Second Sentinel moves to Cholsey

FORMER Tottenham Gas Works Sentinel 4wVBT No. 11 Cynthia (9366/1946) left the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre (BRC) at the end of July to take up residence at the Cholsey & Wallingford Railway for a three-month hire. Its arrival saw the loco reunited with another BRC Sentinel 4wVBT, No. 6515 Isebrook, which has been on loan to the Oxfordshire line since late 2019. Cynthia replaces Collett ‘8750’ 0-6-0PT No. 4612, which left the railway on July 28 to return to its Bodmin & Wenford Railway home after seven weeks on the ex-GWR branch.