Hornby Railways R3482 OO Gauge Manchester Ship Canal 4w Sentinel Diesel Hydraulic Locomotive DH16 MSC Blue Livery
Hornby has made a good choice of prototype with a 4-wheel Sentinel diesel locomotive, a type that proved popular with industrial users and many large organisations have operated sizable fleets.
Due to careful design for ease of operation, reliability and safety for crew Sentinels have remained in service until recent years, often only being replaced by newer locomotives developed from the Sentinel design. Many older Sentinels have found homes on heritage railways.
Manchester Ship Canal railways locomotive DH16 is today to be found at Williton on the West Somerset railway, where is continues to serve as the depot shunter.
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..
Please note that we are not able to supply a DCC decoder for this locomotive.