Hornby OO R3355 Wabtec HO13 Black Sentinel 0-4-0 Rod Coupled Diesel Hydraulic Industrial Shunting Diesel Engine

Dimensions - Length 98mm

The large fleet of small industrial shunting engines has always lacked a good, detailed model. Hornby have made a good choice of prototype with this 4-wheel Sentinel diesel locomotive, a type which proved popular with industrial users, many large organisations operating sizable fleets.
Due to the consideration by the designers for ease of operation and safety for the crew Sentinels have remained in service until recent years, often only being replaced by newer locomotives from Sentinels' successors developed from the Sentinel design. Many Sentinels have since found new homes on heritage railways.

This model of a Sentinel with outside connecting rods on flycranks is painted in a black livery and lettered for Wabtec (a contraction of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation) is the current name of the company formed by mergers of the Westinghouse Air Brake company and several other railway equipment suppliers in the USA and Europe, including Brush Traction (builders of the BR class 31 and 47 diesels).

This model is DCC Ready. Hornby have a special 4-pin decoder unit for these models available from their customer care department. Tel. 01843 233525. The service sheet lists part X9659 for the decoder.
We regret that we are not able to supply the DCC decoder for this locomotive, Hornby Hobbies have declined to supply these to retailers.