Shrewsbury Sentinel Waggon, Centenary Run to Horseshoe Pass, Wales

Sentinel Waggon's Centenary road run August 2015. The journey begins from the Sentinel Works, Shrewsbury site to the cafe at the top of the Horseshoe Pass in Denbighshire, north-east Wales.
Opening music track: Opus One by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommon...)
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[@dayradebaugh]

For a truck fan, it simply doesn't get any better than this. Truly beautiful. Sincere appreciation to the folks who keep these things running. If only they existed in the U.S! Thanks for the great video.

[@nunyabizness199]

I'm sure they did exist in the U.S. until some profit happy knob decided to scrap them...I could be wrong.

[@johnsmith-nl3js]

there are still some in the usa, theres definately a couple of s types

[@dayradebaugh]

If you happen to know of one I'd be interested. [e-mail]

[@1929modelagirl]

There are quite a few steam tractors and locomotives as well as cars here, but until I started watching these steam trucks (lorries) I had never seen one. These are wonderful!

[@egparis18]

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[@carlnapp8673]

It's amazing how calmy such events take place in UK. Congrats!

[@jimhenry1262]

My gosh I just found this channel. I designed small steam turbine power plants for remote island nations that ran on sorghum ethanol. I am excited to learn about these trucks.I never heard of these trucks until now. You should have Jay Leno do a show on these magnificent vehicles, as I have met with him and got wonderful advice on steam engines. He is a true and influential authority on steam powered vehicles and power plants. Thanks for the awesome story!

[@martinsims1273]

One of the major things which killed off steam power on Britain's roads was the law. After the great war (WW1) there was a whole load of military surplus motor lorries for sale relatively cheaply, and also a great many military trained drivers who had just been demobbed. Great numbers of them bought these motor lorries, and started their own haulage companies, however, tax on petrol/deisel fuel was high (isn't it always - lol), and as the numbers of these new haulage companies increased, so did their collective weight of influence upon the government, who were eventually persuaded to reduce the tax rates affecting petrol & diesel lorries, BUT, tax was increased on coal, so virtually at the stroke of a (government) pen, the cost of running an internal combustion engined lorry was reduced, and correspondingly, the cost of running a coal (or coke) fired steam lorry was increased. So the balance was tipped, in favour of i c engined lorries, and against steam, in an instant. Note that it was not the cost of the actual fuel which changed, but the governments imposed tax which tipped the balance. It's not a level playing field.

[@martinsims1273]

That's very interesting, about you designing steam power plants for use in rural/"off the grid" areas. That's the thing about steam power, it will run on anything that will create enough heat. Bagass, straw, nuclear, solar, geothermal etc. Many industrial plants, like steelworks for example, used "waste heat boilers", which were a form of heat exchanger, making sensible use of heat energy which would otherwise go to waste. If you look up Markham Grange steam museum/Markham Grange garden centre in South Yorkshire, they use "waste" wood from the furniture factory next door, to fire their boiler (it uses a granulator to reduce the wood, before "spraying" it into the firebox). The steam is used to heat greenhouses, and power the preserved steam engines. Their fuel bill is zero, and the furniture factory doesn't have to pay to dispose of their "waste" wood. Co-existence or what!

[@thorstenschopper8941]

What gorgeous vehicles. Working back then was still “comfortable”. It would also do us good today to slow down life. Thank you for the great video.

[@NotMarkKnopfler]

From the Sentinel works, turn right out of the gate, straight over the island towards the town centre. Get in the right-hand lane and turn right on to Mount Pleasant Road. Follow the road up to the island at the top, and there is the Steam Wagon pub, where all the blokes would pile out of the Sentinel factory at lunchtime for a few swift halves. Later the site was the Rolls Royce engine works, and later still Vickers, but the tradition remained. If you needed to find your dad at lunchtime, he was in The Steam Wagon (or "the wagon" as it is locally known). There's a huge car park at the pub, you'd get a fair few steam wagons on the Steam Wagon car park, which would make for a nice fitting and historical photo opportunity. Regards! (Shrewsbury born & bred!)

[@martinsims1273]

If you look closely, you will see that Sentinel (the company) always made a point of spelling "waggon" with 2 (two) "G"'s.

[@theof5645]

I've been a steam fan for a very long time. This is great. Really nice to see these old trucks still running.

[@ismaeloscarharriague7456]

Beatiful mechanic ingeniery! I'm in love!

[@igordemykin136]

Awesome! Wonderful! It's a pity that we don't have anything like that. I would like to see them on road, live.

[@nitramretep]

Great video, those traction engines are elegant.

[@johnsmith-nl3js]

not traction engines their sentinels

[@soarornor]

Great video! Camerawork was excellent. Music was perfect for this and quite nice. Lovely to see these vehicles still running and being loved and cared for.

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

WOW! Simply fantastic! An extremely well made video showing great technical time witnesses. I really didn't know that the steam lorries could go that fast up to a hill. Thanks a lot for making taping editing uploading and sharing.

[@martinsims1273]

The last (steam) Sentinel's made were the "S" type, which stood for Shaft drive, all the previous models having chain drive. They are the ones with a vertically curved front (and the boiler behind the driver). All the previous models have a horizontally curved front, with the boiler in the front of the cab. The "S" type are capable of 50 mph.

[@llessibm]

Now that’s my kind of video - great subject, fantastic heritage, would love to see more

[@boneshaker6819]

I can remember at least 3 of these parked up in a civil engineering yard near Halifax in West Yorkshire many years ago. All in green livery if memory serves. I never saw them running, and I always wonder what happened to them.

[@terryhopkins2750]

I'm Australian I can't remember any steam trucks. What fabulous video. Sentinal...come back.

[@michaelcoker3197]

Beautifully done, in a beautiful place.

[@FMHammyJ]

One thing I love about the UK is how history, whether its architecture, ships, or steam powered machinery, is honoured…..Unfortunately in N. America, the idea has been, for the most part, if its old, its ready for the scrap heap.

[@Seregium]

Such a wonderful lorries!thank you for making the video!

[@johnsmith-nl3js]

my childhood in a ten min video right there!

[@Ampelfreund]

I never know this trucks exists! I spechless, what for beauties!! thx for uploading!

[@madagaskar701]

BEAUTIFUL. WONDERFUL.

[@JTA1961]

I'm holding this video in highsteam

[@Steven_Rowe]

Beautiful lorries and no Euro6 to worry about.

[@asutoshmandal7703]

That's incredible 😍😍❤️

[@deblogue2230]

Congrats to Sentinnetal (s)team

[@janosik150]

Thank you old inventors.

[@rosiehawtrey]

I want the unmarked red one. But I'd be putting a lift idler on the floating bogie 6 wheeler, that chain looks like a problem waiting to happen. Incidentally, it's part of the highway code that if you have half the county behind you you pull over and let them past. The only time you don't is if you wouldn't be able to get underway again. You learn that sort of thing being associated with farming.

[@andygreen6726]

Brilliant video. Love to see you all come to NZ for a rally!

[@jimmywalker1568]

The good old days you could drive along the road steamin

[@kae4466]

had to do some "grounding " . went to good ole wikipedia to read up on sentinel waggons . lovely coverege.

[@martinsims1273]

Nice to see youv'e spelled it the right way too. :-) Sentinel always made a point of spelling "waggon" with two "g" 's.

[@anthonygiglio9860]

Great Video I Enjoyed It😊

[@dariogonzalez233]

fantastic video.

[@isikdogan2718]

Wery nice🤗🤗🤗😇👏👏👏👏👏

[@keith6400]

5.09 local commuter shoots past in a John Deere

[@stephensmith799]

Joyous!

[@leopoldoayala4166]

Y a ese tipo de camiones de vapor no se les puede adaptar una caja de velocidades para que puedan ir más rápido? Porque así en vez de llegar a la velocidad cuando el motor de vapor alcance sus máximas revoluciones, se hace cambio de velocidad y se puede volver a empezar, pero más rápido

[@acersalman8258]

Beautiful trucks God bless you ❤

[@theicediamond7]

thank you

[@dmitryche8905]

Представляю, если бы сейчас все автомобили были на пару, то какой смрад стоял бы в городах.

[@brucetully]

It a shame they don't make stem lorry The price of petrol and diesel we might need to put good old stem lorrys into service

[@HernanMendez-yg1uy]

Es interesante ver que habia camiones a vapor pero parecen mas complicados y pesados que los diesel o nafteros

[@hughvane]

'Scuse me, but that truck @ 2:48-2:50 bore a remarkable resemblance to the Iron Man. Coincidence?

[@jayzen.a.m.3571]

Steam combine Farm Tractors is what we saw in Fergus and Alora.

[@jayzen.a.m.3571]

Was aSteam kids playground Then they Came and took it all.. Prob a Good Idea?!

[@tatatoofey]

Thanks for the great video! These coal fired steam lories are new to me, I wasn't aware of them until now. It's nice to see so many of them restored and in working order. Does anyone know what they uses for brakes? Are they air brakes like a locomotive or mechanical?

[@johnsmith-nl3js]

the earlier models (standard, super and dg) basically had no brakes just a throttle regulator and a reversing lever, well they had a band style brake on the back axle that u could wind on but wasnt to much use once u were moving! the later s type models had proper steam brakes though

[@martinsims1273]

Very few british steam lorries (bear in mind that most of them were built very many years ago) had power assisted brakes (almost none). Many had just basic band brakes, which were not much more than a basic parking brake, 'though a few, mainly later, lorries had basic internal expanding drum brakes, almost all of them operated by muscle power alone. "Traction engines, steam rollers, road locomotives, and the like with an exposed flywheel, often have a flywheel brake, which is just a single shoe operated by a handwheel and screw arrangement.

[@martinsims1273]

Most of the time, the engine was used for braking, either by just shutting off steam, and letting the engine work as a "pump", which creates a resistance, or for more serious effect, carefully using the reversing lever and opening the regulator, which has the effect of changing the direction of the drive, so slowing/stopping the motion of the vehicle.

[@Andre_Thomasson]

The Sentinel DG8 had a steam brake i believe

[@petergrhill]

Loved the video, only problem i had is the music, lets hear the sounds of the steam wagons more. It would have been better by 100 per cent

[@harry4468]

You know you're going slow when a tractor overtakes you 5:14

[@martinsims1273]

Ah, but that's a MODERN tractor (lol).

[@MrMarkusloos]

The English are all crazy. I love her !

[@aymanMOHAMED-xz8oh]

Pleas sh9w gearbox and conected part weifhe moveing.

[@nilo8642]

Forget about lamborghini forget about bugatti Sentinel is where at it's at!

[@jimbobjimbob8275]

Overtaken by a tractor @5:09 lol!

[@ivordavies2976]

how long would a sentinel go for before it needed an engine overhaul??

[@theozarkhillbilly9040]

prolly 75 years and maybe not even that soon if it was oiled enough

[@fatihdemirkan2354]

Komur. Gelecegin yakiti. Araclar super

[@laurenssmith9534]

I know the chap who owns the diesel lorry at 1:24

[@bensummers5287]

Did Sentinel or Foden ever make a Steam Waggon capable of One Person Operation?

[@theskip1]

yes

[@johnsmith-nl3js]

sentinel developed a self stoking system for there s type models

[@martinsims1273]

The "S" type (for SHAFT drive) had hopper fed automatic stoking, so it would be possible for one man to drive.

[@jimbobjimbob8275]

What make and model of truck @6:51? Those look cool.

[@wholeNwon]

Are there boiler inspection and certification rules in Britain?

[@tracklamp]

Yes, there are rules regards certification and inspection of steam boilers etc. Sorry, I don't own one of these engines so I don't really know but I think certification is due every 10 years.

[@7822welshsteam]

Yes. Every 10 years. After 10 years it can be assessed for a further 6 month extension and then it has to be completely retubed. For main line certified locomotives it's every 7 years. In the USA, it's only every 15 years.

[@martinsims1273]

I was under the impression that a yearly, thorough inspection was required, at an appointed date & time, so that the inspector can thoroughly examine the boiler, internally through the "mudhole", and also inside the firebox, as well as externally, plus another yearly exam, 6 months apart from the main one, in order to see the boiler "in it's working state". ?

[@martinsims1273]

10 years is an alarmingly long time period to go without a safety exam on what is potentially a bomb!

[@acrobaticcripple8176]

superb!! What sort of nerds are the 3 thumbs downers?

[@tcorris]

Probably “look at me, I’m so green” Prius drivers who don’t know that their cars produce more lifecycle carbon emissions than an H2 Hummer.

[@r3ggi3nald]

Are there any working Sentinels outside UK?

[@gagatube]

See www.sentineldriversclub.com/preservation.html

[@Croiseeman]

EMP proof.

[@nelutu6506]

Do you need MOT on this vehicle?

[@tracklamp]

I don't think an MOT is required. They do need a boiler certificate though.

[@dariuszkmicic7281]

Unfortunately this is a swan song of steam era

[@Alexander_Gurov_RF]

What country is it in?

[@tracklamp]

It is in the UK.

[@Alexander_Gurov_RF]

@@tracklamp thanks!

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[@Cesarc2]

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[@phazerfourtyseven6431]

the music is terrible and ruins the video