THE Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust (S&DRHT) has launched a £55,000 appeal to repurchase its resident Sentinel 4wVBTG No. 7 Joyce (7109/1927), after being offered the opportunity to secure the locomotive for the Midsomer Norton set-up by its owner, Andy Chapman.
The ex-Croydon Gas Works locomotive is the last-surviving double-engined Sentinel, and first arrived at Midsomer Norton in 2004. It had initially been bought by the S&DRHT owing to its similarity to the pair of was sold to the current owner in 2010, who returned it to steam over the next six years.
