 British Railways (E) 8149 Steam Locomotive - DCC Fitted Class_Class 86 When driving ADS decodersThe Y1 Y3 sentinel was based on the road going lorry, utilising a similar centrally mounted steam tube boiler and chain drive system to the wheels. Whilst not having the greatest turn of speed (approximately 36mph top speed) these small locos proved capable of pulling a constant draw weight and were considered ideal for shunting in yards and providing motive power along smaller branch lines. These quirky little locos were used by all of the big four