| Lot | Description |
| 1 | ENAMEL POSTER BOARD HEADING: CORRIS RAILWAY. 21” x 3” in brown lettering on cream background in ex-station condition. The line ran from Machynlleth – Aberllefeni and originally the Corris, Machynlleth & River Dovey Tramway, opened in 1859. The company was renamed in July 1864 and absorbed by the GWR in August 1930. The line was closed on 1st January 1931. A rare find indeed. | £1150 |
| 2 | MANCHESTER SHEFFIELD & LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY two-handled silverplate SUGAR BOWL manufactured by Walker & Hall. 7” diameter over handles and 3¾” tall. Ornate engraved coat-of-arms on side. Good condition. | £80 |
| 3 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “LMS BUILT 1876 DERBY” as carried by the ex-MR Johnson 0-6-0 1142 class loco numbered 1242 built by Neilson Works No. 2102 in 1876. Rebuilt in 1892 and renumbered in 1907 to 3010 which it retained after grouping. Became LMS 23010 in 1947 class 2F and BR 58182 in November 1950. Allocated to Aston and Sutton Oak in the 1950s before spells at Rugby, Barrow, and finally Bedford from where it was withdrawn in January 1964. The loco details are painted on the back. 10½” x 6” in VGC, restored a long time ago. | £190 |
| 4 | SHEDPLATE: 37B COPLEY HILL (LEEDS) (1950 – July 1956, then 56C). A very rare example, seen only twice at auction, the last time in 2000. Front painted in primer, the back ex-loco. See also Lot 316. | £350 |
| 5 | TOTEM: DARNALL BR(E) half-flanged dark blue with fine deep colour if a little matt. No chips to face, edge rusting restored only. An ex-GCR station opened by the Sheffield & Lincolnshire Junction Railway as Darnal in 1849, renamed by 1887 by the MS&LR. VGC generally, a highly desirable and rare Sheffield area totem seen at auction only twice previously, the last time in 1998. | £500 |
| 6 | BRASS FACED Tyers SINGLE LINE TABLET: DERSINGHAM – SNETTISHAM 27 from the ex-GER Kings Lynn – Hunstanton branch. The token section ceased to exist on 5th March 1967 when the two signal boxes were reduced to non-block posts, although the Hunstanton branch was not closed until 5th May 1969. Dersingham signal box was a GER Type 7 design opened in 1891 fitted with a 25 lever frame. Snettisham signal box was a GER Type 2 design opened in 1880 fitted with an 18 lever frame. VGC. | £200 |
| 7 | GWR CAST-IRON SIGNALBOX NAMEBOARD: NEWTOWN EAST SIGNAL BOX from the Great Western Railway Type 7 signal box located to the East of Cardiff General station on the South Wales main line. 78” x 9” restored front in white lettering and edging on a black background, the back untouched. | £250 |
| 8 | BRASS 9” x 5” LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY 8226 Rebuilt Stratford Works 1919” as carried by ex-GER 0-6-0 class “S59” loco No. 1226 built at Stratford in 1906. Rebuilt in June 1919 and became LNER 8226 in June 1924, class “J17.” Renumbered LNER 5576 in April 1946 and BR 65576 in August 1948. A long time March loco, it spent two months at Cambridge in 1962 before moving back to March from where withdrawn in the August. Cleaned and polished front, ex-loco back. | £420 |
| 9 | CARRIAGE PRINT: CROWLAND LINCOLNSHIRE by Kenneth Steel from the LNER post-war series 1948-1955. A street scene with ancient overbridge as the central theme. VGC and in an original type glazed wooden frame. | £65 |
| 10 | TOTEM: WINDERMERE BR(M) half-flanged maroon with deep colour and shine. Restored edge rusting only, no face chips and VGC overall. An ex-LNWR station opened in April 1847. The station was re-sited in 1986 and is the terminus of the branch from Oxenholme. | £1050 |
| 11 | CAST-IRON NOTICE: “GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY (IRELAND).” Each word cast in a separate piece and when joined together form an arch. 41½” x 3½” in original condition, all four parts are presently screwed to a wooden backboard. Thought to have originated from a footbridge (location unknown). | £620 |
| 12 | FLETCHER’S SYSTEM type LNWR SIGNAL REPEATER. Tombstone shaped, 10” high x 5” wide x 4” deep, brass faced with circular glass fronted dial showing red signal arm and “Wrong” and “Out” indications. Front stamped “Signal Repeater Fletcher’s System L&NWRy Tele Dept Stockport No. 1626.” Good condition. | £160 |
| 13 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “BUILT BY AND ON LOAN TO London North Eastern Railway Co. 1944 Darlington Works No. 1941” as carried by the Stanier 2-8-0 built at Darlington in October 1944, on loan from new to the LNER as class “O6” No. 8506, transferred to the LMS in January 1947 as class 8F No. 8506. Renumbered 48506 by BR. A long time Cheshire area loco at Northwich Sutton Oak and Speke before spending time at Willesden and Northampton in 1962-1965, finally going north again and withdrawal in March 1968 from Rose Grove. Cut up by John Cashmore at Great Bridge. Engraved, oval 13½” x 8” front lightly polished, the back ex-loco. A rare example with the wording left completely untouched. See also Lot 321. | £3500 |
| 14 | CALEDONIAN RAILWAY ENAMEL SIGN: NOTICE AS TO TRESPASS Pursuant to the Caledonian Railway Act 1898 (plus 13 lines of text), Glasgow 1st August 1898, John Blackburn Secretary. Manufactured by “Falkirk Iron.” 17” x 22½” a rare survivor with a little edge rusting and some expertly repaired chips, but excellent colour and shine. | £130 |
| 15 | TOTEM: MACHYNLLETH BR(W) half-flanged chocolate and cream with deep colour and shine. VGC with restored edge rusting only. An ex-Cambrian Railways station opened in 1863 between Caersws and Dovey Junction. | £800 |
| 16 | SHEDPLATE: 54B TYNE DOCK (1950 – October 1958, then 52H). A scarce example, rarely seen at auction. Front restored, back in ex-loco condition. See also Lot 128. | £200 |
| 17 | ALUMINIUM single line KEY TOKEN: LLANDILO – FFAIRFACH from the GWR & LNWR Joint Line in Carmarthenshire. Traces of blue paint. This ceased to be a token section in March 1966 when Ffairfach Box (an GWR structure opened in 1935) was reduced to a gate box. | £75 |
| 18 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 63700 (with curly top “6”) as carried by the ex-GCR “8K” class 2-8-0 loco No. 1192 built by Kitson Works No. 4900 in August 1912. Became LNER class “O4/1” in 1923 and renumbered 6192 in April 1927, 3539 in August 1946, 3700 in February 1947 and finally BR 63700 in January 1949. A long time Gorton engine. Withdrawn in December 1960 and cut up there. Totally unrestored ex-loco condition. | £600 |
| 19 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “SOCIETA ITALIANA ENESTO BREDA Per Costruzioni Meccaniche N. 2236-Mailano (Italia) 1928” from the South African Railways 3 ft 6 in gauge 4-8-2 class 15CA Class locomotive No. 2801. Rectangular, 15⅛” x 7⅞” in ex-loco condition. | £400 |
| 20 | LNER “HORSESHOE” ENAMEL LAMP TABLET: ALNMOUTH double-sided in black lettering on white in VGC with minor edge rusting only. Complete with original hanging brackets. 14¼” diameter. Once the junction for Alnwick and adjacent to the Northumberland coast, the station opened by the Newcastle & Berwick Railway in July 1847, was originally named Bilton. It was renamed on 2nd May 1892, the name it still retains today. | £420 |
| 21 | GWR BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 1644 as carried by (GWR) 0-6-0PT “1600” class loco built at Swindon in April 1951 to Lot 389. A long time Llanelly engine. Withdrawn in October 1959 and cut up at Swindon Works in February 1961. Restored to VGC front only, the back cleaned. | £800 |
| 22 | ENAMEL DIRECTION SIGN: SOUTHERN RAILWAY GOODS DEPOT with left pointing three-flight arrow. In SR green with white lettering, the white arrow most attractively black edged. There has been a little professional restoration to the arrow, but VGC overall. 28” x 13” mounted in a wooden frame. Original location unknown. | £950 |
| 23 | USA RAILROAD BUCKEYE three-note chime brass LOCOMOTIVE WHISTLE. 14” to top of finial with side arm lever (re-attached with modern bolt). Good condition. | £285 |
| 24 | CAST-IRON LOCOMOTIVE TENDERPLATE: “BEYER, PEACOCK & Co. Ld 6816 Manchester, 1936” from the LNER 0-6-0 class J39/1 loco No. 1540 ex-works October 1936. Renumbered 4919 in May 1946 and 64919 by BR in February 1950. Withdrawn in December 1962 from Low Moor and cut up at Darlington. Beyer Peacock fitted identical builders plates on locos and tenders, the tenderplates being of cast-iron, the locos brass. Oval, 9¾” x 5¾” restored front a long time ago, back ex-loco. | £150 |
| 25 | BRASS INDUSTRIAL LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: ADAMS as carried by standard gauge Ministry of Munitions Georgetown Paisley outside cylinder 0-6-0ST No. 1 built by Andrew Barclay, Caledonia Works, Kilmarnock in 1915 works No. 1408. Sold to Synthetic Ammonia & Nitrates Ltd, Billingham, in 1925, becoming No. 46 “Don.” Sold c.1932 to S. Pearson Contractors working on the Silent Valley Reservoir, Co. Down, where it appears to have been named “Adams.” In 1934 the loco was again sold to Priestmans, Whitehaven Collieries, Shotley Parks where it was renamed “Shotley Park” which name it retained until 1960. Taken into NCB stock at Nationalisation eventually being transferred to Ladysmith Pit, Whitehaven. Scrapped in July 1965. 22½” x 6” in ex-loco condition. | £950 |
| 26 | SOMERSET & DORSET JOINT RAILWAY small pattern MR style three-aspect HANDLAMP. Body and reducing cone both brass plated “Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway 446.” Body also brass plated “Relief Porter Christopher” and stamped “S&DJR.” Looped brass top handle. All glasses intact and complete with reservoir, burner and reflector. Good unrestored condition. | £480 |
| 27 | SHEDPLATE: 81C SOUTHALL (1950 – January 1966). A scarce example, not frequently seen at auction in ex-loco condition. | £190 |
| 28 | CARRIAGE PRINT: SWANAGE by Donald Maxwell from the SR Original series (1936). Extremely rare, never seen at auction previously, a location closely associated with the preserved branch line from Wareham. In an original type glazed wooden frame and titled mount. VGC with minor marks on mount only. | £320 |
| 29 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “W.G. BAGNALL Ltd Engineers Stafford, England No. 2651 as carried by the outside cylinder 0-6-0ST ex works September 1940 and new to ROF Queniborough as “ROF IO No. 2.” In 1946 it was sold to Desford Coal Co. Ltd. and de-named. Taken into NCB stock on 1st January 1947. In 1948 transferred to Ellistown Colliery and c.1959 to Nailstone Colliery. Scrapped by Wm. Bush Ltd. of Alfreton in 1963. 8” x 5½” in good ex-loco condition. | £200 |
| 30 | LMS HAWKSEYE ALUMINIUM STATION SIGN: GREAT GLEN. An ex-MR station between Leicester and Market Harborough opened in January 1897 closed in June 1951. 48” x 18” front restored to VGC in red and white, the back appears to have been varnished. | £425 |
| 31 | BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS 838 16CR from the 3 ft 6 in gauge 4-6-2 loco built NBL 22732 in 1921 as class 16C, reboilered to class 16 CR in the 1930s. Oval, 20⅝” x 14½” face restored a long time ago, back ex-loco condition. | £800 |
| 32 | GN & GE JOINT RAILWAY CAST-IRON BRIDGE RESTRICTION NOTICE: MOTOR CAR ACTS 1896 AND 1906 (18 lines of text). Diamond shaped, 24” x 36” to the points, the smaller version. Very good ex-bridge condition with tonnage plates intact and in place. | £220 |
| 33 | LNER silverplate ICE BUCKET manufactured by Walker & Hall. 6” diameter x 6” high with “LNER” initials in a script design incised on side. Good condition. | £180 |
| 34 | BRASS 9” x 5” WORKSPLATE: “LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY 60805 Darlington Works 1937” as carried by the LNER V2 class 2-6-2 No. 4776 built at Darlington as the first of the Darlington batch. It entered traffic on 16th July 1937, becoming LNER 805 in August 1946 and BR 60805 in November 1948. Latterly a Gateshead, Heaton and York engine it was withdrawn on 23rd December 1963 and cut up at Darlington. Ex-loco condition. | £280 |
| 35 | TOTEM: SETTLE BR(M) fully-flanged maroon, in VGC with deep colour and shine. Basically ex-station condition with some edge rusting, but no chips. One of the best examples to be found. An ex-MR Settle & Carlisle line station opened in 1876. | £1000 |
| 36 | CARRIAGE PRINT: FINCHINGFIELD, ESSEX by F. Donald Blake from the LNER post-war series 1948-1955. A view of thatched cottages with wooden windmill in the background. Finchingfield, frequently winner of the annual Essex “Best Kept Village Award,” is north of Dunmow and was served by Bishops Stortford – Braintree trains until 1952. In VGC and in an original type glazed wooden frame. | £90 |
| 37 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 73121 as carried by the BR Standard class 5MT 4-6-0 loco built at Doncaster in January 1956 to Lot 404. Its first allocation was Corkerhill from where it was also withdrawn in February 1966 and cut up by P.& W. McLellan, Langloan. Restored front and back to good condition. | £500 |
| 38 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY 12” dial wooden DROPCASE CLOCK complete with its ivorine label “GWR 3861,” the dial with bold lettering “GWR” and Roman numerals. Reputedly from Tavistock South station which opened in June 1859 and closed 31st December 1962. Comes with pendulum, replacement key and we understand is in full working order. A fabulous clock, a full 28” from top to bottom. | £1300 |
| 39 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “NORTH BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE Coy. Ltd. Hyde Park Works Glasgow 1942 No. 24793” as carried by the LMS Stanier class 8F 2-8-0 loco No. 8209. Renumbered 48209 by BR. Latterly a Canklow and Staveley engine it was withdrawn in April 1964 and cut up at Crewe Works. Circular 7¾” diameter, ex-loco condition. | £260 |
| 40 | TOTEM: SCARBOROUGH CENTRAL BR(NE) half-flanged tangerine in excellent condition with deep colour and shine. Edge rusting restored. The word “Central” appears in the lower panel. An ex-NER station opened in July 1845. A choice example. | £3000 |
| 41 | PULLMAN CAR HIGH BACKED ARMCHAIR from a first class or possibly composite parlour car in “The Brighton Belle” which ran from London Victoria – Brighton and vice versa from January 1933 – April 1972, arguably the most famous Pullman train. The armchair shows the typical finish of the electric stock with a smooth tapered arm/leg which were notably different from steam type cars. Covered in a brown coloured moquette, 27” wide, 30” deep and 46” high and in fine original condition. | £400 |
| 42 | PULLMAN CAR WOODEN PLAQUE: CAR OCTAVIA 9” diameter white-painted wooden plaque with gold-leaf transfer showing the Pullman coat-of-arms and the car name from the 1st Class Kitchen car ‘Octavia’ of 1924. The plaque was installed in the 1950s when the bulkhead clock it replaced was removed. “Octavia” was used extensively on the Eastern Services, including the “Queen of Scots” and “Yorkshire Pullman” – ultimately to the Southern on the “Bournemouth Belle.” It was withdrawn in 1965 and subsequently sold to a scrap merchant in Manchester. In good ex-vehicle condition except for a repaired split with slight loss at the top, probably caused when the plaque was removed from the car. A very nice item nevertheless. | £500 |
| 43 | WOODEN CARRIAGE BOARD: SOUTH WALES PULLMAN in chocolate brown with yellow letters. The 8-car train usually hauled by a “Castle” class 4-6-0 operated between Paddington – Swansea and vice versa commencing in the summer of 1955, until replaced by the diesel-electric “Blue Pullmans” which were introduced to the service in 1961. A very manageable 60” x 5” in very good ex-train condition. Rare. | £680 |
| 44 | PULLMAN CAR BRASS TABLE LAMP with round base 5¼” in diameter and turned stem leading up to bulb housing with support for shade (not present) ending in a thistle shaped finial at the top. Stands 19½” high. No identity of car shown, but is of the pattern used in 12-wheeler third class cars from 1920 and often in “K” type Pullmans (1926 vintage). The lamp is in very good condition and has been wired for 240v AC operation (tested and working). | £520 |
| 45 | PULLMAN CAR COMPANY original gold leaf COAT OF ARMS mounted on chocolate painted and framed 18” x 16½” board in excellent condition. In all probability mounted on the board by Pullman Company Preston Park employees, when the works there were closing down c.1964 | £90 |
| 46 | PULLMAN CAR HIGH BACKED ARMCHAIR with fluted back and scroll arm from a 1920s first class steam hauled parlour car (identity unknown). 27½” wide, 27” deep and 44” high, the legs have been shortened to accommodate casters. Covered in light blue upholstery and in good condition. | £400 |
| 47 | PULLMAN CAR WOODEN PLAQUE: ZENA. A 9” diameter mahogany wood plaque with gold-leaf transfer showing the Pullman coat-of-arms and the car name. From the first class parlour car “Zena” of 1929. Used initially on the “Torquay Pullman” and “Ocean Liner Expresses” and other SR services. Post-war used on the “Tees Tyne”, “Yorkshire” and “Queen of Scots” Pullmans. Withdrawn in 1966 and sold for preservation. Now used on the VSOE. Unusual since the name is not prefixed with the word “car” there being only two other known examples. | £500 |
| 48 | BR(M) ENAMEL SIGNALBOX NAMEBOARD: BEESTON STATION. Fully-flanged maroon in excellent condition with very minor edge rusting only. 66” x 12”. Beeston Station signal box was a Midland Railway Type 2 design located between Trent and Nottingham. It opened on 20th September 1891 and closed on 7th December 1969 when Trent power signal box took over the signalling of Nottingham station and its western approaches.. | £180 |
| 49 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: LONDON NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY Co. No. 1597 Doncaster 1924” as carried by the (GNR) Class J23 0-6-0T ex works in May 1924 as LNER 3239 Class J50/2. Renumbered 8938 in June 1946 and BR 68938 in August 1949. Allocated to and withdrawn from Ardsley in October 1959. The numbers “3239” and “8939” have been stamped in the back by the works to assist identification. Engraved oval, 13⅜” x 7⅝” the front lightly polished, back ex-loco. | £1150 |
| 50 | LMS LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: GIGGLESWICK being the left-hand plate from the “Patriot” class 5XP-6P 4-6-0 loco numbered 6000. Reconstructed at Crewe Works No. 109 in July 1933 to Lot 95 and renumbered 5538 in 1934. The loco was named “Giggleswick” on 4th November 1938 at Settle station, after the public school nearby. Renumbered BR 45538 in 1948. Latterly a Willesden and Nuneaton engine, it was withdrawn in September 1962 and cut up at Crewe Works. 34½” long, basically ex-loco condition, except that the original red has been repainted black. | £10000 |
| 51 | BR(W) Q/R poster: ROYAL ALBERT BRIDGE SALTASH Centenary 1859 – 1959. Artwork by Terence Cuneo showing loco 5021 “Whittington Castle” with train crossing the bridge into Cornwall. Ref: PR124. Rolled with a 12” tear at left hand side (temporarily tape repaired), VGC otherwise. | £400 |
| 52 | GWR Q/R poster: CORNWALL. Artwork by Leonard Richmond showing fishermen and boats in the harbour at St Ives looking towards Carbis Bay. Undated, but appears to be 1930s. Rolled with a couple of minor creases, VGC otherwise. | £1000 |
| 53 | BR(W) Q/R poster: SOUTH WALES – See Britain by Train. Artwork by Johnston of picturesque countryside and castle. Undated, Ref: PR128. Folded with pinholes, small tear and slight loss at right hand side, good otherwise. | £400 |
| 54 | BR(Sc) Q/R poster: THE WEST HIGHLAND LINE – See Britain by Train. The classic early 1960s view of the famous LNER “Beaver Tail” Observation Car en-route to Mallaig at Lochy Viaduct near Fort William from a painting by Jack Merriott. Folded, VGC otherwise. | £450 |
| 55 | LNER Q/R poster: S.S. ARNHEM – New Luxury Ship – Harwich-Hook of Holland Service. A detailed side view of the vessel approaching Holland by Frank H. Mason. Undated, Ref: AR9175. Folded, slight nick at base, VGC otherwise. | £200 |
| 56 | SR Q/R poster: GLORIOUS HOLIDAYS ABROAD – ITALY Varenna, Lake Lecco. Artwork by Stan Kinnear showing the lake with the Italian Alps behind. Published in 1928. Folded with small tears and wrinkles at creases, good otherwise. | £220 |
| 57 | LMSR Q/R poster: TO IRELAND. Artwork by Norman Wilkinson RI showing steamer at sea. Produced for the American market in the 1930s with reference to the LM&SR office in 5th Avenue, New York. Rolled and a little faded with wear, minor loss and a few pinholes at edges, good otherwise. | £480 |
| 58 | LNER Q/R poster: SCOTLAND BY EAST COAST ROUTE. Detailed and colourful artwork by Doris Zinkeison entitled “The Articles of Union Between England & Scotland Were Secretly Signed in a Cellar in High Street Edinburgh in 1706.” Undated, but would appear to be 1920s, folded with a small tear at fold, VGC otherwise. | £420 |
| 59 | RAILWAY EXECUTIVE (W) D/R poster: VISIT HISTORIC PLYMOUTH. Artwork by Graham Nicoll depicting “The Departure of the Mayflower in 1620.” Undated, Ref: PR2. Folded, slight split at fold at top, good otherwise. | £100 |
| 60 | LIVERPOOL OVERHEAD RAILWAY D/R poster: A ROUND TRIP GIVES UNRIVALLED VIEWS OF DOCKLAND AND SHIPPING. Artwork by “WT” showing a busy dockland scene with the railway running alongside, probably dating from the 1930s. One centre fold, VGC otherwise. | £420 |
| 61 | BR(Sc) D/R poster: ST. ANDREWS. Artwork by Macintosh Patrick showing the golf links with club house, hotel and town in the background. Undated, Ref: B28528. Rolled, VGC. | £800 |
| 62 | LNER D/R poster: ULLSWATER ENGLISH LAKE-LAND Via Darlington, Lovely Teesdale and Penrith. Colourful artwork by Austin Cooper of a Lakeland scene. Undated, but appears to be 1930s style. Folded with a small tear and a little creasing at edge, good otherwise. | £280 |
| 63 | BR(M) D/R poster: CHESHIRE – See Britain by Train. A 1950s style poster with artwork by Lander showing various impressions of buildings and coastline. Undated, Ref: LM19058. Rolled, laid to linen, VGC. | N/S |
| 64 | BR(Sc) D/R poster: ROYAL DEESIDE – See Scotland by Train. Artwork taken from an oil painting of Balmoral Castle – The Highland Home of Britain’s Royal Family by Kenneth Steel. Produced for the American and Canadian market with reference to offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Toronto. Undated, Ref: 12551. Rolled and VGC except for a little wrinkling down the left hand margin. | £200 |
| 65 | PULLMAN CAR COMPANY D/R poster: THE QUEEN OF SCOTS PULLMAN. Artwork by Septimus C. Scott showing a 1920s scene of attractive young lady preparing to catch the train and includes train times from Glasgow and Edinburgh to London Kings Cross. The poster is not accredited to any company, but would seem to be LNER. Undated, folded, VGC otherwise. | £1050 |
| 66 | CANADIAN PACIFIC Empress and Duchess Steamships D/R poster: 7 MEDITERRANEAN CRUISES THIS SPRING. Artwork by Lendon, London, featuring Arab smoking a cigarette with liner in the background. Rolled, VGC with a couple of small edge tears only. | £160 |
| 67 | BR(W) D/R poster: WESTON-SUPER-MARE – The Smile in Smiling Somerset – Travel by Train. Artwork by Harry Riley of 1950s promenade view and smiling mother and child leaving the scene having enjoyed a long day on the beach. Undated, Ref: PR140. Folded, small edge tears and a little wrinkling, good otherwise. | £350 |
| 68 | RAILWAY EXECUTIVE (S) D/R poster: NEW MILTON Barton-on-Sea & Milford-on-Sea – Twixt New Forest and Sea. Artwork by V.L. Danvers showing walkers taking the road to Milford with sandy coastline beyond. Undated, Ref: AD5907. Folded, good otherwise. | £100 |
| 69 | RAILWAY EXECUTIVE (Sc) D/R poster: DUNFERMLINE. Artwork by Kenneth Steel showing Dunfermline Abbey and Pittencrieff Park. Undated, Ref: (AR1030, ER59). Folded with a few small edge tears, good otherwise. | £100 |
| 70 | LNER D/R poster: THE WESTERN HIGHLANDS BY LNER. Artwork by Helen Mackenzie showing a shepherd and Highland girl walking the hills. Undated, but the year “1930” is noted on the back. Folded, a little staining at the top, good otherwise. | £200 |
| 71 | BRASS 9” x 5” LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “L&NER 1764 Doncaster Works 1918” as carried by the ex-GNR 2-6-0 Mogul class “H3” loco No. 1674 built at North British Locomotive Queens Park Works No. 21985 in July 1918. Became LNER 4674 class “K2/2” in March 1926 and named “LOCH ARKAIG” in March 1933. Renumbered 1764 in June 1946 and BR 61764 in January 1949. Allocated to Eastfield Glasgow from where it was withdrawn in September 1961 and cut up at Cowlairs. Ex-loco condition. | £520 |
| 72 | GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND RAILWAY REFRESHMENT ROOMS ABERDEEN silverplate SANDWICH TONGS manufactured by Elkington. 7¾” long with company coat-of-arms and name at top of handle. Small stress fracture at top of handle and plating a little pitted. | £75 |
| 73 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 46238 as carried by the LMSR Princess Coronation class 7P-8P 4-6-2 Pacific loco 6238 “CITY OF CARLISLE” built at Crewe in August 1939 to Lot 150 with double-chimney, streamlined and outshopped in red and gold livery. The streamlining was removed in 1947. Became BR 46238 in 1948. A long time Carlisle Upperby engine. Withdrawn in September 1964 and cut up by West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co., Troon in December the same year. Front only restored a long time ago. | £3700 |
| 74 | CARRIAGE PRINT: THE CINQUE PORT OF NEW ROMNEY, KENT by Jack Merriott from the Southern Region Series (A) issued in 1952. A view of a sailing barge at a mooring on the river with ancient bridge and old buildings beyond. A size A 23½” x 7½” print in a glazed ebonised wooden frame, the print in VGC. Rare. | £190 |
| 75 | BRASS INDUSTRIAL LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: CLEMENT as carried by the Doncaster Amalgamated Collieries, Brodsworth Colliery No. 34. An 0-6-0 inside cylinder loco built by Hunslet Engine Co. Leeds, Works No. 1983 in 1940. The loco was taken into NCB stock at Nationalisation 1st January 1947. Dismantled in 1969. 26¼” x 6½” the face lightly polished only, ex-loco back. | £450 |
| 76 | RHYMNEY RAILWAY POCKET WATCH manufactured by Seth Thomas. The rear is engraved “Rhymney Railway No. 27 1881.” VGC and appears to be in good working order and is presented in a wooden box. | £320 |
| 77 | HULL BARNSLEY & WEST RIDING JUNCTION RAILWAY & DOCK COMPANY CAST-IRON NOTICE: “PUBLIC WARNING – Persons are Warned Not to Trespass on The Railway etc. …. (total of 5 lines of text). George Scaum Secretary.” 28” x 17” in ex-lineside condition. The company opened its line on 20th July 1885, re-titled Hull & Barnsley Railway in June 1905, amalgamated into NER prior to grouping 1st January 1922. 28” x 17” in ex-lineside condition. | £520 |
| 78 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “ANDREW BARCLAY SONS & Co. Ltd. Engineers Kilmarnock. N.B. No. 748 1894” as carried by outside cylinder 0-4-0ST loco named “NORI” when new to Accrington Brick & Tile Co. Ltd., Nori Brickworks. Rebuilt by Andrew Barclay in 1947 as Works No. 9430. In August 1962 the loco was transferred to NCB Huncoat Colliery, Accrington (and de-named) as part share of the assets when A.B. & T. closed. The loco was never used by NCB and was derelict by March 1963. Eventually scrapped c.1965. An early pattern plate 18⅝” x 7¾” with scalloped corners in ex-loco condition. A small photograph of the locomotive accompanies. Special. | £1500 |
| 79 | SINGLE LINE wood and brass TRAIN STAFF for the “Staveley Works Branch.” Location on brass plates attached to both sides. 14” long. From the ex-GCR line near Chesterfield. Possibly an LNER issue in ex-section condition. | £240 |
| 80 | TOTEM: BLACKBURN BR(M) fully-flanged maroon with deep colour and shine, but with a number of small face chips in need of repair. Restoration to the edges and back has already been carried out. An ex-Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway station opened in 1846. A scarce totem not seen at auction since 2003. | £1000 |
| 81 | SHEDPLATE: 9A LONGSIGHT (Until February 1965, then diesel depot). Restored front and back a long time ago. The home to many named locomotives over the years. | £200 |
| 82 | LB&SCR large size three-aspect HANDLAMP. The reducing cone is steel plated “Mr Firbank P’Way Dept.” the body brass plated LB&SCR Co (in full) and is also steel plated “Mr Firbank P’Way Dept. T. Wells & E’Bourne L.” It is also brass plated “Ridsdale & Co. Minories London” and stamped “LBSCR 8.80.” Reservoir stamped LB&SCR with SR burner. Good condition. Lots of history in an old lamp. | £2100 |
| 83 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “THE VULCAN FOUNDRY (Limited) Newton-le-Willows Lancashire No. 3893, 1926” from the East African Railways 2-8-2 loco No. 2502 (ex Tanganyika (TR) 207 of class MK. Oval 9” x 5¼” in ex-loco condition. | £200 |
| 84 | GWR CAST-IRON CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 6147 as carried by the GWR 2-6-2T Prairie “6100” class loco built at Swindon in January 1933 to Lot 278. Allocated to Southall, St Philips Marsh, Barrow Road and Exeter before ending its days at Worcester from where it was withdrawn in December 1965 and cut up by John Cashmore, Newport. Restored front only, ex-loco back. | £950 |
| 85 | SR “WEST COUNTRY” CLASS CREST from the Bulleid designed 4-6-2 Pacific loco numbered 21C115 and named “EXMOUTH” when built at Brighton in November 1945. Later renumbered 34015 by BR in April 1948. Allocated to Exmouth Junction for a long time, before a final trip to Salisbury. Remained in streamlined form throughout the loco’s career. Withdrawn in April 1967 and cut up at Cashmore’s, Newport. A colourful device in enamel with brass edging featuring a castle atop a floral design with knights head armour, shield with twin anchors and scroll “Mare-Dita Flores Decorant” (the coat-of-arms of the town of Exmouth). Mounted on a board with a brief history and in VGC with minimal surface scratching at one edge. | £13000 |
| 86 | SR BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WHISTLE as carried by a “Schools Class” loco. 9½” high mounted on a wooden plinth. From an SR class “V” 4-4-0 loco designed by R.E.L. Maunsell, built at Eastleigh and introduced into service from 1930, the class numbered 40 in total. They lasted well into BR days. Good condition. | £260 |
| 87 | GWR HOTELS ceramic BUTTER DISH manufactured by Meakin. Leaf pattern design with glazed “GWR Hotels” roundel in black on white. 5½” diameter with carrying lip, three minor chips (two on top, one in base), good otherwise. | £75 |
| 88 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “BORSIG LOKOMOTIV-WERKE Henningsdorf–Berlin F.No. 14747 1938” from the South African Railways 3ft 6 in gauge 4-8-2 Loco No. 2696 class 19D. Rectangular, 11¾” x 7” in ex-loco condition, but one corner missing. | £160 |
| 89 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 31684 as carried by the ex-SE&CR 0-6-0 class “C” loco No. 684 built by Neilson Reid Works No. 5690 in June 1900. Became SR A684 and later 1684. Renumbered 31684 by BR. A Gillingham and Tonbridge allocation until withdrawn October 1961 and cut up at Ashford Works. Restored front and back some time ago. | £620 |
| 90 | TOTEM: EVERCREECH JUNCTION BR(W) fully flanged chocolate and cream in virtually mint condition with excellent colour and shine. A station between Bath and Templecombe, once the junction for the Highbridge branch, on the long gone and much lamented Somerset & Dorset Joint Line closed in March 1966. A highly-prized totem, only seen once before at an internet auction and has been number one in the “Best Seller” list since June 2003. | £9200 |
| 91 | GWR HOTELS two-pint silverplate TEAPOT manufactured by Elkington. 7” tall with “GWR Hotels” in roundel design stamped into the side (slightly rubbed). Good condition. | £130 |
| 92 | GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY 1913 three-aspect HANDLAMP the reducing cone stamped “GNR 18351 A 5/13” also stamped “GNR18351” in the body. The reducing cone is also brass plated “For Petroleum Only”. The base is painted “GNR Engineers Dep. No. 7 Gang Midville.” Brass lens cone and brass rimmed bevel-edged glass. All internal glasses intact and complete with unmarked reservoir, burner and reflector. VGC. Midville first station on the line from Little Steeping – Woodhall Junction, opened as late as 1913, closed between 1915 – 1923, reopened by the LNER and closed finally on 5th October 1970. | £380 |
| 93 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “MANNING WARDLE Leeds 1900 No. 1512” by as carried by the Moira Colliery Co 0-4-0ST outside cylinder loco named “NEW CHURCH GRESLEY” built by Manning Wardle in 1900, but rebuilt at Moira in 1934 (see lot 301 in the June 2006 auction). Transferred to NCB ownership in January 1947 and scrapped there in 1952. Oval, 11” x 6⅛” in good ex loco condition. | £1350 |
| 94 | BR(S) fully-flanged enamel DOORPLATE: STATION MASTER in green with good colour and shine. 18” x 6⅛” basically ex-station condition with a couple of edge chips only. | £360 |
| 95 | SR ENAMEL TARGET STATION SIGN: SWANLEY. 29” x 13” in ex-station condition with edge rusting and a couple of chips, but good colour and shine. An ex-SE&CR Kent station opened in 1939, having replaced the LC&DR station at Swanley Junction to the east opened in July 1862. | £140 |
| 96 | RHYMNEY RAILWAY CAST-IRON BRIDGEPLATE: MAINLINE 66. Oval, 13” x 11” front restored in black figures, letters and rim, the back to primer. Operating between Cardiff – Rhymney and branches, the railway enjoyed an independent existence from opening in February 1858 until grouping into the GWR on 1 January 1922. | £90 |
| 97 | GWR CAST-IRON CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 5193 as carried by the GWR 2-6-2T 5101 class loco built at Swindon in October 1934 to Lot No. 284. Allocated to Laira, St Blazey, Neyland and finally Severn Tunnel Junction from where it was withdrawn in June 1962. Now preserved at Steamtown Carnforth having been rescued from Barry. Restored front and back a long time ago. | £480 |
| 98 | BRASS 9” x 5” LOCOMOTIVE TENDERPLATE: “LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY 7293 Darlington Works 1944 as carried by 4,200 gallon tender built for 4-6-0 “B1” class loco 8307 “BLACKBUCK” built at Darlington Works No. 1927 in March 1944. Renumbered 1006 in January 1946 and 61006 by BR in January 1949. Latterly a Lincoln engine withdrawn from there in September 1963 and cut up by R.A. King at Norwich. Ex-loco condition. | £190 |
| 99 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY ADVERTISING ENAMEL: SEE YOUR OWN COUNTRY FIRST – There is a Great Similarity Between Cornwall and Italy in Shape, Climate and Natural Beauties. Shows maps of Cornwall and Italy for comparison also young ladies in traditional costumes. 19” x 15” highly coloured with a couple of face chips and a major bend with loss of enamel in the bottom left-hand corner, but good overall. | WDN |
| 100 | GWR LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: CHAFFINCH together with matching BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 3443 as carried by the GWR “3300 “Bulldog” Class” 4-4-0 loco built at Swindon in May 1909 Works No. 2352 to Lot 177, the running number originally 3733. Superheater fitted in 1911 and renumbered 3443 in 1912. Piston valves were fitted in 1921. The loco was withdrawn in May 1949, having spent the last few years as station pilot at Taunton (a black and white photo, kindly donated by one of our subscribers, of the loco undertaking these duties accompanies). Both plates have been professionally restored in unlined black, the livery in which the loco was withdrawn from service, ex-loco backs. The nameplate is 71” long. A rare opportunity to acquire a pair of plates of such good quality from this class. | £16000 |
| 101 | STEEL single line KEY TOKEN: CARNO – TALERDDIG with the section name on attached metal plate. From the ex-Cambrian Railways Moat Lane Junction – Machynlleth line. This token section ceased to exist in the mid to late 1960s when Carno signal box was reduced to a non-block post. Well used condition. | £320 |
| 102 | SHEDPLATE: 85F BROMSGROVE (From 21C in February 1958 – January 1961). A very rare example, seen only twice at auction previously. Restored front and back, but a 1” section of rim is missing near the left-hand bolthole. | £580 |
| 103 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “NORTH BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY Ltd. Glasgow 1944 No. 24950” as carried by the WD 2-8-0 “Austerity” loco 78513 ex-works September 1944 and on loan to the LNER from December 1945 until purchased by BR in December 1948. Renumbered LNER 3083 class “O7” in February 1947, BR 63083 in July 1948 and finally 90083 in May 1949. A long time March engine withdrawn from there in December 1959 and cut up at Darlington in February 1960. Diamond shape 13½” x 5¼” in ex-loco condition. | £150 |
| 104 | ASHOVER LIGHT RAILWAY (UNTITLED) CAST-IRON NOTICE: “BEWARE OF TRAINS.” 12” x 11” VGC restored face with white lettering on red background, ex-trackside back. A rare relic from this long gone line which operated from Clay Cross – Ashover in Derbyshire from 1925 – 1950. | £220 |
| 105 | TOTEM: OLDHAM MUMPS BR(M) fully-flanged maroon in VGC with deep colour and shine. Unrestored edge rusting only, no chipping. An ex-L&YR station opened in November 1847. | £400 |
| 106 | LNER silverplate CAKE STAND manufactured by Elkington with “LNER Tea Room Marylebone” engraved into the stand. A 12” diameter tray on a stand 7¾” high, itself on a base of 5¾” diameter. A splendid piece from the ex-GCR station opened 15th March 1899. The Tea Room is still there today, but not quite as salubrious as in those days. | £170 |
| 107 | BR(NE) ENAMEL SIGN: WAY OUT fully-flanged in tangerine with black-edged white lettering and two-flight right -pointing arrow. Very good colour and shine with a couple of minor edge chips, one repainted. 24” x 18”. | £150 |
| 108 | ALUMINIUM LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “BEYER PEACOCK (HYMEK) Ltd Serial No. 7961 Manchester 1962” as carried by the 1700HP diesel-hydraulic B-B type 3 loco D7057 which entered traffic in November 1962 at Cardiff. Withdrawn in January 1972 from Bristol Bath Road and moved to Swindon for scrap in April the same year. Those members of the class that survived became class 35, but none received TOPS numbers. In ex-loco condition with rail blue front and dark green back. | £400 |
| 109 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 46101 as carried by the LMSR 4-6-0 “Royal Scot” class 6P loco “ROYAL SCOTS GREY” built at North British Locomotive Co. Queens Park Works No. 23596 in August 1927 to Lot 41. Named “Royal Scots Grey” by April 1928. A No. 2A boiler and double-chimney fitted in 1945. Renumbered 46101 by BR in 1948. Allocated to Crewe North, Camden, Willesden and finally Annesley from where it was withdrawn from service August in 1963. Cut up by P. Wood Rotherham. The original name allocated for this loco was “Highland Chieftain.” Front only restored some time ago. | £3100 |
| 110 | TOTEM: CLAPHAM JUNCTION BR(S) fully-flanged green in VGC with deep colour and shine. No face chips, a little untouched edge chipping only. An ex-LSWR station opened in May 1838 and still the busiest junction in the world today. An excellent example of one of the most desirable “Junction” totems. | £1750 |
| 111 | GWR CAST-IRON CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 5368 as carried by GWR 2-6-0 Mogul “43XX” class loco built at Swindon Works No. 2740 in June 1919 to Lot 208. Modified in February 1928 and renumbered 8368. Renumbered 5368 in June 1944 and outside steam pipes fitted in May 1946. Allocated to and withdrawn from Reading in September 1958. Restored front only, ex-loco back. | £800 |
| 112 | SR green ENAMEL SIGN: PUBLIC TELEPHONE. 24” x 12” in VGC with one well repaired face chip only. Could have been in a frame at some time. | £60 |
| 113 | LNER “balloon” type BRANDY GLASS with “LNER” initials in script etched in. Stands 8¾” high on a 3¾” base. A small chip in the base does not detract. | £70 |
| 114 | CARRIAGE PRINT: THE RIVER BLYTH AT SOUTHWOLD, NEAR HALESWORTH, SUFFOLK by Eric Scott issued around 1947. A rare print and superb watercolour by the local artist of the riverside, a short walk from the narrow gauge Southwold Railway which crossed the river from Walberswick. In an original type glazed wooden frame and mint condition. | £220 |
| 115 | LMS HAWKSEYE ALUMINIUM STATION SIGN: PEAK FOREST. An ex-MR Derbyshire station between Chinley and Millers Dale opened in February 1867, closed March 1967. 48” x 18” in ex-station condition having been repainted in yellow with black lettering and edging by BR some time before closure. Extremely rare and highly desirable. | £950 |
| 116 | SHEDPLATE: 3E MONUMENT LANE (until June 1960, then 21E). An LMS style plate. A scarce example, restored front and back a long time ago. | £300 |
| 117 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY POCKET WATCH manufactured by Rotherhams of London. Rear hinged lid engraved “GWR 2388” in serif style letters and figures, pre-Grouping style. Attached to a chain with an enamel Union badge acting as fob. Good working order. (2) | £420 |
| 118 | GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY 4-place egg cup shaped CRUET SET manufactured by Elkington. A 6½” diameter tray standing on three ball-shaped feet, holding four egg cup dishes with a central 9” tall handle forming the holder for the four tea-spoon type serving spoons. The four cups, four spoons and tray all show the company “batwing” design and company initials in scrolled form. A superb item to grace any ones breakfast table in VGC. Special. | £520 |
| 119 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY Makers No. 815 Doncaster 1899” as carried by ex-GNR 4-4-2T “C2” class loco No. 1504. Ex-works March 1899 condenser fitted (removed 1924) and renumbered LNER 4504 the same year. Renumbered LNER 7362 again in May 1946, becoming BR 67362 in August 1950. Withdrawn from service at Grantham in January 1958 and cut up at Doncaster. Oval, 10⅝” x 6½” the front lightly polished only and showing signs of wear and tear, the back ex-loco. | £800 |
| 120 | TOTEM: UTTOXETER BR(M) fully-flanged maroon with good colour if a little matt. No face chips, unrestored minor edge rusting only. An ex-NSR station between Derby – Stoke-on-Trent opened in October 1881, replacing three earlier stations. A scarce totem rarely seen at auction. | £1250 |
| 121 | STRATFORD UPON AVON & MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY CAST-IRON NOTICE: “BEWARE OF TRAINS – Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted. By Order.” 21½” x 5” with cut corners in ex-lineside condition with faded red paint and white lettering. Opened as the East & West Junction Railway in June 1871, the company soon amalgamated with other railways to become the East & West Junction & Stratford Towcester & Midland Junction Railway in April 1891 and later still to take the title shown on this notice in January 1909. Grouped into the LMSR in January 1923. | £190 |
| 122 | STOCKTON & DARLINGTON RAILWAY (BISHOP AUCKLAND & WEARDALE SECTION) STATION LAMP. Glazed on three sides with one side opening to reveal an LNER burner and glass flute, the back is metal and has a slot for fitting to a wall bracket. There are four opaque white angled top glasses above and is finished by an ornate chimney. 10½” x 9½” base, 26½” tall, repainted in an attractive two-shade green with cream lining on chimney finished with a red finial. Although not shown, the lamp originated from Bishop Auckland station now the terminus for trains from Darlington, opened in November 1843 and was once a through station for trains into Weardale and beyond. . A very rare lamp in excellent order. | £280 |
| 123 | TAFF VALE RAILWAY 18” long POLICEMAN’S TRUNCHEON painted with “TVR” and the number “9” with the Victorian royal coat-of-arms and mountain goat. Turned ribbed handle. Good condition. | £260 |
| 124 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 90437 as carried by the Ministry of Supply 2-8-0 Austerity loco No. 77491 built at Vulcan Foundry Works No. 5007 in February 1944. On loan to the SR from March 1944 until returned to the WD in November that year for service in Belgium. After returning to the UK the loco went on loan to the LNER in January 1946 becoming class “O7” and renumbered 3116 in March 1947, BR 63116 in June 1948. Purchased by BR in December 1948 and became 90437 in October 1949. A long time Colwick allocation it moved to Doncaster in December 1965 being withdrawn from there in April 1966 and cut up by Albert Draper at Hull in September 1966. Totally ex-loco condition with plenty of rust. | £400 |
| 125 | CAST-IRON INDUSTRIAL LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: RICHARD as carried by Stewarts & Lloyds Ltd., Bilston Iron & Steel Works 165HP 0-4-0 diesel-electric loco No. 33 built by Ruston & Hornsby Works No. 323603 in October 1953. Taken into British Steel Corporation stock in July 1968 and transferred to Tilsley & Lovatt Ltd., Trentham in July 1980. No further information recorded. 28¼” x 6½” in ex-loco condition with burn marks where the fixing bolts were removed and the suggestion of a blue livery. | £520 |
| 126 | CARRIAGE PRINT: LEEDS CITY STATION CONCOURSE, YORKSHIRE by Claude Buckle from the LMR Railway Architecture Series. A scarce print of the concourse, now restored to its former glory. In an original type glazed wooden frame and mint condition. | £240 |
| 127 | BR(M) ENAMEL SIGNALBOX NAMEBOARD: GLEN PARVA JUNCTION from the LNWR Type 4 design signal box fitted with a 24 lever Tumbler frame located at the eastern end of the Nuneaton to Leicester line. It was closed on 23rd July 1973 when the area of control of Wigston North Junction, located on the Midland main line, was extended. 66” x 10” in almost mint condition with one edge chip only. | £800 |
| 128 | SHEDPLATE: 52H TYNE DOCK (Ex 54B, October 1958 – June 1963). Restored front and back. See also Lot 16. | £220 |
| 129 | GER sliding knob three-aspect HANDLAMP the reducing cone stamped “Yarmouth Vaux 56” and faintly overstamped “LNE-E.” Complete with LNE-E reservoir and BR burner. Small chips to bevel-edged front lens, otherwise good condition. Back handle removed in service. An ex-GER Norfolk coast station opened in May 1844. | £180 |
| 130 | TOTEM: DARLINGTON BR(NE) fully-flanged tangerine with excellent colour and shine. A little unrestored rusting to the black surround. Tangerine back. An ex-NER station opened by the S&D in September 1825. One of the most desirable North Eastern Region totems and an outstanding example. | £4500 |
| 131 | BTC “LION HOLDING WHEEL” LOCOMOTIVE MOTIF in cast aluminium. These were originally affixed to the sides of the then new 25kv AC Overhead Electric Locomotives (Classes AL1-AL6, later classes 81-86) constructed for the Euston – Manchester and Liverpool electrification from 1958 onwards. They were replaced by the later BR “double-arrow” symbol from the mid 1960s onwards. 18¼” x 18¼” overall and in ex-loco condition. | £680 |
| 132 | BR(M) ENAMEL STATION SIGN: WAY OUT PLEASE SHOW TICKETS with right pointing two-flight arrow in maroon with white letters with deep colour and shine. 30” x 12” with a couple of minor chips. Original location unknown. | £140 |
| 133 | CAST-IRON WORKSPLATE: “BEYER, PEACOCK & Co. Ltd 7076 Beyer-Garratt Locomotive Patents 298422-518251 Manchester, 1944” from the East African Railways metre gauge 4-8-4+4-8-4 Garratt loco No. 5402 (KUR 90 Class EC4). Oval, 10¼” x 5⅞” in ex-loco condition. | £290 |
| 134 | GWR CAST-IRON CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 8750 as carried by the GWR 0-6-0PT “8750” class loco built at Swindon in September 1933 to Lot 282. The first of the class. A Southall engine in the 1950s, transfer to Swansea East Dock came in May 1960. Withdrawn in May 1962 and cut up at North Wales Wagon Co., Chester. Restored front and back. | £520 |
| 135 | TOTEM: FULBOURNE BR(E) half-flanged dark blue with good colour, if slightly mottled. No face chips but the usual repainted edge rusting only. An ex-GER station between Cambridge and Newmarket opened in October 1851, closed in January 1967. | £800 |
| 136 | BRASS ANNETT’S KEY: LANSDOWN CARRIAGE SIDINGS KEY B from the ex MR location just north of what is now Cheltenham Spa station, still in use today, but named Alstone Carriage Sidings. Circular end with engraved lettering. Good condition. | £120 |
| 137 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS Built at Hillside Workshops No. 364 – 1945” from the 4-8-2 loco JA1241 (the third JA class to be completed) which entered service in March 1947 at Dunedin. The loco was withdrawn from service in August 1968 and scrapped at Christchurch in 1969. Oval 17½” x 11” curved to fit smokebox side, face restored and polished to VGC, the back ex-loco. A photograph of the loco and some notes accompany. | £260 |
| 138 | CAST-IRON WAGON PLATE: “LMS NCC 625” 13¾” x 6⅞” with curved corners, face repainted white on black, ex-vehicle back. The London Midland & Scottish Railway – Northern Counties Committee was formed at the grouping 1st January 1923 to take over the Midland Railway Northern Counties Committee. Nationalised on 1st January 1948 to become the Railway Executive Northern Counties Committee. | £100 |
| 139 | CARRIAGE PRINT: LINCOLN by Jack Merriott from the LNER post-war series 1948-1955. A view of old cottages dominated by the cathedral beyond. VGC and in an original type glazed wooden frame. | £80 |
| 140 | TOTEM: KIRKHAM AND WESHAM BR(M) fully-flanged maroon with good colour and shine with a single face chip only and a little repainted edge rusting. May have been thinly lacquered a long time ago. An ex- Preston & Wyre Railway station opened in July 1840 on the Preston – Blackpool North line, the junction for Blackpool South. | N/S |
| 141 | GWR HOTELS silverplate MENU HOLDER manufactured by Walker & Hall. 2¾” diameter at base, 6¾” tall with fan-shaped design at top with slot to hold menu (or table number). The GWR Hotels coat-of-arms is incised into the base. VGC. | £350 |
| 142 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “HUNSLET ENGINE Co. Leeds No. 757 1901” as carried by the 5’ 6” gauge, outside cylinder 0-4-0ST delivered to Colombo Port Commission, Ceylon, as their No. 12. Engraved oval 15¼” x 9¾” lightly polished front, ex-loco back. The letter “R” is stamped in the rear rim indicating that it was the “Right Hand” plate when carried on the loco. | £1500 |
| 143 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 75039 as carried by the BR Standard class 4 4-6-0 loco built at Swindon in August 1953 to Lot 401. First allocated to Bletchley. Later allocated to Chester, then Bletchley (again), Derby, Springs Branch, Skipton and finally Tebay from where it was withdrawn in September 1967 and cut up by Motherwell Machinery & Scrap Co., Wishaw. Very neatly welded by BR hardly noticeable from the front. Restored to VGC front and back. | £440 |
| 144 | BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS 1897 14CRB from the 3 ft 6 in gauge 4-8-2 loco built by Montreal Loco Works 60271 of 1919 as class 14C, later modified to class 14CB, then re-boilered as class 14CRB. Oval, 20⅝ x 14½” face restored some time ago, the back ex-loco. | £600 |
| 145 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: GABRIEL from the Schull & Skibbereen Light Railway, Co. Cork, Ireland, 3’ gauge outside cylinder 4-4-0T loco No. 1 built by Peckett Works No. 1085 in 1906. Taken into Great Southern Railways stock as No. 1S but was scrapped in 1936. 28” x 6⅜” in VGC, the front lightly polished, the back ex-loco apart from a small section painted red. The loco was named after a mountain. A rare find indeed. | £3000 |
| 146 | SHEDPLATE: 53C HULL SPRINGHEAD (1950 – December 1958) HULL ALEXANDRA DOCK (December 1958-January 1960, then sub of 50B). A scarce example in ex-loco condition. | £680 |
| 147 | STEEL single line KEY TOKEN: PENMAENPOOL – DOLGELLEY with the section name on attached metal plates on both sides. From the ex-Cambrian and GWR section from Barmouth Junction – Bala Junction line closed in 1965. Well used condition. | £130 |
| 148 | BR(NE) STREET DIRECTION SIGN: BRITISH RAILWAYS (in totem) STATION with right pointing two-flight arrow in tangerine with white lettering. 21” x 10½”, one or two restored edge chips, good overall. Original location unknown. | £200 |
| 149 | BRASS 9” x 5” LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “LNER 2573 1924” as carried by the LNER 4-6-2 Pacific “A1” class loco 2573 “HARVESTER” built by North British Locomotive Co Hyde Park Works No. 23111 in October 1924. To Darlington Works for rebuilding to class “A3” in January 1928 and returned to traffic in April 1928. Renumbered 542 in April 1946, then 74 in June 1946 and finally BR 60074 in May 1948. A long time Neville Hill resident, withdrawn from there in April 1963 and cut up at Doncaster. “L787” stamped into rear. Restored front, ex-loco back. | £1000 |
| 150 | LNER LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: LUMLEY CASTLE as carried by the LNER “B17/2” “Sandringham” class 4-6-0 loco No. 2824 when built at Darlington in February 1931. Renumbered 1624 in May 1946 and BR 61624 in December 1948. Withdrawn from service in March 1953 from March and cut up at Doncaster. 58” long, the background restored in red a long time ago, letters lightly polished, the back in ex-loco condition. Subject to an early withdrawal (the second to be condemned) on the grounds of cost; most of the class went between 1958-1960. The castle was the home of the Earl of Scarborough and is located near Chester-le-Street. | N/S |
| 151 | BR(NE) Q/R poster: SERVICE TO INDUSTRY. Classic artwork by Terence Cuneo dated 1962 showing the ICI chemical works at Billingham-on-Tees with steam and diesel locos ready to haul trains away. Rolled, VGC. | £420 |
| 152 | RAILWAY EXECUTIVE (W) Q/R poster: ROYAL WINDSOR. Artwork by Fred Taylor showing the castle with a company of Coldstream Guardsmen marching past. Advertises the special facilities available from London including Circular Rail-River Trips during Summer Months. Undated, Ref: PW72. Folded, VGC otherwise. | £240 |
| 153 | SOUTHERN ELECTRIC Q/R poster: HMS VICTORY PORTSMOUTH. Colourful artwork by Kenneth Shoesmith showing the vessel following restoration. Published in 1937 to herald the arrival of electric services to Portsmouth. Folded, VGC otherwise. | £650 |
| 154 | GWR OF ENGLAND Q/R poster: CORNISH RIVIERA EXPRESS Drawn by Locomotive “King George VI No. 6028.” Artwork by Chas Mayo showing the train at speed. Produced for the American market with reference to “Associated British & Irish Railways Inc., New York.” Rolled and wrinkled with Sellotaped edges at rear to strengthen, but this has not stopped slight loss at bottom left hand corner and a couple of edge tears. Undated, but probably late 1930s. We sold one of the nameplates from this loco at our June 2006 auction. | £880 |
| 155 | RAILWAY EXECUTIVE (Sc) Q/R poster: THE WESTERN HIGHLANDS – See Scotland by Rail. Artwork by Edward I. Halliday showing peaceful loch, trees and mountain scene. Undated, Ref: AR1030, ER55), Folded, a little faded, small edge tears and a small split, good otherwise. | £200 |
| 156 | LNER Q/R poster: LINCOLN – It’s Quicker By Rail. Artwork by Fred Taylor of river scene with cathedral dominating the landscape. Undated, but probably 1930s. One central fold, but a little loss along the top edge caused by damp and one or two edge tears. Produced for use in the USA with a reference to “Associated British Railways” in New York. | £200 |
| 157 | LMS and LNER Q/R Poster: LANARKSHIRE STEEL WORKS. Artwork by Norman Wilkinson RI showing a typical fiery steel works of the period. Undated, but would appear to be 1930s. Folded with a number of small tears at folds and quite fragile, good otherwise. | £620 |
| 158 | SR D/R poster: FIRST IN THE FIELD – New “West Country” Engines. Colourful artwork by Leslie Carr showing a West Country class Pacific loco at speed. Dated 1946. Rolled, linen backed, VGC. A superb poster. | £3200 |
| 159 | BR(Sc) D/R poster: COME TO ABERDEEN – The Silver City With the Golden Sands. Artwork by Lander showing Scottie dog, ball, bucket and spade on the beach. Dated 1957/58. Folded, good otherwise. | £250 |
| 160 | LNER D/R poster: FOUNTAINS ABBEY on the London and North Eastern Railway of England and Scotland. Artwork showing visitors looking round the ruins by Fred Taylor. Produced for the Australian market with a reference to agents in Sydney. Undated, but probably 1930s. Rolled with three large punch holes at top signifying previous mounting system and a few edge tears particularly at base, good otherwise. | £120 |
| 161 | BR(W) D/R poster: ST. IVES CORNWALL – Glorious Sands, Ideal Bathing. Anonymous artwork showing children playing with cat and locals looking on towards boats in the harbour. Undated, Ref: PR114. Rolled, VGC. | £550 |
| 162 | SNCF D/R poster: VISIT FRANCE – THE FRENCH ALPS – Use the Trains and Motor Coaches of the French Railways. Artwork by Saindré showing an alpine scene through a carriage window. Dated 1952. Printed in English for display at BR stations. Folded, good otherwise. | £100 |
| 163 | BR(Sc) D/R poster: THE BONNIE, BONNIE BANKS OF LOCH LOMOND – See Britain by Train and Steamer. Artwork by W.R. Morton with bird’s eye view of the loch and mountains extending from Balloch in the south to Ardlui in the north. Undated, Ref: B14104. Folded, good otherwise. | N/S |
| 164 | LNER D/R poster: EAST COAST OCCUPATIONS – BOATBUILDING. Artwork by Frank H. Mason showing boats under construction and completed model sailing away beyond. Undated, Ref: AR1024. Folded with a little damp staining, good otherwise. | £280 |
| 165 | RAILWAY EXECUTIVE (S) D/R poster: BOURNEMOUTH – Summer and Winter Resort. Colourful artwork by Alan Durman of beach scene with paddle steamer leaving the pier seen through rhododendron blossom. Published in 1952. Folded, good otherwise. | £160 |
| 166 | DUTCH RAILWAYS approved D/R poster: HOLLAND BULBTIME Season March – May. Anonymous artwork showing couple looking through carriage window at the colourful bulb fields. Undated, but appears to be pre-war. “NS” stamp in top left hand corner. Rolled, linen backed, VGC. | £150 |
| 167 | RAILWAY EXECUTIVE (NE) D/R poster: BERWICK-UPON-TWEED. Artwork by Leonard Squirrell showing the road bridges over the Tweed and town beyond. Undated. Folded, good otherwise. | £320 |
| 168 | ROTTERDAM LLOYD ROYAL MAIL LINE D/R poster: MEDITERRANEAN EGYPT/CEYLON STRAITS SETTLEMENTS DUTCH EAST INDIES AUSTRALIA/CHINA & JAPAN VIA JAVA. Classic artwork by V. Stein with typical art-deco view of luxury liner and coconut palm tree. Undated, but probably early 1930s. Rolled, minor edge damage and repaired tear at base, good otherwise. | £1150 |
| 169 | BR(Sc) D/R poster: CULZEAN CASTLE President Eisenhower’s Scottish Home. Artwork taken from an oil painting of the Ayrshire Coast by Kenneth Steel. Undated, Ref: 12552. Produced for the American and Canadian market with reference to offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Toronto. Rolled, VGC. | £220 |
| 170 | LNER D/R poster: YORK on the London and North Eastern Railway of England and Scotland. Artwork by Fred Taylor showing Stonegate with marching military band. Produced for the American market with reference to “Associated British Railways” in New York. Undated, but appears to be 1930s. Rolled, one or two small edge tears and a little dusty, good otherwise. | £150 |
| 171 | BR(NE) D/R poster: WHITBY – GEM OF THE YORKSHIRE COAST. Anonymous artwork comprising of a large diamond underneath the name “Whitby.” Dated 1958. Folded, VGC. Should appeal to those who have holidaying associations with the area. | £100 |
| 172 | CANADIAN PACIFIC D/R poster: HAPPY CRUISES Popular Prices. Artwork by Fred W. Purvis showing an on-deck party scene. Undated, but probably dates from the 1920s. Rolled, small tear at base, larger repaired tear at top, good otherwise. | £580 |
| 173 | BR(W) D/R poster: SOMERSET. Artwork by Wilcox showing the village of Selworthy with its thatched cottages lining the High Street. Undated, Ref: PR128. Folded and has the number “132” in the top right hand corner and a few pinholes, good otherwise. | £180 |
| 174 | LNER D/R poster: EAST ANGLIA – It’s Quicker by Rail. Wonderful artwork by Rowland Hilder showing sailing boats and boatyard at Brightlingsea Essex in the 1930s. Folded, VGC otherwise. One of the best posters in the sale. | £680 |
| 175 | BRASS INDUSTRIAL LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: STANTON NO. 26 as carried by the Stanton Ironworks Co. Ltd., Stanton Ironworks, Ilkeston, outside cylinder 0-4-0CT built by Andrew Barclay Works No. 1928 in 1927. Out of use by late 1969. No disposal information available, but presumed scrapped. 31” x 5¾” with scalloped corners in ex-loco condition, the front showing some scoring received in an accident at some time. | £520 |
| 176 | GWR HOTELS silverplate ICE TONGS with attractive “claw feet” design ice holders. Manufactured by Elkington, 7” long with the “GWR Hotels” coat -of-arms incised intone handle. VGC. | £220 |
| 177 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 48472 as carried by the LMSR 2-8-0 loco built at Swindon in May 1945 to Lot 165. Immediately went on loan to the GWR until May 1947 when loco went to the LMS. Renumbered 48472 at Nationalisation. Allocated to Carlisle Kingmoor until October 1963 when it was transferred to Buxton. Withdrawn in May 1966 and cut up by John Cashmore at Great Bridge in August 1966. Ex-loco condition. | £450 |
| 178 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “NORTH BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY Ltd. Glasgow 1962 No. 28055” as carried by British Steel Corporation, Redbourn Iron & Steel Works, Scunthorpe 0-6-0 diesel hydraulic locomotive No. 33 built to order L113. No further information regarding disposal. One of the last locos to be constructed by the company. Diamond shape, 13½” x 5½” in ex-loco condition. | £340 |
| 179 | CHESHIRE LINES RAILWAY photographic carriage panel: THE PROMENADE CLACTON LNER and THE SANDS AND PIER HUNSTANTON LNER. Issued in the 1920s, a very scarce CLC photo panel of these holiday locations and a rare opportunity to obtain a Hunstanton panel. In its original 23½” x 9¾” glazed wooden frame and in good condition. | £85 |
| 180 | TOTEM: HENDON BR(M) fully-flanged maroon with good colour although a little mottled. No face chips, but a little unrestored edge rusting only. An ex-MR station on the Midland Main Line between St Pancras – St Albans opened in July 1868. | £620 |
| 181 | LNER CAST-IRON DOORPLATE: GENERAL WAITING ROOM. 21¼” x 4¾” with curved ends, restored face in white on black some time ago, the back in ex-station condition. | £170 |
| 182 | CALEDONIAN RAILWAY three-aspect HANDLAMP the reducing cone stamped “Caledonian 463A” and brass plated “Hamilton Central 43.” The body is stamped “Caledonian 856C.” The reservoir is stamped “Caledonian Railway.” Good condition. A station to the south of Glasgow opened in July 1876. | £480 |
| 183 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “HUDSWELL CLARKE & Co. Ltd. Railway Foundry Leeds No 1695 1938” as carried by the outside cylinder 0-6-0T loco No. 17 ex-works September 1938 and delivered to Sheepbridge Coal & Iron Co. Ltd., Chesterfield. Renumbered 27 in 1952. Sold to Staveley Minerals Ltd., Desborough Ironstone Quarries in March 1961. Scrapped in May 1966. Oval 13” x 8¼” ex-loco condition, with some skilful repair work undertaken at a works visit around the boltholes which had become extended. | £200 |
| 184 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY CAST-IRON NOTICE: “NOTICE ALL PERSONS FOUND TRESPASSING on This Railway will be Prosecuted as the Law Directs.” Small 23½” x 12” version, the front restored, back ex-lineside. | £85 |
| 185 | TOTEM: ABERYSTWYTH BR(W) half-flanged chocolate and cream with deep colour and shine, edge rusting restored. An ex-Cambrian Railways station opened in June 1864. A scarce totem seldom seen at auction. | £1000 |
| 186 | FIBRE SINGLE LINE TABLET: ROMALDKIRK – MIDDLETON-IN-TEESDALE 29 from the ex-NER branch from Barnard Castle closed to passengers in November 1964, but appears to have continued in use for freight traffic for a while afterwards. Good ex-section condition. | £120 |
| 187 | GWR BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 6678 as carried by the GWR 0-6-2T 5600 class loco built at Armstrong Whitworth Works No. 966 in September 1928. A long time Stourbridge Junction engine from where it was withdrawn in November 1964 and cut up by John Cashmore at Great Bridge. Restored to VGC front only, the back cleaned. | £850 |
| 188 | GWR CAST-IRON SIGNALBOX NAMEBOARD: LADBROKE GROVE SIGNAL BOX. A location just outside Paddington Station closed in 1966 with the introduction of power signalling controlled by Old Oak Common. Now more famous for the catastrophic accident in 2001. 90½” x 9” totally unrestored. | £580 |
| 189 | SHEDPLATE: 24L CARNFORTH (1950 – September 1963). Restored front and back. | £120 |
| 190 | TOTEM: WEMBLEY HILL BR(M) fully-flanged maroon with deep colour and shine. One repaired face chip only and a little edge rusting. An ex-GCR station on the line from Marylebone, opened in March 1906, renamed Wembley Complex in May 1978. A scarce totem not seen at auction since 1995. | £1500 |
| 191 | GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY 8” dial non-fusee wooden cased CLOCK. The dial has been re-lettered “LNER” and has an ivorine plate attached with the number “3752.” The clock is ex-Wymondham a station on the Ely-Norwich line in Norfolk and has the remains of the original GER location label on the back box. Good ex-station condition. Complete with winder. NOTE: The clock is wound in an anti-clockwise direction. | £500 |
| 192 | MIDLAND STEAMERS silverplate six-slice TOAST RACK manufactured by Elkington. 5” high x 5½” long with carrying handle on top. Company name in laurel leaf design incised on side. Good condition. | £50 |
| 193 | CARRIAGE PRINT: PINMILL NEAR IPSWICH, SUFFOLK by Charles King from the LNER post-war series issued in 1953. A scarce view showing the public house on the quay with boats moored at various angles. VGC and in an original type glazed wooden frame. | £100 |
| 194 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “BEYER, PEACOCK & Co. Gorton Foundry 1875 Manchester” from South Australian Railways 3 ft 6 in gauge 2-6-0 of “Wx” class loco (“Wx31” is chalked on back). The W class [reboilered as Wx] were first built by Beyer Peacock in 1878, and the plate was possibly transferred from an earlier class “U” 2-6-0 built in 1875. Oval, 14¾” x 6⅞” in ex-loco condition. NOTE: a little metal residue remains around one bolthole when plate burnt off the engine. | £900 |
| 195 | TOTEM: WADDON BR(S) fully-flanged green with deep colour and shine. A little unrestored edge rusting and a repaired chip only. VGC overall. An ex-LB&SCR station opened in February 1863. | £300 |
| 196 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 32417 as carried by the ex LB&SCR 0-6-2T loco No. 417 built at Brighton in December 1905 and new to New Cross shed. Became SR B417 and later 2417 class “E6.” Renumbered 32417 by BR in October 1948. Allocated to Norwood Junction, Bricklayers Arms and finally Brighton from where it was withdrawn in December 1962 and cut up at Eastleigh Works. Casting letter “B” in the back. Restored front and back some time ago. | £1000 |
| 197 | BRASS TENDER NUMBERPLATE: SNCF 30.R.313 from the tender of a French State Railways 141-R class 2-8-2 loco, No. 313, built Alco 74186 of 1946. Rectangular, 22” x 12¼” in totally ex-loco condition with plenty of peeling red paint. | £100 |
| 198 | NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY wooden framed ENAMEL SIGN: WAY OUT in brown on cream with margin all the way round with scalloped corners. Manufactured by Chromo Wolverhampton. 33½ x 12½” the frame has been stripped ready for repainting. The enamel has good colour and shine. | £190 |
| 199 | GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY. A pegging BLOCK INSTRUMENT with three-position dial “Train On Line, Line Clear and Line Blocked” the dial also marked “G.C.R.” The instrument retains its ivorine plates “Down Line” and “Hyde Central Station.” From Hyde Junction box on the ex-GCR Manchester – Sheffield line via Woodhead. Hyde Central station signal box was on the Romiley Junction to Hyde Junction line and closed on 23rd March 1969. Good ex-box condition. | £320 |
| 200 | LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: OSPREY as carried by the (LNER) 4-6-2 Pacific loco No. 60131 built at Darlington Works No. 2050 entering service in October 1948, the second A1 to be built there. The loco was named in June 1950, the name having previously been carried by “A4” loco No. 4494 (later BR 60003) which was renamed “Andrew K. McCosh” in October 1942. A new casting was made for fitting to 60131. A long time Copley Hill engine, spending a short time at Ardsley, before ending up at Neville Hill from where it was withdrawn from service in October 1965 and cut up by T.W. Ward, Killamarsh. 41” x 7¾” basically ex-loco, but the face may have been repainted a long time ago, the back is ex-loco and in the LNER tradition lists the other locos with the same pattern plate: “Dante, Hycilla, Tehran, Barham, Curlew, Amadis” plus a few others that are very faint. A superb plate. | £15000 |
| 201 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “NO. 2050 DARLINGTON 1948” as carried by the (LNER) loco 60131 “OSPREY.” Engraved oval, 12⅛” x 6¼” in ex-loco condition. See also Lot 200. | £2000 |
| 202 | WHITE STAR LINE 10” x 8¼” oval shape china VEGETABLE DISH with gold rim and edged with brown and green design and red coloured house flag with “White Star Line” in scroll in the bottom. Makers name not present, but would appear to be Minton. Similar design crockery is known to have been carried on board the ill-fated “RMS Titanic.” VGC. | £380 |
| 203 | WHITE STAR LINE crescent shaped CHINA SIDE DISH manufactured by John Maddock & Sons. 8¼” x 4½” with black and brown decorative border and intertwined company initials. Good condition. | £60 |
| 204 | WHITE STAR LINE CHINA TEA SAUCER manufactured by Stonier & Co, Ltd. Blue transfer printed ornate garland type border with intertwined company initials “OSNC” (Ocean Steam Navigation Company) in the centre. 5¾” diameter, good condition. | £50 |
| 205 | WHITE STAR LINE silverplate NUT CRACKERS manufactured by Elkington. 5½” long with the company house flag incised into the handle. Generally in good condition. | £100 |
| 206 | WHITE STAR LINE silverplate ASHTRAY manufactured by Elkington. 7¼” x 4¼” 2ith house flag stamped in centre, the name in full stamped into the base. Re-plated to VGC. | £85 |
| 207 | LONDON & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY uniform BUTTONS 24mm and 16mm sizes in pewter (Froggatt Plate 28/1). The larger example has a closed back and is backmarked “Edmonds & Rourke London” and has a little surface wear, the smaller is open, has no backmark, but is in VGC. Rare, early examples. (2) | £700 |
| 208 | MANCHESTER & LEEDS RAILWAY uniform BUTTON 28mm in gilt (Froggatt Plate 11/19). The button has an open back with the backmark “Hammond Turner & Sons.” VGC. The Manchester & Leeds was opened in July 1839 and was amalgamated with a number of other companies in Lancashire and Yorkshire to form the railway so titled from July 1847. A rare button. | £300 |
| 209 | RAILWAY EXECUTIVE (W) brass lion-over-wheel uniform CAP BADGES: “STATION MASTER” and “FOREMAN” with brown inlaid enamel around the staff grade. VGC and complete with original pins. (2) | £220 |
| 210 | LONDON & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY nickel and leather backed UNIFORM CAP BADGE “Porter 6003.” The word “porter” is in crescent shape with the number “6003” below (Froggatt Plate 31). 2¾” x 2⅛” in good condition. | £60 |
| 211 | CHESHIRE LINES COMMITTEE uniform CAP BADGE: “CLC 301” in gilt, oval design, 2¼” x 2” in original ex-uniform condition. The CLC operated lines between Chester – Manchester – Liverpool – Southport and was a joint management committee of the Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire and Great Northern Railways. Continued as a joint entity until Nationalisation in 1948. | £80 |
| 212 | GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY POLICE brass with nickel “Forward” crest at centre HELMET BADGE. Laurel leaf design surrounding garter showing title (no illustration in Froggatt). 2¾” x 3” in VGC. | £130 |
| 213 | LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY selection of two WW1 “Railway Service” LAPEL BADGES in the standard white enamel with blue surround and red crown, but also included is the much scarcer “Transport Service” which was the first example to be issued by a railway company during the war (Froggatt p32). This is a simpler version with no crown, but similar to later versions in every other way. All in VGC. (3) | £140 |
| 214 | L&NWR brass HORSEBRASS. Rectangular shaped with scalloped corners 2¼” x 1¾” (Hawthorne 53) attached to part of a leather harness. Plus an oval shaped horsebrass “JN & Co. Ltd.” 1¾” x 1½” (Hawthorne refers to Joseph Nall of Lancashire, but with no illustrated example) also attached to part of a leather harness. Both items in VGC. (2) | £75 |
| 215 | BRISTOL & EXETER RAILWAY engraved IVORY PASS. Circular, 1” diameter, issued for use by “R. Birkin, Midland Railway Company Director.” Richard Birkin, 1805-1870, was a Director of the MR from 1862 until his death in 1870. He was a Nottingham lace manufacturer living at Apsley Hall, Nottingham and was Lord of the Manor of Toton.. He was a JP for the Borough and County of Nottingham and was Mayor of Nottingham in 1849, 1855, 1862 and 1863. Opened in 1841, the B&E Railway was absorbed into the GWR from 1st January 1876. Very rare and in good condition. | £340 |
| 216 | CHESHIRE LINES COMMITTEE enamel ARMBAND: LOOK-OUT. Oval design with red lettering on white, 4½” x 3” with original leather straps. A little scratched and some minor restoration to some of the lettering. See lot 211 for history. | £50 |
| 217 | LMS MARINE DEPARTMENT LIQUEUR GLASS. 3¼” tall 1½” diameter at top, the initials “L.M.S. M.D.” engraved in side. Good condition. | £48 |
| 218 | GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY. A 6” high, 2¾” diameter WINE GLASS clearly etched “GER” in VGC. | £50 |
| 219 | LNER (initials in script) WHISKY GLASS. 2¾” high x 1⅞ diameter at base, 2⅛” diameter at top. VGC. | £80 |
| 220 | SMALL COMMEMORATIVE MUG: SUNDERLAND BRIDGE in glazed china slightly cone shape 3⅛” diameter at base narrowing to 2⅞” with illustration of the bridge in black on a pink oval background edged in gold. The bridge was opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1879. No maker’s name shown. A small chip in the rim and slight crazing of the glaze only. | N/S |
| 221 | LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER RAILWAY commemorative CHINA BOWL depicting a 2-2-2 tender loco and train. 3¾” high x 6¾” diameter. No indication of manufacturer. A little crazing, good otherwise. | £50 |
| 222 | LNWR special “North Wales Club Saloon” Member’s FOLDING CARRIAGE KEY. Polished metal with fold-out arms, 3” x 3” in VGC. Complete with a members First Class leather bound SEASON TICKET for use between Manchester and North Wales. Dated 1910. (2) | £100 |
| 223 | GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY HOTEL LEEDS three-part silverplate and glass CRUET SET manufactured by Walker & Hall. 4” diameter x 5½” high to top of carrying handle containing pepper shaker, mustard jar (no spoon) and salt cellar. The company name in garter surrounding the letter “L” incised into holder. The GNR Leeds Hotel opened in July 1869. It was badly damaged by fire in July 1906. The hotel was sold to a private buyer in January 1952. The hotel is still open. Good condition. | £75 |
| 224 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “THE HUNSLET ENGINE Co. Ltd Leeds 17½” x 24” No. 3738-1956” as carried by the (GWR) 0-6-0PT “9400” class loco 3408 actually built by the Yorkshire Engine Company Works No 2583 to Lot No. 387 as sub-contractor for Hunslet being ex-works in August 1956. A Cardiff (Radyr) engine until withdrawn in September 1962 and cut up at Caerphilly Works. Oval 11½” x 8⅛” face polished only, back ex-loco. | £550 |
| 225 | BR LOCOMOTIVE HEADBOARD: THE ROYAL HIGHLANDER. Aluminium, embossed lettering, 33” x 15½” including fixing bracket at base. The “owning” depot “Camden 1B” is painted on the rear. Good condition with repainted background. The name was given to the night service from Euston – Aberdeen and Inverness by the LMS in 1927. Although the train ran throughout the war years and after, the title was dropped. This plate originates from the re-introduction of the name by BR in 1957. | £2300 |
| 226 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 45666 as carried by the LMSR 4-6-0 “Jubilee” class 5XP-6P loco No. 5666 “CORNWALLIS” built at Crewe Works No. 264 in November 1935 to Lot 121. Named “Cornwallis” by January 1937 and renumbered 45666 by BR in December 1948. A well-travelled engine, spending brief periods at Carlisle Upperby, Crewe North, Edge Hill, Willesden, Crewe South and Crewe North (again), ending up at Warrington in November 1963, from where it was withdrawn in April 1965 and cut up at Hayes, Bridgend in August the same year. Front only restored some time ago. | £1750 |
| 227 | GWR CAST-IRON CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 7323 as carried by the GWR 2-6-0 Mogul “43XX” class loco built at Swindon in February 1932 to Lot No. 276 as No. 9301. Renumbered 7323 in October 1956 and withdrawn in August 1962. Allocated mainly to St Philips Marsh, it spent a month at Chester (West) in 1958. Broken up at Swindon Works in October 1962. Totally unrestored ex-loco condition with plenty of rust, but original lining showing through. | £900 |
| 228 | SHEDPLATE: 87C DANYGRAIG (SWANSEA) (1950 – March 1964). A scarce example, front restored to VGC only. | £320 |
| 229 | CAST-IRON WAGON PLATE: FESTINIOG RAILWAY 52. Oval, 10” x 8” restored face with white lettering and numbers on black., back ex-vehicle condition.. | £240 |
| 230 | TOTEM: NUNEATON BR(M) fully-flanged maroon with good colour and shine. No face chips, but the usual edge rusting, mostly repainted. An ex-LNWR station on the West Coast Main Line opened in September 1847. Although named Nuneaton Trent Valley for a number of years until 1969, the suffix did not appear on the totems. Always a keenly contested totem when offered at auction. | £440 |
| 231 | ALUMINIUM SINGLE LINE TABLET: TALGARTH – TALYLLYN NORTH 11 from an ex-Cambrian Railways section closed in December 1962. Has an unusual “Star of David” cutout in the middle as well as the usual slot and hole. Talyllyn was once the junction for Brecon and Talybont-on-Usk, sadly long-gone. Ex-section condition. | £1050 |
| 232 | SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL (UNTITLED) CAST-IRON NOTICE: “5IN S.V. 10 FT To Shut Corp. Water Off To Aston Branch.” 24” x 15” with rounded corners, restored front, ex-canal side back. | £400 |
| 233 | CARRIAGE PRINT: KING’S LYNN, NORFOLK by Gyrth Russell from the LNER post-war series 1948-1955. A sleepy view of the River Great Ouse, harbour and warehouses on the quay. VGC and mounted in an original type glazed wooden fame. | £75 |
| 234 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “NORTH BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE Coy. Ltd. Glasgow 1936 No 24322 Hyde Park Works” as carried by the LMS 2-6-4T class 4P-4 loco 2566, later BR 42566. The loco toured the LMR at Crewe North, Warwick and WR at Leamington and Landore, then Willesden before ending up at Birkenhead from where it was withdrawn in May 1965 and cut up at Drapers at Hull. Circular 6½” diameter, very rare engraved style only fitted to a small batch of “Jubilees” and Stanier tanks. Very good ex-loco condition. | £450 |
| 235 | TOTEM: HIGH STREET BR(Sc) fully-flanged light blue with deep colour and shine. A couple of very well repaired face chips only. An ex-NBR Glasgow suburban area station originally named “College” when opened in 1866, renamed in January 1914. | £320 |
| 236 | GWR SIGNAL DEPT. steel-cased tombstone shaped KEY INSTRUMENT with the instruction: “To Obtain Key After Receiving Signalman’s Permit Turn Key To No. 2 & Wait Until The Space Indicates “Free” Then Turn Key To No. 3. To Replace Key Turn To No.1.” Small windows above the key slot on the front read “Free” and “1.” 10¾” high x 7” wide over fixing lugs and 6” deep in totally original condition with plenty of rust. | £50 |
| 237 | LNER wooden handled brass STATION HANDBELL. A 6” diameter brass bell, 11” high to top of handle, complete with clapper. Handle stamped “LNER.” Ex-station condition. Origin unknown, but thought to be Scottish Area. | £70 |
| 238 | WOODEN FRAMED WAITING ROOM PRINT entitled “The West Highland Line” from an oil painting by W. Douglas Macleod who undertook much work for BR posters and carriage prints. The scene depicts a steam hauled train at the loch side with coast and sea beyond. Undated, but would appear to be early-mid 1950s. On the back of the picture, which is mounted on hardboard, is the legend “S.M Orton,” indicating that it once adorned a wall at the ex-Highland Railway station which closed in 1964. | £250 |
| 239 | BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: A416 from the New Zealand Government Railway “A” class 4-6-2 Pacific built by A&G Price, Construction No. 19, of 1907. Two of the class, A423 and A428, have been preserved. Oval 16½” x 10¼” face restored and lightly polished, back ex-loco A rare plate, not seen at auction previously. | £380 |
| 240 | TOTEM: CASTLETHORPE BR(M) fully-flanged maroon with deep colour and shine. A little unrestored edge rusting only. An ex-LNWR station on the WCML between Euston – Northampton opened by the LNWR in July 1882, closed in September 1964. | £600 |
| 241 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 30851 as carried by the SR 4-6-0 “Lord Nelson” class loco No. 851 named “SIR FRANCIS DRAKE” built at Eastleigh in May 1928 to order E124. Renumbered 30851 by BR in 1948. In February 1950 the loco was repainted into SR malachite green livery then in October 1950 repainted into BR dark green livery. A long time Eastleigh engine, withdrawn from there in December 1961 having covered 1¼ million miles in service. Restored front only a long time ago. | £3000 |
| 242 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “LB&SCR No. 87 1912 Brighton Works” as carried by the ex-LB&SCR 4-4-2T class I3 loco No. 87. Ex-works superheated fitted in November 1912 . Later became SR 2087 and BR 32087 at Nationalisation. Withdrawn from service in October 1950. Oval “pie dish” 16¼” x 9¾” with six holes with cut-out notches around the rim to attach to the locomotive and believed to be the “Right Hand” plate when carried on the loco. Immaculate. | £2200 |
| 243 | NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY ENAMEL SIGN: GENTLEMEN – LAVATORY in brown on cream and manufactured by Chromo Wolverhampton. 28½” x 15” with a couple of major chips, OK otherwise with good shine. Appears to have been wooden framed at some time. | £85 |
| 244 | CARRIAGE PRINT: BRIG O’ BALGOWNIE, NEAR ABERDEEN by Edward Lawson from the ScR series 1956/57. A colourful painting of the subject. A size “A” print 23” x 7½”. VGC and in an original type glazed wooden frame. | N/S |
| 245 | TOTEM: HARLING ROAD BR(E) fully-flanged dark blue with deep colour and shine. One face chip not affecting lettering and a couple of minor edge chips only. Overall VGC. An ex-GER Norfolk station between Thetford - Wymondham opened in July 1845. | £800 |
| 246 | LMSR. An enamel LOCOMOTIVE SHED ALLOCATION PLATE “C2” (LOW MOOR). Oval, 3¾” x 5” black on white in good condition, the white slightly stained. This plate was used prior to the reorganisation of 1935 when the former L&YR system became LMS Central Division and the ex-L&YR sheds were given the prefix ‘C’. These plates were located in the driving cab. | £180 |
| 247 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “THE HUNSLET ENGINE Co. Ltd. 18” x 26” No. 3843 – 1953” as carried by inside cylinder 0-6-0ST loco named “WIZARD” when delivered to NCB Lancashire No. 1 Area, Walkden. The loco worked at various collieries in the area – Astley Green, Brackley and Sandhole, before being sent to Maudland Metals of Preston for scrap in April 1969. Oval, 11½” x 8⅛” in ex-loco condition. | £240 |
| 248 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY: “RAYDOT PATENT MOTOR LAMP.” Bullseye type clear front lamp with red side lens. The body is brass plated “LMSR Co. Road Motors 286 Sheff.” The reducing cone shows “Ford” in embossed lettering. Complete with unmarked reservoir and burner. VGC. | £50 |
| 249 | BR(M) fully-flanged maroon enamel SIGNALBOX NAMEBOARD: CARLISLE No. 5. The signal box was located at the south end of Carlisle Citadel station where the Settle & Carlisle and Maryport & Carlisle lines joined the West Coast Main line. It was a BR(M) Type 14 design fitted with a 140- lever LMR standard frame. It opened in 1951 and was replaced by signalling controlled by Carlisle power signal box on 3rd June 1973. 54” x 10” in VGC with minor edge chips only. | £420 |
| 250 | LMS LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: WESTERN AUSTRALIA as carried by the 5XP-6P 4-6-0 “Jubilee” class loco 5568 built at North British Locomotive Co Hyde Park Works No. 24126 in August 1934. Named on 21st September 1936. Became BR 45568 in October 1948. A long time Holbeck engine, until transferred to Newton Heath in May 1964 and withdrawn almost immediately. Broken up at Drapers, Hull in January 1965. 49” long, the plate is presented in excellent condition, the face restored and polished, the back cleaned, but obviously carried by the loco and comes complete with a purpose made wooden splasher in LMS livery which is complete with a brass lift-lid oil box. | £10000 |
| 251 | SOUTH YORKSHIRE JOINT LINE CAST-IRON NOTICE: “BEWARE OF THE TRAINS Look Both Up and Down The Line Before You Cross” in LNER style with casting number “O21.” 21¾” x 12½” front restored in black lettering on white, the back ex-lineside. A scarce notice in VGC. | £190 |
| 252 | BR(Sc) ENAMEL DOORPLATE: LADIES WAITING ROOM fully-flanged in light blue with white lettering 18” x 6¼” Some skillfully repaired damage at the right hand side affecting the letter “M”, good otherwise. | £60 |
| 253 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “HOHENZOLLERN Akt. Ges. Für Lokomotivbau F.Nr. 4655 Düssedorf 1928” from the locomotive 3 ft 6 in gauge South African Railways 4-6-2 of class 16DA No. 870. Oval, 8½” x 5¼ in ex-loco condition. | £1050 |
| 254 | L&Y AND LNWR FLEETWOOD silverplate six-slice TOAST RACK manufactured by Walker & Hall. 6” high x 6½” long with carrying handle at top. The company name in garter is incised into the base. Good condition. From the North Euston Hotel, Fleetwood (still open today). | £85 |
| 255 | TOTEM: GOOLE BR(NE) half-flanged tangerine with good colour although a little faded. No repairs, but edge rusting repainted. Good overall condition. An ex-NER station opened in August 1869. | £750 |
| 256 | TAFF VALE RAILWAY original transfer COAT-OF-ARMS. Gold leaf and coloured design on light blue painted board, presented in a circular glazed wooden frame, 24” diameter. Some wear. Possibly ex-Board Room. | £190 |
| 257 | ALUMINIUM single line KEY TOKEN: PENCADER – LAMPETER from the GWR line from Carmarthen closed in 1965. Part painted in yellow, ex-section condition. | £130 |
| 258 | CAST-IRON SEATBACK: QUEENSBURY. 37” x 4¼” with curved ends, repainted in black with white lettering and edging by the vendor a long time ago. The vendor rescued the plate from the back of an old station seat that had been discarded after the station, located between Halifax and Bradford, closed in May 1955 and has been in his possession ever since. There is some debate as to whether it is GNR or early LNER in origin. It certainly has the pattern of the later LNER product, but with different (earlier style) lettering and the wider section at the base. See the July 2006 issue of RAG. A remarkable survivor. | £1050 |
| 259 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “BUILT BY SIR W.G. ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH & Co. Ltd. Scotswood Works Newcastle-on-Tyne No. 421 1921” as carried by the ex-MR 0-6-0 “3835” class loco 3942, becoming class 4F at grouping and retaining the same number. Became 43942 at Nationalisation. A long time Royston (55D) engine, from where it was withdrawn in December 1963 and cut up at Darlington. Rectangular, 6” x 4” in ex-loco condition. | £400 |
| 260 | TOTEM: ILKESTON JUNCTION BR(M) fully-fanged maroon with deep colour and shine. No face chips and a little untouched edge rusting only. An ex-MR station opened in September 1847. A rare example in VGC. | £2000 |
| 261 | GWR CAST-IRON CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 5761 as carried by the GWR 0-6-0PT “5700” class loco built at Swindon in June 1929 to Lot 258. A Swansea (Victoria) and Neath engine until withdrawn in May 1962 and cut up by North Wales Wagon Co., Chester. Restored in cream on red, edging and back painted black. | £450 |
| 262 | SHEDPLATE: 73A STEWARTS LANE (1950 – June 1962, then 75D). BR(S) triangle casting in back. Ex-loco condition. | £320 |
| 263 | CAST-IRON OVAL WAGONPLATE: OSWESTRY & NEWTOWN RAILWAY COMPANY OWNERS. 10” x 5½” face restored in green with white letters, the back in grey primer. The O&N was incorporated in June 1855 and constructed a line between the two towns opening to traffic on 1st May 1860. It was amalgamated along with a number of small Welsh companies to form the Cambrian Railways by Act of July 1864, hence had an independent life of only a few years. | £230 |
| 264 | CARRIAGE PRINT: CASTLE OF BROUGHTY, BROUGHTY FERRY, ANGUS by Edward Lawson from the ScR series issued in 1956/57. A view of the harbour with boys fishing overlooked by the castle. VGC in an original type glazed wooden frame. | £120 |
| 265 | TOTEM: DRIFFIELD BR(NE) half-flanged tangerine, deep colour and shine with only one small repaired face chip, not affecting the lettering and the usual repainted edge rusting. One of the best examples seen. An ex-NER station on the Hull – Bridlington line in East Yorkshire once a junction station for Market Weighton and for Malton, opened in October 1846. A scarce totem, infrequently seen at auction, the last time in 2002. | £2100 |
| 266 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 90151 as carried by the Ministry of Supply 2-8-0 “Austerity” class loco No. 77164 built at North British Locomotive Co. Works No. 25035 in June 1943. On loan to the LNER from new until returned to WD for service in Belgium in December 1944. After returning to the UK the loco went on loan again to the LNER in March 1947 until purchased by BR in December 1948 and became 90151. A long time New England allocation until withdrawn in May 1963 and cut up at Doncaster in July the same year. Restored front, ex-loco back. | £400 |
| 267 | BR(SC) light blue ENAMEL STATION FASCIA SIGN: DALMENY STATION. 55” x 7” mounted within a plastic frame with wooden back. This station located immediately to the south of the Forth Bridge was opened by the NBR upon the opening of the bridge on 5th March 1890. VGC. | £280 |
| 268 | LMS COPPER TOPPED LNWR PATTERN STATION LAMP: PREES with three glass sides, one opening, and metal back with slot to fit on to a wall bracket. The station name appears in black on white in the front panel and the embossed letters “LMS” are picked out in white on the reducing cone at the top. No innards. 14½” high x 10½” deep sloping top towards back, 29” high to top of carrying handle. Repainted to VGC in black and white although copper chimney has been left untouched. An ex-LNWR station opened in 1858 on the Crewe – Shrewsbury line. | £120 |
| 269 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “W.G. BAGNALL Ltd. Stafford, England No. 3013 1951” from the metre gauge 0-4-0ST built for ICI Ltd, Magadi Soda Company, Kenya, loco No. 1. Named “HUGH F MARRIOT.” Oval, 12” x 6⅞” in ex-loco condition. | WDN |
| 270 | TOTEM: RUTHERGLEN BR(Sc) fully-flanged light blue in excellent condition with good colour and shine with one or two very minor edge chips/rust spots only. An ex-Caledonian Railway, Glasgow Suburban station, a couple of stops out of Glasgow Central, opened in June 1849. | £420 |
| 271 | LNER silverplate FLOWER VASE manufactured by Walker & hall. 7” high with trumpet style top. “LNER” initials in a scrolled style incised in the side. Not the usual style vase. VGC. | £130 |
| 272 | ENGRAVED BRASS OFFICE DOOR PLAQUE: LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY (Incorporated in England) as recovered from a shipping agency office in Sydney, Australia. The reverse was re-used on the cessation of the LNER and has the shipping company name “Nippon Yusen Kaisha” engraved. Only one side will be of interest to the UK collector. 35½” x 4” in original condition, with a couple of holes in the lettering where re-engraving has caused thinning of the metal. Unusual. | £180 |
| 273 | LNWR three-aspect HANDLAMP the reducing cone faintly stamped “LNWR Wolverhampton”, the body stamped “LNWR WW 93 P. Way N D 112 F Lancaster.” Complete with LMS burner and reservoir. Restored to VGC. | £140 |
| 274 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY No. 1113 Makers 1906 Doncaster Works” as carried by ex-GNR Ivatt 4-4-2 Atlantic class “C1” loco No. 1415 ex-works April 1906. Rebuilt by the GNR with 24-element superheater in June 1920. Became LNER 4415 in July 1925 and 2845 in September 1946. Withdrawn in April 1947 from Kings Cross and cut up at Darlington. The numbers “3297” and “4415” were chiseled in the back by the works to assist identification. Engraved oval “soup plate” 17½”x 9½”. A magnificent plate front lightly polished only, back ex-loco. | £3000 |
| 275 | ALUMINIUM LOCO NAMEPLATE: SWIFTSURE as carried by the BR 2,700HP Co-Co diesel-electric type 4 loco numbered D447 built by English Electric No. 3818 at Vulcan Foundry Works No. D1189 and new to Crewe Division in November 1967. Renumbered 50047 in February 1974 class 50 and named on 26th May 1978. Withdrawn from service in April 1988 from Laira and cut up by Vic Berry at Leicester by June 1989. 39¼” x 9¾” the face cleaned only, the back totally ex-loco. | £5100 |
| 276 | BR(E) dark blue non-flanged ENAMEL SIGN: “TRAINS TO BARNSLEY” with left pointing two-flight arrow. 59” x 24½” a little surface scratching and repaired edge rusting, good overall. | £220 |
| 277 | LNER CAST-IRON DOORPLATE: TICKETS. 13½” x 4¾” with curved ends, restored face in black on white, the back in ex-station condition. | £75 |
| 278 | BRASS single line KEY TOKEN: MEDSTEAD – ALRESFORD 1. This token section ceased to exist on 23rd January 1967 when Medstead box closed and the section was extended to between Alton and Alresford. Medstead signal box was demolished in 1968 but Alresford signal box survives on the Mid-Hants Railway. Square end with square cut-out. A little scuffing to the face, otherwise good. | £110 |
| 279 | BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATES: TY2 and 843 from the Polish Railways (PKP) 2-10-0 loco of class Ty2 No. 843. Formerly Deutsche Reichsbahn “Kriegslok” class 52 570, built by Berliner No. 13137 in 1944 and withdrawn in 1986. Rectangular, 10¾” x 6¼” and 13” x 6¼” in ex-loco condition. (2) | £250 |
| 280 | TOTEM: OLD DALBY BR(M) fully-flanged maroon with deep colour and shine. Minor unrestored edge rusting only. An ex-MR station between Melton Mowbray – Nottingham Midland opened in February 1880 closed in April 1966. The line is now in use for test runs of new and modified locos and rolling stock. | £800 |
| 281 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “THE VULCAN FOUNDRY (Limited) Newton-le-Willows Lancashire No. 5321, 1945” as carried by the Ministry of Supply inside cylinder 0-6-0ST Austerity loco 75331, the highest number allocated to the type. Delivered new to Longmoor Military Railway in August 1945. Sold to the LNER in June 1946 becoming No. 8046 class “J94” from July the same year. Renumbered 68046 by BR in December 1949. Allocated to York until October 1962 when it was transferred to Darlington from where it was withdrawn in June 1964 and cut up by M. Baum of Middlesbrough in August 1964. Oval, 9¾” x 6¾” in ex-loco condition. | £250 |
| 282 | GC & GN NOTTINGHAM JOINT STATION silverplate SOUP TUREEN with lid manufactured by Walker & Hall. Oval shaped, 8” high to top of lid, 14” long over handles and 8” wide. Company name in garter stamped into side. VGC. Nottingham Joint Station was opened on 24th May 1900 and renamed Nottingham Victoria some 13 months later on 12th June 1900. This item dates from that short period. The station closed entirely on 4th September 1967. | £280 |
| 283 | SHEDPLATE: 82D WESTBURY (1950 – October 1963, then 83C). Restored front and back. A fairly scarce example seldom seen at auction. | £500 |
| 284 | CARRIAGE PRINT: LONDON, THE RIVER THAMES AT PUTNEY by A.J. Wilson from the LNER post-war series 1954. A colourful view of sailing boats on the river with Putney Bridge in the background. A scarce print in VGC. Housed in a non-original glazed wooden frame. | £75 |
| 285 | SR ENAMEL TARGET STATION SIGN: LEWES. 24” x 13” a little faded and rusty with a number of edge chips. Will benefit from restoration. An ex-LB&SCR station once the junction for the “Bluebell Railway” and the “Lavender Line” opened November 1857 replacing three other stations. | £200 |
| 286 | LONDON & NORTH WESTERN & FURNESS JOINT RAILWAYS CAST-IRON GATE NOTICE with a total of 12 lines of text. Euston Station 1st November 1883. 18” x 18½” repainted in black and red on white some time ago, the back ex-lineside. A scarce notice from a relatively short section of line. | £320 |
| 287 | BR(M) ENAMEL SIGNALBOX NAMEBOARD: WICHNOR JUNCTION. Located between Derby – Birmingham, Wichnor Junction signal box was a BR(M) Type 14 design fitted with a 25-lever LMR standard frame. It opened on 9th August 1953 and was replaced by signalling controlled by Derby power signal box on 15th June 1969. Fully-flanged maroon with white lettering, 51” x 18” in basically ex-signalbox condition with a couple of small chips only. | £220 |
| 288 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 60059 as carried by the LNER 4-6-2 Pacific “A1” class loco numbered 2553 and named “TRACERY” when built at Doncaster Works No. 1614 entering service in March 1925. Entered Doncaster Works in June 1942 for conversion to “A3” and re-entered traffic in July 1942 as such. Became LNER 59 in October 1946 and BR 60059 in July 1948. Latterly a Kings Cross (Top Shed) engine from where it was withdrawn in December 1962 and cut up at Doncaster in June 1963. Early style BR casting with curly “6” and “9”. Repainted front and back. | £2800 |
| 289 | BRASS 9” x 5” TENDERPLATE: “LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY 4014 Darlington Works 1947” as carried by a 4,200 gallon tender for a “B1” class 4-6-0 loco. Originally behind loco 1022 “SASSABY” built at Darlington Works No. 2002 in March 1947. Renumbered 61022 by BR in February 1949. Always a North Eastern Region engine at Gateshead, Tyne Dock and Tweedmouth before withdrawal from Wakefield in November 1966. Broken up by Arnott Young, Parkgate. Front polished, back ex-loco. | £170 |
| 290 | TOTEM: ST. NEOTS BR(E) half-flanged dark blue with deep colour and shine. Some repaired chips not affecting lettering and edge rusting repainted, but good overall. An ex-GNR station on the ECML between Kings Cross – Peterborough opened in August 1850. | £400 |
| 291 | SHEDPLATE: 84H WELLINGTON (1950 – September 1963). A very rare example, not often seen at auction, front restored only, back ex-loco. | £1050 |
| 292 | GWR HOTELS silverplate three-compartment HORS D’OEUVRES TRAY. 10½” diameter, no manufacturer marked. The “GWR Hotels” coat-of-arms (slightly rubbed) incised below handle. Good condition. | £220 |
| 293 | BRASS NUMBERPLATE: SOUTHERN RAILWAY A890 as carried by the (SECR) Maunsell K1 3-cylinder prototype 2-6-4T loco named “RIVER FROME” when built at Ashford in December 1925. This loco suffered two derailments in 1927 at Wrotham and Bearsted in Kent. Trials were carried out using the LNER dynamometer car with HN Gresley in attendance on the footplate and a speed of 83mph was reached between St Neots and Huntingdon. It was concluded that the relatively high tanks on the loco, especially when only part-full. set up oscillations caused by the imperfections of poorly ballasted track on the SR (ex-SER section) made worse by a very wet summer. All of the “K1” class were subsequently rebuilt as 2-6-0 tender engines. Loco A890 was thus rebuilt at Ashford in June 1928 and became the prototype for the “U1” class, the building of which commenced in June 1931 at Eastleigh. Consequently A890 became 1890 in 1931 under the SR renumbering scheme and 31890 at Nationalisation. Withdrawn in June 1963 from Brighton, having been at Bricklayers Arms and Three Bridges. Broken up at Eastleigh Works in October 1963. Oval, 13⅝” x 7⅝” in VGC with ex-loco back (Note: the original steel bolts holding the plate have been cut through flush with the back and fresh holes have been drilled through for display purposes). The plate was probably carried on the back of the bunker and is therefore unique to this loco. | £1000 |
| 294 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “SHARP, STEWART & Co. Limited Atlas Works, Glasgow 4489 – 1899” as carried by the ex-GNR 0-6-0ST of class “J13” No. 1244 ex works May 1899. Became LNER 4244 class “J52” in October 1924. Renumbered 8843 in December 1946 and BR 68843 in April 1948. Allocated to Doncaster when withdrawn in April 1957 and cut up there a month later. Oval, 9¾” x 6⅛” in VGC with repainted front, ex-loco back. | £650 |
| 295 | TOTEM: APPLEBY WEST BR(M) half-flanged maroon with deep colour and reasonable shine. One face chip only and some minor edge rusting. Probably one of the best examples to be found. An ex-MR station opened in 1876 as Appleby, renamed Appleby West in September 1952, before reverting to the original name in 1968. A rare totem from the Settle & Carlisle line seen only three times before at auction. | £750 |
| 296 | LMS non-fusee 8” dial wooden cased CLOCK re-lettered BR(M) and with the number 20461 painted on. The dial has Arabic numbers and there is an additional second hand. In VGC and complete with winder and in good working order. | £250 |
| 297 | BRASS Tyers SINGLE LINE TABLET: FORT WILLIAM – MALLAIG JUNC 13 from the ex-NBR West Highland Line Fort William – Mallaig Junction section where the Mallaig line leaves the Glasgow line. The line is now controlled by RETB. Fort William station was re-sited in 1975 to make way for the town’s by-pass. Good ex-section condition. | £1300 |
| 298 | BR(W) chocolate and cream ENAMEL SIGN: TAXIS with left pointing two-flight arrow. 24” x 18” with slight surface scratching and some repainted edge rusting. | £50 |
| 299 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “KAWASAKI Rolling Stock Mfg. Co. Ltd, No. 3203 1950 Kobe” from Royal Thai Railways metre gauge 4-6-2 No. 189, later renumbered 849. Oval, 12” x 6⅜” in ex-loco condition. | £800 |
| 300 | SR LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: LAMPORT & HOLT LINE MERCHANT NAVY CLASS as carried by the (SR) 4-6-2 Pacific loco 35026 built at Eastleigh to Order No. HO 3393 in December 1948. The loco was rebuilt at Eastleigh in January 1957. Latterly an Exmouth Junction and Weymouth engine, it was withdrawn in March 1967 and cut up at John Cashmores, Newport. 73” x 30¼” cast brass target shaped with enamel shield at centre showing the Lamport & Holt red and white stripe flag on a pale green background. The plate is ex-loco, but there has been some attention to a chip at the edge of the enamel, which does not detract from a highly desirable plate. | £27500 |
| 301 | GWR Tyers mahogany cased Train Describing BLOCK INSTRUMENT thought to be from Stapleton Road Signal Box Bristol. The front top segmented dial has the labels: “Avonmouth Via Henbury, South Wales, Standish & Yate, Badminton, Severn Beach Via Pilning LL, Stoke Gifford, Ashley Hill Yard, Filton Jcn Only” with three blank spaces. The bottom dial, which mimics most of the locations in the top dial, has holes for a peg to be inserted which activates a clockwork mechanism and the appropriate description is passed to the next box. Dates from the early 1930s. A rare instrument in VGC. NOTE: this item is similar to, but not the same as the one offered in our March 2006 auction. | £780 |
| 302 | GWR BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 8439 as carried by the (GWR) 0-6-0PT 9400 class loco built by Bagnall Works No. 2949 in June 1953 to Lot No. 384. A South Wales allocated engine at Aberbeeg, Canton, Landore and Neath from September 1960 from where it was withdrawn in October 1962.and broken up at Hayes, Bridgend in November 1963. Restored to VGC front only, the back cleaned. | £750 |
| 303 | SHEDPLATE: 18B WESTHOUSES (1950 – September 1963). A scarce example in ex-loco condition. | £180 |
| 304 | CARRIAGE PRINT: THE CINQUE PORT OF NEW ROMNEY, KENT by Jack Merriott from the Southern Region Series (A) issued in 1952. A typical scene with old houses lining a street dominated by the church. A size A 23½” x 7½” print in a glazed ebonised wooden frame, the print in VGC. Rare. | £115 |
| 305 | TOTEM: GARSTON BR(M) fully-flanged maroon with deep colour and shine. Edge rusting restored some time ago. VGC overall. An ex-Cheshire Lines Committee station opened in April 1874, closed in April 1972. Reopened in January 1978 as Garston (Lancs), since renamed Garston (Merseyside). A scarce totem, rarely seen at auction. | £700 |
| 306 | GWR CAST-IRON NOTICE: “GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY – NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to the Provisions of the Explosives Act, 1875, Any Person Entering Without Permission or Otherwise Trespassing Upon This Store etc. (a total of 10 lines of text).” 33½” x 23½” in original condition. A rare notice. | £850 |
| 307 | CAST-IRON LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “ROBERT STEPHENSON & HAWTHORNS Ltd Newcastle & Darlington 7293 – 1945” as carried by the inside cylinder 0-6-0ST “Austerity” loco No. 71484 new to Longmoor for storage in July 1945 and sold to Manchester Collieries Ltd. as “HUMPHREY” in March 1946. Spent short periods at a number of locations in the area until circa December 1967 when it returned to Astley Green. Out of use by mid-1974 and sent to J.K. Holt & Gordon Ltd., Chequerbent, for scrap in February 1976.Oval, 13” x 8⅝” stripped ready for repainting. | £450 |
| 308 | MANCHESTER SHEFFIELD & LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY brass SHUNTER’S HORN. 11½” long with “M.S.& L. Railway” stamped into the side. A few minor dents, but generally good condition. The company became the “Great Central Railway” on 1st August 1897. In working order and VGC. | £220 |
| 309 | GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY three-aspect HANDLAMP. “Appleton’s Patent Design” with three handled propeller above the chimney to allow turning of the internal lenses. The body is brass plated “Appleton’s No. 641C Patent” and “GCR 24148 Langwith Junc” and stamped “24148.” One internal lens cracked, good otherwise. An ex-GCR station opened in March 1897, renamed Shirebrook North in June 1924, closed to regular services in December 1064 and officially in 1969. | £400 |
| 310 | TOTEM: TONBRIDGE BR(S) fully-flanged green with deep colour and shine. A couple of repainted face chips in one corner, not affecting the letters. An ex-SE&CR station on the main line to Folkestone, originally named Tunbridge when opened in May 1842, later renamed Tunbridge Junction, then Tonbridge Junction and finally Tonbridge. A keenly contested totem when last sold at a main auction. | £800 |
| 311 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 92065 from the BR Standard class 9F 2-10-0 loco built at Crewe in December 1955 to Order E490. Originally allocated to Tyne Dock and was fitted with compressed air pumps for working the Tyne Dock – Consett Iron Ore trains. Transferred to Wakefield in November 1966, withdrawn there in April 1967and broken up at Arnott Young, Parkgate. Restored to VGC front and back. | £720 |
| 312 | TAFF VALE RAILWAY. A bronze and copper PRESENTATION DESK SET engraved “Presented to Mr W.E. Walters by The Staff of The Secretary’s Department, Taff Vale Railway, on his Retirement From The Position of Senior Clerk, February 1892.” Brass base with relief type design above it in bronze, a further brass stage holds two brass lidded ink pots and central holder in brass and bronze. Front and back pen holders hold one wooden shafted ink pen. 10” x 6½” x 4” high, good condition. | £280 |
| 313 | LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY. A carriage window frame with original frosted glass into which the coat-of-arms of the company have been etched. A scarce item, wonderfully preserved in VGC. | £300 |
| 314 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “SIR W.G. ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH & Co. Ltd. Scots-wood Works Newcastle-on-Tyne No. 85 of 1920” from the Indian State Railways 5 ft 6 in gauge 2-8-0 loco No. 26545, originally Bombay Baroda & Central India Rly class G No. 138. Rectangular, 6” x 4” Ex-loco condition with a number of surface scratches from a long life of service. | £420 |
| 315 | TOTEM: MILES PLATTING BR(M) fully-flanged maroon with deep colour and shine, although the white is a little rust stained. A large professionally executed repair at the left-hand end and a little touching-in of the lettering, good otherwise. An ex-L&YR station near Manchester Victoria, the junction for Oldham. Opened in January 1844. A scarce totem, not often seen at auction, the last time being June 2003. | £460 |
| 316 | SHEDPLATE: 56C COPLEY HILL (LEEDS) (July 1956 – September 1964). A scarce example, not often seen at auction. Front painted in primer, the back ex-loco condition. See also Lot 4. | £200 |
| 317 | LNER silverplate NIBBLES DISH manufactured by Gladwin Ltd. Oval-shaped 8¼” x 4¼” x 2” high on central pedestal. Company initials in script form incised in dish centre. Good condition. | £120 |
| 318 | CARRIAGE PRINT: HATFIELD, HERTFORDSHIRE by Horace Wright from the LNER post-war series 1945-1947. A scarce print and a view of the town on the East Coast Main Line between Kings Cross – Peterborough. In mint condition and in an original type glazed wooden frame. | £70 |
| 319 | BRASS DUAL LANGUAGE CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS/SAS 3453 25NC from the 3ft 6 in gauge 4-8-4 built NBL 27312 of 1953 as class 25 with condenser, later removed and re-designated class 25 NC. Oval, 20⅝ x 14½” in ex-loco condition. | £1000 |
| 320 | TOTEM: BLABY BR(M) maroon with deep colour and shine and one face chip only not affecting lettering. Although fully-flanged this is at the reduced width and with four drilled holes (by the manufacturers) to facilitate wall fitting. An ex-LNWR station on the Leicester – Nuneaton line opened in January 1864, closed in March 1968. A scarce totem, only three times at auction previously. | £300 |
| 321 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “BUILT BY AND ON LOAN TO London North Eastern Railway Co. 1945 Darlington Works No. 1957” as carried by Stanier 2-8-0 built Darlington April 1945 as No. 8550. On loan to the LNER from new as class “O6.” Transferred to the LMS in May 1947 as 8550 class 8F. Renumbered 48550 by BR. A long time Bletchley engine, followed by brief spells at Northampton, Warwick, before final transfer to Rose Grove where it was withdrawn in September 1967 and cut up by John Cashmore, Great Bridge. Engraved, oval 13½” x 8” front lightly polished, the back ex-loco. Unfortunately, like many other examples, the words “& On Loan To” have been crudely ground off as was the policy in early BR days. See also Lot 13. | £580 |
| 322 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 31584 as carried by ex-SE&CR 0-6-0 class “C” loco No 584 built at Ashford in June 1903. Renumbered A584, then 1584 by the SR, later 31584 by BR. A long time Stewarts Lane engine from where it was withdrawn in February 1962 and cut up at Ashford Works a month later. Ex-loco condition. | £1100 |
| 323 | SOUTHERN RAILWAY ENAMEL NOTICE: QUEUE THIS SIDE FOR TAXIS in green with white lettering, deep colour and shine. Minor edge rusting only. 30” x 12” in VGC overall. | £75 |
| 324 | SINGLE LINE brass and steel TRAIN STAFF for the section Cranleigh – Baynards, the locations engraved on brass plates attached to the end, 23” long. From the ex-LB&SCR line from Christ’s Hospital – Guildford. The line closed on 14th June 1965. Good condition. | £300 |
| 325 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: KITCHENER as carried by the Longmoor Military Railway outside cylinder 0-6-2T No. 70208 built by Bagnall No. 2587 of 1938, ex-works 30th April 1938. In 1948 sold to Appleby-Frodingham Steel Co., Scunthorpe, de-named and became No. 21. In October 1949 sold to NCB Duffryn Rhondda Colliery and later NCB Maesteg Loco Shed c.1959. Scrapped in May 1967. 41¼” x 5½” in basically ex-loco condition, the front polished only, the back ex-loco and curved so as to fit the boiler/smokebox side. | £800 |
| 326 | LNER brass LOCOMOTIVE WHISTLE as carried by the ex-NBR 0-6-0 class “S” loco No. 401 built by North British Locomotive Co Works No. 22496 in January 1920. Became LNER 9401 class “J37” in March 1925, renumbered 4611 in September 1946 and 64611 by BR in June 1949. Transferred from Eastfield to Polmont in March 1962, after which the loco had brief spells at Bathgate and Dunfermline, before ending up at Dundee Tay Bridge from where it was withdrawn in April 1967 and cut up by Motherwell Machinery & Scrap Co. 13¾” high, bell shape with embossed lettering “YM3” visible on side and complete with operating valve. Well used, ex-loco condition. | N/S |
| 327 | STEEL single line KEY TOKEN: MOAT LANE JUNC WEST – CAERSWS with the section name on attached metal plate. From the ex-Cambrian Railways Moat Lane Junction – Machynlleth line. Well used, ex-section condition. | £140 |
| 328 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “LMS BUILT 1928 CREWE” as carried by either a class 4 (later class 5) 2-6-0, LMS 13100-13107 (renumbered 2800-2807 in 1934; 42800-42807 by BR); or a class 4 (later 4F) 0-6-0, LMS 4447-4456, 4507-4556, later BR 44447-44456, 44507-44556). Oval, 10½” x 6⅛” cleaned front, back ex-loco. | £85 |
| 329 | LMS four-aspect FOGGING HANDLAMP the reducing cone brass plated “Veritas Lamp Works London British Made” and the body brass plated “Uddingston No. 6 LM&SRly.” Complete with burner and reservoir. All internal coloured lenses are of the slatted type. Restored to excellent condition. An ex-Caledonian Railway station between Glasgow Central and Motherwell opened in June 1849. | £140 |
| 330 | TOTEM: WINCHFIELD BR(S) fully-flanged green with excellent colour and shine. One or two unrestored edge chips only. An ex-LSWR station between Farnborough and Basingstoke opened as Shapley Heath in September 1838, renamed November 1840. A scarce totem seldom seen at auction. | £550 |
| 331 | SHEDPLATE: 2E WARWICK (1950 – July 1950) NORTHAMPTON (March 1952 – September 1963) SALTLEY September 1963 – March 1967). Restored front and back some time ago. A scarce example. | £170 |
| 332 | LNWR/BR(M). Two wooden-cased Fletcher’s single-needle pegging BLOCK INSTRUMENTS one with an ivorine plate “Brooklands” the other “Fast Line Mersey Bridge” which is also stamped on the side “LNWR Tele. Dept. Stockport No. 1048.” The instruments came from Sale signal box on the former Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway. It was built in 1903 by The Railway Signal Company Limited to their Standard design and was fitted with 33-lever frame. It was replaced in late January 1971 by signalling controlled from London Road power signal box. Both are in good ex-box condition, but the latter example is without the wooden plinth. | £320 |
| 333 | LNER “Coronation” pattern TEA PLATE manufactured by Minton. Pale green colour with silver edging, 9” diameter with weave pattern towards the edge. Good condition. | £100 |
| 334 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “NORTH BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY Ltd. Glasgow 1943 No. 25065” as carried by Ministry of Supply 2-8-0 “Austerity” loco No. 77194 ex works August 1943 and on loan to the LNER from new until returned to WD in December 1944. Loaned to Dutch Railways (NS) as their No. 4531. Not returned to the UK, but scrapped in May 1955. Diamond shape, 13⅝” x 5⅝” face restored and polished, the back ex-loco. | £160 |
| 335 | NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY GRAND HOTEL WEST HARTLEPOOL silverplate NIBBLES DISH manufactured by Elkington. Fluted design, 5¼” diameter and 2” high. Company name and hotel in garter incised into side. The hotel opened in February 1901 and was bought by the NER in 1912 for £27,036. This proved to be a sound move as it was kept in railway ownership until sold to Jifbarge Ltd in 1983. VGC. | £240 |
| 336 | CALEDONIAN RAILWAY MIRROR. A bevel-edged mirror with the initials “CR” etched in monogram, mounted in an original wooden frame, 15¼ x 26½” and in VGC. | £220 |
| 337 | CARRIAGE PRINT: LOCH ECK, ARGYLL by Frank Sherwin from the ScR series 1956/57. A view of the loch with yacht and mountains in the background. VGC and in an original type glazed wooden frame. | £120 |
| 338 | LNER brass three-tone chime LOCOMOTIVE WHISTLE as carried by “A4” 4-6-2 Pacific class loco No. 4903 built at Doncaster Works No. 1877 entering service in July 1938 with double chimney and named “PEREGRINE.” Renamed “LORD FARINGDON” in March 1948. Renumbered LNER 34 in November 1946 and became BR 60034 in March 1948. A Kings Cross engine until October 1963 when it was transferred to St Margarets Edinburgh for a brief spell, before ending up at Ferryhill Aberdeen from where it was withdrawn in August 1966 and cut up by Hughes, Bolckow at Blyth. A magnificent 13” high x 5” wide and mounted on a wooden display base. A superb item in very good, lightly polished condition. | £4100 |
| 339 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “ROBERT STEPHENSON & Co. Ltd. Darlington Works 1913 No. 3547” from South African Railways 3 ft 6 in gauge 4-8-2 of class 14, No. 1705. Hexagonal, 11¼” x 5¼” in ex-loco condition, with plenty of scratches on the face. | £330 |
| 340 | LMS HAWKSEYE ALUMINIUM STATION SIGN: CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH (CENTRAL). Cast in two parts, both 49½” x 18” which fit together in the middle. An ex-MR Derbyshire station between Chinley and Peak Forest opened in February 1867, closed March 1967. Ex-station condition having been repainted in maroon and white by BR some time before closure. Extremely rare and highly desirable. | £620 |
| 341 | GREAT WESTERN & GREAT CENTRAL JOINT RAILWAYS CAST-IRON NOTICE: “ALL PERSONS ARE WARNED Not to Trespass Upon The Railways etc…. (total of 11 lines of text).” 30” x 21” the front has been restored, the rear is ex-lineside condition. A scarce example from a fairly short stretch of line. | £150 |
| 342 | BRASS Tyers single line KEY TOKEN: FORSINARD – GEORGEMAS JCT. 20 from the ex-Highland Railway line in the far north of Scotland. This token section was created in 1966 when Altnabreac ceased to be a token station and the Forsinard to Altnabreac and Altnabreac to Georgemas Junction token sections were combined to create a longer section. The line was converted to Radio Electric Token Block working in 1985. Triangular end with triangular cut-out. Ex-section condition. | £110 |
| 343 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “NORTH BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY Glasgow 1959 No. 27888” as carried by the BR B-B 1,000HP diesel-hydraulic Type 2 loco D6315 new to traffic at Laira in January 1960. Taken into store in May 1969. Withdrawn from Laira and moved to store in South Devon Sidings Exeter in May 1971. Taken to Swindon for scrap in December 1971 and cut up almost immediately. Those members of the class that survived became class 22, but none received TOPS numbers. Diamond shaped, 13” x 5⅝” in ex-loco condition. | £800 |
| 344 | SHEDPLATE: 6C BIRKENHEAD (MOLLINGTON STREET) (1950 – September 1963) CROES NEWYDD (WREXHAM) (September 1963 – June 1967). A scarce example in ex-loco condition. | £75 |
| 345 | TOTEM: KNIGHTON BR(W) fully-flanged chocolate and cream with deep colour and shine, two small face chips and a couple of face scratches only with the usual edge rusting. Basically very good ex-station condition. An ex-LNWR Central Wales Line station opened in March 1861, renamed Knighton Halt for a short period between September 1965 – May 1969. A rare totem, only sold once previously in 2003 and keenly contested. | £800 |
| 346 | LMS SIGNALBOX NAMEBOARD: WELLINGBORO JUNCTION from the ex-MR Northamptonshire location between Kettering and Bedford. The signal box was an LMSR "Air Raid Precautions" design fitted with a 60-lever frame located at the south end of Wellingborough Midland Road station. It was opened on 27th June 1943, closed on 13th November 1983 and demolished in September 1986. 100½” x 10½” in wood with metal letters, the front restored to VGC in brown with white lettering, the back original. | £260 |
| 347 | LONDON & BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY CAST-IRON HOUSE NUMBERPLATE: “L&BR 547.” These oval plates, 9½” x 7” were used as house numbers for the company’s properties. In original condition, although a small section at the right hand side has been welded. | £420 |
| 348 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 7301 as carried by the GWR 2-6-0 Mogul “43XX” class loco built at Robert Stephenson Works No. 3833 in December 1921 to Lot 218. Outside steam pipes were fitted in April 1951. Shedded at Hereford until July 1957, then reallocated to St Philips Marsh Bristol. Withdrawn in September 1962 and broken up at Swindon Works. Front only restored some time ago. | £900 |
| 349 | BRASS WORKSPLATE: “LMS BUILT 1900 ST. ROLLOX” from either Caledonian Railway 0-4-4T class 439 LMS Nos. 15159-15175 or 4-4-0 class 900 LMS Nos. 143XX-144XX, or 0-4-0ST class 264 LMS 16026-16039. Oval, 10½” x 6⅛” restored front, ex-loco back. | £150 |
| 350 | LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: SHILDON, COUNTY DURHAM from the BR Bo-Bo 2,250HP diesel-electric HST power car built at Crewe to Lot No. 30895 class 254 and numbered 43078 entering traffic at Heaton in February 1978 as part of set 254012. Named “SHILDON COUNTY DURHAM” at Shildon Works Open Day on 24th September 1983 and taken into locomotive stock as class 43 in November 1988. The original “Shildon” plates were removed in April 1990, but new pattern stainless steel “reflective” plates were fitted at Neville Hill in March 1993. These were removed in June 1996 when the car was renamed “GOLOWAN FESTIVAL PENZANCE” by Primrose May, Mayor of Penzance on 22nd June 1996. The car is still in service with GNER but is without name. A “modern image” BR plate made of stainless steel with letters etched in dark brown and margin. 47” x 6” and showing signs of “wear and tear” but a good name nonetheless. When in service, the plate had a badge above it, but this is not present. A famous centre for Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon construction dating from the beginning of railways. | £750 |
| 351 | LONDON CHATHAM & DOVER RAILWAY three-aspect HANDLAMP the body stamped “LCDR No. 1761.” Bevel-edged front glass cracked, but complete with unmarked burner and reservoir. Original used condition. The company was renamed from East Kent Railway in 1859 and merged with the SER in January 1899 to become the South Eastern & Chatham & Dover Railways (later SE&CR). | £170 |
| 352 | GWR TREGENNA CASTLE HOTEL silverplate CHAMBER STICK candle holder manufactured by Elkington. 6” diameter x 2” high with name in garter design incised into the saucer. The Tregenna Castle Hotel located at St Ives, Cornwall, was originally built in 1774 and leased to the GWR in 1878, eventually bought outright by them in 1895. Additions to the building were made in 1932. One of the hotels sold off in 1983, purchased by Batchshire Ltd (a Sea Containers subsidiary) and still open. VGC. | £110 |
| 353 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “HENSCHEL Nr. 28708 – 1954 Henschel & Sohn Kassel” with “HS” star symbol at centre from the 4-8-2+2-8-4 3 ft 6 in gauge Garratt loco of class GO No. 2575. (“GO 2575” on back). Rectangular, 11¾” x 5⅞” restored front to VGC, back ex-loco. | £170 |
| 354 | GWR CAST-IRON CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 5231 as carried by the GWR 2-8-0T 4200 class loco built at Swindon in June 1924 to Lot No. 225. Allocated to Newport (Pill) until transferred to Tondu in May 1962 and finally Cardiff (Radyr) until withdrawn in April 1964 and cut up by John Cashmore at Newport. Restored front and back a long time ago. | £500 |
| 355 | BR(M) fully-flanged maroon enamel SIGNALBOX NAMEBOARD: LOSTOCK HALL STATION. located on the Preston to Ormskirk line near the famous Lostock Hall MPD. It was an LMSR Type 11c design fitted with a 30-lever REC frame opened in 1946 and closed on 27th February 1972. 60” x 14” with one or two very minor edge chips. | £530 |
| 356 | CARRIAGE PRINT: THE CASTLE, INVERNESS by F. Donald Blake from the SCR series 1956/57. A fine view of the suspension bridge with castle beyond. VGC and in an original type glazed wooden frame. | £160 |
| 357 | GCR WOODEN HEADING from a Loco Depot notice board. Ornate carved design showing “Great Central Railway Co. – Forward” in curved design, 40½” long x 6” wide at widest point. Good unrestored condition. A rare item not seen at auction previously. | £150 |
| 358 | LMS BRASS LOCOMOTIVE PLATE: “WATER CAPACITY 800 GALLONS” from an unidentified tank locomotive. Front very nicely restored to VGC, the back ex-loco. | £110 |
| 359 | SOMERSET & DORSET JOINT RAILWAY ENAMEL POSTER BOARD HEADING: “S.& D. JT RLY” in SR style white lettering on a green background. 26” x 5½” with slight crazing of the enamel and a little edge chipping which do not detract. Rescued from a wagon when the station at Cossington (Bridgwater branch) was being demolished following closure of the line in December 1952. | £1200 |
| 360 | TOTEM: CRAVEN ARMS & STOKESAY BR(W) fully-flanged chocolate and cream with deep colour and shine. Crease repaired professionally at right hand side, neatly executed, edge rusting restored also. An ex-Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway (LNW & GW Joint) station opened in 1852, the junction for the LNWR Mid-Wales line. A scarce totem seldom seen at auction. | £500 |
| 361 | SHEDPLATE: 81D READING (1950 – January 1965). Grimy ex-loco condition. | £140 |
| 362 | SIGNALBOX NAMEBOARD: WESTBURY in metal letters on a 36” x 5⅝” wooden board with scalloped corners. Westbury was a L&NWR/GWR Joint Type 1 design fitted with a 21-lever GWR VT-3 frame when closed on 16th September 1990, although it ceased to be a block post on 21st October 1988 when the line became controlled by Radio Electric Token Block from Machynlleth signal box. The box located between Shrewsbury and Welshpool is believed to have opened in 1875. A handy sized board in ex-box condition. | £150 |
| 363 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “AEI (in oval) Associated Electrical Industries 1960 The Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Ltd. (with five point star) as carried by one of the BR Bo-Bo 3,200HP 25Kv ac overhead class “AL1” locos numbered E3001 – E3023 and E3096 and E3097, built by BTH/BRCW Works Nos. 1083 – 1007/1959. The class was renumbered to class 81 Nos. 81001 – 81022 (with gaps) in 1974. The original BTH/BRCW plates were removed from the whole class when BTH became AEI in 1960. Rectangular, 13” x 11½” ex-loco condition in blue. | £820 |
| 364 | MIDLAND RAILWAY CAST-IRON NOTICE: “ALL PERSONS FOUND BATHING or Fishing in This Canal, etc. …. (total of 8 lines of text).” 26” x 19¾” the front has been restored, the back ex-canal side. Very unusual wording. | £460 |
| 365 | TOTEM: BALLATER BR(Sc) fully flanged light blue in absolutely A1 condition with deep colour and shine, no chips, no rust. An ex-GNSR station opened in October 1866 closed February 1966, the terminus of the branch from Aberdeen, used by a succession of royal trains to take the royal family to their Scottish home at Balmoral. A rare totem, never seen at auction previously. | £6700 |
| 366 | NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY. Two ENAMEL DOORPLATES: LADIES’ ROOM in cream on brown and GENERAL ROOM & BOOKING OFFICE in brown lettering on cream. Both measure 20” x 5⅜” with triple curved ends. The first example was produced by “Chromo” Wolverhampton, the second by “Patent Enamel Co B’ham.” Both have one or two face chips/minor rusting, none affecting the text, good condition overall. (2) | £200 |
| 367 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 80107 as carried by the BR Standard class 4MT 2-6-4T loco built at Doncaster in October 1954 to Order EO398. First allocated to Kittybrewster, but transferred to Polmadie in April 1957 and from where it was withdrawn in September 1964. Cut up at Motherwell Machinery & Scrap Co. Restored front and back to VGC. | £600 |
| 368 | NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY three-aspect HANDLAMP the body stamped “2596 S Dundee Tay Bridge” and “NBR.” Brass rimmed bevel-edged front lens. Complete with unmarked reservoir. Unrestored. A famous location opened in June 1878. | £1700 |
| 369 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “KERR STUART & Co. Ltd. No. 4317 – 1925 London & Stoke” from Indian State Railways 5 ft 6 in gauge 2-6-4T, No. 37113, originally Madras & Southern Mahratta Railway No. 110 of class FS. Oval, 6⅛” x 4” in ex-loco condition. Note: The boltholes have been extended slightly when removed from the engine. | £1100 |
| 370 | TOTEM: CHERRY TREE BR(M) fully-flanged maroon with deep color but a little mottled. No chipping, but a little unrestored edge rusting only. An ex-L&YR East Lancs station between Preston and Blackburn opened in November 1847. | £650 |
| 371 | SHEDPLATE: 63C FORFAR (1950 – November 1959 then sub of 63A) OBAN (November 1959 – March 1962. A scarce example, rarely seen at auction, in ex-loco condition. | £240 |
| 372 | GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY wooden ARMCHAIR probably from a bathroom in one of the GNR hotels. The initials “GNR” are carved into the back rail. 27” wide, 20” deep and 40½” high and in good condition. | £100 |
| 373 | CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY ceramic seven-compartment OYSTER PLATE manufactured by W.G. & Co in Limoges. 9½” diameter, each compartment showing a different illustrated floral design. Very attractive and in good condition. | N/S |
| 374 | CARRIAGE PRINT: BRAINTREE ESSEX by F. Donald Blake from the LNER post-war series 1945-1955. A view of the busy market place. An uncommon print not seen at auction for some time. In mint condition and in an original type glazed wooden frame. | £70 |
| 375 | LARGE COPPER TOPPED STATION LAMP: WORMALD GREEN with station name shown on front glass only, although a little faint. Repainted in green some time ago. Opening side door, complete with vessel, burner and glass inside. All external glasses intact, although one is cracked. 7” x 7” base increasing to 16” x 16” x 29” high. Reasonable condition. An ex-NER station on the Harrogate – Ripon line, opened in 1848, closed 18th June 1962. | N/S |
| 376 | LNER 12” dial single fusee wooden DROPCASE CLOCK. Re-lettered B.R. (N.E.) the dial has the painted serial number “5947” and is accompanied by an original LNER record card which records its location as “South Bank” and “Station Cabin.” An ex-NER location opened in June 1846, South Bank station is on the Middlesbrough – Redcar line in Cleveland. In VGC complete with pendulum and winder and in good working order. | £550 |
| 377 | LNER “Coronation” pattern silverplate ICE BUCKET manufactured by Walker & Hall. 5½” high x 7¾” wide over handles. Company initials in “Coronation” style pattern incised into the side. Good condition. | £180 |
| 378 | SINGLE LINE SECTION KEY AND METAL DESCRIPTION PLATE: STOKESLEY TO POTTO. A small 2½” long metal key attached by string to an 8¼” x 4½” plate. From the ex-NER line from Battersby – Picton closed to passengers in 1954 but remained open for freight until December 1958. Well used condition and not the most attractive of items, but a rare section. | £110 |
| 379 | CHROMED BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “ENGLISH ELECTRIC AEI Vulcan Works Newton-le-Willows, England No. 5353 – 1971” as carried by British Steel Corporation Shotton Works 0-6-0 500HP diesel-hydraulic loco No. 15. The loco was sent to BSC Workington Works for repairs in c. March 1979 and returned 5 months later. It was scrapped by May 1988. 10¼” x 4⅝” in ex-loco condition. | £80 |
| 380 | SR ENAMEL TARGET STATION SIGN: TEDDINGTON. 36” x 13” in ex-station condition with a little edge rusting and a couple of chips, reasonable colour and shine although white lettering is a little rusty. An ex-LSWR station opened July 1863. A surprisingly scarce target for a London suburban station. | £240 |
| 381 | LMS (Caledonian Railway pattern) SIGNALBOX LAMP used to hook onto wall at the back of the box to illuminate the train register book and associated items. LMS burner, reflector and complete with glass flute. Restored to VGC and quite scarce in this pattern. | £50 |
| 382 | LNER SIGNALBOX NAMEBOARD: CHRISTON BANK from a location on the East Coast Main line between Alnmouth and Tweedmouth which closed on 8th September 1974. 65” x 10½” wood with metal letters, in ex-box condition. | £260 |
| 383 | LNER CAST-IRON DOORPLATE: STATION MASTER. 14¾” x 4¾” with curved ends, restored front and back in black on white to VGC. | £80 |
| 384 | SHEDPLATE: 41H STAVELEY (GC) (July 1958 – June 1965, previously 38D). A scarce example in ex-loco condition. | £130 |
| 385 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 42847 as carried by LMSR 2-6-0 Mogul “Crab” class 4 later 5 loco numbered 13147 built at Horwich in November 1930 to Lot 68. Renumbered 2847 in 1934 and 42847 by BR in 1948. Allocated to Derby until January 1959 when it was transferred to Annesley, followed by a brief visit to Burton, before ending up at Gorton from November 1960. Withdrawn in June 1962 and broken up at Horwich Works. Restored front and back a long time ago. | £500 |
| 386 | BR(W) double-sided chocolate and cream painted wooden STATION FINGERBOARDS: “BIRMINGHAM VIA GREAT BRIDGE” and “BIRMINGHAM VIA OLD HILL” both with three-flight arrows. Probably originated from Stourbridge Junction which had services to Birmingham Snow Hill via both routes. Both 42” x 5” in very good ex station condition with metal fittings at one end. (2) | £340 |
| 387 | LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY CAST-IRON PRIVATE FOOTPATH NOTICE with a total of six lines of text. Casting number “O3.” 21¾” x 12½” restored to VGC in white lettering on blue background, the back ex-lineside condition. | £150 |
| 388 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “FRIED. KRUPP Lokomotivfabrik Essen Germany 1952 No. 2970” from the South African Railways 3 ft 6 in gauge 0-8-0 loco of class S2, No. 3705. 10¼” x 4⅛” restored front, ex-loco back. | £150 |
| 389 | LNER two-pint silverplate COFFEE POT manufactured by Gladwin Ltd. Oval shaped, 7½” high with finial atop. “LNER” company initials in script style incised into side. VGC. | £120 |
| 390 | TOTEM: WATFORD JUNCTION BR(M) half-flanged maroon with deep colour and shine, one minor face chip with a little edge chipping and rusting. Some rust stains have washed down through the lettering, but this does not detract from a very rare totem never seen at auction previously. An ex-LNWR station on the West Coast Main Line, the junction for the branch to St Albans (Abbey), which opened in 1858 replacing an older station located some 500 yards to the north. | £1400 |
| 391 | CARRIAGE PRINT: WALLACE MONUMENT, NEAR STIRLING by Jack Merriott from the ScR series issued 1956/7. A view of the monument dominating the countryside around it. VGC and in an original type glazed wooden frame. | £100 |
| 392 | LNER glass one-scoop SORBET DISH. 2½” diameter, 3” tall with fluted sides. Initials “LNER” in script form engraved into side. VGC. | £70 |
| 393 | CALEDONIAN RAILWAY one-wire, two-position BLOCK INSTRUMENT 27” tall to the top of the gong. From an unknown location. Unfortunately, the clapper is missing and the glass over the Down Train indicator is cracked. There is also a small laminated plate added around the bottom plunger. Good condition overall and a very large instrument. | £500 |
| 394 | BR(NE) fully-flanged tangerine ENAMEL SIGN: PARCELS. 24” x 18” in VGC with repaired minor edge chips only. Fine colour and shine. | £120 |
| 395 | LNER CAST-IRON SEATBACK: HERTFORD EAST. 44⅞” x 4¼” with curved ends, painted green with an orange coloured back, basically ex-station condition. An ex-GER station on the branch from Broxbourne opened in 1843. | £560 |
| 396 | FESTINIOG RAILWAY three-aspect HANDLAMP the reducing cone brass plated “Ellis Lewis Guard Portmadoc.” Brass rimmed bevel-edged glass, complete with unmarked burner. Good condition. The Festiniog reached Portmadoc Harbour in January 1865, closing to passenger services in September 1939. Services were revived by the preservation society in July 1955. | £680 |
| 397 | SHEDPLATE: 52B HEATON (1950 – June 1963, then sub of 52A). Grimy ex-loco condition. | £250 |
| 398 | SOUTHERN RAILWAY enamel DOORPLATE: PRIVATE in green with good colour and shine, unusually complete with its aluminium surround for fixing to a door. Frame size 19” x 7”. Both items in VGC. (2) | £95 |
| 399 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “THE VULCAN FOUNDRY (Limited) Newton-le-Willows Lancashire No. 5925, 1951” as carried by Gold Coast Railway 3’ 6” gauge 4-8-2 loco No. 254 “MAMPONG.” Oval, 9” x 5¼” in ex-loco condition. | £100 |
| 400 | TOTEM: VAUXHALL BR(S) fully-flanged green with deep colour and shine. A couple of edge chips extending slightly into the green, but very good overall. An ex-LSWR station between Waterloo – Clapham Junction opened in July 1848 named Vauxhall Bridge, renamed in 1862. A good start for those collecting car makes. | N/S |
| 401 | MIDLAND RAILWAY. A framed and glazed MAP OF MIDLAND RAILWAY AND ITS CONNECTIONS with colour vignettes showing the Forth Bridge, Melrose Abbey, Langdale Pikes, Old Harry Rocks Bournemouth. High Tor and Haddon Hall. Geo H. Turner was the General Manager. Map appears to be in good condition housed within a long 41” x 20” non-original frame. | £500 |
| 402 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE COAT-OF-ARMS: NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY (of India) Eight star relief design with central shield showing hay stacks and loco running diagonally between them and royal crown atop. 14¼” to the points star points. Very good ex-loco condition. | £400 |
| 403 | CARRIAGE PRINT: KELSO, ROXBURGHSHIRE by S.R. Badmin from the LNER post-war series 1945-47. A view of the road viaduct over the River Tweed with the town nestling behind. Curiously, one of the road vehicles has the legend “S.R. Badmin Giant Circus” on the side ( a little artistic licence no doubt). A scarce print, VGC in an original type glazed wooden frame. | £130 |
| 404 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “BEYER, PEACOCK & Co. Ltd. 6973 ‘Beyer-Garratt’ Locomotive Beyer Peacock & Co Ltd. Patent No. 298422 and Pending Manchester, 1940” from East African Railways metre gauge 4-8-4+ 4-8-4 Garratt No 5710, formerly Kenya-Uganda Railways No. 86 of class EC 3. Oval 18” x 8¾” in ex-loco condition. | £400 |
| 405 | LNER BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WHISTLE as carried by the “V2” class 2-6-2 loco No. 4813 “ST PETER’S SCHOOL YORK AD 627.” Built at Darlington entering service in December 1938. Renumbered LNER 842 in December 1946 and BR 60842 in May 1950. Latterly and appropriately a York based loco until withdrawn in December 1962 and cut up at Darlington. 7½” high x 11” wide, unrestored. | £520 |
| 406 | FIBRE SINGLE LINE TABLET: DEREHAM – NORTH ELMHAM 14 from the ex-GER branch between Wymondham – Wells closed in 1969, although North Elmham signal box itself was closed in the mid-1960s. The line to Wymondham to North Elmham remained open for residual freight traffic until the late 1980s/early 1990s. No white infill to lettering, otherwise good. | £50 |
| 407 | SOUTHERN RAILWAY silverplate one-pint TANKARD manufactured by Walker & Hall. 5” high x 5½” wide over handle. Full company name in garter incised on side. Good condition. | £200 |
| 408 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “LONDON NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY Co. No. 1675 Doncaster 1927” as carried by the class “N7/3” 0-6-2T loco No. 2606 built with condensers (removed in 1937) when ex-works in December 1927. Renumbered LNER 9708 in November 1946 and BR 69708 in September 1948. Push/Pull gear was fitted in January 1954. Withdrawn in January 1961 from Stratford and cut up there. Engraved, oval 13½” x 7⅞” in ex-loco condition. | £800 |
| 409 | GWR CAST-IRON CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 3685 as carried by GWR 0-6-0PT “8750” class loco built at Swindon Works in December 1940 to Lot 330, the first of the batch. A long time Pontypool Road engine, being withdrawn there in April 1964 and cut up at Swindon. Restored front and back. | £500 |
| 410 | ENAMEL STATION SIGN: TRENT BR(M) flangeless maroon with white lettering at centre and a white margin all the way round. 25” x 20” deep colour and shine with a couple of small chips only. An ex-MR station opened 1st May 1862, closed 1st January 1968 once the junction for the Nottingham, Chesterfield, Derby and Leicester lines. These signs were used instead of totems at this particular station. Paperwork accompanies. | £320 |
| 411 | MIDLAND RAILWAY three-aspect, “Appleton’s Patent” HANDLAMP with three-handled propeller design on the chimney to facilitate turning of the internal lenses. The reducing cone is brass plated “Midland Railway 11526B”, the body brass plated “Midland Railway 14325B” and “Appleton’s Patent 1566C.” Complete with unmarked reservoir and burner. Well used condition. | £200 |
| 412 | CHESHIRE LINES COMMITTEE CAST-IRON NOTICE: “NOTICE – ANY PERSON Omitting to Shut and Fasten This Gate is Liable to a Penalty of Forty Shillings.” 21” x 14” with rounded corners (one missing) in ex-lineside condition. Scarce. | £65 |
| 413 | SHEDPLATE: 68A CARLISLE KINGMOOR (1950 – February 1958, then 12A in LMR). A scarce example seen only 4 times at auction, the last time in 1996. Front restored some time ago, the back ex-loco. | £360 |
| 414 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “NORTH BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE Coy. Ltd. Hyde Park Works Glasgow No. 19235 1910” from South African Railways 3 ft 6 in gauge 4-8-2 No. 1469 of class 3. Originally Natal Government Railways No. 363 of class D (“50//264” painted on back). Circular, 7⅞” in diameter, ex-loco condition. | £200 |
| 415 | BR CARRIAGE DESTINATION BOARD: BODMIN ROAD/PADSTOW in maroon with yellow letters, 32” x 3¼” in VGC. From the ex-L&SWR branch opened in March 1899, closed in January 1967. An evocative journey, much missed. | £280 |
| 416 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 45319 as carried by LMSR class 5 4-6-0 loco built at Armstrong Whitworth Works No. 1374 in 1937. Became 45319 at Nationalisation. Allocated to Inverness, Perth, Grangemouth and Carstairs before ending up at Motherwell in November 1966. Withdrawn in May 1967. Restored to VGC front and back. | £450 |
| 417 | LNER CAST-IRON DOORPLATE: PORTERS. 17½” x 3⅝” with curved ends, restored face in white on black some time ago, the back in ex-station condition. | £60 |
| 418 | CAST-IRON LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “HUDSWELL, CLARKE & Co. Ltd. Leeds No. 1777 – 1944” as carried by the inside cylinder Ministry of Supply 0-6-0ST “Austerity” loco No. 71500 delivered on loan to Ministry of Fuel & Power, but went to Manchester Collieries Ltd. at Walkden in December 1944 and sold to them in July 1946 and named “ALLEN.” Transferred to Astley Green colliery in 1947, but returned to Walkden in March 1968 and scrapped in September the same year. 11½” x 8¼” stripped ready for restoration. | £150 |
| 419 | LMS SEPIA CARRIAGE PANEL: RIVER LLUGWY AT BETTWS-Y-COED, CAERNARVONSHIRE issued in the 1930s – a scarce photo panel of the river close to the ex-LNWR Blaneau Ffestiniog branch. In its original glazed wooden frame and in VGC. | £45 |
| 420 | TOTEM: GILLINGHAM fully-flanged green with deep colour and shine. A couple of minor edge chips only. A Kent station between Chatham and Sittingbourne originally named New Brompton when opened by the East Kent Railway in July 1858. | £480 |
| 421 | MIDLAND RAILWAY three-aspect HANDLAMP with large rectangular glass front lens. Two brass plates on reducing cone show “9600” and “Midland Railway Co.” The body is brass plated “5931” and painted “M.R.T. (Storm) Settle (MR Traffic). Top handle wrapped in copper wire. Unmarked burner and reflector. Good original condition. A Settle & Carlisle line handlamp. | £800 |
| 422 | SHEDPLATE: 84F STOURBRIDGE (1950 – September 1963). A scarce example, the front repainted, back ex-loco. | £150 |
| 423 | BRASS Tyers SINGLE LINE TABLET: BANAVIE CANAL – MALLAIG JUNC 9 from the ex-NBR West Highland Line. This token section was operational from 30th March 1901 when Banavie Canal Bridge signal box opened until 7th June 1987 when it was reduced to a non-block post. Good ex-section condition. | £620 |
| 424 | LMS HOTELS glass ANGUSTURA BITTERS SHAKER. Fluted conical shape with cork bung at the blunt end. The legend “LMS Hotels” is engraved into the side. 6” x 2½” in VGC. Very rare. | £50 |
| 425 | LNER STYLE SIGNALBOX BOARD: LEEDS CITY EAST. Wood with metal letters. Restored to VGC in black letters on white background. A joint LNWR and NER station opened as Leeds New in April 1869. The station was rebuilt by the LMSR and LNER in July 1938 and renamed Leeds City. Leeds City East was an LNER Type 13 design opened on 5th April 1937 fitted with an individual function switch panel. It closed on 29th April 1967 when replaced by signalling controlled from Leeds power signal box. The “City” suffix was dropped officially in 1966. | £380 |
| 426 | LB&SCR large size three-aspect HANDLAMP the reducing cone steel plated “Itford S. Box Newhaven Town” and stamped “LB&SCR No. 723.” The body is brass plated LB&SCR Co (in full) and stamped “B1178 Newhaven Town” and “F 4.93 LB&SCR.” Complete with SR burner. Good condition. An ex-LB&SCR south coast station opened in July 1864. | £580 |
| 427 | CAST-IRON TENDERPLATE: “LMS No. 9992 1943” as carried by the 4,000 gallons water, 9 tons of coal tender built for 2-8-0 class 8F loco 8264 built by North British Locomotive Co Works No. 24742 in 1942. The loco went on loan to the WD from new as WD549 until entering LMS stock as 8264 in November 1943. Became 48264 at Nationalisation. A long time Nuneaton engine, it was transferred to Agecroft in June 1966 and condemned a month later. Cut up by A. Draper, Hull. Rectangular, 7⅞” x 5⅞” front restored, back ex-loco. | £50 |
| 428 | SR ENAMEL POSTER BOARD HEADING: “S.R. MONTHLY BULLETIN” in green with white lettering and edging, the “SR” in “sunshine” style, “Monthly Bulletin” in an unusual serif style. The “Monthly Bulletin” was issued to keep staff and members of the public aware of news and current events within the railway industry. 52” x 5” with small chips around the screwholes, neatly repaired and edge rusting also repainted. | £140 |
| 429 | BR CARRIAGE DESTINATION BOARD: PETERBORO’/LEICESTER in maroon with yellow letters, 28” x 3¼” in VGC, but the lettering of Peterboro’ is looking a little worn. | £50 |
| 430 | TOTEM: SELHURST BR(S) fully-flanged green with deep colour and shine. One or two very minor edge chips only. An ex-LB&SCR South of London station opened on 1st May 1865. A surprisingly scarce totem, not seen at auction since 2003. | £650 |
| 431 | SAXBY & FARMER (London & Chippenham) CAST-IRON SIGNAL FINIAL of the type used extensively on the LSWR and GCR amongst other pre-Grouping railways. 7½” square base, 25” high open cruciform type. | £55 |
| 432 | CARRIAGE PRINT: THE LOMOND HILLS FROM TARVIT, NEAR CUPAR, FIFE by J. Macintosh Patrick form the ScR series issued 1956/57. A view of a tractor ploughing a field with valley and hills beyond. A Size A 23½” x 7½” print in an original type glazed wooden frame in VGC. | £75 |
| 433 | BR(W) fully-flanged chocolate and cream ENAMEL SIGN: “RTO” with left pointing two-flight arrow. 48” x 12” in VGC with minor edge chipping only. “RTO” stood for “Railway Transport Office” which was manned by a military officer at main line stations handling a large number of service personnel (see Railway Antiques Gazette 32 and 34). | £50 |
| 434 | BR(NE) framed and glazed SIGNALLING DIAGRAM covering the whole of the York Signal Box area from Copmanthorpe in the south to Skelton in the north. The whole area is coloured to show various track circuits etc., and is comprehensive. Undated, but would appear to be early 1950s. 80” x 11” housed in a non-original glazed wooden frame. York power signal box was located within the station buildings at York and was opened fitted with a Westinghouse one-control switch panel by BR in May 1951. A Westinghouse M5 entrance-exit panel was fitted on 25th September 1983 to control the Selby diversion. The OCS panel was replaced by signalling controlled from York IECC on 11th May 1989 and the box closed on 10th September 1989 when the NX panel was replaced by signalling controlled from York IECC. | £160 |
| 435 | GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY small sliding knob three-aspect HANDLAMP the body brass plated “GCR Fire Brigade Grimsby Docks.” Internal parts stamped GCR and complete with LMS burner. Painted red. Good condition. | £435 |
| 436 | LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY china CHAMBER POT manufactured by Dunn Bennett & Co. Ltd. with “Britannia” shield and company name in black glazed into the side. The smaller 5” high, 7” diameter version as employed in the company’s Sleeping Cars. VGC. | £150 |
| 437 | ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS by Jack Merriott of a Scottish scene showing Swindon Built Diesel Rail Car running alongside river with fisherman doing his best to catch a trout. Undated, but would appear to be mid - late 1950s. Double-royal poster size (25” x 40”) in VGC with fresh colours. A rare opportunity to purchase original artwork by this prolific poster and carriage print artist. | £1400 |
| 438 | ALUMINIUM single line KEY TOKEN: CEFN JC – NEWLANDS. The Cefn Junction to Newlands token section came into being when Waterhall Sidings signal box was closed in the mid to late 1960s. The token section was taken out of use in March 1975 when Newlands signal box was closed. A former Port Talbot Railway line. Good condition. | £50 |
| 439 | SHEDPLATE: 86G PONTYPOOL ROAD (1950 – May 1965). A scarce example seldom seen at auction, restored front and back. | £160 |
| 440 | TOTEM: SHIREHAMPTON BR(W) fully-flanged chocolate and cream with deep colour and shine, but one face chip not affecting lettering, plus some minor edge rusting. An ex Clifton Extension Joint Railway on the Bristol – Avonmouth Dock line station opened in March 1865. A totem infrequently seen at auction, the last time in 1998. | £980 |
| 441 | GREAT CENTRAL & MIDLAND JOINT RAILWAY COMMITTEE painted wooden SIGNAL BOX LEVER DESCRIPTION BOARD from Belle Vue Station signalbox. In two sections each 68½” x 7” and 11½” at widest and headed “G.C. & M.” with the numbers and descriptions of the each signal lever painted on the board in various colours depending on whether the lever was for points or signals, etc. Brackets on the back held the board in place over the lever frame. Good ex-box condition, a magnificent board and a rare survivor. Belle Vue an ex-Sheffield & Midland Joint station is located between Ashburys and Reddish North on the outskirts of Manchester. The box was a GCR Type 5 design fitted with a 35-lever frame. It opened on 14th January 1917 and was replaced by signalling controlled from Romiley Junction signal box on 18th November 1973. | £280 |
| 442 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY ROYAL HOTEL silverplate SUGAR SHAKER manufactured by Walker & Hall. Lighthouse shape, 6” tall with “GWR Royal Hotel” and coat-of-arms incised into the side. The hotel, an integral part of Paddington station in London, was opened in June 1854 originally with 103 bedrooms and 15 sitting rooms and was “the finest in London”; later additions increased capacity to 250 bedrooms. The hotel was sold by the BRB in 1983 and still operates today, recently having been refurbished. VGC. | £470 |
| 443 | SKELETON TICKET DATE PRESS made of cast-iron and brass with an adjustable date drum (currently set to “01NOV68” probably the last time it was used to date a ticket). Used by a number of pre-Grouping railways, they were the main rival to the enclosed ticket dating machine manufactured by Thomas Edmondson. Good ex-station condition and in full working order. | £260 |
| 444 | EAST AFRICAN RAILWAYS BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 5205 from the 4-8-2+2-8-4 metre gauge Garratt loco built NBL 24074 of 1931, formerly Kenya-Uganda class EC 2 No. 71. Rectangular, 17¼” x 8½” front restored only, back ex-loco. | £130 |
| 445 | WISBECH & UPWELL TRAMWAY three-aspect HANDLAMP. GER twin sliding knob style with no back handle. The reducing cone stamped “Wisbech Tram Line 11” and “GER.” Complete with GER combined reservoir and burner. Unrestored. The tramway closed to passengers in January 1928, but remained open for freight traffic for many years after. | £400 |
| 446 | BR IVORINE SIGNAL LEVER DESCRIPTION FROM ACTON EAST SIGNAL BOX. A complete set from the 58-lever frame. On the line between Paddington – Acton Main Line, it was a BR(W) Type 17 design opened in 1959 fitted with a 58-lever GWR type VT-5 frame. The box closed on 7th April 1984 and the frame was moved to the Severn Valley Railway and used in the 62 lever frame installed in Kidderminster Station signal box. Each 1¾” x 7⅜” in VGC. (58) | £100 |
| 447 | METROPOLITAN RAILWAY brass cased STANDARD TEST GAUGE manufactured by Dewrance, London, with two dials for measuring steam pressure between 1 – 300 lbs per square inch. 7½” diameter face. The serial number 101331 is stamped in the base. VGC. | £150 |
| 448 | BR(M) ENAMEL DOORPLATE: WAITING ROOM fully-flanged in maroon with white lettering, excellent colour and shine. 18” x 6¼” with a couple of minor abrasions only. | £90 |
| 449 | LNWR three-aspect HANDLAMP the reducing cone stamped “LNWR P. Car. Dep. Wolverton,” the body stamped “LNWR P. A 31471.” Complete with unmarked burner. Unrestored. The station opened in September 1838. The nearby Wolverton Works became the centre for LNWR carriage and wagon construction which carried on through LMS and BR days. Now sadly a shadow of its former self. | £170 |
| 450 | LMS HAWKSEYE ALUMINIUM STATION SIGN: NORTON. An ex-L&YR station between Askern Junction and Knottingley opened in June 1848, closed officially by BR in September 1948. 48” x 18” repainted in yellow with black lettering and edging some time ago. | £250 |
| 451 | SHEDPLATE: 12C PENRITH (1950 – October 1955) WORKINGTON (October 1955 – April 1958) CARLISLE CANAL (April 1958 – June 1963) BARROW-IN-FURNESS (September 1963 – December 1966). Restored front and back a long time ago. | £200 |
| 452 | FURNESS RAILWAYS CAST-IRON NOTICE: “CAUTION TO TRESPASSERS – Persons Trespassing Upon the Railways Belonging to the Furness Railway Company etc. …. (total of 8 lines of text). Dated August 1894.” 26” x 19¼” restored front and back a long time ago. Obvious signs of use on back. | £240 |
| 453 | CARRIAGE PRINT: WOLVERTON VIADUCT by Kenneth Steel from the LMR Railway Architecture Series issued in 1952. A tranquil scene of the viaduct over the River Great Ouse. In an original type glazed wooden frame and in VGC. | £100 |
| 454 | ALUMINIUM LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “CCCP 1969 Nr. 0690” from the Deutsche Reichsbahn 1470KW Co-Co diesel-electric loco No. DR.220.287.7 built by the October Revolution Loco Works, Lugansk, USSR in 1969. Russian standard design “M62” exported to East Germany and originally designated class 120 before re-unification. Oval, 15⅝” x 10” totally ex-loco condition. A colour picture of the loco accompanies. | £75 |
| 455 | L&Y & LNW JOINT RAILWAYS three-aspect HANDLAMP in the standard L&YR style but with a LNWR slide, perhaps indicating the merger of 1921/22. The body is stamped “L&YR,” the handle “11401” and the body “LYR P5856 Spring Vale.” Complete with L&YR reservoir and LMS Burner. Restored. The station on the Darwen – Bolton line, opened as Sough in August 1847, renamed in 1870, closed August 1958. | £140 |
| 456 | BR(S) fully-flanged enamel DOORPLATE: LAMPS in green with good colour and shine. Produced in the larger size 18 x 6⅛” with repainted chips around screwholes and on edges. Although a later BR sign the lettering looks vaguely SR in origin. | £150 |
| 457 | ALUMINIUM single line KEY TOKEN: DOVEY JCT – ABERDOVEY from the ex-Cambrian Railways coastal line to Barmouth Junction. Traces of blue paint. This token section ceased in the mid to late 1960s when Aberdovey signal box was closed. Ex-section condition. | £150 |
| 458 | BR(Sc) ENAMEL SIGN: STEAMERS with left pointing two-flight arrow. Reputed to be from the ex-NBR station at Mallaig it pointed passengers in the direction of the Caledonian Macbrayne steamers to the Isle of Skye and other Western Islands. The station opened in April 1901. Now a shadow of its former self. 72” x 24” with minor chips only. | £110 |
| 459 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “LMS BUILT 1925 DERBY.” Locos built that year were 4-4-0 Class4/4P Nos. 1085 – 1114 (Compounds) and 0-6-0 class 4F locos 4035 – 4056 and 4207 - 4216. Oval, 10¼” x 5¾” restored front, ex-loco back. | £90 |
| 460 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 63344 as carried by the ex-NER “T2” class 0-8-0 loco No. 1251 built at Darlington entering service in February 1913. Became LNER 1251 in 1923 and classified “Q6”. Renumbered LNER 3344 in April 1946 and BR 63344 in October 1948. Together with its matching 9” x 5” brass worksplate: “London & North Eastern Railway Darlington Works 1913” with a brass strip showing the number “63344”, the original number having been ground off. Allocated to Haverton Hill, then Thornaby with a spell at West Auckland, then Neville Hill, Normanton, Tyne Dock and finally West Hartlepool. Withdrawn in September 1967 and cut up by T.J. Thompson at Stockton. The smokebox numberplate has been repainted front and back, the worksplate is ex-loco. (2) | £700 |
| 461 | CAST-IRON WAGONPLATE: L&SWR CO. 12311 EASTLEIGH WORKS. Oval, 13⅜” x 7½” repainted front in green and white some time ago, ex-vehicle back. | £110 |
| 462 | SHEDPLATE 73J: TONBRIDGE (October 1958 – June 1962, previously 74D, later sub of 73F). A rare example in very rusty condition (no sign of paint) but complete with BR(S) triangle on the back. | £150 |
| 463 | LMS HOTELS silverplate WINE STRAINER manufactured by Walker & Hall. 3¾” tall x 4½” wide over handle. Company name in “T” shape style within rectangle incised into side. VGC. | £70 |
| 464 | LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY CAST-IRON LOCO TENDERPLATE: L&YR No. 566 1877. Rectangular, 10½” x 6⅛” with what are now scalloped corners, but which originally had the boltholes to fit the plate to the tender. These have long rusted away and two newer screwholes have been made. In totally ex-tender condition, thickly encrusted with paint, and thought to be quite scarce. | £100 |
| 465 | RHODESIAN RAILWAYS BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 211 from the 3 ft 6 in gauge 12th class 4-8-2 loco built by NBL 23740 in 1928. Oval 19” x 13” front restored to VGC, back ex-loco. | N/S |
| 466 | SIGNAL LEVER FRAME MAKERS PLATE: L&Y RY. CO. HORWICH. Cast-iron 33½” long x 7” high, these ornate plates graced many signalling frames throughout the company. Good ex-box condition. | £620 |
| 467 | CARRIAGE PRINT: CRAFNANT VALLEY, CAERNARVONSHIRE by Charles Knight from the LMR Series (B) issued in 1952. A fine view of the valley and Welsh mountains. In an original type glazed wooden frame and in VGC. | £200 |
| 468 | LNER 12” face single-fusee movement 8-day wooden cased CLOCK restored to VGC. The front has been numbered 5125/25. Complete with cylinder shaped pendulum and winder stamped “LNER” and is, we understand, in full working order. | N/S |
| 469 | ALUMINIUM LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “BRITISH RAILWAYS DARLINGTON BUILT 1963 Power Equipment by Associated Electrical Industries Ltd and Sulzer” as carried by a BR Bo-Bo 1,250HP Type 2 diesel-electric loco in the series D5223-D5239 (25073-25089) or D7578-D7581 (25228-25231). 13” x 6⅝” the front cleaned for painting, the back ex loco. Note: Minor damage to the lettering and edge score. | £150 |
| 470 | SR ENAMEL SEATBACK: ASHFORD (KENT) in green with white lettering. 48” x 3¼” in good condition with minor edge chipping only. An ex-SER station opened in December 1842. The suffix “Kent” was added in 1923 by the SR to differentiate it with the other SR Ashford station in Middlesex which was an ex-LSWR station. | £250 |
| 471 | SHEDPLATE: 26E BACUP (1950 – October 1954) OLDHAM LEES (October 1955 – September 1963, then 9P). Restored front and back a long time ago. | £90 |
| 472 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “R. & W. HAWTHORN LESLIE & Co. Ltd 3694 Newcastle on Tyne 1928” as carried by the LNER class “N2” 0-6-2T loco LNER 2665 which entered traffic, condenser fitted, in October 1928. Renumbered LNER 9571 in April 1946 and BR 69571 in November 1948. Withdrawn from New England in June 1961 and cut up at Doncaster. Oval 10⅛” x 6¼” in ex-loco condition. | £500 |
| 473 | NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY wood framed ENAMEL SIGN: “SMOKING IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED in or near This Building” in brown enamel on cream. 37” x 18” with a couple of well repaired face chips, good colour and shine otherwise. The sign is thought to have originated from Pateley Bridge. | £200 |
| 474 | GWR three-aspect “Reform Lighting Co.” HANDLAMP with makers name in brass oval on body. Reducing cone brass plated “Petroleum Light 10 Minutes Before Using.” Flip-top chimney cap. Body stamped “GWR” in an arc. Three notches in brass ring below reducing cone. Burner and reflector present but unmarked. Good, used condition. Rare. | £280 |
| 475 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 61254 as carried by the LNER 4-6-0 “B1” class loco 1254 built by North British Locomotive Co. Works No. 26155 in November 1947. Renumbered 61254 by BR in May 1949. A Great Eastern line engine based at Ipswich until November 1959 when it was sent to March, followed by Norwich for a while and finally March from where it was withdrawn in September 1962 and cut up at Central Wagon Co., Ince. Restored front and back. | £650 |
| 476 | CAST-IRON NOTICE: “M&GNJR NOTICE – These Buckets Must Be Kept Full of Water and Used Only in Case of Fire. By Order.” Completely original and genuine, 13” over fixing hole lugs x 8½” repainted in red with white lettering a long time ago. | £160 |
| 477 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “LMS BUILT 1950 DERBY” as carried by either (LMS) 2-6-4T class 4 Nos. 42050-42065 and 42133-42146 or 0-6-0 diesel-electric shunter Nos. 12067-12087. Oval, 10½” x 6” restored front, ex-loco back. | £190 |
| 478 | LNER glass and silverplate MUSTARD JAR complete with silverplate spoon by M & Co. Ltd. The initials “LNER” in script are incised into the opening lid. VGC. | £95 |
| 479 | CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS original gold leaf transfer COAT-OF-ARMS: CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS COMPANY MDCCCLXIV (1864) attractively mounted on a dark green board. VGC. | £220 |
| 480 | TOTEM: THORNTON JUNCTION BR(Sc) half-flanged light blue with good colour, but a little matt. No face chips, repainted edge rusting only. Originally opened by the NBR as “Thornton” in September 1847, the suffix added by the LNER in July 1923, closed by BR in October 1969. Once a complicated junction between Kirkcaldy and Ladybank, with lines virtually surrounding the station. A much sought-after totem, last seen at auction in 2002. | £600 |
| 481 | LM&SR BRONZE PLAQUE: “QUOTA LEAGUE COMPETITION 1935 – The Staff of This Station Won The Shield in Their League for the Year 1935” in bronze relief mounted on a wooden board, 9½” x 13½”. The shield shows the “Wyvern” symbol surrounded by ears of wheat, thistles and leaves at the top, with loco surrounded by lorry, ship and aeroplane at the base. VGC. | £30 |
| 482 | CARRIAGE PRINT: SATURDAY MARKET PLACE, KING’S LYNN, NORFOLK by Leonard Squirrell from the LNER post-war series 1945-1955. A dramatic watercolour print of the location, little changed today. In and original type glazed wooden frame in mint condition. | £90 |
| 483 | LNER enamel LOCO DEPOT ALLOCATION PLATE: SELBY. Black lettering on white, 10” x 1½” with curved ends. Minor edge chipping, but good generally. | £350 |
| 484 | TAFF VALE RAILWAY cast-iron BOUNDARY SPIKE. Semi-circular section standing some 39” high with 4” x 3” rectangular black at top with the initials “TVR.” Repainted in black with white letters some time ago. Used in a number of locations to show the extent of the company’s land. | £150 |
| 485 | BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS E.29 1E from 3 ft 6 in gauge 1200 HP Bo-Bo 3000 volt DC electric loco of class 1E, built Swiss Locomotive Works/Metropolitan Vickers in 1923. Oval, 20⅝ x 14½” in ex-loco condition. | N/S |
| 486 | SAXBY & FARMER CAST-IRON SIGNAL FINIAL of the type used extensively on the LSWR and GCR amongst other pre-Grouping railways. 7½” square base, 28” high four-sided spike type. | £170 |
| 487 | LNWR MARINE DEPARTMENT silverplate MATCHBOX HOLDER manufactured by Elkington. Rectangular matchbox holder on centre of circular saucer shape base. 4” high x 4¾” base. “Britannia” coat-of-arms within garter lettered “L&NWR M.D.” incised into matchbox holder. VGC. | £65 |
| 488 | LNER three-aspect Fogman’s HANDLAMP. A transitional type in the standard GCR pattern stamped “LNE-C 23484T” in the body and brass plated “LNE-C 23484 Annesley” also has a very large rectangular brass plate “Fogman South Jct No. 1”. A steel plate is fitted on the reducing cone “Kerosene” and is fitted with an orange aspect. Complete with LNE-C reservoir, burner and reflector. A location in the North Nottinghamshire coalfields. | £170 |
| 489 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “JAPANESE CAR & LOCO MAKERS Ass’n” Contractor: Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Ltd/. Maker: Kisha Seizo Kaisha, Ltd. 1936 [works number 1391] from the Royal Thai Railways metre gauge 2-8-2 loco No. 354. Features relief of Mount Fuji at centre. Oval, 11” x 6” in ex-loco condition. | £420 |
| 490 | GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY original transfer COAT-OF-ARMS. Gold leaf and coloured design on lined out blue painted wooden board. 22” x 22” in VGC. | £50 |
| 491 | GLASGOW & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY china CHAMBER POT manufactured by Dunn, Bennett & Co. of Burslem. Trimmed in gold with company coat-of-arms in garter in brown glazed onto side. Bowl is 11” diameter over handle x 5” high. VGC. | £150 |
| 492 | GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY silverplate CREAM TOT manufactured by Walker & Hall. A dainty 1½” high x 1¼” diameter . The side shows the GER “batwing” design with company initials in script form below. Good condition. | N/S |
| 493 | SHEDPLATE: 31A CAMBRIDGE (1950 – June 1962). A scarce example, seldom seen at auction, restored front and back. | £115 |
| 494 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “LMS BUILT 1942 SR” as carried by the Stanier “8F” class 2-8-0 loco numbered 8601 built at Eastleigh under Lot 163 and was ex-works in January 1943 on loan to the SR from new until transferred to the LMS in 1947 as 8601. Became BR 48601 at Nationalisation and withdrawn in June 1965 from Willesden, having been allocated there since the mid-1950s. The number “8601” is painted on the back. Oval 10⅝” x 6” in ex-loco condition. This is an extremely rare plate as only two locos carried these plates dated 1942 (8600 and 8601) and each was different, 8600 having much broader lettering than the one offered here. | £200 |
| 495 | BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: “CANADIAN NATIONAL 7433” from 0-6-0 switcher of class O-18-a believed built Canadian Loco Co. c.1919. Withdrawn 1961. Rectangular, 16¾” x 11” with rounded corners, restored front lightly polished, ex-loco back. | £1200 |
| 496 | STATION FINGERBOARD: WIGSTON double-sided with the name in gold-leaf lettering with black shading on a maroon board. Possibly Midland Railway in origin and from Leicester London Road. 38” x 8½ narrowing to 6” and the pointed end. In good ex-station condition although the wood is a little cracked in places. | £160 |
| 497 | BR(E) wooden framed ENAMEL SIGN: NO PARKING BEYOND THIS POINT.” White lettering on dark blue enamel with excellent colour and shine. 25½” x 25½” including frame. | £60 |
| 498 | CARRIAGE PRINT: WIVENHOE, ESSEX by Jack Merriott from the LNER post-war series 1945-1955. A view of boats on the River Colne with the village dominated by the church behind. A scarce print, not seen at auction for some time. VGC and in an original type glazed wooden frame. | £80 |
| 499 | BRASS ENGRAVED WORKSPLATE: “NO. 2159 DARLINGTON 1951” as carried by the (LMS) 2-6-0 Mogul class “2MT” loco No. 46467 built to Lot No. 1309 ex-Works June 1951 and allocated to Cambridge until October 1961 when it was transferred to Hurlford and finally Dumfries. Withdrawn July 1964 and broken up by West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co., Troon. Oval, 12⅜” x 6⅝” in ex-loco condition. | £350 |
| 500 | LSWR STATION LAMP. Four glass sides, one of which opens, 10” square at base widening to 13” square reducing again to circular chimney with fluted finial on top. Stands on a bracket for fitting to a post. Overall height 40”. No innards and place name not shown on glass. Reputed to be from Whitstone & Bridgerule the last station before Bude on the branch from Halwill Junction which closed in October 1966. Restored to VGC, all glasses clean and intact. | £680 |