Sentinel-Cammell railcar Profile and Models

In 1923 Sentinel Waggon Works and Cammell Laird collaborated to build a prototype lightweight steam rail car for the Jersey Railway. A range of Sentinel–Cammell railcars were developed with a choice of a single car or an articulated pair and a 100 hp (75 kW) motor or 200 hp (150 kW) with one boiler and two motors. A total of 290 were built for customers worldwide, 91 for use in Britain. A car was shown at the British Empire Exhibition in 1924 and 1925 and tested by the LNER. To provide a better service to compete with raising levels of road traffic, the LNER purchased a number of these railmotors of varying diagrams, as did the LMS. The Southern Railway also purchased one example, however it did not remain in service for long. Most of the LMS railcars were withdrawn in 1935, the last being the six-cylindered car, this being withdrawn in December 1936. The last LNER Sentinel railcar was withdrawn in 1947.

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