| Lot | Description |
| 1 | LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY large ENAMEL SIGN: “LNER” showing the initials within the oval “winking eye” motif. The letters “NE” are larger than the “L” and “R.” Arched shape, 56” x 23” overall in dark blue with white lettering and lines. The sign was installed above a station entrance and there could have been no doubt which company the passenger would be travelling on. This design was used from the 1930s onwards and became the company standard in all publicity and in signage. VGC. | £750 |
| 2 | NORTH LINDSEY LIGHT RAILWAY CAST IRON NOTICE: “TRESPASSERS ON THIS PROPERTY Will Be Prosecuted. By Order P.R. Meyer Secty.” (RAG Ref: TPNL101). 20” x 12” with scalloped corners, restored to VGC in black and white, the back painted also. The line, worked by the GCR from the opening in September 1906, ran from Frodingham to Whitton. The company was grouped into the LNER in 1923. | £200 |
| 3 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “ANDREW BARCLAY SONS & Co Limited Caledonia Works Kilmarnock № 1841 1924” as carried by the outside cylinder 0-4-0ST named “ANNE” and delivered new to Stewarts & Lloyds Ltd, Spring Vale Furnaces, Bilston in October 1924. Withdrawn in October 1965. Oval 16¾” x 11¾” ex-loco condition front and back. | £250 |
| 4 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 6138 as carried by the GWR 2-6-2T Prairie 6100 class loco built at Swindon in November 1932 to lot 278. An Oxford and later Reading loco withdrawn in September 1963 and cut up at Swindon. Repainted front a long time ago, the back in ex-loco condition. | £440 |
| 5 | SR ENAMEL TARGET STATION SIGN: VENTNOR. 27” x 13” in good condition with good colour and shine, but having a few professionally repaired edge chips and rusting. An ex-Isle of Wight Railway terminus station opened in September 1866 and closed almost exactly 100 years later in April 1966. A rare example, seen only three times previously at auction. | £3000 |
| 6 | SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS SINGLE LANGUAGE BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 1200 8D from 3ft 6in gauge 4-8-0 of class 8D built Neilson Reid as their 6286 of 1903. Originally supplied to Cape Government Railways as their 368. Preserved in Cape Town. Oval, 20¾” x 14½ front repainted in orange and black, unpolished brasswork, the back in ex-loco condition. | £620 |
| 7 | SHEDPLATE: 11C OXENHOLME (1950 - June 1960, later 12G). This former LNWR, LMS and BR(M) shed provided banking engines for Grayrigg Bank, along with motive power for the Kendal goods and the Windermere branch. Its allocation of eight locos were ex-LMS 2-6-4Ts. Ex-loco condition front and back. A rare example, only twice previously at auction. | £750 |
| 8 | LNER 9” x 5” BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY 67322 (on brass strip attached) Darlington Works 1900” as carried by ex-NER O class 0-4-4T № 2093 built at Darlington in December 1900. Became LNER 2093 class G5 in 1923. Compressed air Push/Pull equipment fitted in January 1939. Renumbered 7322 by the LNER in November 1946 and 67322 by BR in March 1951. Withdrawn in November 1956 from Cambridge and cut up at Darlington. Cleaned front and back. | £450 |
| 9 | BR(E) ENAMEL DOORPLATE: “STATION MANAGER” 18” x 6” fully flanged in dark blue and in VGC with good colour and shine, one or two minor edge chips only. A very scarce example, the term “Station Manager” having been adopted very shortly before the introduction of corporate identity signage. | £180 |
| 10 | TOTEM: STRANRAER TOWN BR(Sc) half-flanged light blue in good condition with reasonable colour, but a little matt. A little edge rusting, but no chipping evident. An ex-Portpatrick & Wigtownshire Joint station opened in March 1861, closed March 1966. A rare totem, never seen at a railwayana auction previously. | £2300 |
| 11 | CARRIAGE PRINT: CLEY NEAR HOLT NORFOLK by R E Jordan from the LNER post-war series issued between 1948 - 1955. A rare and very sought after print of the windmill on the North Norfolk coast now in use as a holiday hotel. In an original type glazed wooden frame and in mint condition. | £190 |
| 12 | ISLE OF WIGHT RAILWAY SILVERPLATE TOAST RACK manufactured by Walker & Hall. Provision for four slices of toast, 3½” x 2⅝” at base, 4¾” to top of the hoop carrying handle. The initials “IofWRy” surrounded by “Refreshment Dept” in garter clearly incised on the base. VGC. | £150 |
| 13 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “BUILT BY SIR WG ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH & Co Ltd Scotswood Works Newcastle-on-Tyne 605 1924” as carried by the (GCR) class 11F 4-4-0 loco № 6390 “HOBBIE ELLIOTT” ex works October 1924, the first loco of the AW batch to order № E41. Classified D11/2 by the LNER and BR. Renumbered 2683 in September 1946 and BR 62683 in May 1948. Loco withdrawn in September 1958 from Haymarket and cut up in Kilmarnock. Rectangular, 5¾” x 3⅞” polished front, cleaned back. | £240 |
| 14 | STEEL SINGLE LINE KEY TOKEN: “WILLITON – BPS LYDEARD” the section names being engraved onto an aluminium plate riveted to the key. This single line section came into existence on March 1967 when Crowcombe signal box was closed and the token section was extended to between Williton and Bishops Lydeard and ceased to exist in March 1970 when Bishops Lydeard signal box closed. From the ex-GWR Minehead Branch section opened in March 1862, closed January 1971, but now part of the preserved West Somerset Railway which restored services to the line in August 1976. Good ex-section condition with traces of yellow paint. | £100 |
| 15 | M&GNJR ENAMEL SIGNALBOX BOARD: “PANSWELL CROSSING” GNR style in blue enamel with white lettering attached to wooden backboard. From a signalbox between Wisbech St Marys and Wisbech M&GN. The line closed in March 1959. 60” x 9” in original condition, although with a little loss of enamel in top left and bottom right hand corners. See also Lot 376. | £130 |
| 16 | GWR BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 1638 as carried by the (GWR) 1600 class 0-6-0PT loco built at Swindon in March 1951 to Lot 389. Latterly an Oswestry and finally Birkenhead loco withdrawn from service in August 1966 and sold for preservation at the Kent & East Sussex Railway, now known as the Tenterden Railway Co Ltd. Restored in red with black edging on the face, the back in yellow primer. A very presentable example. | £600 |
| 17 | LNER CAST IRON SEATBACK: GIDEA PARK. 32” x 4½” with curved ends from the ex-GER station between Romford and Shenfield on the Liverpool Street – Norwich line, opened in December 1910, still open today. The full title of the station was “Gidea Park & Squirrels Heath” which was probably too much to cast! In VGC, the face repainted in white lettering on a black background, the back original. | £480 |
| 18 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WHISTLE reputedly carried by the ex-LSWR 4-6-0 class H15 loco № 487 built Eastleigh January 1914 top Order K15, becoming SR 487 and later BR 30487. Withdrawn from service in November 1957. A standard type SR example, 12½” high, base 4¼” diameter 7¾” over operating rod. Completely ex-loco condition. | £170 |
| 19 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 69286 (with curly “6’s” and “9”) as carried by the ex-GCR 9F class 0-6-2T loco № 748 built by Beyer Peacock works № 3619 in September 1894 to Order 7835. Became LNER 5748 and classified N5 and N5/1 in 1927, then N5/2 in 1937. Renumbered 9286 in August 1946 and BR 69286 in April 1949. Withdrawn in November 1960. Repainted front and back a long time ago. The back bears the details of other classes of loco with the same plate dimensions. | £580 |
| 20 | TOTEM: TUNBRIDGE WELLS CENTRAL (with suffix in the lower panel) BR(S) fully flanged green in VGC with deep colour and shine, one or two untouched minor edge chips and light rusting only. An ex-SER station on the line to Hastings opened in November 1846, still open today. The suffix “Central” was added by the SR in 1923 to differentiate it from the ex-LB&SCR at Tunbridge Wells West. | £600 |
| 21 | BR(E) ENAMEL STATION DIRECTION SIGN: “ACLE YARMOUTH (with left pointing two-flight arrow below) BRUNDALL NORWICH (with right pointing two-flight arrow below).” 42” x 12” in dark blue with white lettering in excellent condition with deep colour and shine, one or two touched-in edge chips only. From Lingwood an ex-GER station on the Norwich – Yarmouth Vauxhall line opened in June 1883, still open today. | £480 |
| 22 | GWR DUAL-LANGUAGE CAST IRON NOTICE: “GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY – NOTICE – All Persons Found Trespassing on This Railway Will be Prosecuted as The Law Directs – Rhybudd – (the warning is repeated in Welsh).” (TPGW707) 27” x 17¾” restored front and back, but with the evidence of use on the back. | £200 |
| 23 | ALUMINIUM LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “BRITISH RAILWAYS DERBY BUILT 1963 Power Equipment by Associated Electrical Industries Ltd and Sulzer” as carried by the BR Bo-Bo 1250HP diesel-electric type 2 loco D5239 introduced in December 1963 at Nottingham. Renumbered 25089 in April 1974, class 25. Withdrawn in February 1986 from Crewe Diesel Depot and cut up by Vic Berry, Leicester by October 1987. The number “25089” is chalked on the back. Rectangular, 13” x 6⅝” the front in ex-loco condition finished in rail blue, the back ex-loco also. | £130 |
| 24 | METROPOLITAN RAILWAY ENAMEL DESTINATION BOARD: GREAT MISSENDEN (on one side) CHESHAM (on the other) in black lettering on white. 33” x 4” with brass ends to slot onto the front of the loco. The line jointly owned by the Met and GCR opened in July 1889. The manufacturers name “Wildman & Meguyer, Birmingham, England” is clearly shown on each side. Some face and edge chipping, good condition overall. | £320 |
| 25 | BRASS INDUSTRIAL LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: “NEPTUNE” as carried by the inside cylinder 0-6-0T loco built by Hudswell Clarke in 1911 works № 926. Delivered new to John Summers (Hawarden Bridge) Steelworks, Shotton. In March 1911. Scrapped in July 1962. 28” x 6¾” in ex-loco condition front and back, lettering lightly polished only. | £600 |
| 26 | BRASS NUMBERPLATE: “№ 43.” From 3ft 6in gauge Queensland Government Railways 4-8-0 of class C17 built by Walkers of Maryborough as their 290 of 1917. Rectangular, slightly curved to fit boiler side, 18” x 7” with scalloped corners, repainted front in red, the back in ex-loco condition. | £320 |
| 27 | SHEDPLATE: 53C HULL SPRINGHEAD (1950 – December 1958).This former Hull & Barnsley, LNER and BR(NE) shed housed over 50 locos when it first received its code, but by closure in 1958, its small allocation of 17 was transferred to Hull Dairycoates (53A). Ex-loco condition front and back. | £240 |
| 28 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “PECKETT & SONS Ltd № 2073 Bristol 1946” as carried by the outside cylinder 0-6-0ST P type OX1 named “JOCK” and new to Bickershaw Collieries, Bickershaw. Taken into NCB stock in January 1947 at Bickershaw. Transferred to Chanters Colliery in 1954, then back to Bickershaw and finally to Kirkless Central Workshops in May 1958. Scrapped in May 1959. At some time it had a small 2½” x ½” appendage plate beneath the makers number but this is now missing. Oval, 15½” x 8½” in ex-loco condition front and back, the black wax still evident in most of the letters as is the red wax to the outer rim. Original fixing studs retained at the rear. | £430 |
| 29 | LNER CAST IRON DOORPLATE: “EXAMINERS.” 18¾” x 3½” with rounded ends. Repainted front to VGC in blue and white, the back original. | £100 |
| 30 | TOTEM: ALLANFEARN BR(Sc) fully flanged light blue in virtually mint condition with deep colour and shine, an edge chip repair at the base only. An ex-Highland Railway station between Nairn and Inverness opened as Culloden in November 1855, renamed in November 1898, closed May 1965. A scarce totem seen only three times previously at auction. | £600 |
| 31 | GWR LAMP GLASS TABLET: LIMPLEY STOKE. 15½” x 3” and shaped to fit inside a lamp case in opaque white with engraved lettering filled in with blue. From the ex-GWR station between Bath and Bradford-on-Avon, opened in February 1857, closed October 1966. Good condition. | £150 |
| 32 | LMS HOTELS SILVERPLATE FLOWER VASE manufactured by Walker & Hall. Trumpet shape, 3⅝” diameter at top, 7½” high. The legend “LMS Hotels” is clearly inscribed in script on the side. VGC. | N/S |
| 33 | LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “THE ENGLISH ELECTRIC Co Ltd Vulcan Works Newton-le-Willows England № 3235/D760 1962” as carried by BR Co-Co 1750HP diesel-electric type 3 № D6806 which entered service at Darnall in January 1963. Renumbered 37106, class 37/0 in February 1974. To store at Immingham in October and reinstated two months later. Finally taken into store at Toton in February 1999, then removed to Springs Branch for component recovery and scrapped in August 2000. The number “37106” has been painted on the back. Rectangular chromed brass 10¼” x 4½” in ex-loco condition front, the back cleaned. | £280 |
| 34 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 76023 as carried by the BR standard class 4 2-6-0 loco built at Doncaster in December 1952 to Order 395. First allocated to Sunderland, then to Kirkby Stephen in the late 1950s. Withdrawn October 1965 from Stoke and cut up by John Cashmore at Great Bridge. Repainted to VGC front, the back in ex-loco condition. | £480 |
| 35 | TOTEM: FLIXTON BR(M) fully flanged maroon in VGC with deep colour and shine, a dent in the flange at one end, but minor edge chipping and rusting only otherwise. One of the type with a narrower flange all the way round with face drilled holes to facilitate wall fitting. An ex-Cheshire Lines Committee station between Manchester and Warrington opened October 1873. A rare totem seen at auction only three times previously. | £360 |
| 36 | MANCHESTER SHEFFIELD & LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY sliding-knob three-aspect HANDLAMP the body bearing a large brass plate “MS&L 7090 Frodingham.” No innards except for a spare burner. Interior slatted red and green glasses complete and intact. Brass rimmed bullseye front lens. Frodingham station near Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire opened in October 1866 and closed to passengers in March 1928 (replaced by Scunthorpe & Frodingham). Rusty external condition and will benefit from restoration. | £850 |
| 37 | LYNTON & BARNSTAPLE RAILWAY: TYER’S TYPE 7A BRASS FACED SINGLE-LINE TABLET for the section “BARNSTAPLE – PILTON BRIDGE 22” the section names engraved and filled with wax around the central circle. Running between Lynton and Barnstaple this narrow gauge line was incorporated in June 1895 opening to traffic on 16th May 1898. The railway was purchased by the Southern Railway on 1st July 1923 and closed entirely by the same company on 30th September 1935. Note: This is the last in the set of five tablets, covering the entire line to be offered in this and previous auctions. Good ex-section condition. | £2600 |
| 38 | WAGONPLATE: FESTINIOG RAILWAY 96. Oval, 10” x 7¾” the front repainted in black and white, the back in ex-vehicle condition. | £45 |
| 39 | BR(NE) ENAMEL DOORPLATE: “TICKETS AND WAITING ROOM” 18” x 6” fully flanged in tangerine and in VGC with good colour and shine, one or two minor edge chips only. | £580 |
| LOTS 40-45: PULLMAN CAR ITEMS | |
| 40 | HEADBOARD: “GOLDEN ARROW” in green with shaded yellow lettering and the large arrow in yellow and gold leaf piercing it through the middle. The three-flight arrow is 66” from tip to tail and the central disc is 33” in diameter. Clearly visible on the black painted back is the legend “Motive Power Depot Stewarts Lane.” The back also features a large bracket for fitting to the smokebox door. BR Southern Region commissioned this design which coincided both with the introduction of the two “Britannia Class” Pacifics, 70004 “William Shakespeare” and 70014 “Iron Duke,” to the service in 1951 and the “Festival of Britain” exhibition held in London the same year. They were used until the early 1960s when the service was taken over by the 2,550HP third rail electric locomotives (later class 71) and a plain headboard was made for these. Good, ex-service condition with the usual knocks and scrapes of service. The vendor bought the headboard in 1963 from Stewarts Lane depot and has owned it ever since. | £25000 |
| 41 | CARRIAGE PRINT: “GOLDEN ARROW” CONTINENTAL EXPRESS by Richard Ward from the Southern Region (B) series issued in 1956. The artist shows the famous Southern express emerging from the unusually shaped portals of Shakespeare Tunnel, between Dover and Folkestone. The locomotive is a BR standard “Britannia” class 4-6-2 Pacific, probably 70004 “WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.” The 11:00 departure from Victoria to Paris had operated for some time before gaining the title “Golden Arrow” in 1929. A much sought after print and rare being in very good unused condition, except for a slight crease in the border. In an original type glazed wooden frame. | £480 |
| 42 | POSTER: GOLDEN ARROW. A double-royal poster of the famous express arriving at Paris Gare du Nord by Pierre Fix-Masseau (1905-1994) in his unmistakable art- nouveau style commissioned in 1988. A modern work but in true golden age style and included as part of the “Golden Arrow” theme in this auction. Very desirable. Rolled, VGC. | £120 |
| 43 | VSOE D/R poster: PARIS – VENICE SIMPLON ORIENT EXPRESS. Art-nouveau style artwork showing Parisian scenes again by Pierre Fix-Masseau and dated 1979. One of a series of posters commissioned by Sea Containers (at that time the owners of VSOE) to commemorate the re-introduction of the London – Venice luxury express in 1980. Rolled, a couple of small tears at base (one repaired), good otherwise. | £160 |
| 44 | PULLMAN CARS SILVERPLATE SUGAR SHAKER manufactured by Walker & Hall. Lighthouse style, 2¾” diameter base, 1¾” diameter body, 5¼” tall. The company coat of arms with the wording “Pullman Car Company Limited” in garter round the edge is clearly incised on the side. VGC. | £110 |
| 45 | PULLMAN CARS SILVERPLATE GRAPEFRUIT BOWL manufactured by Mappin & Webb. 4⅞” diameter base, 4⅜” diameter dish, 2½” tall. The company coat of arms with the wording “Pullman Car Company Limited” in garter round the edge is clearly incised on the side. VGC. | £220 |
| 46 | SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS SINGLE LANGUAGE BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 1994 14CRB from 3ft 6in gauge 4-8-2 originally built as a class 14C by Montreal Loco Works as 60549 of 1919. Wheels re-balanced to operate on branch lines as class 14CB, with the “R” added when fitted with a standard boiler. The classification has been added by means of a small riveted plate following rebuilding. Oval, 20¾” x 14½ front repainted in dark and light blue, brasswork lightly polished only, the back in ex-loco condition. | £500 |
| 47 | SHEDPLATE: 70D BASINGSTOKE (1950 – September 1963) EASTLEIGH (September 1963 – July 1967). Although this former LSWR, SR and BR(S) shed lost its allocation of just 9 locos in 1963 , it retained its status as a servicing point for steam until July 1967. The code was taken over by Eastleigh, formerly 71A, when over 100 locos were fitted with the new 70D plates. Repainted front and back. | £75 |
| 48 | BRASS WORKSPLATE: “ROBERT STEPHENSON & HAWTHORNS Ltd Newcastle Works № 7044 1942” as carried by the outside cylinder 0-4-0ST loco ex-works February 1942 and delivered to ICI Ltd, Prudhoe-on-Tyne as their № 3. Scrapped in June 1967. Oval, 13” x 8½” lightly polished front, the back in ex-loco condition. | £200 |
| 49 | LNER CAST IRON DOORPLATE: “TRANSHIPS.” 18¾” x 3½” with rounded ends. Repainted front in black and white, the back original. | £110 |
| 50 | LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: “CHAMPION LODGE” as carried by the LNER 4-6-0 B17/3 “Sandringham” class loco № 2843 built at Darlington entering service in May 1935. Renumbered 1643 from September 1946 and finally numbered 61643 by BR in August 1948. Reclassified class B17/6 in October 1954. Withdrawn in July 1958 from March and broken up at Doncaster works. The loco was named after the home of Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny, near Maldon, Essex. Cast brass, 59” x 6½” in ex-loco condition front and back. | £9200 |
| 51 | LNWR. A pair of Fletcher’s single-needle pegging absolute BLOCK INSTRUMENTS. No location plates, but one has the ivorine descriptions “Dn Siding № 1” and “Up Line № 2” and the other “Down Goods Line.” Both are 25” high and in good ex-box condition. (2) | £200 |
| 52 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. A large Webb & Thompson Electric TRAIN STAFF with the section names “Lampeter - Llanybyther” engraved on brass plates affixed to one end. From the Manchester & Milford Railway Aberystwyth – Carmarthen line opened in January 1866, closed February 1965. 23” long, the brass rings around the central steel column are approx 2¼” diameter. Good, ex-section condition. | £420 |
| 53 | CAST IRON LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “THE BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS Philadelphia USA 69678 1943” as carried by 5ft 6in gauge Indian State Railways 2-8-2 of class AWE number 22924, initially numbered 6107. Wartime heavy freight equivalent of standard XE class. Circular, 9¼” diameter, ex-loco condition front and back. | £140 |
| 54 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 46112 as carried by the LMS class 6P later 7P “Royal Scot” class 4-6-0 loco № 6112 built by North British Loco Co Queens Park works № 23607 in September 1927 to Lot 41. Named “SHERWOOD FORESTER” by April 1928 (the original name intended was “LONDON SCOTTISH”). Became BR 46112. A Leeds Holbeck, but latterly Nottingham loco from where withdrawn in May 1964. Repainted to VGC front and back, a corner weld, probably by BR, hardly noticeable from the front, evident on the back. | £3500 |
| 55 | LMSR SIGNALBOX BOARD: DERBY STATION NORTH. This signal box was opened in October 1892 and had a 60 lever Midland Railway Tappet frame installed in October 1917. The box closed in July 1969 when signalling in the area was taken over by Derby PSB. 96” x 10” in wood with metal letters completely as removed from the signalbox with minor loss of edge beading at bottom. | £520 |
| 56 | LNER GC SECTION SILVERPLATE 1½-PINT COFFEE POT manufactured by Elkington. 4” diameter base tapering to 3⅜” diameter, 6¼” tall, with carrying handle, spout and lifting lid with ball shaped finial. The initials “LNER GC” with the wording “Dining Car” in garter around them are clearly incised in the side. VGC. | £120 |
| 57 | SHEDPLATE: 51F WEST AUCKLAND (1950 – February 1964). This ex NER, LNER and BR(NE) shed was home to around 40 locos during the 1950s, but by closure it provided care and attention to just 13. Repainted front, ex-loco back. | £95 |
| 58 | TRACTION ENGINE BRASS WORKSPLATE: “JOHN FOWLER & Co. Leeds Ltd Leeds England № 14424” from a class B6 compound 10HP road loco built in May 1916 and supplied to the War Department. Acquired c.1919 by Charles Openshaw, Reading, Berks and rebuilt as a showman’s engine. Sold to Pat Collins, Bloxwich, Staffs and named “DREADNOUGHT.” Registered in 1921 “DH 2545.” By 1955 the loco was owned by Ford & Sage, Leicester and renamed “GOLIATH.” Sold to Shepherdson in April 1960, then Pumfrey, then in 1963 to A. Clarke, Felsted, Essex and finally to J.H. Joyce of Renhold, Beds in January 1974 and renamed “VALIANT.” Still in existence. Weight 22tons 10cwt. Engraved oval, 9½” x 4¾” the brass lightly polished only, back cleaned. | £300 |
| 59 | CALEDONIAN RAILWAY SURVEYORS EQUIPMENT which comprises brass surveying telescope manufactured by J. White, Glasgow and additionally stamped “№ 2 Cale Rly Eng.” Contained within a mahogany box 15” x 8¼”, 4¼” high which is secured by a stout leather belt and buckle. A small brass plate on the lid reads “CR № 2” and the letter “A” is painted in one corner. VGC. | £420 |
| 60 | TOTEM: FOUR ASHES BR(M) fully flanged maroon in virtually mint condition with deep colour and shine, an edge chip and minor edge rusting only. An ex-LNWR station between Wolverhampton and Stafford opened in July 1837, closed June 1959. A scarce totem infrequently found at auction. | £620 |
| 61 | ENAMEL SIGN: “PARCELS AND CLOAK ROOM” 26” x 6” in white with maroon lettering, one or two minor chips, good overall. There is evidence that it was once contained within a wooden frame. Weight of opinion has it that the sign originated from the M&GN Joint Railway. | £50 |
| 62 | CAST IRON NOTICE: GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY – SMOKING – Smoking in This Building or in any Part of The Adjoining Premises is Strictly Forbidden.” 20½” x 11⅜” restored front, the back original. This is the rarer pattern example and is reputed to be from Caerphilly Works. | £300 |
| 63 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “SIR WG ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH & Co Ltd Scotswood Works Newcastle-on-Tyne № 420 1921” as carried by the ex-MR 3835 class 0-6-0 loco № 3941. Retained the number 3941 at Grouping. Renumbered 43941 by BR. Withdrawn in September 1957 from Saltley. Rectangular, 5⅞” x 4” repainted front with a skilful repair to top right hand corner which has been broken away; ex-loco condition back. | £190 |
| 64 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 44827 as carried by the LMS class 5 4-6-0 loco № 4827 built at Crewe in 1944. Became 44827 at Nationalisation. Latterly a Liverpool area loco withdrawn in July 1965 from Speke Junction and cut up by John Cashmore, Great Bridge. Good ex-loco condition front and back. | £700 |
| 65 | BR(W) ENAMEL STREET DIRECTION SIGN: “BRITISH RAILWAYS (in totem) PENCARREG STATION” in chocolate with deep colour and shine, cream lettering and left pointing two-flight arrow. An ex-GWR halt between Lampeter and Pencader on the Aberystwyth – Carmarthen line opened in June 1930, closed February 1965. Fully flanged, 25” x 13” in excellent condition except for a couple of minor edge chips. | £500 |
| 66 | FLAMECUT CABSIDE NUMBER 45144 from BR 2500HP type 4 diesel-electric 1Co-Co1 loco numbered D55 when built at Derby in September 1962. Named “ROYAL SIGNALS” at Derby Works in June 1965 without ceremony. Withdrawn in December 1987 from Tinsley due to derailment damage. Sold to Vic Berry in February 1988 and cut up by August the same year. Complete with TOPS loco data panel which is peeling away. Very neatly cut 36” x 25” and internal superstructure removed to make plate flat, in totally ex-loco condition on the front. | £320 |
| 67 | SHEDPLATE: 16J ROWSLEY (September 1963 – April 1964, previously 17D and 17C). This ex MR, LMS and BR(M) shed was home to over 50 locos, including the famous J94 0-6-0s that provided motive power on the Cromford and High Peak Railway. The shed area is now being redeveloped by Peak Rail. A rare example. Repainted front, ex-loco back. | £75 |
| 68 | TYER’S NO 6 BRASS SINGLE LINE TABLET: “NEWBURGH – BRIDGE OF EARN JCT 22” the names engraved around a central hole, from the ex-NBR line between Ladybank and Perth which opened in July February 1848 and lost the local passenger service in June 1964. The token section came into existence in July 1933 when the line was singled and ceased to exist in January 1972 when Bridge of Earn signalbox was closed. Good ex-section condition. | £130 |
| 69 | LONDON TILBURY & SOUTHEND RAILWAY cast iron STATION SEAT SUPPORTS comprising two “LTSR” monogrammed end members and a central plain member for a “long” seat. Excellent ex-station condition, each 22½” x 31 and painted BR blue. All are complete with wooden base feet and the original coach bolts are still present. (3) | £500 |
| 70 | TOTEM: SALTBURN BR (NE) fully flanged tangerine in VGC with deep colour and shine, a little edge chipping and rusting only. The lettering is outlined in black. An ex-NER station opened by the Stockton & Darlington Railway as Saltburn-by-the-Sea in August 1861, renamed c.1910, still open today, served by trains from Middlesbrough. A totem rarely seen at auction. | £1650 |
| 71 | BR(Sc) ENAMEL SIGN: “BRITISH RAILWAYS (in totem) NO PARKING” in light blue with deep colour and shine, one face chip affecting the “O” and a couple of small edge chips only. 24” x 18” fully flanged. | £95 |
| 72 | GWR TREGENNA CASTLE HOTEL SILVERPLATE ASPARAGUS TONGS manufactured by Elkington. Two sprung arms, 4½” long, with shaped feet to pick up the vegetable. One arm is clearly incised “GWR (in script) surrounded by “Tregenna Castle Hotel” in garter and is in VGC. The Tregenna Castle Hotel located at St Ives, Cornwall, was originally built in 1874 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 by British Transport Hotels in 1983, purchased by Batchshire Ltd (a Sea Containers subsidiary) and still open today. | £200 |
| 73 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “NORTH BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE Coy Ltd Glasgow Hyde Park Works № 24632 1940” as carried by War Department Stanier 2-8-0 № 332. Exported to Iran in 1941 where it was numbered 41.132 and returned to the UK in April 1948, LMS 8F № 8258. Became BR 48251 in December 1949. The loco spent many years at Crewe South and Nuneaton but was withdrawn from Sutton Oak in October 1966. Circular, 7¾” diameter, in totally ex-loco condition front and back. | N/S |
| 74 | CAST IRON WAGONPLATE: “MIDLAND RY CARRIAGE & WAGON Co Limited Builders Birmingham England 1925.” 8½” x 7½” overall in an oval “sunburst” design with eight corners. Repainted front only in lack, the back in ex-vehicle condition. | £60 |
| 75 | BRASS INDUSTRIAL LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: “CLAUDE” as carried by the outside cylinder 0-4-0ST loco built by Hawthorn Leslie in 1896 works № 2349 and delivered new to Stella Coal Co Ltd, Clara Vale Colliery. In 1908 the loco was sold to Priestman Collieries, Blaydon Burn Colliery. Loaned to Waldridge Colliery from 1916-1917. Taken into NCB stock in January 1947 and time spent at Waldridge, Ouston “E”, and Ravensworth Ann Collieries in the 1950s/60s. Scrapped in 1963. 26¾” x 4½” slightly angled at the back to fit the tank side. Face restored in red some time ago, lettering lightly polished, the back in ex-loco condition. | £550 |
| 76 | HIGHLAND RAILWAY three-aspect HANDLAMP the body bearing a brass plate “HR” on one side and another brass plate “Lilbster Station (sic) H.R.” The reducing cone bears a manufacturer’s brass plate “J Ratcliffe & Sons, Makers, Birmingham.” The slide out innards are complete, the LMS burner only marked. The internal red and green glasses complete and intact. Brass skirt around reducing cone. Bevel-edged front lens with brass rim and copper lens reducing cone. Believed to originate from the mis-spelt “Lybster” the terminus of the light railway from Wick opened in July 1903, closed April 1944. Very good unrestored condition, brass/copper work polished lightly. | £400 |
| 77 | SHEDPLATE: 6J HOLYHEAD (March 1952 – December 1966). Noted for its allocation of “Britannia” class Pacifics in the mid 1960s, this former LNWR, LMS, and BR(M) shed looked after around 20 locos until closure. Repainted front, ex-loco back. | £200 |
| 78 | LNER large white china BEDROOM WATER JUG manufactured by Royal Doulton. Hanging baskets design in green on a white background the rim and edge of the handle are finished in gold. 13” high and 8¼” diameter at widest. The legend “LNER Hotels 1923” appears on the base below the manufacturer’s name. VGC. | £260 |
| 79 | LNER CAST IRON DOORPLATE: “TELEGRAPH LINEMEN” on two lines. 14½” x 4¾” with rounded ends. Repainted front in black and white, the back original. | £220 |
| 80 | TOTEM: KENTON BR(M) half-flanged maroon in VGC with good colour and shine, a small touched-in face chip and a little edge rusting only. An ex-LNWR station between Wembley Central and Watford opened in June 1912, still open today. A scarce totem rarely offered at auction. | £380 |
| 81 | CARRIAGE PRINT: LOCH SHIEL WESTERN HIGHLANDS by W Douglas MacLeod from the Scottish Region series issued and 1956/7. An evocative scene showing the monument to Bonnie Prince Charlie at Glenfinnan, the loch and rising mountains beyond. In an original type glazed wooden frame and in mint condition. | £95 |
| 82 | LMS HOTELS SILVERPLATE LARGE SOUP TUREEN manufactured by Walker & Hall. Oval, 8” wide x 14” over the lifting handles at each end, 9½” to top of lifting handle on lid. The inscription “LMS Hotels” in block capitals is incised on the side. Good used condition. | £120 |
| 83 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “YORKSHIRE ENGINE Co Limited Meadow-Hall Works Sheffield № 2778 1960” as carried by the 0-4-0 diesel electric loco № 206 delivered new to BSC Moss Bay Iron & Steel Works, Workington. Scrapped by August 1981. Oval, 11” x 6” in ex-loco condition front and back. | £40 |
| 84 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 31795 as carried by the SR K “River” class 2-6-4T № A795 “RIVER MEDWAY” built by Armstrong Whitworth works № 765 in June 1925 to Order E53. Rebuilt into a U class 2-6-0 at Eastleigh in June 1928. Renumbered SR 1795 and BR 31795. Received further conversion to frame, cylinders and steam pipes in February 1958. A long time Eastleigh loco withdrawn there in June 1963. Good ex-loco condition front and back, the BR(S) triangle and the letter “A” clearly embossed on the back. Burn marks around boltholes sustained when the plate was removed from the engine. | £1150 |
| 85 | LMS ENAMEL LAMP TABLET: BIRKDALE in yellow with black lettering and edging, deep colour and shine. Some very well executed repairs evident at the base. From an ex-L&YR Liverpool – Southport line station opened in 1851. Situated close to the famous Royal Birkdale golf links, which coincidentally will host the British Open this year. 17” x 4½” mounted on a wooden backboard. A scarce survivor. | £110 |
| 86 | GWR BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 5399 as carried by the GWR 43XX class 2-6-0 loco built at Swindon to Lot 211 in November 1920 works № 2799. OSP fitted in February 1957. A Chester, Wrexham and latterly Brecon loco from where withdrawn in September 1962 and cut up by John Cashmore, Great Bridge. Completely ex-loco condition front and back, the engine class and boiler details stamped into the rim just showing through the grime. | £1500 |
| 87 | TYER’S NO 6 ALUMINIUM SINGLE LINE TABLET: “WHITCHURCH-FENNS BANK 11” the section names engraved and picked out in black around square hole in the middle. This a token section on the Whitchurch to Oswestry line which closed in March 1965. Very good ex-section condition. | £520 |
| 88 | ALUMINIUM DIAMOND DEPOT PLAQUE FOR CREWE DIESEL DEPOT showing the “leaping cat” logo. 17¾” x 17¾” in ex-loco condition (repainted at loco overhaul by BR) and as carried from the late 1980s by one of the stud of diesel locos allocated to this depot. | £150 |
| 89 | BR(Sc) ENAMEL DOORPLATE: “STAFF ONLY” light blue and in VGC with good colour and shine, an edge chip and a little edge rusting only. 18” x 3½” fully flanged. | £110 |
| 90 | TOTEM: PAISLEY CANAL BR(Sc) fully flanged light blue in VGC with deep colour and shine, an edge chip repair and a little light edge rusting only. An ex-G&SWR Glasgow Suburban station on the line to Johnstone opened in July 1885, closed January 1983. A scarce totem infrequently seen at auction. | £580 |
| 91 | SOUTHERN RAILWAY CARRIAGE PRINT: GUERNSEY (Channel Islands) by Hesketh Hubbard from the SR post-war series (c.1947). A view of the castle with yachts in the harbour of St Peter Port in the foreground. A scarce print only seen a few times previously at auction. 17” x 10” in an original style glazed wooden frame. Some marks, but good generally. | £100 |
| 92 | GWR ROYAL HOTEL SILVERPLATE TALL COCKTAIL SHAKER manufactured by Farrow & Jackson London. 3” diameter base tapering to 4” with carrying handle, cork stopped spout, and cork stopped lid and a “Jaene” Patent integral ice holder. The initials “GWR” and “Great Western Royal Hotel” in scroll underneath are clearly incised on 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, having recently been refurbished.. VGC. | £380 |
| 93 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “NEILSON & Co 4545 Glasgow 1893” as carried by the ex-LSWR 0-4-2 A12 “Jubilee” class loco № 646 ex-works in April 1893, the last of the class built by Neilson. Became SR 646 at Grouping. Withdrawn in May 1939. Oval, 9¾” x 5¾” front repainted, the back in ex-loco condition, boltholes somewhat extended. A rare survivor. | £600 |
| 94 | FELIXSTOWE DOCK & RAILWAY COMPANY WOODEN COAT OF ARMS. Large roundel 30” in diameter showing the company coat of arms surrounded by the company name. Exact purpose unknown, but may well have been used as the template for a metal casting. The company is responsible for the Port at Felixstowe in Suffolk which has increased its dominance as the major import/export container handling facility in the UK since opening in the late 1960s utilizing the ex-GER line from Ipswich. VGC. | £100 |
| 95 | TOTEM: PULBOROUGH BR(S) fully flanged green in VGC with good colour and shine, a couple of minor edge chips and slight rusting only. An ex-LB&SCR Mid-Sussex line station between Billingshurst and Arundel opened in October 1859, still open today. | £460 |
| 96 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY 12” dial single fusee WOODEN CASE CLOCK. The initials “GWR” are re-written in a sympathetic style on the repainted dial. The number “GWR 196” is engraved on a small ivorine plate on the side of the case which has also been renovated. In full working order and complete with pendulum and winder. | £950 |
| 97 | SHEDPLATE: 40F BOSTON (1950 – January 1964). This Lincolnshire shed was home to a large number of Ivatt 2-6-0s in the early 1960s while in earlier times it played host to numerous GNR and LNER classes. A rare example, repainted front, the back in ex-loco condition. | £280 |
| 98 | WEBB & THOMPSON ELECTRIC TRAIN STAFF with the section names “Buttington Junction – Breidden” embossed and engraved respectively on brass plates affixed to one end. From the Shrewsbury & Welshpool Joint Line which opened in January 1862. 23¼” long, the brass rings around the central steel column are approx 2¼” diameter. Good, ex-section condition. | £160 |
| 99 | LNER CAST IRON DOORPLATE: “WATER METER.” 18¾” x 3½” with rounded ends. Repainted front in black and white, the back original. | £200 |
| 100 | LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: “SAINT GABRIEL” as carried by the GWR 4-6-0 2900 “Saint” class loco № 2922 built at Swindon works № 2270 in September 1907, lot № 170. Superheater fitted in October 1908. Withdrawn in December 1944. Fully-beaded, 68” x 20” (at apex). The plate, which was purchased from Swindon in March 1945 for £1.25 (copy of GWR paperwork accompanies), was in ex-loco condition when bought and was then stored in a shed for the next 62 years! It has therefore accumulated years of verdigris and the lined green on the backplate is only just discernible as is the lettering. | £13200 |
| 101 | NER McKenzie & Holland tall “umbrella” shape SIGNAL FINIAL complete with its zinc spike. The smaller 36” tall version for subsidiary signals standing on a 6¼” x 6” base which is embossed “McK & HW”, restored to VGC in grey. | £120 |
| 102 | GWR HOTELS SILVERPLATE SUGAR SHAKER manufactured by Elkington. Lighthouse shape, 3” base tapering to the large finial at the top, 7¼” high. The GWR coat of arms and wording “Great Western Railway Hotels” within scroll are clearly incised on the side. VGC. | N/S |
| 103 | ENGRAVED BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “№ 1013 GORTON 1950” as carried by the (LNER) EM1 class Bo-Bo 1868HP 1500V DC overhead electric locomotive numbered 26006 entering service at Gorton in January 1951. Renumbered 76006 in January 1974, class 76. Withdrawn from service in July 1981 from Reddish, to store at Guide Bridge, until eventually moving to C.F. Booth at Rotherham for scrapping in April 1983. Oval, 12” x 6½” lightly polished face, cleaned back. | N/S |
| 104 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 42650 as carried by the LMS class 4P later class 4 2-6-4T № 2650 built at Derby in 1938 to Lot 144. Became 42650 at Nationalisation. A long-time Wakefield loco withdrawn there in June 1967 and cut up by Drapers of Hull. Ex-loco condition front and back, a BR weld between the “4” and “2” hardly noticeable from the front, evident on the back. Burn marks and small amount of surplus metal around boltholes sustained when removed from the loco. | £580 |
| 105 | DOUBLE-SIDED ENAMEL STREET DIRECTION SIGN: “LNER STATION KNARESBOROUGH” with central three-flight arrow. Two well-matched repairs on each side affecting the letters “LNER”, excellent condition otherwise with deep colour and shine. A pretty ex-NER West Yorkshire town on the York – Harrogate line which opened in July 1851. | £450 |
| 106 | GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY three-aspect HANDLAMP the body bearing a large brass plate “GCR 25673 Sutton-in-Ashfield.” Innards complete and interior glasses including clear are present and intact. Brass rimmed bullseye front lens. From an ex-GNR station on the Kirkby-in-Ashfield – Shirebrook line, opened in April 1898, closed November 1963. Rusty external condition and will benefit from restoration. | £400 |
| 107 | SHEDPLATE: 65A EASTFIELD (1950 – November 1966). One of the largest allocations in Scotland was housed in this Glasgow shed. In the 1950s it was home to a whole host of star locos, including “Bantam Cock,” the D11s and D34s, the K2s and K4s along with a profusion of quaint little pre-group shunting locos. When steam finally disappeared in 1966, the shed had become Glasgow’s main diesel depot and several of the new inhabitants sported this code. This plate carries the typical uneven spacing commonly found in the Glasgow divisions codes. Repainted front, ex-loco back. The usual ScR stamping visible on the back. | £75 |
| 108 | TRACTION ENGINE BRASS WORKSPLATE: “AVELING & PORTER Limited Rochester Kent England by Royal Letters Patent № 11701.” Built in January 1927 as a single cylinder piston valve 10 ton road roller. Supplied new to Oxendon RDC, Northants and registered “RP 3645.” Transferred to Northants CC in 1930. Circa 1961/62 sold to Redden Bros, Scrap Merchants, Wellingborough. Oval, 8” x 5¾” curved to fit the smokebox side. Repainted front in red, brass lightly polished only, the back ex-loco. | £280 |
| 109 | GWR SIGNAL DEPT. steel-cased tombstone shaped ANNETT 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 restored to VGC in blue and black with lettering in white. A large lock (with key) on the side permits access to the innards. | £130 |
| 110 | TOTEM: ST LUKES BR(M) fully flanged maroon in good ex-station condition with deep colour and shine, an edge chip and a little edge rusting only. An ex-L&YR station originally named Southport Barton Street when opened in July 1883, soon renamed Southport St Lukes Street and finally St Lukes in May 1914, closed September 1968. A scarce totem seldom seen at auction. | N/S |
| 111 | CARRIAGE PRINT: WYMONDHAM NORFOLK by L Squirrell from the LNER post-war series issued around 1947. The focal point in this artwork is the grandiose Market Cross which was built it 1618 and was restored in 1863 and again in 1989. The scene is dominated by storm clouds brewing in the distance. In an original style glazed wooden frame and in mint condition. | £100 |
| 112 | LNER SILVERPLATE MUFFIN DISH in three parts manufactured by Walker & Hall Sheffield. 6⅞” diameter base with lift out tray, dome shaped lid with finial atop, 3¾” high. The initials “LNER” in script are clearly incised in the base and lid. VGC. | £240 |
| 113 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “TAMPEREEN KONEPAJA Mekaniska Verkstaden Tammerfors Linne & Jern Manufakt AB № 366 1926” as carried by the 5ft gauge Finland State Railways [VR] 4-6-0 № 746 of class Hv4 [originally class H7] for light axle load duties. Oval, 11” x 8” the front cleaned, repainted and lightly polished, the back in ex-loco condition. | £240 |
| 114 | BR(W) CARRIAGE DESTINATION BOARD with “West Drayton” on one side “Staines” on the other. The branch to Staines was opened in November 1885 and closed in March 1965, although still open for freight. The line was regularly served by an ex-GWR diesel railcar. Wood with metal ends, 32” x 3¼” painted in maroon with yellow lettering with a little wear and tear only. | £460 |
| 115 | TOTEM: ANGEL ROAD BR(E) fully-flanged dark blue in VGC with deep colour and shine. One touched in edge chip extending into the white, other minor edge chips and rusting only. An ex-GER Lea Valley line station between Tottenham and Cheshunt originally named Water Lane when opened in March 1849, renamed in January 1864. A scarce example. | £750 |
| 116 | SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS SINGLE LANGUAGE BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 1487 3BR from 3ft 6in gauge 4-8-2 of class 3B built NBL 19691 of 1912. Development of earlier class 3 for heavy coal freight and the “R” acquired on re-boilering The class suffix “3BR,” which is partly riveted in and partly embossed, was changed when the loco was reclassified. Oval, 20¾” x 14½ front repainted in red, unpolished brasswork, the back in ex-loco condition. A few knocks and scrapes evident from a lifetime of service. | £480 |
| 117 | ALUMINIUM SINGLE LINE KEY TOKEN: “COLNBROOK – WEST DRAYTON WEST” from the ex- GWR West Drayton – Staines branch opened in March 1884, closed to passengers in March 1965, but retained as a freight line serving Staines West oil terminal. Good ex-section condition painted red. | £60 |
| 118 | ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING: “6027 “KING RICHARD I” AT NEWTON ABBOT.” This superb oil on canvas painting is by M. Jeffries and features a moonlight view of the loco hauling a train of BR standard coaches on the down line at the station sometime in the early 1950s. The loco appears to sport blue livery. A well-balanced picture with great attention to perspective and detail. The GWR 4-6-0 6000 “King” class loco was built at Swindon to Lot 267 in July 1930 and named “KING RICHARD I.” A double chimney was fitted in August 1956. A Laira and latterly Wolverhampton loco withdrawn in September 1962 and cut up by Cox & Banks, Langley Green. 36” x 26” (frame size) and in VGC. | £300 |
| 119 | LNER CAST IRON DOORPLATE: “MESS ROOM.” 18¾” x 3½” with rounded ends. Repainted front in black and white, the back original. | £300 |
| 120 | TOTEM: PYLE BR(W) fully flanged chocolate and cream in VGC with deep colour and shine, a little edge rusting only. An ex-GWR station between Bridgend and Port Talbot opened in November 1876 having replaced an earlier structure opened in 1850, closed November 1964. A scarce totem seen only three times previously at auction. | £500 |
| 121 | BR(E) ENAMEL SIGN: “RIGHTS OF WAY ACT 1932 – The British Transport Commission Herby Give Notice That This Way is Not Dedicated to the Public” in dark blue with white lettering. A small sign 10” x 8” in virtually mint condition, except for minor chipping in one corner. | £110 |
| 122 | M&GNJR CAST IRON NOTICE: “MIDLAND & GT NORTHERN JOINT RAILWAY – Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted By Order.” (TPMG202). 31” x 14½” front restored some time ago, the back original. | £150 |
| 123 | LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “BUILT BY THE BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY CARRIAGE & WAGON Co Ltd Smethwick England 1961 Serial № DEL 189” as carried by the BR Bo-Bo 1550HP type 3 diesel-electric loco № D6585 which entered traffic at Hither Green in January 1962. Renumbered 33065 in January 1974, class 33/0. Named “SEALION” at Eastleigh without ceremony in August 1991. To store at Stewarts Lane in September 1996 and nameplates removed. Withdrawn in February 1997 and sold in April 1997 to Blue Triangle Buses at Rainham for restoration. To East Kent Railway in March 2000, renamed “SEALION” in around December 2002, followed by Diesel Gala visits to K&ESR in 2004 and Spa Valley Railway in August 2004. Rectangular, chromed brass, 8” x 5¾” in ex-loco condition front and back. | £360 |
| 124 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY ORIGINAL COAT OF ARMS FOR USE ON ROYAL MAIL TRAINS TRANSFER showing the King George VI royal crown and the initials “G VI R” below. Professionally mounted onto a red wooden board. 13” x 15” VGC. King George VI was on the throne from 1937 to 1952. | £50 |
| 125 | LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: “CENTURION” as carried by the BR Co-Co 2,700HP diesel-electric type 4 loco numbered D411 when built by English Electric Vulcan Works № EE3781/D1152 entering traffic in March 1968. Renumbered 50011 class 50 in February 1974. Named “CENTURION” in September 1979 and a crest was added above the nameplate at Paddington in May 1986 (not present). Nameplates removed in February 1987 and withdrawn the same month. Sent to Crewe for static testing of class 50 power units in November 1989 and transferred to Departmental use as ADB 968031, but the number was never applied. Scrapped at Crewe by staff from Texas Metals of Hyde, Manchester in September 1992. In July 1987 the nameplates and crests were transferred by Laira to sister loco 50040 (D440 EE3810/D1181/1968) which had previously been named “LEVIATHAN.” 50040 had been put in store by November 1989 and withdrawn in August 1990. Sold to Booth Roe Rotherham for scrap in January 1992, but bought in September 1995 by Operation Collingwood for restoration at Coventry. Loco still there untouched in April 2006. Cast aluminium, 39¼” x 9¾” in ex-loco condition front and back. The BR “Collectors Corner” receipt accompanies. NOTE: The crest was sold by us at our September 2007 auction. | £3900 |
| 126 | BRASS TRACTION ENGINE WHISTLE complete with operating lever which operates a sprung valve mechanism at the top which admits the steam. 12½” high, 4½” diameter bowl, standing on a non-contemporary brass plinth for display. Brass lightly polished only. Unfortunately, we do not know which engine this whistle was recovered from. An excellent example in VGC. | £100 |
| 127 | SHEDPLATE: 75A BRIGHTON (1950 – June 1964). This large ex-LBSCR, SR, and BR(S) shed lost the bulk of its substantial steam allocation at the end of 1963, leaving just 20 2-6-2Ts and 2-6-4Ts to struggle on for the final 5 months. BR(S) triangle clearly embossed on the back. Repainted front, the back in ex-loco condition. | £200 |
| 128 | LNER 9” x 5” BRASS WORKSPLATE: “L&NER 9448 (on attached brass strip) Doncaster Works 1910” as carried by ex-GNR N1 class 0-6-2T loco № 1568 built at Doncaster works № 1263 in April 1910 with condensing gear which was removed in March 1921. Renumbered 1568N and reclassified class N1 by the LNER in December 1923. Renumbered 4568 in May 1925 and 9448 in October 1946. Renumbered E9448 by BR in January 1948 and finally 69448 in March 1950. Withdrawn in January 1953 from Bradford and cut up at Stratford. VGC, cleaned front and back. The front has two cut away pieces out of the rim and the bottom rim is squared-off to accommodate rivets and pipes etc. | £280 |
| 129 | BR(E) ENAMEL DOORPLATE: “PARCELS & LEFT LUGGAGE” in dark blue and in VGC with excellent colour and shine, one or two minor edge chips only. 18” x 6”, flangeless. | £110 |
| 130 | TOTEM: SHORTLANDS BR(S) fully flanged green in VGC with deep colour and shine, one or two neatly repaired edge chips and a more major repair at one end. An ex-LB&SCR station on the Crystal Palace line opened in May 1858 and renamed Shortlands three months later, still open today. | £250 |
| 131 | BR(M) ENAMEL SIGN: “BEFORE MOVING THE LIFT Care Must be Taken That Barrows and Barrow Handles or Other Articles Cannot Move Into a Position Which Would Foul the Lift Shaft” in maroon and white with deep colour and shine. 18” x 7” in excellent condition, a couple of touched-in chips around the middle screwholes only. | £50 |
| 132 | GWR TREGENNA CASTLE HOTEL SILVERPLATE SUNDAE DISH with a carrying handle manufactured by Elkington. 2⅞” diameter base, 3½” diameter bowl. The initials “GWR” (in script) surrounded by “Tregenna Castle Hotel” in garter is clearly incised on the side and is VGC. For a history of the hotel see Lot 72. | £95 |
| 133 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “WG BAGNALL ENGINEERS Stafford England № 1959” as carried by the outside cylinder 0-4-0ST loco № 2 built by Bagnall in 1912 and delivered new to Coventry Corporation, Foleshill Gas Works which became West Midlands Gas Board in May 1949. The loco was rebuilt by Woodwards of Marton in 1952. Scrapped on site in October 1964 by Sheppards (Coal & Metals) Ltd of Coventry. Oval, 6⅜ “ x 4⅛” in filthy ex-loco condition front and back. See also Lot 283. | £220 |
| 134 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 58178 as carried by the ex-MR 1142 class 0-6-0 loco № 1238 built by Neilson in 1876 works № 2098. Rebuilt in 1889 with new cylinders and renumbered in 1907 to 3006. which was retained by the LMS at Grouping. Later reclassified class 2F and renumbered 23006 in 1947. BR renumbered it 58178 November 1950. Withdrawn in April 1959 from Monument Lane. Repainted front many years ago, the back in ex-loco condition. | £450 |
| 135 | BR(M) ENAMEL STREET DIRECTION SIGN: “BRITISH RAILWAYS (in totem) HARLESDEN STATION” in maroon with deep colour and shine, white lettering and left pointing two-flight arrow. An ex-LNWR station between Willesden Junction and Wembley Central opened in June 1912. Fully flanged, 25” x 13” excellent condition. | £200 |
| 136 | GWR FRAMED & GLAZED SIGNALLING DIAGRAM: “ANDOVERSFORD STATION.” A coloured diagram showing all point work, signals, platforms, etc. Issued by the Signal Engineers Office Reading in January 1902. The GWR station was opened in June 1881 and renamed Andoversford Junction in July 1926. Closure came in October 1962. 39” x 16” in VGC. | £460 |
| 137 | LNER CAST IRON SEATBACK: CASTLECARY. 36” x 4½” with curved ends from the ex-NBR station between Falkirk High and Glasgow Queen Street, opened in February 1842, closed March 1967. In VGC, the face repainted in white lettering on a black background, the back original. | £230 |
| 138 | BRASS SINGLE LINE KEY TOKEN: “CARMONDEAN JCN – CAWBURN JCN 11” the section names engraved around a square cut out in a rounded square end. Carmondean Junction and Cawburn Junction signal boxes were opened in March 1986 in connection with restoration of passenger service to the Bathgate line and closed in May 1986 when Edinburgh Signalling Centre took over the signalling for the line. Good ex-section condition. | £220 |
| 139 | LNER CAST IRON DOORPLATE: “WAY OUT.” 13¾” x 3½” with rounded ends. Repainted front in blue and white some time ago, the back original. | £260 |
| 140 | TOTEM: EAST HAM BR(E) fully-flanged dark blue in virtually mint condition with deep colour and shine. No face chips, no edge chips, minor edge rusting only. An ex-LT&SR station between Fenchurch Street and Barking, now served by LUL District Line trains, opened in March 1858. A scarce example. | £1700 |
| 141 | NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY cast iron SIGNAL FINIAL. 24” high standing on an 8” x 8” base with cut corners. In good condition having been repainted some time ago. | £50 |
| 142 | GWR HOTELS SILVERPLATE TWIN BOTTLE CRUET SET manufactured by Mappin & Webb. 7½” x 3¾” base, 9¾” tall to top of oval hoop carrying handle. The initials “GWR” in roundel with “Hotels” in scroll below are clearly incised on a shield attached to the front. VGC. | N/S |
| 143 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “ANDREW BARCLAY SONS & Co Limited Caledonia Works Kilmarnock № 1829 1924” as carried by the outside cylinder 0-6-0ST delivered new to James Nimmo & Co Ltd Auchengeich Colliery, near Chryston. Transferred to NCB at Nationalisation in January 1947 and spent much of its life between Auchengeich and Twechar before final transfer to Polkemmet in March 1965. Rebuilt in 1970 with parts from Grant Ritchie Loco № 539. Out of use by January 1971 and assumed scrapped soon after. Oval 16¾” x 11¾” restored front, the back in ex-loco condition. | £150 |
| 144 | ALUMINIUM ROAD SIGN: “CROSSING NO GATES” manufactured by Needham of Stockport. An unusual example in that it has reflective glasses within the engine and the steam. One or two reflectors in the steam have been lost. Rectangular with rounded corners, 12” x 21” in totally original condition with lots of flaking paint. | £120 |
| 145 | TOTEM: BELLE VUE BR(M) half-flanged maroon with reasonable colour, although a little mottled and faded. Has benefited from some professional repairs to bring it to a good standard. An ex-Sheffield & Manchester Joint station between Ashburys and Reddish North opened in June 1866, still open today. A rare totem, never seen at auction previously. This is the one the Manchester area collectors have been waiting for! | £580 |
| 146 | NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY three-aspect HANDLAMP the body stamped “NBR” (twice), also bearing the number “S3518,”the location “Nisbet” and a “Hendry & Sons Glasgow” brass makers plate. Innards all present, the red glass complete and intact, the green glass is present but broken. Bevel edged front lens with brass rim. The top handle is bent, but can be repaired. From a station on the Roxburgh – Jedburgh branch opened in July 1856, closed August 1948. Good, totally unrestored condition. | £220 |
| 147 | SHEDPLATE: 89C MACHYNLLETH (1950 – September 1963, later 6F). This ex- Cambrian and GWR shed was the main Cambrian coast motive power depot, being home to over 50 locos in the 1950s. By the time BR(M) took over, its allocation had dwindled to 10 GWR “Manors” and a few freight locos. Repainted front and back. | £140 |
| 148 | ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING showing LSWR 443 on an up express through Beaulieu Road by C. Hamilton Ellis. The loco was a T14 class 4-6-0 built at Eastleigh in March 1911. Became E443 and later 443 under SR ownership and finally BR 30443 at Nationalisation. Modifications were made by Maunsell in July 1931. It was withdrawn in May 1949. Beaulieu Road is located between Southampton and Bournemouth and opened in June 1847. 18” x 13” (frame size) and in VGC. | £560 |
| 149 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY 12” dial single fusee WOODEN CASE CLOCK. The initials “GWR” in roundel is written on the original dial, which is in need of renovation. The number “GWR 3713” is engraved on a small ivorine plate on the side of the case. We cannot confirm that the clock is In full working order, but it comes complete with pendulum , but no winder. | £340 |
| 150 | LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: “WARWICKSHIRE” as carried by the LNER 4-4-0 D49/3 “Shire” class loco № 320 built at Darlington entering service in May 1928. Reclassified D49/1 in March 1938. Renumbered 2721 from December 1948 and finally numbered 62721 by BR in March 1949. Withdrawn in August 1958 from St Margarets (Edinburgh). Cast brass 57” x 6½” face restored, lettering lightly polished, the back in ex-loco condition. NOTE: There is a minor hairline crack in the base rim. | £11800 |
| 151 | CARRIAGE PRINT: THE CINQUE PORT OF HYTHE KENT by Jack Merriott from the Southern Region series (A) issued in 1952. A charming view of beached yachts and fishing boats undergoing daily maintenance at a pace much slower than today’s. A scarce print only seen a few times previously at auction. 19” x 11½” in an original glazed wooden frame. VGC. | £100 |
| 152 | TYERS NO 6 ALUMINIUM SINGLE LINE TABLET: “LIMAVADY JUNCT – BELLARENA 26” from the ex-MR (NCC) line between Coleraine and Londonderry opened in July 1853. Very good, ex-section condition. | £120 |
| 153 | LNER 9” x 5” CAST IRON TENDERPLATE: “LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY 4070 1946” as carried by the tender attached to the LNER B1 class loco № 1080 built by North British Loco Co Queens Park in September 1946 works № 25836. The loco was renumbered 61080 in March 1948. Allocated to Hull Dairycoates in the late 1950s and withdrawn there in March 1964 and cut up by G.W. Butler of Otley. Restored front and back. | £140 |
| 154 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 32342 as carried by the ex-LB&SCR K class 2-6-0 Mogul loco built at Brighton in October 1916 and delivered new to Battersea. Renumbered B342 then 342 by the SR. Became 32342 at Nationalisation. A log-time Brighton engine withdrawn there in December 1962 and cut up at Eastleigh works. Ex-loco condition front and back, the BR(S) triangle and the letter “B” can be seen on the back amidst the soot. | £1250 |
| 155 | LT ENAMEL STATION NAME: BAKER STREET in dark blue with white lettering. 59” x 10½” in excellent condition. There is evidence that it was once housed in a brass frame forming part of a very large roundel. Headquarters of the Metropolitan Railway until 1933 when absorbed by the LPTB, the station opened in January 1863. A “must have” for fans of Sherlock Holmes. | £170 |
| 156 | GWR CAST IRON CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 2192 with the letters “GWR” cast above the number, as carried by the Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway outside cylinder 0-6-0ST № 1 “ASHBURNHAM” built by Chapman Furneaux in August 1900 works № 1197. Absorbed into GWR stock in January 1922 becoming 2192. Withdrawn in April 1951 from Neath Cwrt Sart and cut up at Swindon. The loco was named after the Earl of Ashburnham who was chairman of the BP&GVR company. Stripped and repainted in brown primer ready for restoration. A rare example. | £2400 |
| 157 | LNER 2 PINT SILVERPLATE TEA POT manufactured by Gladwin “Embassy” Sheffield. Oval design, the base 6” x 4½” tapering to 5” x 4⅛”, height 6” with lifting lid, carrying handle and spout. The initials “LNER” in script are clearly incised on the side. VGC. | £190 |
| 158 | CHOCOLATE VENDING MACHINE: “TRY “OVALTINE” CHOCOLATE – Pure & Delicious.” 40” high, 6” wide, 6” deep in totally original condition with plenty of knocks and scrapes and peeling paint towards the base. Does not appear to be in working order, although all the parts are present. | £80 |
| 159 | LNER CAST IRON DOORPLATE: “LUGGAGE.” 15¾” x 3½” with rounded ends. Repainted front in black and white, the back original. | £200 |
| 160 | TOTEM: MONTGOMERY BR(W) fully flanged chocolate and cream in excellent condition with deep colour and shine. A couple of repaired edge chips and repainted edge rusting only. An ex-Cambrian Railways station opened by the Oswestry and Newtown Railway in June 1861, closed June 1965. A rare totem, seen only once previously at auction, in December 1998. | £1800 |
| 161 | LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. A pair of wooden cased BLOCK INSTRUMENTS both nicely stamped “LYR” on the bases and stamped with the serial numbers “255” and “1248” on the tops. The instrument numbered “255” has the ivorine plate “Turton” the other example has had the plate removed. Both instruments have two glazed dials on the face with “Received” and “Sent” labels, plus a brass and bakelite plunger at the base. Turton station was located on the Bolton – Blackburn line between Bromley Cross and Entwhistle. It closed in February 1961. 13” x 7” base, 18½” high. | £240 |
| 162 | MIDLAND & GREAT NORTHERN JOINT RAILWAY CAST IRON BRIDGE PLATE: “134 M&GN.” Oval,14¾” x 9¾” in totally ex-lineside condition front and back. Recovered from a culvert some 200 yards east of Felmingham station between North Walsham and Melton Constable which was closed to passengers along with the rest of the system on 2nd March 1959. | £80 |
| 163 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “NORTH BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY Ltd Glasgow № 25195 1943” as carried by Ministry of Supply 2-8-0 Austerity loco № 77325 ex works June 1943. Loaned to the LNER from new until January 1945 when the loco was returned to the WD. Loaned to the GWR in April 1947 until purchased by BR in December 1948 becoming 90237. A long-time Woodford Halse engine withdrawn in January 1964 from Nottingham and cut up by John Cashmore, Great Bridge. Diamond shaped, 13½” x 5½” in VGC, polished front, cleaned back. | £150 |
| 164 | BRASS SHIPBUILDERS PLATE: “EARLE’S Shipbuilding & Engineering Coy Ltd “SS DEWSBURY” № 564 Hull 1910.” This was one of five cargo and passenger vessels built in 1910/11 by Earle for the GCR named Accrington, Blackburn, Bury, Dewsbury and Stockport. The Dewsbury weighed 1,631 tons and measured 265ft long, 36ft beam, and 17ft 4ins draft. They were all transferred to the GER before WW1. The “Blackburn” sank off the Norfolk coast in 1910 and the “Bury” was sunk by enemy action in 1915. The remaining craft were transferred to the LNER in 1923 and were all turned into rescue ships in WW2. “SS Dewsbury” returned to the LNER fleet in 1946 on the Harwich – Antwerp route. A significant plate, 21” x 13” engraved, mounted onto a wooden board and in good condition. | £2100 |
| 165 | M&GNJR ENAMEL SIGNALBOX BOARD: “BARTON LANE CROSSING” GNR style in blue enamel with white lettering attached to wooden backboard. From a Midland Railway Type 2a design signalbox near Tydd on the Wisbech – Sutton Bridge opened in 1891 and closed in 1962. 69” x 9” in original condition, although with a little loss of wood at the top. The enamel was produced in two halves by “British Enamelled Iron Company Birmingham” which is clearly shown on one of the pieces. | £350 |
| 166 | SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS SINGLE LANGUAGE BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 2023 15AR from 3ft 6in gauge 4-8-2 of class 15A for mixed traffic built by NBL as 22748 in 1921 with the letter “R” in the classification has been added following re-boilering. Oval, 20¾” x 14½ front repainted in green, black and red, brasswork lightly polished only, the back in ex-loco condition. Plenty of knocks and scrapes evident. | £460 |
| 167 | LARGE BRASS SHIP’S CHIME WHISTLE manufactured by “Crosby” Trade Mark which is indicated on the inlet valve. On the other side are the Patent dates: “Jan 30 ’77, Feb 4 ’96 and Mar 3 ‘03” (i.e. 1877-1903). Unfortunately, we do not know which vessel the whistle was recovered from. Standing some 24” high, the barrel 7½” in diameter, this is a magnificent example. Ex-ship condition, lightly polished only. | £2000 |
| 168 | STEEL SINGLE LINE KEY TOKEN: “BONTNEWYDD - DOLGELLEY” the section names being engraved onto aluminium plates attached to the key by copper rivets. From the ex-GWR Bala Junction – Dollgellau line opened in August 1868, closed January 1965. Good ex-section condition. | £420 |
| 169 | BR(S) ENAMEL DOORPLATE: “STATION MASTER” 18” x 6” fully flanged in green in VGC with good colour and shine, one or two edge chips only. | £180 |
| 170 | TOTEM: PRESTWICK BR(Sc) fully flanged light blue in good condition with deep colour and shine, a couple of well executed face chip repairs and untouched light edge rusting only. An ex-G&SWR station near Ayr opened in August 1839, still open today and serving the airport located nearby. | £350 |
| 171 | CARRIAGE PRINT: GREAT YARMOUTH NORFOLK by Edgar Holding from the LNER post-war series issued late 1940s. It is looking downstream on the River Yare from the Yarmouth South Town bank looking towards the Haven Bridge. This is a lifting bridge which opened in 1930 and is still in use today. Not a common print. In an original style glazed wooden frame and in good condition, although a slight crease evident. | £130 |
| 172 | GWR HOTELS SILVERPLATE 4-PIECE CRUET SET complete with salt bowl, pepper pot, mustard pot (no spoon) and vinegar bottle. 7” x 5” base standing on four ball feet, 6½” tall to top of hoop carrying handle. The GWR coat of arms with “Great Western Railway Hotel” in scroll underneath is clearly incised in an oval plate on the front. No manufacturer’s name found. VGC. | N/S |
| 173 | CAST IRON TENDERPLATE: “L&NWR № 115.” Rectangular, 11½” x 5” in ex-loco condition. | £110 |
| 174 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 63417 as carried by the ex-NER T2 class 0-8-0 loco № 2260 built by Armstrong Whitworth works № 8 in February 1920. The number 2260 retained by the LNER but reclassified class Q6. Renumbered LNER 3417 in September 1946 and BR 63417 in March 1949. A Thornaby and latterly Neville Hill loco until withdrawn in February 1966 and cut up by T.W. Ward at Beighton. Repainted front a long time ago, a weld towards the right hand end, probably by BR, hardly noticeable from the front, evident on the back which is in ex-loco condition otherwise and bears the embossed legend “6’ 6” RAD” and some other stampings. | £300 |
| 175 | BRASS INDUSTRIAL LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: “STANTON № 62” as carried by the Stanton & Staveley, Stanton Ironworks, Ilkeston 0-4-0 diesel hydraulic loco built by Thomas Hill Kilnhust works № 227V in 1970, with parts supplied by BREL and Rolls Royce. In 1986 the loco was renumbered 689/172 and in 1993 the number 63 was added and named “RON.” The loco was still working in December 2007. 31” x 5¾” with scalloped corners, the front repainted some time ago, lettering polished only, the back in ex-loco condition. | £280 |
| 176 | GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY three-aspect HANDLAMP the reducing cone stamped “GNR 8-19” (August 1919) and the number “205.” Also brass plated “LNER Goods Office Manningtree” (a transfer to the GER section after Grouping). Innards comprise a GNR reservoir stamped “18569,” BR burner and unmarked reflector. Bevel edged front lens with brass rim and copper lens reducing code. Internal red and green glasses present and complete. Manningtree is the junction station for Harwich on the Liverpool Street – Norwich main line. Repainted to VGC and nicely polished. | £100 |
| 177 | CAST IRON WAGONPLATES: A collection of 11 wagonplates produced by private manufacturers dating from the 1930s-1950s. Included are examples from Cravens, Metropolitan Cammell, Hurst Nelson, Standard, Chas Roberts, Claye (Long Eaton), Stephenson Clarke, etc. All different and restored (mostly front only) to VGC. (11) | £150 |
| 178 | BRASS WORKSPLATE: “NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS Built at Addington Workshops № 188. 1917” from the 3ft 6in gauge New Zealand Govt Railways 4-6-2 of class Ab № 663 for express passenger, later downgraded to lighter duties. Curved oval, 17¼” x 11” in ex-loco condition both sides. A piece has been cut away out of the rim to facilitate fixing around a rivet or pipe. | £150 |
| 179 | ALUMINIUM SINGLE LINE KEY TOKEN: “MENAI BRIDGE – LLANFAIR” from the ex-Chester & Holyhead Railway opened in October 1858. This token section came into existence as a result of the fire on the Britannia Bridge between Wales and Anglesey. After the bridge was rebuilt the line was reopened in January 1972 as a single line. The local passenger service was withdrawn from Menai Bridge in February 1966. Good ex-section condition. | £120 |
| 180 | TOTEM: BRIDGWATER BR(W) fully-flanged chocolate and cream in excellent condition with deep colour and shine. No face chips, touched in minor edge rusting only. An ex-GWR station between Bristol and Taunton, opened by the B&ER in June 1841, renamed Bridgwater Central for a short while from September 1949. A scarce totem, infrequently seen at auction. | £900 |
| 181 | BR(E) ENAMEL SIGN: “TO CROMER AND AYLSHAM LINES” and right pointing two-flight arrow in dark blue with white lettering. Thought to have originated from North Walsham on the ex-GER Norwich – Cromer line. The ex-M&GN line to Aylsham lost its passenger service in March 1959. Flangeless, 40” x 18” a few edge chips, good otherwise. | £95 |
| 182 | LSWR BRIDGE RESTRICTION NOTICE: “MOTOR CAR ACTS 1896 AND 1903 Notice – This Bridge is Insufficient to Carry a Heavy Motor Car …. (plus 13 lines of text) London and South Western Railway Waterloo Station London.” Diamond shaped, 48” x 30” Nicely restored front to VGC in red with white lettering, the back repainted also. | £120 |
| 183 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “YORKSHIRE ENGINE Co Limited Meadow-Hall Works Sheffield № 2196 1927” as carried by the outside cylinder 0-4-0ST built as a hire loco, but sold to Haunchwood Brick & Tile Co Ltd at Stockingford in November 1930. Scrapped by R. Glover & Sons, Coventry, in June 1960. Has “Y11” (pattern number) stamped in the back. Oval, 11” x 6” in ex-loco condition front and back. | N/S |
| 184 | HALESOWEN RAILWAY white enamel WATER CARRIER. 8¼” diameter at the base, reducing to 5⅝” diameter with carrying handle at top, handle at the back, and spout, height 8½”. A chain is attached to the carrying handle with two heavy brass tags bearing the number “93.” A brass label on the front reads “Halesowen Railway 1 Gal.” The Halesowen Railway ran from Halesowen to Northfield in the West Midlands area opening in September 1883 worked jointly by the GWR & MR. Vested jointly in 1906 and became GWR & LMS Joint in 1923. Used to supply water to signalboxes, but the purpose of the brass labels is unknown. | £50 |
| 185 | GWR ENAMEL LAMP TABLET: COLNBROOK in black with white lettering, good condition and shine, although one or two edge chips. 17½” x 3” with 1⅛” top flange. Situated between West Drayton and Staines, the station opened in March 1884, closed March 1965, although the line remained open for freight. | £420 |
| 186 | SR/BR(S) BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WHISTLE. Removed from a Bulleid “West Country” class 4-6-2 Pacific this whistle, complete with valve and working mechanism, has been completely renovated to excellent condition, and mounted on a board. It is complete with a rod which when pulled opens the valve to admit the steam. The board size is 11½” x 12” but this is exceeded at top and bottom by the whistle and apparatus. Brasswork lightly polished. Unfortunately, the actual identity of the loco removed from is unknown, an excellent example nonetheless. | £500 |
| 187 | SHEDPLATE: 24E BLACKPOOL CENTRAL (1948 – September 1963). This former L&YR , LMS and BR(M) shed became 28A for two years before returning to its previous code in June 1952. Its allocation of around 40 locos usually contained a handful of “Jubilees.” Repainted front, ex-loco back. | £400 |
| 188 | TRACTION ENGINE BRASS WORKSPLATE: “RANSOMES SIMS & JEFFERIES Ld Ipswich England № 14332.” Built May 1902, 7HP single cylinder, delivered new to J. Russell, Ridgmont, Beds, later sold to A.T. Oliver, Wandon End, Herts. Registered in 1921 “NK 960.” In February 1944 it was transferred to Bedfordshire Agricultural Executive Committee. Scrapped in 1950 by E. Goodman at New Bradwell. Oval, 9¼ x 6⅜” painted olive green, brasswork lightly polished only, the back ex-loco. | £620 |
| 189 | ALUMINIUM SINGLE LINE KEY TOKEN: “CORWEN WEST - LLANDRILLO” from the ex-GWR Bala Junction – Ruabon line opened in July 1866, closed December 1964. Good ex-section condition. | £280 |
| 190 | TOTEM: EPSOM DOWNS BR(S) fully flanged green in excellent condition with deep colour and shine, a few minor edge chips retouched only. An ex-LB&SCR station opened in May 1865, the terminus of the branch from Sutton, used for the horse racing held there. | £380 |
| 191 | CARRIAGE PRINT: ST PANCRAS STATION LONDON by Claude Buckle from the LMR Railway Architecture Series (A) issued in 1952. A fine view of the station front from Euston Road and opposite Kings Cross station. Little changed today except for a 10-fold increase in road traffic and slight alterations made with the refurbishment as St Pancras International to accommodate “Eurostar” services to the continent. Not a common print. In good condition and in an original style glazed wooden frame. | £240 |
| 192 | GWR HOTELS SILVERPLATE FRUIT BOWL in a highly attractive “fluted” design manufactured by Elkington. 10¾” diameter standing on a 5½” diameter base and 6¼” high. The GWR coat of arms and wording “Great Western Railway Hotels” within scroll are clearly incised at the centre of the bowl. VGC. | £460 |
| 193 | ALUMINIUM LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “HAWKER SIDDELEY BRUSH Traction Locomotive № 959 1991” as carried by BR Co-Co 3100HP class 60 loco 60057 “ADAM SMITH.” Delivered new to Toton in June 1991. To “Tactical Reserve” at Thornaby in July 2004, back in service at Immingham in August 2005, back to “Tactical Reserve” at Toton in May 2006. The number “60057” and name are written on the back. Rectangular 9¾” x 5⅝”, in ex-loco condition front and back. Adam Smith (1723-1790) the Scottish economist and philosopher whose work “Wealth of Nations” was the first on political economy is featured on the back of the new £20 note. | £250 |
| 194 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 7413 as carried by the GWR 7400 class 0-6-0PT built at Swindon in December 1936 to Lot 307. The loco spent its days at Swindon, Severn Tunnel Junction, but was withdrawn from Stourbridge Junction in September 1964 and cut up by Arnott Young, Bilston. Repainted front a long time ago, the back in ex-loco condition. | £420 |
| 195 | BR(Sc) ENAMEL STREET DIRECTION SIGN: “BRITISH RAILWAYS (in totem) KELVIN HALL STATION” in light blue with deep colour and shine, white lettering and right pointing two-flight arrow. An ex-Caledonian Railway Glasgow Suburban area station opened as Partick Central in May 1896, renamed Kelvin Hall in June 1959, closed October 1964. Fully flanged, 25” x 13” excellent condition. | £800 |
| 196 | SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS/SAS BI-LINGUAL BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 3147 15F from 3ft 6in gauge 4-8-2 of class 15F built by NBL as their 26031 in 1941 Mixed traffic design. Oval, 20½” x 14⅜” completely ex-loco condition front and back with plenty of grime. | £550 |
| 197 | SHEDPLATE: 84F STOURBRIDGE JUNCTION (1950 – September 1963). This GWR and BR(W) shed had an allocation of between 60 and 80 locos, but when transferred to BR(M) as 2C in 1963, it was home to barely half that number. Ex-loco condition front and back. | £100 |
| 198 | WEBB & THOMPSON STEEL MINIATURE SINGLE LINE STAFF: “LOUGH ESKE – DONEGAL B” the section names engraved onto a brass plate attached at one end. From the ex-County Donegal Railway Joint Committee line to Donegal opened in April 1882, closed January 1960. 10½” long with 1¼” diameter brass rings around the central steel column. Good ex-section condition. | £460 |
| 199 | GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY ENAMEL DOORPLATE: “GENERAL WAITING ROOM” on two lines, 18” x 5” in royal blue with white lettering, good colour and reasonable shine. Quite a number of edge chips, none affecting text, one or two of the bigger ones touched-in. Good condition overall. | £85 |
| 200 | LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: CRANBROOK CASTLE as carried by the (GWR) 4-6-0 4073 “Castle” class loco № 7030 built at Swindon in June 1950 to lot 375. A double chimney was fitted in July 1959. A long-time Old Oak Common loco withdrawn there in February 1963 and broken up by A. King at Norwich. The castle is an iron age encampment 1 mile south of Drewsteignton in North Devon. Together with the matching brass cabside numberplate 7030. Half-beaded 69” x 20” (at apex), repainted and varnished front to VGC, lettering lightly polished only, the back in ex-loco condition. The cabside numberplate has been similarly treated. (2) | £15000 |
| LOTS 201-213: SHIPPING ITEMS | |
| 201 | WHITE STAR LINE SILVERPLATE WAITERS TRAY manufactured by Elkington. 12” diameter base with nine stars embossed in the rim. The “White Star” line flag is clearly incised in the middle of the tray and the words “White Star Line” are engraved on the base. Good used condition. | £190 |
| 202 | WHITE STAR LINE SILVERPLATE BUTTER DISH in two parts manufactured by Elkington. 7½” diameter base with 5¾” diameter lift out drainer perforated with stars. The “White Star” line flag is clearly incised in both parts, accompanied by the initials “EM” in the base example. Good used condition. | £80 |
| 203 | WHITE STAR LINE SILVERPLATE ASPARAGUS DRAINER manufactured by Elkington. 8⅝” diameter punctured by numerous diamond shapes. The “White Star” line flag is clearly incised at the centre. Good used condition. | N/S |
| 204 | WHITE STAR LINE SILVERPLATE ROUND LID. Dome shaped 8¼” diameter with the “White Star” line flag clearly incised in the top of the lifting knob. Manufacturer unknown. Good used condition. | £70 |
| 205 | WHITE STAR LINE SILVERPLATE OVAL LID. 11¼” x 7⅜ tapering to 9½” x 5¾” at the top with inset carrying handle with central star. The “White Star” line flag is clearly incised in the side. Manufacturer unknown. Good used condition. | N/S |
| 206 | WHITE STAR LINE SILVERPLATE SMALL TUREEN manufactured by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths (London) “Regent Plate.” Oval 6¼” x 4⅞” at top with two varying handles (no lid), height 3¼”. Floral decoration and the “White Star” flag almost polished out on the sides. A nice item nevertheless. | £95 |
| 207 | COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSANTLANTIQUE SILVERPLATE ICE BUCKET manufactured by Christofle. 4⅛” diameter base tapering to 5” diameter top rim, 5½” high with carrying handle in VGC. The company logo “CGT” is clearly incised on the side. The company is a branch of SNCF (French Railways) and operates trans-Atlantic services. | N/S |
| 208 | GWR MARINE DEPT SILVERPLATE 2-PINT COFFEE POT manufactured by Maple & Co London. 4½” diameter base tapering to 3⅜” diameter, 9¼” tall, with carrying handle, spout and lifting lid with ball shaped finial. The initials “GWR” in script and the wording “Marine Dept” in garter around them are clearly incised in the side. VGC. | £240 |
| 209 | CALEDONIAN STEAM PACKET SILVERPLATE WINE BOTTLE HOLDER manufactured by Walker & Hall Sheffield. 5¼” diameter base with three ball feet. Fancy floral engraving around base rim, 3½” tall with three supports, one of which has a shield with the wording Caledonian S.P. Co. Ld. In garter clearly incised. An early piece in used condition. | £80 |
| 210 | COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSANTLANTIQUE SILVERPLATE SAUCE BOAT manufactured by Christofle. 6¼” over carrying handle, 2¾” wide and 3¾” high in VGC. The company logo “CGT” is clearly incised on the side. | N/S |
| 211 | WHITE STAR LINE 7½” diameter white china SAUCER by an unknown manufacturer, the company red flag with white star and scroll with the name “White Star Line” attractively glazed into the centre. The rim is lined in gold. VGC. | £45 |
| 212 | WHITE STAR LINE 9¼” diameter white china TEA PLATE manufactured by John Maddock & Sons, the initials “WSL” in a device glazed once into the rim with a Grecian design all the way round, the underside showing the legend “White Star Line” below the manufacturer’s name. Slightly worn condition, good overall. | £90 |
| 213 | CUNARD STEAMSHIP COMPANY white china “CUBE” TEA POT produced in art-deco “cube” shape manufactured by Foley Stone China Stoners Liverpool. Plainly decorated in orange grey and black lines.. 3½” x 3½” and stands 3⅛” high. The “Cunard Steamship Company Limited” coat of arms is glazed into the base above the manufacturer’s details. An unusual piece in excellent condition. | £60 |
| LOTS 214-219: SMALL ITEMS | |
| 214 | VALE OF CLWYD RAILWAY guard’s POCKET WATCH the dial lettered “VCR” in Old English letters, the back engraved “L&NWR A97.” The key winder is attached to the ring. The Vale of Clwyd Railway which ran from Foryd – Denbigh opened in October 1858 and was worked by the LNWR from the beginning. The company was amalgamated with the LNWR in July 1867 hence the later engraving on the back. A rare example in full working order. | £680 |
| 215 | GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY guard’s POCKET WATCH the back engraved “GCR 481.” The unlettered face has a second hand. The movement is by Record, Swiss made, 15 jewels and the serial number 1171911 appears inside the back case. Not in working order (appears to have been over wound), good otherwise. | £150 |
| 216 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (pre-Grouping) guard’s POCKET WATCH the back engraved “GWR 1114” (numbers re-incised) which is quite worn with use. The plain dial has second hand. The movement numbered 1735018 is by Skarratt (later Kay & Co) of Worcester who supplied the watch to the GWR. Attached is a chain with fob to which is also attached the key winder and a GWR Darts League 1st Place medal for the 1938-39 Season. In good working order. (2) | £220 |
| 217 | SEVERN & WYE RAILWAY & CANAL CO BRASS PAY CHECK: “SICK” which is stamped into the oval 2¼” x 1½” brass tally. Running from Lydney – Lydbrook & Branches the first part opened in August 1812. The company amalgamated with the Severn Bridge Railway to form the Severn & Wye & Severn Bridge Railway in October 1879 and later the GW & Midland in July 1894. Contained within a small jewellery box for security. Good used condition. | £220 |
| 218 | COPPER PLAQUE: “HAMSTEAD RAILWAY.” Engraved and filled with red and black enamel, 14” x 3¼” with curved ends and four studs on the back. As removed from a hospital bed in the Manor House Hospital, Hamstead sponsored by the Charing Cross Euston & Hampstead Railway in the early 1900s. VGC. | £50 |
| 219 | LNER sycamore and teak WOODEN DESK TOP CALENDAR with rollers to change the day, date and month which are viewed through apertures behind a glass window on the front. Additionally the words “British Railways” and “Lincoln” are shown. All external woodwork has been cleaned, stained and French polished and the rollers refurbished. VGC. | £320 |
| 220 | TOTEM: ROCHDALE BR(M) half-flanged maroon in good condition with good and reasonable shine. A couple of professionally repaired face chips and attention to edge chipping and rusting. An ex-L&YR station opened in April 1889 having replaced an earlier structure opened in July 1839. | £250 |
| 221 | CARRIAGE PRINT: TILBURY HAILING STATION ESSEX by Francis R Flint from the LNER post-war series issued between 1948 - 1955. A view of ships and boats on the River Thames with the station (acting much like a signal box) keeping a watchful gaze on their progress. In VGC and housed in an original type glazed wooden frame. | £90 |
| 222 | STEEL SINGLE LINE KEY TOKEN: “LLANYMYNECH – FOUR CROSSES” the section names being engraved onto aluminium plates attached to the key by copper rivets. From the ex-Cambrian Railways line from Oswestry – Newtown line opened in May 1860, closed January 1965. Good ex-section condition partly painted blue. | £160 |
| 223 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “GREAT CENTRAL Ry Builders Gorton Works Manchester 1913” as carried by the ex-GCR class 11E 4-4-0 loco № 429 ex works August 1913, the first loco of the batch. Became LNER 429C class D10 in November 1923, 5429 in August 1924 and 2650 in November 1946. Renumbered 62650 by BR in March 1949. Withdrawn in February 1954 from Nottingham and cut up at Gorton. From new until 1917 the loco was named “SIR ALEXANDER HENDERSON” then “SIR DOUGLAS HAIG” until c.1920 when it received the name “PRINCE HENRY” which it retained until withdrawal. The name “Prince Henry” is painted on the back. Oval, 10¾” x 6¾” repainted front, ex-loco condition back. | £440 |
| 224 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 90515 as carried by Ministry of Supply 2-8-0 Austerity loco № 79251 built by Vulcan Foundry works № 5194 entering service in January 1945. Loaned to the LNER from December 1945 becoming class O7 3194 in February 1947 and BR 63194 in April 1948. Purchased by BR in December 1948 becoming 90515 in October 1949. Latterly allocated to Dundee Tay Bridge but withdrawn in November 1965 from Dunfermline and cut up by G.H. Campbell at Shieldhall. Repainted front and back some time ago | £680 |
| 225 | LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: “THE GEORDIE” as carried by the BR Co-Co 2580HP diesel-electric type 4 loco numbered D1502 built by Brush Sulzer works № 344 entering service in November 1962. Renumbered 47403 in February 1974 class 47/4 and named at Newcastle Central in February 1982. Withdrawn from Gateshead in September 1986 and broken up. The nameplates were transferred to Loco 47411 at Gateshead in April 1987 which started life as D1510 Brush Sulzer works № 352 in February 1963 and renumbered in January 1974. The nameplates were removed from this loco in May 1988 and it was withdrawn in June 1989 and broken up. The nameplates were finally transferred to Loco 47503 on a works visit to Crewe in August 1988 which was numbered D1946 when built by Brush Sulzer in July 1966 works № 708. The nameplates were removed in June 1991. The loco was subsequently renumbered 47771 and named “HEATON TRAINCARE DEPOT” at Heaton depot in March 1993. The loco is currently at the Colne Valley Railway for preservation. Cast aluminium, 45½” x 9¾” in ex-loco condition front and back. A Swindon Works 1981 casting. | £2750 |
| 226 | SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS SINGLE LANGUAGE BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 1575 15A from 3ft 6in gauge 4-8-2 of class 15A for heavy mixed traffic, built by NBL as 20560 of 1914. Oval, 20¾” x 14½” front repainted in light blue, brasswork lightly polished only, the back in ex-loco condition. Plenty of knocks and scrapes evident. | £400 |
| 227 | LNER CAST IRON SEATBACK: HASSENDEAN. 36” x 4½” with curved ends from the ex-NBR station Waverley Route station between Hawick and St Boswells opened in November 1849, closed January 1969. In VGC, the face repainted in white lettering on a green background, the back repainted black. A rare example not seen previously at auction. | £380 |
| 228 | GWR HOTELS SILVERPLATE ASH TRAY manufactured by Mappin & Webb “Prince’s Plate.” Rounded pentagon shape with five depressions for holding lighted cigarettes, 4½” diameter. The GWR coat of arms and wording “Great Western Railway Hotels” within scroll are clearly incised in the central bowl. VGC. | £200 |
| 229 | LNER CAST IRON DOORPLATE: “SHUNTERS.” 18½” x 3½” with rounded ends. Repainted front to VGC in blue and white, the back original. | £140 |
| 230 | TOTEM: CHARING CROSS BR(S) fully flanged green in VGC with excellent colour and shine, a single face chip only not affecting text and a little rusting in the black coloured flange. An ex-SER station opened in January 1864, still open today. It is particularly difficult to obtain a totem from a London terminus and they are not frequently offered at auction. | £780 |
| 231 | CARRIAGE PRINT: MAP OF THE EASTERN REGION (Great Eastern and LT&S lines) showing the extent of the electrification (early 1960s). The Palace Gates branch is shown which closed in 1963. Housed in an original style glazed wooden frame, the map has two slight creases, but is in good condition nonetheless. | £170 |
| 232 | GWR GLASS TABLET: SHIPLAKE. 14½” x 3⅛” and shaped to fit inside a lamp case in black with opaque white lettering. From the ex-GWR station between Twyford and Henley-on-Thames, opened in June 1857. VGC. | £160 |
| 233 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “THE VULCAN FOUNDRY (Limited) Newton-le-Willows Lancashire № 4341, 1929” as carried by 5ft 6in gauge 4-6-2 for the Bombay Baroda & Central India Railway of class XC for heavy long distance passenger work. Later № 22240 in the Indian State Railways list. Oval 9” x 5¼” in ex-loco condition front and back with some scoring on the front. | £100 |
| 234 | CAST IRON WAGONPLATE: “MIDLAND RY CARRIAGE & WAGON Co Limited Owners Birmingham 42582.” 15” x 13” overall in an oval “sunburst” design with eight corners. Attractively restored in black and white, the back painted also. | £220 |
| 235 | SIGNALBOX BOARD: “BUTLERS HILL” from a Great Northern Railway Type 1 signal box opened in October 1882 and closed May 1968 located on the Leen Valley Junction to Annesley North junction line which had been transferred to the London Midland Region by 1960. 81½” x 13” wood with wooden letters. Totally original condition. | £700 |
| 236 | GWR BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 6758 as carried by the GWR 8750 class 0-6-0PT loco built at Swindon in September 1947 to Lot 362. Latterly a Newport (Pill) loco withdrawn in June 1962 and cut up by Cohen, Morriston, Swnsea. Restored face in black with orange lining, the edges in green. The back is in ex-loco condition. | £700 |
| 237 | SHEDPLATE: 64B HAYMARKET (1950 – September 1963). Edinburgh’s most famous shed with its extensive allocation of A1s, A2s, A3s, and A4s. In the late 1950s over 60% of its allocation carried names such as “Merlin”, “Saint Johnstoun”, “Pearl Diver”, “Klipspringer”, “The Lady of the Lake,” to name just a few! The plate is typical of the “unusual” layout seen in Edinburgh district codes.. Repainted front and back. The usual ScR stamping is just visible on the back. | £100 |
| 238 | BRASS SINGLE LINE KEY TOKEN: “TAYNUILT – DALMALLY 24” the section names engraved around a triangular cut out on a club shaped end. From the ex-Caledonian Railway line to Oban opened in May 1877. This token section ceased to exist in March 1988 when Dalmally block post closed and signalling was then done by radio electric token block controlled from Banavie signal box. Good ex-section condition. | £100 |
| 239 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 64987 as carried by the LNER J39/3 class 0-6-0 loco № 3097 built at Darlington in August 1941, the penultimate class J39 loco. Renumbered 4987 in September 1946, then BR 64987 in May 1948. Withdrawn in March 1961 from Doncaster and cut up there. Repainted front and back a long time ago. | £620 |
| 240 | TOTEM: CHURCHTOWN BR(M) fully flanged maroon in VGC with deep colour and shine, a little edge rusting only. An ex-L&YR station between Southport and Preston opened in February 1878, closed September 1964. A scarce totem keenly fought over the last time it appeared at auction. | N/S |
| 241 | BR ENAMEL SIGN: “BRITISH RAILWAYS – ENGINES Must Not Pass This Point” in white with red lettering. Fully flanged, 30” x 18” a few edge chips and the lettering slightly faded, good otherwise. | £140 |
| 242 | GWR HOTELS SILVERPLATE SUGAR TONGS manufactured by Elkington. Two sprung arms leading to spoons at base 5” long. The initials “GWR” in roundel with the word “Hotels” in scroll below are clearly incised on one arm. VGC. | £100 |
| 243 | CAST IRON WORKSPLATE: “AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE Co General Electric Co Schenectady, N.Y. 74478 June 1946” from standard gauge 1000HP Bo-Bo switcher of type 404DL delivered to either the Canadian National or Grand Trunk Western railroads. Rectangular 12” x 6” repainted in black front, the back in ex-loco condition. | N/S |
| 244 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 48433 as carried by the Stanier 8F class 2-8-0 loco № 8433 built at Swindon in March 1944 to Lot 351. The loco was loaned to the GWR from new until May 1947 when it went to the LMS. Renumbered 48433 at Nationalisation. A long time Edge Hill engine, withdrawn there in April 1968 and cut up at Buttigiegs, Newport. Repainted to VGC front and back. | £450 |
| 245 | TOTEM: WREXHAM GENERAL BR(W) fully flanged chocolate and cream with deep colour and shine, a single face chip and a little edge chipping and rusting only. An ex-GWR station opened in November 1846, renamed in June 1951. | £450 |
| 246 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY double-sided wooden FINGERBOARD: TYSELEY, THEN STATIONS TO LEAMINGTON SPA Except Widney Manor” with three-flight arrow on both sides. Painted in chocolate and cream. From either Birmingham Moor Street or Snow Hill. 44” x 7” with a little loss at one corner, good otherwise. | £230 |
| 247 | STEEL SINGLE LINE KEY TOKEN: “DRWS-Y-NANT – LLANUWCHLLYN” the section names being engraved onto aluminium plates attached to the key by copper rivets. This token section came into existence in the early 1960s when Garneddwen Loop signal box was closed and the token section was extended. The (Bala Junction to Barmouth Junction) line closed on January 1965. Good ex-section condition. | £220 |
| 248 | TRACTION ENGINE BRASS WORKSPLATE: “MARSHALL SONS & Co Limited Engineers Gainsboro England № 32005.” Built in June 1899, 6HP single cylinder and shown at the RASE Show at Maidstone. Supplied to J.P. Leppard, Lindfield, East Sussex and later sold to James French & Co, Plumpton, East Sussex. Offered for sale again in July 1917 and by January 1921 had moved to William Scotney & Sons, St Ives, Hunts and registered “EW 2704.” By October 1922 sold to H.A. Sharp, Doddington, Northants and re-registered “BD 7041.” Last licensed in 1943, presumed scrapped, date unknown. Engraved rectangular 7½” x 4¼” polished front, ex-loco condition back. | £280 |
| 249 | BR(M) ENAMEL DOORPLATE: “TICKETS” maroon and in VGC with excellent colour and shine, one touched-in face chip and touched-in minor edge chipping only. 18” x 3½” fully flanged. | £180 |
| 250 | LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: “SIR TORRE KING ARTHUR CLASS” as carried by the SR 4-6-0 N15 “King Arthur” class loco № 449 built at Eastleigh in June 1925. Became BR 30449 at Nationalisation. Withdrawn in December 1959 from Salisbury. The loco was attached to a 5,000 gallon tender and with a rake of SR coaching stock was the SR representative at the Stockton & Darlington celebrations in July 1925, tablet № 52. 31¼” to the chevron shaped ends, 6” wide overall. The ex-loco condition front shows plenty of the knocks and scrapes associated with a long period of service. The running number “449” is clearly stamped in the ex-loco condition back. | £8000 |
| 251 | SOUTHERN RAILWAY CARRIAGE PRINT: BEAULIEU ABBEY HAMPSHIRE by Donald Maxwell from the SR original series (1936). A rare print of the abbey near the famous Montagu Motor Museum. 15¼” x 10¼”In an original glazed wooden frame, 15¼” x 10¼”, and titled mount. One small mark in the mount, VGC otherwise. | £320 |
| 252 | MIDLAND & GREAT NORTHERN JOINT RAILWAY (untitled) CAST IRON NOTICE: “SHUT THIS GATE.” 39” x 3½” with rounded ends in ex-trackside condition. | £180 |
| 253 | LNER 9” x 5” CAST IRON LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY 2497 Cowlairs Works 1920” as carried by the ex-NBR K class 4-4-0 loco № 495 “GLEN MALLIE” which entered service in August 1920 . Became LNER 9495 in January 1925 LNER class D34. Renumbered 2497 in May 1946 and BR 62497 in April 1948. Withdrawn in February 1960 from Kittybrewster and cut up at Inverurie. Restored front and back and well polished. | £800 |
| 254 | EAST COAST JOINT STOCK ORIGINAL TRANSFER showing the coat of arms of the joint company with “East Coast Joint Stock” in garter around them. Professionally mounted onto a varnished wooden board. 15” x 17½” in VGC. As carried by carriages jointly owned by the NBR, NER and GNR operating between Kings Cross – Edinburgh – Glasgow and Aberdeen. The three companies became part of the LNER on 1st January 1923 whence the title disappeared. | £55 |
| 255 | BR(M) ENAMEL STREET DIRECTION SIGN: “BRITISH RAILWAYS (in totem) WEDNESBURY TOWN STATION” maroon with good colour and shine, white lettering and right pointing two-flight arrow. An ex-LNWR station on the Dudley – Walsall line opened in September 1863, closed July 1964. Fully flanged, 25” x 13” in VGC, but with a little rusting around fixing holes. | £500 |
| 256 | GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND RAILWAY three-aspect HANDLAMP the body bearing a large brass label “Great North of Scotland Railway.” The reducing cone has a brass plate “P. Way. C1.” Innards complete, the reservoir labelled “Kerosene,” red and green interior glasses present and intact. Bevel-edged front lens with brass rim and copper reducing cone. Restored to VGC some time ago. | £200 |
| 257 | SHEDPLATE: 72B SALISBURY (1950 – December 1962, later 70E). An allocation of around 50 locos in the late 1950s, comprised 10 “Battle of Britain” and 3 “Merchant Navy” Pacifics, along with half a dozen “King Arthur” class. One of the final seven BR(S) steam sheds, this former LSWR and SR depot closed in July 1967. BR(S) triangle clearly embossed on the back. Repainted front and back. A rare example, seldom offered at auction. | £320 |
| 258 | BRASS SINGLE LINE KEY TOKEN: “CAMBUS JUNCTION – MANOR POWIS 18” the section names re-engraved around a square cut out in a rounded square end. From the Caledonian Railway Stirling – Alloa line. The section came into existence in August 1958 when the Cambus Junction to Manor Powis line was singled and ceased to exist when the line was converted to tokenless block operation in the early to mid 1970s. Very good ex-section condition. | £180 |
| 259 | SR SILVERPLATE TANKARD manufactured by Walker & Hall. ½ pint capacity, 2⅞” diameter, plus handle, 4” high. Excise stamped 31 and 37 (1931 and 1937). The words “Southern Railway” in garter are clearly incised on the side. VGC. | £110 |
| 260 | TOTEM: SPEAN BRIDGE BR(Sc) half-flanged light blue in good condition with reasonable colour and shine if a little matt. A well-executed and colour matched crease repair at the right hand end affecting the letters “D” and “G” does not detract. Edge rusting repainted. An ex-NBR West Highland Line station opened in May 1894, once the junction for the Invergarry & Fort Augustus Railway. Still open today. A rare totem and a superb location. | £1200 |
| 261 | MERSEY RAILWAY ENAMEL STATION SIGN: “HURRY ON FOR THE LIFT” with right pointing hand. 35¼” x 15½ in red on white and in VGC. At one side is a pasted notice “Mersey Railway – Out of Order Please Use The Stairs” proving that nothing changes – the lifts have always suffered maintenance problems! There is evidence that it was once held in a wooden frame. Opened in July 1868, the Mersey Railway remained an independent company until Nationalisation on 1st January 1948. | £220 |
| 262 | CAST IRON ROAD DIRECTION SIGN: “CHARD JUNCTION ½.” From the road leading up to the ex-LSWR station originally named Chard Road when opened in July 1860. The station situated on the West of England main line to Exeter Central closed in March 1966. Rectangular 48” x 7” double-sided, cast with a ring at one end for fitting onto a post and chevron shape at the other end pointing the way. | £50 |
| 263 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “NORTH BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY Ltd Glasgow № 27902 1960” as carried by the BR Bo-Bo 1100HP type 2 diesel-hydraulic loco D6329 which entered service at Laira in June 1960. To store at Bristol Bath Road in October 1968 then to Worcester in November 1968 and finally cut up by John Cashmore, Newport in May 1969. Although this class was allocated class 22, no loco of the class actually survived long enough to receive a 22XXX number. Diamond shaped, 13½” x 5½” (with rounded points) in ex-loco condition front and back. | £300 |
| 264 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 7811 as carried by the GWR 7800 “Manor” class 4-6-0 loco named “DUNLEY MANOR” built at Swindon in December 1938 to Lot 316 incorporating wheels and motion from withdrawn 43XX class 2-6-0s. Spent the late 1950s and 1960 at Shrewsbury, then short spells at Brecon, Neyland, Llanelly and Cardiff Canton where withdrawn in July 1965 and cut up at Birds (Swansea) Ltd. Repainted front to VGC, the back in ex-loco condition. The manor is 4 miles north of Whitchurch in Hampshire. | £1400 |
| 265 | SR ENAMEL TARGET STATION SIGN: WINCHFIELD. 32” x 13” in good condition with good colour and shine, but several face and edge chips have been touched-in. Still attached to original backboard. An ex-LSWR station between Woking and Basingstoke originally named Shapley Heath when opened in September 1838, renamed in November 1840, still open today. A scarce example, seldom seen at auction. | £180 |
| 266 | SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS SINGLE LANGUAGE BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 1511 12R from 3ft 6in gauge 4-8-2 of class 12 built for heavy coal traffic built NBL as their 20813 in 1915. Re-boilered in the 1930s to class 12R. Oval, 20¾” x 14½ front repainted in red, lightly polished brasswork, the back in ex-loco condition. A little scoring on the front does not detract. | £300 |
| 267 | NER McKenzie & Holland tall “umbrella” shape SIGNAL FINIAL complete with its zinc spike. The larger 47” tall version for main signals standing on a 7¼” x 7¼” base which is embossed “McK & HW”, restored to VGC in grey. | £70 |
| 268 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “THE DREWRY CAR Co Ltd/. City Wall House, London EC2. Associated with Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns Ltd. Darlington. Loco № 2707 204 HP 1961.” As carried by BR 0-6-0 204HP diesel mechanical class 04 loco № D2326 which entered traffic at Tyne Dock in June 1961. Withdrawn in August 1968 from Gateshead. Sold in February 1969 to NCB Manvers Main Colliery at Wath-on-Dearne for spares, but not scrapped until October 1975. Oval, 8” x 5⅛” in totally ex-loco condition front and back. | £200 |
| 269 | LNER CAST IRON DOORPLATE: “CHECKERS.” 18¾” x 3½” with rounded ends. Repainted front in black and white, the back original. | £130 |
| 270 | TOTEM: EAST PUTNEY BR(S) fully flanged green in good ex-station condition with deep colour and shine, a little edge chipping and rusting only. An ex-LSWR station between Wimbledon and Wandsworth Town, also served by the District Line, opened in June 1889, still open today. A surprisingly scarce totem, not seen at auction since September 1998. | £260 |
| 271 | CARRIAGE PRINT: ABERFELDY PERTHSHIRE by Jack Merriott from the LNER Post War series issued circa 1947. A scarce print of the River Tay close to the station which lost its services in March 1965. In VGC and housed in an original type glazed wooden frame. | £70 |
| 272 | LNER white china CAKE STAND manufactured by Mintons. Base 4⅞” diameter, 9¾” diameter plate, 4½” tall. The intertwined initials “LNER” are glazed on the plate, the rims of plate and base are edged in blue with a fringe in yellow and blue. Very attractive and in VGC. | £140 |
| 273 | LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “BUILT BY THE BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY CARRIAGE & WAGON Co Ltd Smethwick England 1961 Serial № DEL 173” as carried by the BR Bo-Bo 1550Hp diesel-electric type 3 loco № D6569 which entered service in September 1961 at Hither Green. Renumbered 33051 in December 1973 class 33/0. To store in February 1987, reinstated a month later at Stewarts Lane. The loco was named “SHAKESPEARE CLIFF” at the Isle of Grain in May 1988. Nameplates removed around 1994. To store at Eastleigh in August 1998 and scrapped by Raxstar in September 2003. Rectangular, chromed brass, 8” x 5¾” in ex-loco condition front and back. | £460 |
| 274 | EAST AFRICAN RAILWAYS BRASS BUNKERPLATE: 5927 as carried by metre gauge East African Railways 4-8-2+2-8-4 of class 59, built by Beyer Peacock 7658 in 1955. Arguably the ultimate design of Garratt weighing 252 tons. 20” x 6½ in ex-loco condition front and back. | £580 |
| 275 | LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: “PILLAR” as carried by the BR Co-Co 3100HP diesel-electric class 60 loco № 60097 built by Brush Traction works № 999 entering traffic in December 1992 named from new. The nameplates were removed in January 1998 and the loco was renamed “ABP PORT OF GRIMSBY & IMMINGHAM” at Immingham Nordic Terminal in March 2002. The loco is still in service with EWS. Cast aluminium, 26¼” x 10” face repainted in black to VGC, lettering lightly polished, the back in ex-loco condition. The peak is in the Lake District north west of Great Gable. | £1200 |
| 276 | ALUMINIUM SINGLE LINE HOOP complete with key token locked in position for the section Neath Yard - Cilfrew. This token section came into existence in 1962 when Cadoxton signal box was closed and the token section was extended. The hoop is an example of the smaller variety, unmarked, 9” diameter, length 23”. An ex-Neath & Brecon Railway section closed to passengers in October 1962. Good, ex-section condition. | £240 |
| 277 | SHEDPLATE: 12E MOOR ROW (1950 – July 1954) KIRKBY STEPHEN (February 1958 – April 1958) BARROW-IN-FURNESS (June 1960 – September 1963) TEBAY (September 1963 – January 1968). Not often can you choose from four different locations where you would like a code to be from! The largest allocation using this code was Barrow with about 30 locos at any one time, but collectors will probably remember it as Tebay at the very end of steam providing the banking locos up Shap. Repainted although rusting front and back, the rim poor in two places. A rare example. | £130 |
| 278 | ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING: “5047 “EARL OF DARTMOUTH” AT DAWLISH.” This superb oil on canvas painting is by M. Jeffries and features the loco hauling a train of Hawksworth coaches on the up line in the late 1950s. A well-balanced picture with great attention to perspective and detail. The GWR 4-6-0 4073 “Castle” class loco was built at Swindon to Lot 303 in April 1936 and named “COMPTON CASTLE” until August 1937 when it was renamed “EARL OF DARTMOUTH.” Allocated to Wolverhampton (Stafford Road) during the late 1950s and withdrawn from there in September 1962 and cut up at Swindon. 34” x 26” (frame size) and in VGC. | £500 |
| 279 | BR(W) CARRIAGE DESTINATION BOARD with “Shrewsbury” on one side “Aberystwyth” on the other. The ex-Cambrian Railways line to Aberystwyth opened in June 1864. Wood with metal ends, 32” x 3¼” painted in maroon with yellow lettering with a little wear and tear only. | £240 |
| 280 | TOTEM: MORFA MAWDDACH BR(W) fully flanged chocolate and cream in excellent condition with deep colour and shine. Some expertly executed restoration hardly visible in the top panel and repainted edge rusting only. An ex-Cambrian Railways station on the Cambrian Coast Line opened as Barmouth Junction in July 1865, renamed Morfa Mawddach in June 1960. A rare totem, infrequently seen at auction. | £1600 |
| 281 | TINPLATE HANGING SIGN: “ASSOCIATED MOTORWAYS BOOKING OFFICE” in cream with black lettering and 1950s single-deck bus in green, white and black, full of happy passengers. This company which was an amalgamation of a number of operators in the West of England was involved in supplying the replacement service when the Somerset & Dorset Joint Line ceased operation in March 1966. 21” x 14¾ in a wooden frame and in good condition despite a little wear to the front. | £50 |
| 282 | MIDLAND & GREAT NORTHERN JOINT RAILWAY CAST IRON NOTICE: “M&GNJR – NOTICE – These Buckets Must be Kept Full of Water and Used Only in Case of Fire. By Order.” 11” x 8½” in totally original condition front and back. | £350 |
| 283 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “WG BAGNALL ENGINEERS Stafford England № 2674” as carried by the outside cylinder 0-4-0ST loco № 4 built by Bagnall in September 1942 and delivered new to Coventry Corporation, Foleshill Gas Works which became West Midlands Gas Board in May 1949. Scrapped on site in April 1962 by Sheppards (Coal & Metals) Ltd of Coventry. Oval, 8 “ x 5½” in ex-loco condition front and back. See also Lot 133. | £380 |
| 284 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 70036 as carried by the BR standard “Britannia” class 4-6-2 Pacific loco named “BOADICEA” built at Crewe in December 1962 to Order E483/DE228. Allocated new to Norwich (32A) and worked the Liverpool Street – Norwich expresses. Transferred to the LMR in December 1963 at Kingmoor after short spells at March and Immingham. Withdrawn in October 1966 from Kingmoor and cut up by the Motherwell Machinery & Scrap Co, Inshaw. Repainted front and back a long time ago, a small corner weld, probably by BR evident. | £2900 |
| 285 | MIDLAND & GREAT NORTHERN JOINT RAILWAY SIGNALBOX NAMEBOARD: “HONING” in LNER style but with smaller letters. Honing East and Honing West signal boxes were M&GNR Type 1a design signal boxes opened in June 1901. In 1932 the West box was closed and the East box became know as Honing. It was closed in 1959 and in 1967 was moved to the Barton House Railway at Wroxham where it still resides. Wood with metal letters 50” x 10” nicely restored in dark blue with white letters. | £220 |
| 286 | SE&CR/SR LAMP GLASS TABLET: SANDLING JUNCTION. 15” x 3” and shaped to fit inside a lamp case in opaque white with engraved lettering filled in with blue. From the ex-SE&CR station between Ashford (Kent) and Folkestone West, once the junction for the branch to Hythe. VGC. | £180 |
| 287 | GWR HOTELS SILVERPLATE 2-PINT COFFEE POT manufactured by Elkington. 4¾” diameter base tapering to 3⅜” diameter, 8½” tall, with carrying handle, spout and lifting lid with finial. The initials “GWR” in roundel and the word “Hotel” in scroll underneath clearly incised on the side. VGC. | £110 |
| 288 | LNER 9” x 5” BRASS WORKSPLATE: “LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY 2783 Rebuilt Stratford Works 1908” as carried by the ex-GER class T26 2-4-0 № 447 built at Stratford in October 1894. Renumbered 7477 by the LNER in December 1926 class E4 and 2783 in November 1946, Became BR 62783 as late as January 1952. Withdrawn in December 1954 from Cambridge. There is no record of a rebuild in 1908! VGC, cleaned front and back. | £300 |
| 289 | LNER CAST IRON DOORPLATE: “WEIGH OFFICE” on two lines. 14½” x 4¾” with rounded ends. Repainted front in black and white, the back original. | £110 |
| 290 | TOTEM: CHELFORD BR(M) fully flanged maroon in VGC with good colour and shine, a few minor rust stains on the face and a little repainted edge rusting only. An ex-LNWR station between Crewe and Manchester opened in May 1842. A rare totem seen only once previously at auction in October 1997. | £900 |
| 291 | CARRIAGE PRINT: LOCH LINNHE AND MORVEN HILLS, WESTERN HIGHLANDS by Jack Merriott from the Scottish Region series (1956). A moody Scottish scene of loch with cloud-covered mountains in the background. In an original type glazed wooden frame. VGC. | £100 |
| 292 | TYER’S NO 6 BRASS FACED SINGLE LINE TABLET: “NARBOROUGH – EAST WINCH 1” from the ex-GER Middleton Towers to Dereham section of the Kings Lynn to Dereham line which was closed in September 1968. The token section remained in use until the line closed. Good, ex-section condition. | £240 |
| 293 | LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “THE ENGLISH ELECTRIC Co Ltd Vulcan Works Newton-le-Willows England № 3279/D808 1963” as carried by the BR Co-Co 1750HP diesel-electric type 3 № D6834 entering service at Cardiff in April 1963. Renumbered 37134 in February 1974, class 37/0, then 37684 in March 1987, class 37/5. Named “PEAK NATIONAL PARK” at Edale station in September 1991. After being in store in early 1993 loco was reinstated to Immingham in September 1993, but went into store again in 1999. The loco was then reinstated for Sandite duties in 2000 and then variously stored and reinstated and finally sent to Spain. The loco returned to the UK and is currently in store at Margam. The number “37134” is clearly stamped in the back. Rectangular chromed brass 10¼” x 4½” in ex-loco condition front, the back cleaned, but showing obvious signs of use. | £300 |
| 294 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 43866 as carried by the ex-MR 3835 class 0-6-0 loco № 3866 built at Derby in 1918 to order E.05127-5. Retained the number 3866 at Grouping bit reclassified class 4F. Renumbered 43866 by BR in June 1949. Withdrawn in December 1959 from Westhouses. Repainted front and back some time ago. | £380 |
| 295 | LNER SIGNALBOX BOARD: “WOODBURN JC.” The signalbox was located just west of Sheffield Victoria station. It was a Great Central Railway Type 5 design opened circa 1929 fitted with an 81 lever frame. The box was extended in 1949 to accommodate a replacement 104 lever frame as part of the MSW electrification scheme and closed in December 1992. 64” x 9½” in original condition although some of the letters have been re-fitted. | £280 |
| 296 | WORKING AIR HORN SYSTEM very neatly presented on a solid wood 24” x 18” base to demonstrate how the system worked. The parts were obtained from “Western” class loco D1060 which was withdrawn from Laira in November 1973, and cut up at Swindon in July 1974, and “Hymek” loco D7063 which was withdrawn from Cardiff in October 1971 and cut up at Swindon by November 1972. Each part has been cleaned and painted where needed. The whole item is presented in excellent working order. | £400 |
| 297 | SHEDPLATE: 70E READING (SR) (1950 – December 1962, then sub of 70C) SALISBURY (December 1962 – July 1967). Reading had a small allocation of about 15 loco during the 1950s. When Salisbury (72B) took over this code it had become a bastion for Bullied Pacifics. In 1965 it had 19 out of a total of 24 locos on its books. Figures and rim repainted, ex-loco condition otherwise. A scarce example, seldom offered at auction. | £90 |
| 298 | BRASS BUILDERS PLATE: “OLIVER & Co Limited Engineers, Chesterfield 1882.” The company was mostly responsible for the production of engineering equipment especially for the mining industry but according to a local source two 0-4-0 vertical boiler locos were built in 1882, one for Edward Eastwood of Chesterfield and the other was retained as a works shunter. However, other records state that they did not build any locos before 1889 when two metre gauge 0-4-0ST locos were built for the Cranford Ironstone Co in Northants. Oliver was taken over by Markhams in 1889, who became continued production of their mining equipment and also built a further steam 17 locos . Engraved brass, 14¾” x 10¼”, face polished only, the back in ex-loco condition. Whatever the history, it is a magnificent plate, not seen at auction previously. | £520 |
| 299 | BR(Sc) ENAMEL DOORPLATE: “LADIES WAITING ROOM” 18” x 6” fully flanged in light blue in VGC with good colour and shine, one or two minor edge chips only. | £110 |
| 300 | LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: “BOIS ROUSSEL” as carried by the (LNER) 4-6-2 A1 class Pacific numbered 60117 built at Doncaster works № 2034 entering service in October 1948 and named in July 1950. A Copley Hill and latterly Ardsley engine withdrawn from there in June 1965 and cut up by Clayton & Davie of Dunston-on-Tyne. In keeping with nameplates produced at Doncaster, the names of the other plates using the same template have been stamped in the back; evocative names such as “Kingfisher”, “Silver King”, “Guillemot”, “Great Snipe”, “Steady Aim”, “Sun Chariot”, “Pearl Diver” and many others feature. The horse “Bois Roussel” owned by the Hon. P. Beatty won the 1938 Derby, and Beswick China made a model of him (he was a Palomino - quite unusual for a racehorse, we believe). Cast brass 57½” x 7¾” with the fixing studs and nuts still attached (we can arrange for these to be removed if desired). The plate has recently had the background professionally repainted in black. The letters and surround were varnished many years ago and have been left untouched. Overall, a very desirable plate in very good order. | £17200 |
| LOTS 301-332: POSTERS | |
| (D/R double royal (25” x 40”) Q/R quad royal (50” x 40”)) | |
| (SEE ALSO LOTS 42, 43 AND POSTAL AUCTION CATALOGUE) | |
| 301 | RAILWAY EXECUTIVE Q/R Poster: ON EARLY SHIFT – Greenwood Signal Box New Barnet. Classic artwork by Terence Tenison Cuneo (1907-1996) showing signalman pulling lever with A4 Pacific No. 21 “Wild Swan” in garter blue livery passing on an express. Published in 1948. Ref AR1093. Folded with some repaired edge tears, rather brittle. The left hand edge has been trimmed by ½”, good otherwise. | £340 |
| 302 | BR(SR) Q/R Poster: CLAPHAM JUNCTION from the 1961 original painting by Terence Tenison Cuneo (1907-1996). A fine view showing the hustle and bustle of the world’s busiest junction in South London with two Southern Pacifics in the foreground. Poster published in 1962. Folded and slight corner loss, small tape marks at top, good otherwise. | N/S |
| 303 | NBR, NER & GNR Q/R poster: EAST COAST ROUTE – Travel from Glasgow (Queen Street) to London (Kings Cross) & The Continent. A real poster for the Scottish aficionados with a border comprising illustrations of no less than 92 different tartans. Also featured are two lovely vignettes depicting the route termini (view over London at the top and Waverley station in central Edinburgh at the bottom). Published in July 1913. Folded, one or two small edge tears, good otherwise. | £200 |
| 304 | BR(W) Q/R poster: SOUTH WALES – See Britain by Train. Artwork by Johnston of picturesque countryside and castle. Dated from the early 1950s, it carries Ref: PR128. Rolled and VGC mounted on canvas. An example is in the National Collection at York | N/S |
| 305 | LMS Q/R poster: MAP OF THE LAKE DISTRICT. Artwork by Arthur George Watts (1883-1935) dated 1934 showing the area with vignettes and cartoon style characters pointing to the places of interest. Folded, one or two minor edge tears, good otherwise. | £150 |
| 306 | BR(M) Q/R poster: ISLE OF MAN – The ‘Continental’ Resort so near home – so easy to reach by rail and sea. Artwork by Leslie Arthur Wilcox (1904-1982) showing Peel Castle, St Patrick’s Isle, Isle of Man, busy with fishing boats in the harbour. Published in 1960 Ref: LM24460. Folded with a little fraying, good otherwise. | £200 |
| 307 | BR(M) Q/R poster: VISIT WINDERMERE – ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT – and go by train. Artwork by A J Wilson showing the MV “Tern” from the MV “Swan.” Published in 1963 Ref: LM30463. Rolled, one or two minor edge tears, good otherwise. | N/S |
| 308 | GWR D/R poster: COME TO THE WYE VALLEY – O sylvan Wye! Thou wanderer through the woods (Wordsworth). Lovely period artwork by Cawthorne showing a river scene. Advertises an illustrated folder of the Wye Valley. Dating from 1927. Mounted on canvas (folded originally) and in VGC. | £200 |
| 309 | LNER D/R poster: PASSENGERS OF THE PAST – “Twas Saturday when Friday gasped, What means it Iron Hoss? While on this isle old Crusoe cried, We’ll catch one at Kings Cross.”. Artwork by Austin Cooper (1890-1964) showing Robinson Crusoe and Man Friday clutching an “Excursions to Hull” leaflet with A3 loco passing. Part of a series painted in 1929. Folded, one or two small edge nicks, VGC otherwise. | £190 |
| 310 | BR(E) D/R poster: NORFOLK – See Britain by Train. Lovely early 1950s artwork by Frank Henry Mason (1876-1965) showing the Custom House at Kings Lynn. Poster carries ref: PR1191. Rolled, one or two edge tears, tape stains at top, good otherwise. | £170 |
| 311 | BELGIAN RAILWAYS D/R poster: ARENTS – Ses Malles, Ses Valises, Ses Sacs de Dames, Ses Port-Feuilles. Cartoon style artwork by G Legros showing overloaded luggage trolley, pushed by an overworked porter. Rolled, a little damage along one edge, good otherwise. | N/S |
| 312 | BR(Sc) D/R poster: THE WESTERN HIGHLANDS – See Britain by Train. 1958 poster artwork by Kenneth Steel (1906-1973) of a village scene near Ballachulish, Argyllshire. Ref: B21876. Folded with one or two small edge tears and stains at edge, good otherwise. A classic Steel image and very collectable. | N/S |
| 313 | LNER D/R poster: ULLSWATER ENGLISH LAKE-LAND – Rail – Motor – Steamer Day Tours From This Station. Artwork by F. Gregory Brown (1887-1941) showing a Lake District scene. Undated, but looks to be around 1930, Brown’s most active period. Folded, one or two small tears at edges, good otherwise. | £400 |
| 314 | BELGIAN STATE RAILWAYS AND PACKET BOATS D/R poster: SCOTTISH EXHIBITION GLASGOW – May to October 1911 – Billets A Prix Reduits Via Ostende-Douvres. Colourful artwork by “CS.” Mounted on canvas, rolled and in VGC. | £200 |
| 315 | GWR D/R poster: PAIGNTON GLORIOUS SOUTH DEVON. Artwork by Douglas Lionel Relf dated 1947 showing a harvested cornfield with town and bays beyond. Ref: PW33. Mounted on canvas and in VGC. | £400 |
| 316 | LMS D/R poster: NORTH WALES FOR HOLIDAYS. Artwork dating from 1936 by Clodagh Sparrow showing idyllic country scene. Folded, one or two small edge nicks, VGC otherwise. | £380 |
| 317 | LNER D/R poster: BOSTON on the London & North Eastern Railway of England and Scotland. Classic artwork by Fred Taylor (1875-1963) showing the Boston Stump and river. First published in 1927 and produced for display at overseas tourist offices and agencies. Rolled, a couple of tape repaired tears, good otherwise. | N/S |
| 318 | CP D/R poster: CANADIAN PACIFIC – The World’s Greatest Travel System. Poster shows vignettes of aircraft, shipping, and rail, with connections to a globe demonstrating the integration made possible by the system. Published in 1960. Rolled, one or two minor edge nicks, good otherwise, | N/S |
| 319 | RAILWAY EXECUTIVE (NE) D/R poster: NORTHUMBERLAND – British Railways The Worlds Busiest Railway System. Lovely artwork by John Chater showing Warkworth Castle overlooking River Coquet. Owned by the Percy family, this castle was the setting for Shakespeare’s play Henry IV. Dated 1952. Folded, VGC otherwise. | £370 |
| 320 | LNER D/R poster: THEN AND NOW – FOUNTAINS ABBEY – Ripon Station Yorkshire. 1930s artwork by Andrew Johnson. “Then” showing the abbey inhabited by monks in 1135-1235; “Now” showing tourists in the ruins. Folded, one or two small edge tears, good otherwise. | £150 |
| 321 | NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY D/R poster: HISTORIC MONUMENTS IN NORTH EAST ENGLAND № 2. Artwork dating from 1910 by Frank H Mason (1876-1965) showing Lindisfarne Abbey, Northumberland (Looking Towards Holy Island Castle). Advertises the book “Historic Monuments № 2” available from York. One of a series painted for the NER. Rolled one or two edge tears, good otherwise. | £100 |
| 322 | BELGIAN STATE RAILWAYS D/R poster: GREAT WHITE CITY Shepherds Bush – Latin-British Exhibition 1912 – Angleterre par Ostende et Douvres. Colourful dramatic artwork. Mounted on canvas, rolled and in VGC. | £100 |
| 323 | RAILWAY EXECUTIVE (E) D/R poster: LONDON – See England by Rail. Artwork by Edwin Harris (1891-1961) showing Hyde Park. Folded, one small stain at top edge, VGC otherwise. Poster dates from 1952. | £350 |
| 324 | LNER D/R poster: THEN AND NOW – HARWICH FOR THE CONTINENT – The Largest Cross-Channel Luxury Steamers. Artwork by A R Thompson dated January 1930 showing the old style open deck arrangements compared with the plush standards offered by the modern steamer. Folded with one or two tears at folds, good otherwise. A relatively rare poster. | N/S |
| 325 | LNER D/R poster: PASSENGERS OF THE PAST – “Twas Pepys who said “And So To Bed,” In comfort too quoth he, Take half an ox and a pipe o’ port, And sleep by LNE.” Cartoon style artwork by Austin Cooper (1890-1964) showing Pepys in a sleeping compartment with the attendant offering him a glass of port on a tray. The second in this auction of a 1929 series. Pasted to board, but in good condition otherwise. | N/S |
| 326 | LNER D/R poster: “HOLIDAYS” 1928. Artwork by L Hocknell showing little boy and girl fishing in a rock pool. Advertises a “delightful book” with the same name with 70 illustrations “to help you decide.” Hocknell was a famous childrens' illustrator who was active between the wars and he did several posters for the LNER. This rare poster is mounted on canvas (folded originally) and in VGC. | N/S |
| 327 | RAILWAY EXECUTIVE (M) D/R poster: LET BRITISH RAILWAYS MOVE YOUR FARM ANYWHERE. 1952 Cartoon style artwork by Amstutz showing happy farmer on a tractor and his wife with an assortment of furniture and farm animals in a large box being lifted by crane. Undated. Ref: LM6952. Folded, slight wrinkling at top edge, good otherwise. | £140 |
| 328 | BR(E) D/R poster: MABLETHORPE TRUSTHORPE AND SUTTON-ON-SEA. Artwork by Tom Eckersley (1914-1997) showing little girl buried in the sand. Dated 1959/60/61. Ref: PP7029. Rolled and in VGC. | £170 |
| 329 | BRITISH TRANSPORT COMMISSION D/R poster: LET US HELP YOU ARRANGE YOUR HOLIDAY TRAVEL – Buy Your Tickets Here at Station Prices. Artwork at top by Johnston showing EE type 4 loco D200 on an express, lower picture shows a seaside scene. Undated, but clearlly c.1958/59. Produced for display at Travel Agents. Folded, VGC otherwise. | £70 |
| 330 | BR(E) D/R poster: CAMBRIDGESHIRE – Bourn Mill (Nearest station Old North Road). Artwork by Kenneth Steel (1906-1973) showing the windmill, reputed to be the oldest in England c.1636. An early BR poster dating from 1948. Ref: PP1181. Folded, one or two minor edge tears, good otherwise. | £300 |
| 331 | BR(E) D/R Poster: NORFOLK – See Britain By Train. Artwork by Lance Cattermole (1898-1992) showing Nelson – Born Burnham Rectory 1758 – Nearest Station Wells-Next-The-Sea. A 1948 poster with ref PP1172. Folded, one or two minor edge tears, good otherwise. | £320 |
| 332 | GREAT SOUTHERN & WESTERN RAILWAY (so headed) D/R Poster: LIVERPOOL OVERHEAD ELECTRIC RAILWAY – Splendid View of Six Miles of Docks and River Frontage. Anonymous highly coloured artwork vignettes showing Interior of car, Pierhead Station, Seaforth Sands, River Mersey, Waterloo & Crosby Trams, Seaforth Sands Station, etc. Dated around 1900-1905 from the style of artwork. The line closed on 31st December 1956. Framed and glazed and in VGC. | £200 |
| 333 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “LIMA LOCOMOTIVE WORKS Incorporated Lima Ohio USA 8854 June 1945” as carried by standard gauge 2-8-0 of the “S160” war design supplied to the USA Transportation Corps as № 5195. Did not get sent to Europe as intended and was sold to China in 1946. Diamond shaped, 16¼” x 9½” cleaned front, ex-loco condition back. | £390 |
| 334 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 47583 as carried by the LMS class 3 (later 3F) 0-6-0T loco originally numbered 16666 when built by Hunslet in 1928 works No 1607, lot No. 58. Renumbered 7583 in 1934 and became BR 47583. An Agecroft and latterly Bank Hall engine where withdrawn in March 1963 and cut up at Horwich in May the same year. Restored front and back some time ago. | £400 |
| 335 | LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: “RADIO HIGHLAND” as carried by BR 1750HP diesel-electric Co-Co type 3 loco No. D6960 built by English Electric Works No. EE3520/VF D949 which entered traffic at Darnall in January 1965. Renumbered 37260 in December 1973 class 37/0. Named at Dingwall in July 1984, but sustained serious fire damage in July 1989 and later withdrawn, being broken up at MC Metals Glasgow in August 1991. The nameplates were transferred to sister loco 37113 (EE3391/VF D857 February 1963) at Eastfield in September 1989. This loco ran away at Edinburgh Waverley in August 1994 and collided with HST 43180 and sustained severe damage. The loco was moved to Craigentinny and later Portobello where it was scrapped on site in August 1995 by MC Metals who retained the nameplates which had been left attached to the loco! Cast aluminium, 55½” x 10” in totally ex-loco condition front and back, the original red background showing through on the front where the later black paint has peeled. | £820 |
| 336 | GWR BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 4230 as carried by the GWR 4200 class 2-8-0T loco built at Swindon to Lot 196 in November 1930 works № 2549. OSP fitted in December 1933. A Pontypool Road, then Canton, Newport and finally Llanelly loco withdrawn in September 1962 and cut up at R.S. Hayes, Bridgend. The Engine and Boiler class details are clearly stamped into the rim. Restored in black with green edging, the back in light green primer. Overall, a very presentable example. | £750 |
| 337 | SHEDPLATE: 16E KIRKBY-IN-ASHFIELD (September 1963 – October 1966, previously 16C, 16B).This former MR, LMS and BR(M) depot hosted a total of 44 locos when it received this code. Repainted front and back. | N/S |
| 338 | STAINLESS STEEL LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: GENERAL MOTORS LOCOMOTIVES Electro-Motive Division Class 0-4-4-0 September 1949 Serial 7206” as carried by Indiana Harbor Belt Loco № 8795 and later Penn Central № 8795. Type NW2 Bo-Bo switcher of 1000HP. Lengthened double oval known as a “hot dog” pattern, 15” x 4¼” the lettering etched into the metal and numbers stamped in. Ex-loco condition front and back. | £75 |
| 339 | BR(M) ENAMEL DOORPLATE: “STATION MASTER” 18” x 6” fully flanged in maroon in VGC with good colour and shine, one or two minor edge chips only. | £200 |
| 340 | TOTEM: NEWTON STEWART BR(Sc) fully flanged light blue in excellent condition with deep colour and shine, a little untouched edge chipping and rusting only. An ex-Portpatrick & Wigtownshire Joint station between Dumfries and Stranraer Harbour opened in March 1861, closed June 1965. A rare totem, never previously offered at auction. | £2800 |
| 341 | BR(NE) small sized totem shaped POSTER BOARD HEADING “British Railways” in white lettering on tangerine. 20½” x 6” in virtually mint condition with deep colour and shine. | £260 |
| 342 | LNWR 1 PINT SILVERPLATE COFFEE POT manufactured by Elkington. 3¾” diameter base, tapering to 2⅝” diameter, 7¾” tall with lifting lid and finial atop, carrying handle and spout. The carrying handle has ivory inserts to prevent the spread of heat from the pot into the handle. The “Britannia” motif with “L&NWR” in scroll below are incised on the side. Some signs of wear, mostly good. | N/S |
| 343 | LNER 9” x 5” BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY 8707 Darlington Works 1914” as carried by ex-NER E1 class 0-6-0T loco № 2190 which entered service in November 1914. Became LNER 2190 class J72 in 1923. Renumbered 8707 in May 1946 and 68707 by BR in May 1951. Withdrawn in April 1962 from West Hartlepool and cut up at Darlington. Restored front, ex-loco condition back. | £250 |
| 344 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 73102 as carried by the BR standard class 5 4-6-0 loco built at Doncaster in September 1955 to Order 402. First allocated to Corkerhill (Glasgow) where it remained until withdrawal in December 1966. Cut up by G.H. Campbell of Airdrie. Repainted to good condition front and back. | £480 |
| 345 | TOTEM: TROEDYRHIW BR(W) fully flanged chocolate and cream in virtually mint condition with deep colour and shine, one small repaired face chip and a little light edge rusting only. An ex-Taff Vale Railway Welsh Valleys station opened in April 1841, still open today. A totem seldom seen at auction. | £620 |
| 346 | SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS/SAS BI-LINGUAL BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 3348 19D from 3ft 6in gauge 4-8-2 of class 19D built by NBL 26068 in 1948. For lighter rail duties. Oval, 20½” x 14⅜” nicely restored in orange and blue, the brasswork lightly polished only. A few knocks and scrapes evident from a lifetime of service. | £400 |
| 347 | ALUMINIUM SINGLE LINE KEY TOKEN: “NEWLANDS - WATERHALL” from the ex-GWR line between Bridgend and Port Talbot opened in June 1850. This section ceased to exist in 1963 when Waterhall Sidings signal box was closed and the token section was extended to between Newlands and Cefn Junction. Good ex-section condition. | £55 |
| 348 | VIC WELCH ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING: “6028 “KING GEORGE VI” AT SWINDON.” The scene is of the loco in GWR livery standing on shed simmering away ready for its next working. The GWR 4-6-0 6000 “King” class loco was built at Swindon to Lot 267 in July 1930 and was named “KING HENRY II” until January 1937 when it was renamed “KING GEORGE VI” to commemorate his accession to the throne. A double chimney was fitted in January 1957. Apart from a brief spell at Canton in 1960/61 the loco spent its latter years at Old Oak Common from where withdrawn in November 1962 and cut up at Birds Swansea Ltd Risca. 24½” x 19” (frame size) and in VGC. NOTE: We sold the nameplate “King George VI” at auction in June 2006. | £360 |
| 349 | LNER CAST IRON DOORPLATE: “INSPECTOR.” 19½” x 3½” with rounded ends. Repainted front to VGC in blue and white, the back original. | £110 |
| 350 | LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: “HENSHALL HALL” as carried by the (GWR) 4-6-0 6959 “Modified Hall” class № 7908 built at Swindon in January 1950 to Lot 368. A long-time Tyseley loco withdrawn from there in October 1965 and cut up by John Cashmore, Great Bridge. Half-beaded, 68” x 20” (at apex), restored to VGC, front and back, lettering lightly polished only. The hall was located at Congleton, Cheshire, but was demolished in 1958. | £6100 |
| 351 | CARRIAGE PRINT: CROMFORD DERBYSHIRE by Jack Merriott from the LMR (A) series 1950. Cromford was more than a transport hub. Here, Sir Richard Arkwright built the first successful water-powered cotton mill in the world. His complex is behind the artist who is overlooking the mill pond. The waterwheel visible in the picture was restored in 1975 and once drove a paint grinding mill. A scarce print. In VGC and in an original type glazed wooden frame. | £120 |
| 352 | GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY SILVERPLATE TEA CADDY in an oval design. 4⅝” x 3½” and 5” high to top of finial on the lifting lid. 10¾” diameter standing on a 5½” diameter base and 6¼” high. The initials “GER” are clearly incised in the side. An unusual piece in VGC. | £150 |
| 353 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY Co Makers Doncaster № 757 1898” as carried by the ex-GNR C2 class 4-4-2T loco № 1013 ex works May 1898. Became LNER 1013N in October 1923 class C12, later renumbered 4013 in March 1925 and 7352 in September 1946. Renumbered E7352 by BR in February 1948 and finally 67352 in July the same year. Withdrawn in November 1958 from Grantham and cut up at Doncaster. Oval, 10¾” x 6½” with embossed lettering and numbers, the front lightly polished with plenty of knocks and scrapes from a lifetime of service, the back cleaned only. | £600 |
| 354 | RHONDDA & SWANSEA BAY RAILWAY TRANSFER: “RSBR” in monogram showing the initials of the company in gold leaf professionally mounted onto a brown painted wooden board. 14” x 9” in VGC. The company operated between Swansea and Treherbert from November 1885. Worked by the GWR from January 1906 and grouped into the GWR in 1922. | £30 |
| 355 | BR(NE) ENAMEL STREET DIRECTION SIGN: “BRITISH RAILWAYS (in totem) MOSSPARK WEST STATION” in light blue with deep colour and shine, white lettering and right pointing two-flight arrow. An ex-LMSR Glasgow Suburban area station opened in March 1934. Fully flanged, 25” x 13” excellent condition. | £520 |
| 356 | GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY three-aspect HANDLAMP the reducing cone stamped “18285” and “GNR A5/13” (i.e. May 1913). The body has a large brass label “Great Northern Railway Company Coningsby1” and is stamped “GNR 18285.” Slide-out innards complete, the reservoir stamped “GNR 18320”, the reflector in copper, red and green interior glasses present and intact. Bevel-edged front lens with brass rim. From an ex-GNR station between Woodhall Junction and Firsby in Lincolnshire opened in July 1913, closed October 1970. Restored to VGC some time ago. | £320 |
| 357 | LNER CAST IRON SEATBACK: SCARBOROUGH. 40” x 4½” with curved ends from the ex-NER station at the end of the line from York, formerly a junction station for the line to Whitby, opened in July 1845, the suffix “Central” was added in 1933, still open today. In VGC, the face repainted in white lettering on a black background, the back original. Skillfully welded in the middle such that it is hardly noticeable from the front. A rare example seldom seen at auction. | £500 |
| 358 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “ LMS REBUILT DERBY” as carried by the ex-MR 1873 class 0-6-0 loco № 2653 built by Neilson Reid in May 1901 works № 4043. Rebuilt in 1907 with “H” boiler. To LMS in 1923 at 3682 class 3F and rebuilt in 1924 with “G7” boiler. Became 43682 at Nationalisation. Withdrawn in August 1962 from Highbridge. The loco number “43682” has been chalked on the back. Oval, 10¼” x 6” in ex-loco condition front and back. | £150 |
| 359 | GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY ENAMEL DOORPLATE: “TICKETS” 15” x 3½” in royal blue with white lettering, good colour and reasonable shine. A few edge chips, none affecting text. Good condition overall. | £50 |
| 360 | TOTEM: TWYFORD BR(W) fully flanged chocolate and cream in VGC with deep colour and shine, a few untouched edge chips and light rusting only. An ex-GWR station between Paddington and Reading opened in July 1839, still open today. | £420 |
| 361 | BR(M) ENAMEL SIGN: “TICKETS FOR STATIONS To Urmston Glazebrook Wigan Northwich Chester and Privilege Tickets” in maroon with white lettering. Fully flanged, 51” x 24”, good colour and shine, a few edge chips. Thought to have originated from Warrington Central, an ex-CLC station opened in 1861. | £75 |
| 362 | L&YR CAST IRON NOTICE: “LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY – NOTICE – Any Person Who Shall Not Shut and Fasten This Gate …. (total of 7 lines of text). By Order.” 23½” x 20½” the front restored in black and white, the back in ex-lineside condition. | £110 |
| 363 | LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “THE ENGLISH ELECTRIC Co Ltd Vulcan Works Newton-le-Willows England № 3515/D946 1964” as carried by the BR Co-Co 1750HP diesel-electric type 3 loco № D6958 which entered traffic in January 1965. Renumbered 37258 in February 1974 class 37/0 and later 37384 in October 1998 class 37/3. In September 1998 to Bescot for “Sandite” duties until December 1999 when loco went to Springs Branch CRDC and partially stripped of internal equipment there. By September 2001 had been sold to DRS at Carlisle and loco taken by road to Brush at Loughborough in February 2002, but later sold to EMR at Kingsbury for scrap in November 2005. The numbers “37258 and “D6958” have been pencilled on the back. Rectangular chromed brass 10¼” x 4½” in ex-loco condition front, the back cleaned. | £580 |
| 364 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 42701 as carried by the LMSR class 4 later class 5 2-6-0 loco № 13001 built at Horwich in July 1926 to Lot 20. Numbered 2701 from 1934 and renumbered 42701 by BR. A Newton Heath and finally Gorton loco withdrawn there in December 1964. Repainted front a long time ago, the back in ex-loco condition with the letter “C” embossed. The lot is accompanied by a photograph of the loco in service. | £500 |
| 365 | TOTEM: STUBBINS BR(M) fully flanged maroon with reasonable colour, although a little mottled and faded. Has received attention to edge chipping and rusting to bring it to a good standard. An ex-L&YR East Lancs station between Ramsbottom and Rawtenstall opened in January 1847, closed June 1972. A scarce totem, seldom seen at auction. | £360 |
| 366 | TYERS NO 6 BRASS SINGLE LINE TABLET: “BELLARENA – CASTLEROCK 26” from the ex-MR (NCC) line between Coleraine and Londonderry opened in July 1853. Very good, ex-section condition. | £340 |
| 367 | SHEDPLATE: 64C DALRY ROAD (1950 – October 1965). This former CR, LMS and BR(Sc) shed hosted around 40 locos in the 1950s but within 12 months of closure its allocation, although down to just 16, included the elusive “MURRAY OF ELIBANK.” Repainted front and back. A scarce example. | £100 |
| 368 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “NORTH BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE Company Ltd Glasgow № 26484 1950” as carried by 5ft 6 in gauge 2-8-2 for the Indian State Railways of class WG № 8370. Standard heavy freight post war design. Diamond shaped,13¾” x 5⅝”, face restored, the back in ex-loco condition. | £160 |
| 369 | NER ENAMEL DOORPLATE: “BOOKING AND PARCELS OFFICE.” 20⅜” x 5½” in cream with brown wording and inset border line, the ends in clover leaf shape. Manufactured by Chromo Wolverhampton. A little edge chipping, good otherwise. | £170 |
| 370 | TOTEM: PORTSMOUTH & SOUTHSEA BR(S) fully flanged green with deep colour and shine, a few touched-in edge chips only. An ex-LSWR & LB&SCR Joint Line station opened as Portsmouth Town in October 1876, renamed in 1925. | £500 |
| 371 | CARRIAGE PRINT: MAP OF THE EASTERN REGION (Great Eastern lines) showing the extent of the electrification in the early 1950s. The line to Shenfield is shown as electrified (1949) but not to Southend and Chelmsford (completed in 1956). Housed in an original style glazed wooden frame, the map has slight creases, but is in good condition nonetheless. | £95 |
| 372 | STATION HOTEL BRIDLINGTON 1½ PINT SILVERPLATE TEA POT manufactured by Walker & Hall. 4½” diameter base, tapering to 4”,diameter, 4½” high with lifting lid and ball finial atop, carrying handle and spout. The words “Bridlington Hotel” in garter surrounding the name “Bridlington” are clearly incised on the side. From the ex-NER station on the East Yorkshire coast. Some signs of wear, mostly good. | N/S |
| 373 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “GREAT CENTRAL Rly Builders Gorton Works 1913” as carried by the ex-GCR 1A class 4-6-0 loco № 4 “GLENALMOND” ex works in June 1913. Became LNER 5004 class B8 in July 1925 and then 1349 (first in class) in August 1946. Withdrawn in November 1947 from Darnall and cut up at Dukinfield. The number “1349” is stamped in the back. Oval, 9⅞” x 5¼” the face restored some time ago, the back in ex-loco condition. A rare survivor. | £900 |
| 374 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 63841 with curly topped “6” in ex-loco condition. An ex-ROD 2-8-0 loco number 1995 built by NBL Queens Park Works number 22053 in February 1919. The loco was on loan to the LNWR from December 1919 to August 1921 as LNW No 2949. In August 1921, it went to store at Queensferry, but in December 1923 was transferred to the LNER becoming 6302 in May 1924, class O4. It was renumbered 3841 in November 1946 becoming BR 63841 in February 1949 and rebuilt to class O4/8 in May 1956. A Staveley (GC) engine when It was withdrawn from service in March 1964 and scrapped by Wards of Beighton. | £380 |
| 375 | INDUSTRIAL LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: “GRANVILLE” as carried by the inside cylinder 0-6-0T built by Hunslet in 1952 works № 3771 and delivered to NCB Granville Colliery Oakengates as “GRANVILLE” № 5. Scrapped around December 1967. Cast brass 36” x 5⅛” repainted background in green, the lettering lightly polished only. Some wear and tear visible, VGC overall. | £750 |
| 376 | M&GNJR SIGNALBOX HANGING LAMP with adjustable brass burner and glass flute chimney. A wire hoop attached to the vessel supports a movable shade in white enamel and loops at the top for hanging to a hook located in the ceiling. The steel vessel at the base is brass labelled “Panswell Crossing.” 20” x 12” (shade diameter) in original condition. See also Lot 15. | £200 |
| 377 | WEBB & THOMPSON STEEL MINIATURE SINGLE LINE STAFF: “CLARA – FERBANE B” the section names engraved onto brass plates attached at one end. From the ex-Great Southern & Western Railway Banagher branch opened in May 1884, closed to passengers in January 1947. Ferbane signal box was still in use, but not as a token station in 1960. The line finally closed in January 1963. 10½” long with 1⅛” diameter brass rings around the central steel column. Good ex-section condition. | £50 |
| 378 | LNWR CAST IRON CRANE PLATE: “LNWR 2463.” Rectangular, 9¾” x 3¾” repainted front in black and white, the back original. | N/S |
| 379 | BR(NE) ENAMEL DOORPLATE: “TICKET OFFICE” in tangerine in VGC with excellent colour and shine, one or two minor edge chips only. 18” x 6”, flangeless. | £75 |
| 380 | TOTEM: EWELL EAST BR(S) fully flanged green in VGC with deep colour and shine, light edge rusting only. An ex-LB&SCR station between Cheam and Epsom originally named Ewell for Worcester Park when opened in May 1847, renamed by the SR in July 1923. | £250 |
| 381 | CARRIAGE PRINT: COLNE VALLEY VIADUCT CHAPPEL ESSEX by L R Squirrell from the LNER post-war series issued between 1945 - 1955. A view of the deserted A604 road and cottages overshadowed by this mighty structure carrying the Marks Tey – Cambridge line over the River Colne In VGC and housed in an original type glazed wooden frame. | £75 |
| 382 | CAST IRON WAGONPLATE: “LM&SR Co CARRIAGE DEPARTMENT Tare 11T, 12C, 0Q, 0L.” Rectangular, 13⅝” x 8⅞” painted brown, the back in ex-vehicle condition. Possibly from a small parcels van. | £280 |
| 383 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “WG BAGNALL Ltd Stafford England № 2890 1948” as carried by a 2’ 5½” gauge 0-4-0ST with outside cylinders named “HCB” which worked for the United Africa Company, Huileries Du Congo Belge. Oval, 12” x 7” unrestored. | £220 |
| 384 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 90309 as carried by Ministry of Supply 2-8-0 Austerity loco № 77445 built by North British Loco Co works № 25303 and introduced in February 1944. On loan to the SR from March 1944 until returned to the WD in December 1944. Loaned to the LNER until purchased by BR in December 1948 becoming 90309. The last few years were spent at Darlington until withdrawn in July 1967 from West Hartlepool and cut up by Drapers of Hull. Repainted front many years ago, the back in ex-loco condition with the legend “6’ 6” RAD” embossed. | £400 |
| 385 | SR ENAMEL TARGET STATION SIGN: HOLMWOOD. 30” x 13” in good condition with good colour and shine, but several face and edge chips have been well repaired. An ex-LB&SCR station between Dorking and Horsham opened in May 1867, still open today. A rare example seen only once previously at auction in September 1997. | £250 |
| 386 | BR BRASS CASED CARRIAGE WARNING APPARATUS GAUGE with measurement of pressure in lbs per square inch between 1 -150. Reputedly removed form the LNER A4 class 4-6-2 Pacific 60026 “MILES BEEVOR” when the loco stood at Motherwell awaiting scrap in 1966 having been cannibalised at Crewe to supply parts for the preservation of 60008 “DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER” which was subsequently shipped to the USA. Good ex-loco condition. | £300 |
| 387 | LNER CORONATION PATTERN SILVERPLATE 1 PINT COFFEE POT manufactured by Walker & Hall Sheffield. Oval design, the base 4¼” x 3⅜”, tapering to 3⅜” x 2½”, height 5¾” with lifting lid, carrying handle and spout. The stylised initials “LNER” are clearly incised on the side. Signs of use, but good generally. | £75 |
| 388 | ILLUMINATED SIGN: “ENQUIRIES” with BR totems at each end. Glass in maroon with white lettering. Unusually surround by a brass frame, reminiscent of LNER practice. Thought to have originated from the Manchester area. 60” x 7⅜” in good condition although the frame is fragile at one end. | £90 |
| 389 | WOODEN PRESENTATION TRAY with centrally mounted brass label engraved “Presented to Mr Tom J Downes by the N.E.R. Quay Staff and his Colleagues at Forth Station as a mark of esteem on his leaving Newcastle Quay Office December 1st 1910.” Both locations were freight facilities located in central Newcastle. Octagonal shape, 21” x 14” with brass and wooden carrying handles and a brass “fence” around the edges, on four ball feet. . | £300 |
| 390 | TOTEM: BARASSIE BR(Sc) fully flanged light blue in good condition with good colour if a little matt, one or two edge chips and some edge rusting only. An ex-G&SWR station between Irvine and Ayr opened in August 1839, still open today. | £400 |
| 391 | CARRIAGE PRINT: THE ENTRANCE TO EUSTON STATION LONDON by Claude Buckle from the LMR Railway Architecture Series (A) issued in 1952. A fine view of the famous Doric Arch and station front seen from Euston Road. The station, including the much lamented Doric arch, was demolished in 1963 to make way for the present structure opened in 1968. In VGC and in an original style glazed wooden frame. | £130 |
| 392 | TYER’S NO 6 BRASS SINGLE LINE TABLET: “MAXTON – ROXBURGH JCT 17” from the ex-NBR St Boswells – Kelso (Tweed Valley) line which closed in June 1964. Roxburgh Junction was the junction for the Jedburgh branch which closed in August 1948. The Maxton to Roxburgh Junction token section was introduced when Maxton signal box was opened in 1915. The token section ceased to exist in February 1932 when Maxton signal box was reduced to a gate box and the token section was extended to between Kelso Junction and Roxburgh Junction signal boxes. The Maxton to Roxburgh Junction token section came back into use on 3rd November 1942 when Maxton became a token station again, and finally ceased to exist in October 1964 when Roxburgh Junction signal box closed. The word “Maxton” is re-engraved, VGC ex-section condition otherwise. | £150 |
| 393 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “WG BAGNALL ENGINEERS Stafford England № 2294” as carried by the LMS class 3 later 3F 0-6-0T loco № 16541 built by Bagnall in 1926 to Lot 37. Renumbered 7458 in 1934 and became BR 47458 in October 1948. A Burton-on-Trent engine until withdrawn July/August 1963 from Patricroft and cut up at Horwich works. Oval, 6⅜ “ x 4⅛” the front restored, the back cleaned. | £720 |
| 394 | CZECHOSLOVAK STATE RAILWAYS [CSD] ENAMEL SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 320.033 in red with white numbers and edging from standard gauge 2-6-0T of class 320, built by Bohmisch-Marische as their № 227 in 1907. Originally Austrian State railways class 99 for branch lines. 21½” x 8” some edge chipping and rusting with a little loss at the bottom right hand corner, the back in ex-loco condition. | £50 |
| 395 | TOTEM: MOORTHORPE BR(NE) fully flanged tangerine in virtually mint condition with deep colour and shine and black surround, a few minor edge chips only. An ex-Swinton & Knottingley Joint station between Bolton-on-Dearne and Pontefract Baghill opened July 1879. | £1200 |
| 396 | GWR CAST IRON CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 2276 as carried by the GWR 2251 class 0-6-0 loco built at Swindon in September 1934 to Lot 283. An Old Oak Common, then Shrewsbury and finally Machynlleth loco withdrawn in September 1962 and cut up by John Cashmore, Great Bridge Completely ex-loco condition front and back, the orange lining and cream coloured numbers and edging just showing through the grime. | £620 |
| 397 | LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY SILVERPLATE MUSTARD POT manufactured by Elkington. 2⅞” diameter, 3½” high with lifting lid and carrying handle and complete with blue glass insert, but no spoon. Floral design engraved all around base and lid. The initials “L&NWR Co” within garter surrounding the “Britannia” motif incised on the lid. A little worn, good otherwise. | £90 |
| 398 | ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING: “PATRIOT 4-6-0 ON BIRMINGHAM – BRISTOL MAIN LINE NEAR YATE” by George Heiron. The scene is of the loco in early BR green livery hauling a rake of standard BR coaches in “blood and custard” livery through the rolling countryside. A well-balanced, highly detailed work. 28½” x 23½” (frame size) and in VGC. | £550 |
| 399 | BR(E) ENAMEL DOORPLATE: “WAITING ROOM” in dark blue in VGC with excellent colour and shine, one or two minor edge chips only. 18” x 6”, flangeless. | £50 |
| 400 | LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: “VINDICTIVE” engraved with wax in-fill as carried by the LNWR 4-6-0 “Claughton” class loco № 13 built at Crewe works № 5541 in July 1920 and named in July 1922. Renumbered 2430 in October 1922 and became LMS 5999 in March 1927. Reboilered in April 1928. The nameplates were removed in August 1936 and the loco withdrawn in June 1937. 72” long with scalloped corners, 4¼” at the widest part. In keeping with all LNWR plates the company name as well as the date and place of construction are engraved and in-filled with wax also. The plate was bought for 10/- (including carriage) from Crewe Works in 1935 by an enthusiast in Scotland. It appears that to make it easier for conveyance the sender folded the plate in half. Of course, when it was received an attempt to straighten it actually broke it. It has remained thus for all those years and only recently has it been repaired. This has been effected by professionally riveting a brass plate to join the two parts together, but this has resulted in the affected area becoming bright. Otherwise, the plate is in ex-loco condition front and back. It has been attached to a temporary backboard to prevent any further damage by flexing. | £9600 |
| 401 | BR(NE) ENAMEL STATION SIGN: “TICKETS AND WAITING ROOMS” in tangerine with black edged white lettering. Good colour and shine. 27” x 18”, a couple of touched-in face and edge chips to VGC. | £170 |
| 402 | MIDLAND & GREAT NORTHERN JOINT RAILWAY CAST IRON NOTICE: “MID & G.N. JOINT RAILWAY – Notice – Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted.” This is the smaller GNR version (TPMG202), 18” x 12¼” in ex-lineside condition front and back. | £180 |
| 403 | ALUMINIUM LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “BRITISH RAILWAYS DERBY BUILT 1962 Power Equipment by Brush Electrical Engineering Company Ltd and Sulzer from a BR 1Co-Co1 2500HP diesel-electric type 4 loco from the series D151 – D193 which were built in that year. They later became 46014 – 46056 (class 46). Rectangular, 13” x 6½” repainted to VGC front and back. | £350 |
| 404 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 48508 as carried by the LMS Stanier class 8F 2-8-0 loco № 8508 built at Darlington in October 1944, works № 1943 to Lot 162. On loan to the LNER from new until July 1947 when the loco went to the LMS. Became 48508 at Nationalisation. A Canklow and finally Staveley (Barrow Hill) engine withdrawn from there in January 1964 and cut up at Wards, Killamarsh. Repainted black on the front many years ago, the back in ex-loco condition. | £300 |
| 405 | TOTEM: CHEPSTOW BR(W) half-flanged chocolate and cream in good condition with deep colour and shine. Has benefited from some professional restoration to a crease repair and one or two edge chips and rusting. An ex-GWR station between Gloucester and Newport opened in June 1850, still open today. | £450 |
| 406 | SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS/SAS BI-LINGUAL BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 2372 GF from 3ft 6 in gauge 4-6-2+2-6-4 Garratt of class GF, built Hanomag 10514 of 1927, for branch line and secondary duties. Oval, 20½” x 14⅜” completely without paint and brasswork untouched, the back in ex-loco condition. | £350 |
| 407 | LNER CAST IRON SEATBACK: GOODMAYES. 32” x 4½” with curved ends from the ex-GER station between Ilford and Romford on the Liverpool Street – Norwich line, opened in February 1901, still open today. In VGC, the face repainted in white lettering on a black background, the back original. | £250 |
| 408 | BRASS SINGLE LINE KEY TOKEN: “GARVE – ACHNASHEEN 2” the section names engraved in green around a triangular cut out on a club shaped end. This token section came into existence when Achanalt block post was closed in March 1966 and the token section was extended to between Garve and Achnasheen. Electric token working was replaced by radio electric token block controlled from Dingwall in October 1984. The token instruments were housed in the station buildings. Good ex-section condition. | £240 |
| 409 | LNER CAST IRON DOORPLATE: “GOODS OFFICE” on two lines. 14¾” x 4¾” with rounded ends. Repainted front in black and white, the back original. | £150 |
| 410 | TOTEM: CANTERBURY EAST BR(S) fully flanged green in VGC with deep colour and shine. One or two touched-in edge chips only. An ex-LC&DR station opened in July 1860, renamed in July 1899 when it became necessary to differentiate between the East and West stations, which were then to be managed by the same organisation. The station is still open today served by London Victoria – Dover trains. A scarce totem infrequently seen at auction. | £320 |
| 411 | CARRIAGE PRINT: BEN NEVIS NEAR CORPACH INVERNESS-SHIRE by F Donald Blake from the Scottish Region series issued in 1956. An evocative painting of the mountain from near the level crossing with signalbox in the foreground. Evidently the artist painted this from a postcard as the mountain was hidden by clouds at the time of his visit! In VGC and in an original style glazed wooden frame. | £220 |
| 412 | MIDLAND & GREAT NORTHERN JOINT RAILWAY CAST IRON WAGON LOADING GAUGE PLATE. Measuring 6½” x 17” with hooks onto which a rope was tied to adjust the height of the wagon loading gauge to that of the railway the wagon was being despatched to. This was to ensure that wagons did not foul the gauge due to overloading. The lowest gauge was the Metropolitan at 12ft 8ins and the highest shared between GNR, MR M&GN and N&S at 13ft 9ins. Repainted front and back a long time ago, with a little loss at the top around one of the bolt holes. A rare item nevertheless. | £200 |
| 413 | CAST IRON TENDERPLATE “LNER 8144 STRATFORD 1916” as carried by the tender attached to GER T77 class 0-6-0 loco № 144 built at Stratford in October 1916. The loco was renumbered 1144E and reclassified J19 by the LNER in October 1923 and renumbered 8144 in September 1924. Rebuilt to class J19/2 June 1937 and renumbered 4654 in August 1946. Became BR 64654 in March 1949. Withdrawn in January 1960 from Cambridge. Rectangular, 10⅛” x 6” restored to VGC front, the back painted in primer. | £100 |
| 414 | GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY ORIGINAL TRANSFER showing the company coat of arms with the legend “Forward” in scroll below. Professionally mounted on green painted wooden board. 15” x 18” in VGC. The company was renamed from the Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway in August 1897. Grouped into the LNER in 1923. | £60 |
| 415 | BR(S) STREET DIRECTION SIGN: “BRITISH RAILWAYS (in totem) EARLSWOOD STATION” double sided, one piece, in green with good colour and shine, white lettering and two-flight arrow on each side. An ex-LB&SCR Brighton Line station to the north of Gatwick Airport opened in August 1868 and still open today. Flangeless, 28½” x 13” still mounted to the original fixing brackets and in excellent condition. | £420 |
| 416 | LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY three-aspect sliding knob GER pattern HANDLAMP the reducing cone stamped “LNE-E Beccles Bridge 7.” Hinged reducing cone reveals complete innards with reservoir stamped LNE-E and labelled “Kerosene.” Red and green interior glasses present and intact. Bevel-edged front lens with brass rim. From a signalbox close to Beccles on the ex-GER East Suffolk Ipswich – Lowestoft line. Restored to VGC some time ago. | £320 |
| 417 | SHEDPLATE: 6E WREXHAM (RHOSDDU) (1950 – February 1958, later 84K) CHESTER (WR) (February 1958 – April 1960) OSWESTRY (September 1963 – January 1965). .Another take you pick scenario here. The largest of these sheds when carrying this code was Chester. By the time Oswestry acquired this code it had 4 “Manors” and around 20 other locos. Repainted front, the back ex-loco. | £70 |
| 418 | ALUMINIUM SINGLE LINE HOOP complete with key token locked in position for the section Common Branch Jc - Tonteg. The token section came into existence in the early 1960s when Llantwit Fadre signal box was closed and the token section was extended. By May 1965 token working had been dispensed with and the remaining section of the line to Cwm Llantwit Colliery was under the control of the signalman at Cowbridge Road Crossing. The hoop is an example of the larger variety, unmarked, 12½” diameter, length 34”. An ex-Taff Vale Railway section closed to passengers in March 1952. Good, ex-section condition. | £85 |
| 419 | BR(S) ENAMEL DOORPLATE: “GENTLEMEN” green and in virtually mint condition with excellent colour and shine, no chipping evident. 18” x 3½” fully flanged. | £280 |
| 420 | TOTEM: DAGENHAM EAST BR(E) dark blue, half flanged, in good condition with deep colour and shine, but with some edge chipping extending into the white and edge rusting. An ex-LT&SR line station opened in May 1855. Now an LUL District Line station on the way to Upminster in Essex. | £400 |
| 421 | ENAMEL SIGN: “EAST COAST ROUTE Between Scotland & England Via Berwick and York.” 27½” x 11” lettering in red with light blue shading on a cream background. Unfortunately, it has suffered from several large chips. Originally framed and probably a poster board heading. Recovered from Aberdeen Joint station many years ago. A sign that has seen better days, but included because it is so unusual. | £90 |
| 422 | GWR HOTELS SILVERPLATE MILK JUG manufactured by JH Potter. 2¾” diameter base tapering to 2¼” diameter, plus handle and pouring spout.. The initials “GWR” in roundel with the word “Hotels” in scroll below are clearly incised on the side. VGC. | £120 |
| 423 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “NORTH BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE Coy Ltd Glasgow Queens Park Works № 24041 1930” as carried by the GWR 5700 class 0-6-0PT № 7753 ex works December 1930 Lot 274. A long-time Tondu allocation withdrawn there in April 1962 and cut up by Central Wagon Co, Ince. Diamond shaped,15” x 6¼”, in ex-loco condition front and back. | £300 |
| 424 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 44730 as carried by (LMS) class 5 4-6-0 loco № 4730 built at Crewe in 1949. Became BR 44730. A long-time Blackpool Central loco until transferred to Warrington from where it was withdrawn in November 1967 and cut up by John Cashmore, Great Bridge. Repainted front and back, the front in red with white numbers. | £420 |
| 425 | INDUSTRIAL LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: “ELIZABETH.” There were at least 10 locos that carried this name. The most likely candidates for this example are (all diesels): FH 3958 of 1961 (Williamson’s Limeworks Kirkby Stephen); RH 421436 of 1961 (Thomson & Son, Stockton); RH 466630 of 1962 (Roe Bros Sheffield). Cast chromed brass, 17½” x 5”, the black background repainted, good ex-loco condition otherwise. | N/S |
| 426 | MIDLAND & GREAT NORTHERN JOINT RAILWAY. A pair of copper topped STATION LAMPS with three glazed sides one of which opens. One of the lamps bears the etched glass tablet “Wryde” in the window, the other has plain glass, but a spare “Wryde” tablet is enclosed within. The second lamp has some glass missing. 10” x 7” base increasing to a 14” x 12” domed roof, finished by a chimney atop. No innards. From an ex-M&GNJR station between Peterborough – Wisbech opened in August 1866, closed December 1957. The lamps are both in ex-station green and in need of some restoration. | £220 |
| 427 | SHEDPLATE: 2E WARWICK (Until July 1950) NORTHAMPTON (March 1952 – September 1963, previously 4B, later 1H) SALTLEY (September 1963 – March 1967, previously 21A). The most likely shed to carry this later pattern is Saltley, with an allocation of 50 ex LMS and BR standard locos. Ex-loco condition front and back. | £130 |
| 428 | LMSR. A small BRASS OPERATING HANDLE from an ex-LMSR 350HP diesel-electric shunting loco originally numbered 7128 when built at Derby in October 1947. Renumbered 12041 by BR and withdrawn in October 1968. The number “12041” is clearly stamped on the underside of the handle. An unusual item in VGC. | N/S |
| 429 | THE WIRRAL RAILWAY framed and glazed ADVERTISING DISPLAY: “HOLIDAYS ON THE WIRRAL PENINSULAR” with photograph vignettes of “The Hydro and Promenade”, “The Shore Close to The Hydro”, “View of River and Welsh Mountains”, “Caldy Village” and “The New Hydro Hotel West Kirby Cheshire.” Landscape format, 41” x 26” in good condition despite a little foxing. The Wirral Railway opened in January 1888 running from Birkenhead – West Kirby. The company was grouped into the LMS in January 1923. | N/S |
| 430 | TOTEM: CAMELON BR(Sc) fully flanged light blue in good condition with good colour if a little matt, one or two edge chips only, but some rusting at the top has caused a small section to be missing. An ex-NBR station between Falkirk Grahamston and Larbert opened in October 1844, closed September 1967, but since reopened. The station was named Falkirk Camelon for a long time. | £320 |
| 431 | BR INTER-CITY. An attractive stainless steel “Swallow” motif as fitted to HST Power Cars from the late 1980s as they went through works for overhaul, re-livery and re-branding. Removed mid-1990s when they were re-branded into the various new identities connected with Privatisation. 31” x 35” in ex-loco condition. | £130 |
| 432 | LMS SILVERPLATE TOAST RACK manufactured by Walker & Hall Sheffield. Provision for six slices of toast , 6¾” x 3” base, 6” tall to top of hoop carrying handle. The company coat of arms with the wording London Midland & Scottish Railway Company in garter around it is clearly incised in the base. VGC. | £55 |
| 433 | LNER 9” x 5” BRASS TENDERPLATE: “LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY 1242 Darlington Works 1909” as carried by the tender to NER R1 class 4-4-0 № 1242. The loco retained the number 1242 under LNER ownership but was reclassified D21. The loco tender top and back were holed by an unexploded bomb in WW2. Withdrawn in January 1946 from Neville Hill and cut up at Darlington. Ex-loco condition front and back with a piece missing from the bottom edge taking out the “w” in “works” from the bomb damage described above. | £100 |
| 434 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 0.587 from standard gauge 2-8-0 of Hellenic [Greece] State Railways of class “Th, g” number 587. Built as USA Transportation Corps № 3395 of type “S160”, for wartime service by Baldwin, construction number 70352 of 1944. Painted in cream on a brown background. 25” x 8½” in ex loco condition, two supporting brackets cut off at the base. | £50 |
| 435 | BR(M) ENAMEL SIGNALBOX BOARD: “SILECROFT” in maroon with white letters. 48” x 8” in VGC with deep colour and shine, one or two edge chips only. Silecroft signal box on the Barrow-in-Furness – Whitehaven line is a FR Type 4 design and opened in 1923 fitted with a 35 lever frame. It is still in use by Network Rail although the frame has now been reduced to 15 levers. | £420 |
| 436 | GWR CAST IRON CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 9645 as carried by the GWR 8750 class 0-6-0PT loco built at Swindon in April 1946 to Lot 355. From December 1960 the loco was allocated to Fishguard Goodwick from where withdrawn in October 1963 and cut up at Swindon Works. Repainted front with bare numbers and edging, the back in ex-loco condition. | £480 |
| 437 | NER/LNER LAMP GLASS TABLET: AIRMYN-RAWCLIFFE. 12” x 3” and shaped to fit inside a lamp case in opaque white with blue embossed lettering. From the ex-NER station between Selby and Goole, opened in May 1912, closed June 1964. VGC. | £50 |
| 438 | WEBB & THOMPSON MINIATURE TRAIN STAFF for the section Sandy LNE Junc. – Blunham “C” and “14” from the ex-LNWR Bedford – Cambridge line. The token section came into existence in September 1940 when Sandy LNE signal box was opened between Blunham and Sandy № 1 signal boxes to control the LMSR end of the emergency wartime connection to the ECML. The token section ceased to exist when Sandy West signal box (Sandy LNE Junction had been renamed Sandy West) closed between 1960 and 1964. Steel with the section names engraved on a brass plate attached to one end, 9½” long, the rings 1⅛ diameter in good ex-section condition. | £180 |
| 439 | BRASS OFFICE NOTICE: “BRITISH RAILWAYS – Zetland House – Traffic Manager Tees-Side, etc.” The lettering is engraved and filled in with white enamel. The office was later employed by the Divisional Manger Middlesbrough from 1963 – 1976. 20” x 28½” in original condition. | £110 |
| 440 | TOTEM: PADGATE BR(M) fully flanged maroon in VGC with good colour and shine, minor edge chipping and rusting only. An ex-Cheshire Lines Committee station between Manchester and Warrington opened September 1873. | £320 |
| 441 | LMS CARRIAGE PRINT: ST HUGHES COLLEGE OXFORD. A black and white photographic view of the college taken in the 1930s. Not a common example. In good condition mounted in an original style glazed wooden frame. | N/S |
| 442 | PRESENTATION SILVERPLATE 2 PINT COFFEE POT manufactured by Walker & Hall: “Presented to J.H. Cooper as a token of esteem by the officials of R. Stephenson & Co Ltd Hebburn-on-Tyne October 1908.” Oval shape 5½” x 4¼” base, tapering to 4” x 4”, height 8¼” with lifting lid and finial atop, carrying handle and spout. Well decorated with leaves and flowers. VGC. | £75 |
| 443 | WORKSPLATE: “BB&CIR Co 1929 Makers Ajmer.” As carried by the Bombay Baroda & Central India Railway G2 class metre gauge 4-6-0 locomotive, probably one of the numbers 200, 201, 280, 281, 287, 298, 300, 308, 311, 312, 341, 344, 350 or 352. Oval, cast iron 6¾” x 4½” face restored only. | N/S |
| 444 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 3608 as carried by the GWR 8750 class 0-6-0PT loco built at Swindon in February 1939 to Lot 314. Its final years were spent at Oxford, Slough, Old Oak Common and finally Southall. Withdrawn in June 1965 and cut up by TW Ward, Briton Ferry. In ex-loco condition front and back although the numbers have been repainted. | £320 |
| 445 | BR(M) STATION ENTRANCE ENAMEL BOARD: “BRITISH RAILWAYS (in totem) MILNTHORPE STATION” in maroon with white lettering, good colour and shine, some face chipping. From an ex-LNWR station between Carnforth and Oxenholme opened by the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway in September 1846, closed July 1968. 72” x 30” fully flanged and in very reasonable ex-station condition. See also Lot 483. | £50 |
| 446 | GWR ENAMEL TRESPASS NOTICE. Fourteen lines of text in white lettering on a dark blue background. Deep colour and shine, 30¼” x 22” with the usual edge chipping and one larger chip not affecting text, in original condition generally, but a ½” border has been painted in dark brown. | £130 |
| 447 | SHEDPLATE: 52J BOROUGH GARDENS (October 1958 – June 1959, previously 54C) SOUTH GOSFORTH (January 1964 – May 1973, later GF). 44 steam locos were allocated to Borough Gardens shed, situated in Gateshead. The code was later reused at the DMU depot where the majority of power cars and trailers carried the code. Repainted front and back. | £80 |
| 448 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. A large Webb & Thompson Electric TRAIN STAFF with the section names “Felin Fach – Lampeter” embossed and engraved respectively on brass plates affixed to one end. From the Lampeter – Aberayron branch opened in May 1911, closed May 1951. 26” long, the brass rings around the central steel column are approx 2¼” diameter, a key at one end operated a Ground Frame on the route. Good, ex-section condition. | £480 |
| 449 | BR(M) ENAMEL DOORPLATE: “ISOLATION TELEPHONE” fully flanged in maroon in VGC with good colour and shine, one or two minor edge chips only. A scarce 18” x 6” doorplate installed when the Crewe – Manchester and Liverpool lines were electrified in the late 1950s. | £45 |
| 450 | LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: EGGBOROUGH POWER STATION (on two lines) as carried by the BR Co-Co 3250HP diesel-electric class 56 loco № 56030 built by Electroputere in Romania (for Brush Traction) works № 779 in 1976. The last loco built in Romania for BR. The loco was named at the power station in September 1989 by Maureen Kempsey, wife of the chief executive of National Power, Thermal Division. The nameplates were removed in April 1993 and loco was scrapped. The nameplates were fitted to 56094 almost immediately at Toton without ceremony. 56094 was built at Doncaster and entered service in August 1981. The nameplates were removed in March 2004 at Knottingley and after preparation at Bristol Barton Hill was sent to France on hire in July 2005, now back in UK stored at Wembley Yard. Cast aluminium 51½” x 17½” in VGC, background repainted in black, lettering lightly polished, the back in ex-loco condition with the number “56094” chalked on. | £1200 |
| 451 | GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY three-aspect HANDLAMP the body bearing a large brass plate “GCR 10723 Altrincham.” Innards complete and interior glasses including clear are present and intact. Brass rimmed bullseye front lens is cracked and in need of replacement. Altrincham was the terminus of the MSJ&AR line from Manchester, also the joint station for the Cheshire Lines Committee and hence the association with the GCR. Very rusty external condition and will benefit from restoration. | £140 |
| 452 | GREAT SOUTHERN & WESTERN RAILWAY CAST IRON NOTICE: “GS&WR NOTICE Any Person Leaving This Gate Open is Liable to a Penalty of Forty Shillings.” 10¾” x 11¼” the front restored to VGC in black and white, the back original. | £80 |
| 453 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “YORKSHIRE ENGINE Co Limited Meadow-Hall Works Sheffield № 2260 1930” as carried by the GWR 5700 class 0-6-0PT № 6736 ex works July 1930 built to Lot 265. A Swansea (Victoria) engine, ending its days at Swindon. Withdrawn in February 1959 and cut up by J.O. Williams & Co, Barry. Oval, 11” x 6” the front cleaned and lightly polished, the back in ex-loco condition. | £160 |
| 454 | LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY steel cased ARM & LAMP REPEATER. A small plate bears the inscription “JAA990.” Tombstone shape, 5” x 4” and 9⅞” high in good condition. | £120 |
| 455 | LONDON TRANSPORT FRIEZE ENAMEL: TRAFALGAR SQUARE in white with black lettering and brown edging signifying that it was a “Bakerloo” line station. The station was renamed Charing Cross in September 1976 when the interchange facilities were improved between the stations. 67” x 9” in VGC with good colour and shine. | £160 |
| 456 | M&GNJR SIGNALBOX HANGING LAMP with adjustable brass burner and glass flute chimney. A wire hoop attached to the vessel supports a movable shade in white enamel and loops at the top for hanging to a hook located in the ceiling. The steel vessel at the base is brass labelled “Twenty.” This was a signalbox located between Bourne and Spalding . The line closed in March 1959. 20” x 12” (shade diameter) in original condition. | £180 |
| 457 | SHEDPLATE: 60A INVERNESS (1950 – June 1962). This former HR, LMS and BR(Sc) shed maintained over 50 locos in late1959, but by June 1962 it had become the main diesel depot for the north of Scotland. Many of its Type 2 diesels (Class 24s) carried the code well into the 1970s. Front and back in ex-loco condition. | £90 |
| 458 | CAST IRON WAGONPLATE: “THE BRISTOL & SOUTH WALES RAILWAY WAGON Co Ltd Owners 68047.” A rectangular plate with half oval at top 9½” x 4⅜” a sliver of rim missing in the bottom right hand corner. An old plate probably dating from the 1860s, very rusty and in need of restoration. Rare. | £65 |
| 459 | LNER CAST IRON DOORPLATE: “PARCELS & LUGGAGE” on two lines. 14½” x 4¾” with rounded ends. Repainted front in black and white, the back original. | £310 |
| 460 | TOTEM: SYDENHAM HILL BR(S) fully-flanged green in excellent condition with deep colour and shine. No face chips, minor edge rusting only to the black coloured flange. An ex-LC&DR South East London area station, opened in August 1863. | £360 |
| 461 | GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY ENAMEL SIGN: “NOTICE – No Heavy Motor Lorry or Traction Engine of a Greater Weight Than 5 Tons Must Be Allowed Nearer The Edge of Any Dock or Platform Wall Than 4 Feet” in royal blue with white lettering, good colour and shine. Repairs to chips in screw hole areas and to one major chip affecting six letters. Recovered from Reepham an ex-GER station between Aylsham and County School opened in May 1881, closed to regular passenger services in September 1952. VGC overall. | £130 |
| 462 | GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY SILVERPLATE TOAST RACK manufactured by Walker & Hall. Provision for four slices of toast, 4⅛” x 3” at base, 5¾” to top of the hoop carrying handle. The company coat of arms and the wording “Great Central Railway” and “Dining Car” above and below are clearly visible on the base in two places. VGC. | £40 |
| 463 | MIDLAND & GREAT NORTHERN JOINT RAILWAY BOUNDARY MARKER made in the Midland Railway style by pressing out a rail end with the initials “M&GN.” 49” long, the top part bearing the initials is 10” in diameter. Completely ex-trackside condition with plenty of flaking paint. | £120 |
| 464 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 30128 as carried by the ex-LSWR M7 class 0-4-4T loco № 128 built at Nine Elms in November 1911 to Order X14. Became SR E128, later 128 and BR 30128. Withdrawn in January 1961 from Bournemouth. Repainted in black to the front, ex-loco condition back with BR(S) triangle clearly visible. | £625 |
| 465 | BR ENAMEL STREET DIRECTION SIGN: “BRITISH RAIL (with double-arrow) TYNESIDE CENTRAL FREIGHT DEPOT” in white with black lettering and left pointing arrow. This depot was established at Gateshead in the mid-1960s to concentrate all BR Railfreight collection and delivery services in the Newcastle area. The depot was never used to full capacity and ceased operation when BR withdrew its “Speedlink” wagonload services in the early 1990s. Fully flanged, 25” x 13” in excellent condition. Although it is a modern “corporate identity” sign it has been included because it is made to the same specifications as earlier BR enamels. Only a year or so earlier and this would have been in tangerine! | £140 |
| 466 | ALUMINIUM CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: “MAV J 424.051” (letters and numbers embossed also with the coat of arms) from the standard gauge Hungarian State railways [MAV] 4-8-0 loco of class 424 built by the Budapest Works as their 5227 of 1941. 20¾” x 10¼” in ex-loco condition front and back. | £180 |
| 467 | SHEDPLATE: 41C SHEFFIELD MILLHOUSES (February 1958 – December 1961, previously 19B) WATH (November 1963 – May 1973, later WH). Millhouses shed, (MR, LMS and BR(M) was transferred to BR(E) in 1958, when its small allocation numbered no fewer than 14 “Jubilees.” The diesel and electric maintenance depot at Wath then adopted the code, and several of its Type 2s (Class 31s) carried the code. Repainted front, ex-loco back. | £110 |
| 468 | TYER’S NO 6 FIBRE SINGLE LINE TABLET: “NUNTHORPE – BATTERSBY 13” from the ex-NER Middlesbrough – Whitby line opened in February 1854. The token section came into being when Nunthorpe East signal box was closed in the late 1960s. Electric token working was replaced by No Signalman token working when Battersby Junction box closed in August 1989. Good, ex-section condition with a little of the paint missing from the engraved lettering. | £70 |
| 469 | ORIGINAL OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING by David Weston, untitled, but “Twilight of Steam” would appear to be appropriate. The scene is lines of GWR locos lined up ready for scrapping in the setting sun much reminiscent of the South Wales scrapyards in the 1960s. 19” x 15” (frame size) and in VGC. | £1100 |
| 470 | TOTEM: FOXFIELD BR(M) fully flanged maroon in excellent condition with deep colour and shine. An ex-Furness Railway station between Barrow and Whitehaven opened in October 1848, still open today. | £400 |
| 471 | LMS CARRIAGE PRINT: HOWTH CASTLE DUBLIN. A black and white photographic view of the castle taken in the 1930s. Not a common example. In good condition mounted in a commercially produced glazed wooden frame. | £50 |
| 472 | LMS SILVERPLATE WINE BOTTLE HOLDER manufactured by Walker & Hall Sheffield. 4¼” diameter base with three ball feet. 3½” tall with three ball-topped supports. The company coat of arms with the wording London Midland & Scottish Railway Company in garter around it is clearly incised atop the base. VGC. | £50 |
| 473 | ALUMINIUM WORKSPLATE: “PRVNI CESKO-MORAVSKA Tavorna Na Stroje V: Praze № 856 1920 from the standard gauge Czech State Railways [CSD] 2-8-0 loco of class 434 number 76. A two cylinder compound to an Austrian design originally class 270 number 76. Rectangular, curved, 16¾” x 8” in ex-loco condition front and back. | £110 |
| 474 | EAST GERMAN RAILWAYS SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 052 694-7 as carried by standard gauge 2-10-0 of class 52 “Kriegslok” design built in very large numbers during the second world war. Renumbered by East German Deutsche Reichsbahn and original identity not traced. Steel plate in black with numbers painted on. 31” x 8” in ex-loco condition. | £50 |
| 475 | INDUSTRIAL LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: “LONDON.” It is thought this nameplate is from the 1ft 6ins gauge 0-4-0ST outside cylinder loco built by Hudswell Clarke works № 1144 (ex works May 1915) that spent all its life at the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich. Unfortunately, no photographic evidence has become available to confirm this. Proof of this loco at Woolwich would be most welcome. Cast brass, 17½” x 7” the front background repainted black some time ago, brasswork lightly polished, plenty of knocks and scrapes. The back retains the original chrome. | £300 |
| 476 | LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY three-aspect HANDLAMP the body stamped “LNWR” (twice) and “Lancaster Engineering A30757.” Innards complete, the reservoir stamped “L&NW Carr Wolv HL” red and green interior glasses present and intact. Bevel-edged front lens with brass rim and copper lens reducing cone. Good unrestored condition. | £300 |
| 477 | NER/LNER LAMP GLASS TABLET: DRAX. 12¼” x 3” and shaped to fit inside a lamp case in opaque white with blue lettering. From the ex-NER station between Selby and Goole, opened in May 1912, closed June 1964. VGC. | £48 |
| 478 | TYER’S NO 6 FIBRE SINGLE LINE TABLET: “TURVEY – OLNEY 20” from the ex-MR section opened in June 1872, closed to passengers March 1962. Electric tablet working was introduced briefly between June and September 1913. It was reintroduced in February 1915 and remained in use until the line between Oakley Junction and Piddington closed completely in January 1964. Good, ex-section condition. | N/S |
| 479 | SAXBY & FARMER (London & Chippenham) CAST-IRON SIGNAL FINIAL of the type used extensively on the LSWR and GCR amongst other pre-Grouping railways. The date “2-10” appears on one of the arms. 6” diameter round base, 24” high open cruciform type. Repainted to VGC. | £95 |
| 480 | TOTEM: HAVANT BR(S) fully flanged green with deep colour and shine, but with a couple of small face chips in the upper panel, and a little edge chipping. An ex-LB&SCR station between Fareham and Chichester opened in March 1847. | £410 |
| 481 | CARRIAGE PRINT: ALNMOUTH NORTHUMBERLAND by S.R. Badmin from the LNER Post War series issued around 1947. A view of the Aln viaduct at Lesbury town and the attractive estuary beyond. In an original style glazed wooden frame and in VGC. | £85 |
| 482 | LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY SILVERPLATE MILK JUG manufactured by William Hutton & Sons. 3” diameter base tapering to 2½” diameter, plus handle and pouring spout.. The L&YR coat of arms are clearly incised on the side. VGC. | £80 |
| 483 | BR(M) ENAMEL RUNNING IN BOARD: “MILNTHORPE” in maroon with white lettering, good colour and shine, but with some face chipping and rusting. From an ex-LNWR station opened by the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway in September 1846, closed July 1968. Made in two parts 71” x 24” and 50” x 24” fully flanged and in very reasonable ex-station condition. (2) See also Lot 445. | N/S |
| 484 | SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 63404 as carried by the ex-NER T2 class 0-8-0 loco № 2247 built at Darlington in June 1919. The number was retained by the LNER at Grouping, but was later reclassified class Q6 and renumbered 3404 in August 1946. Became BR E3404 in February 1948 and 63404 in May 1950. A Consett loco before transfer to Sunderland from where it was withdrawn in May 1965 and cut up by M. Baum of Middlesbrough. Repainted front with a weld repair between the “3” and “4” hardly noticeable from the front. The back is in ex-loco condition with the legend “6’ 6” RAD” embossed, but painted where the weld is evident. | £300 |
| 485 | BRASS NAMEPLATE: “SOUTH DURHAM STEEL AND IRON Co Ltd “MAJOR” as carried by a steam shovel belonging to the company. Rectangular with rounded corners 16” x 12¼” in original condition. Has the appearance of having been produced locally. | £100 |
| 486 | SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS/SAS BI-LINGUAL ALUMINIUM CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 3236 23 from 3ft 6in gauge 4-8-2 built Henschel as 24190 in 1939. Passenger derivative of 15F with bigger 12w tender and withdrawn by 1980s due to frame maintenance problems. Oval, 20½” x 14⅜” front repainted in light and dark blue, numbers and lettering polished, the back has been cleaned, but bears evidence of having been carried by the loco. | £450 |
| 487 | SHEDPLATE: 51A DARLINGTON (1950 – March 1966). This major NER, LNER and BR(NE) shed had an allocation of well over 100 locos. It is perhaps best remembered for its allocation of A3s seen on main line standby duty including “Lemberg”, “St. Frusquin”, “Columbo” etc! Repainted front and back. | £70 |
| 488 | GREAT SOUTHERN & WESTERN RAILWAY. A large Webb & Thompson Electric TRAIN STAFF with the section names “Banteer - Kanturk” embossed on brass plates affixed to one end. From the Banteer – Newmarket branch opened in April 1889, closed to passengers in January 1947, entirely in February 1963. 23” long, the brass rings around the central steel column are approx 2¼” diameter. Good, ex-section condition. | N/S |
| 489 | BR(M) ENAMEL DOORPLATE: “LADIES” maroon and in VGC with good colour and shine, a little edge chipping only. 18” x 3½” fully flanged. | £80 |
| 490 | TOTEM: NEWPORT-ON-TAY WEST BR(Sc) fully flanged light blue in VGC with good colour and shine, one or two painted-in edge chips and rusting only. An ex-NBR station on the Leuchars Junction – Wormit branch originally known as West Newport when opened in May 1879, renamed in June 1887, closed May 1969. A scarce totem, not often seen at auction. | £600 |
| 491 | ENAMEL POSTER BOARD HEADING: “LYTHAM TRAMS” in dark blue with white lettering manufactured by “Chromo” Wolverhampton. 25” x 7” with good colour and shine although quite a number of small chips around the screw holes and edges. The tramway opened in July 1896 and through working onto the Blackpool Corporation system commenced in July 1905. Sadly the Lytham section succumbed to bus competition and closed in April 1937. The highly popular Blackpool section is still open today. | £70 |
| 492 | LNER THREE-TIER SILVERPLATE CAKE STAND manufactured by Mappin & Webb. Four feet supporting a series of three rings, onto which plates of cakes were placed, attached to an arc which acts as the carrying handle. 12” x 15” overall. The initials “LNER” in script clearly incised at the top. VGC. | £120 |
| 493 | LNER BRASS 9” x 5” LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY 8266 Rebuilt Stratford Works 1936” as carried by the ex-GER T77 class 0-6-0 № 1266 built at Stratford in November 1918 to Order X80. Became LNER 8266 in January 1925 class J19. Rebuilt to J19/2 in August 1936. Renumbered 4666 in November 1946 and 64666 by BR in November 1948. Withdrawn in January 1961 from Stratford. Ex-loco condition front and back. | £150 |
| 494 | GWR. Two BLOCK BELLS and converted relay box which have been mounted onto a 28” x 14” board. The two bells have different style bells and are labelled “Cheltenham Malvern Road East” and “Goods Yard Box.” The relay box which has been converted into a switch is labelled “Lamp Indicator Bell” and “To Brynmenyn Junction Main Line.” All of the items have been wired up with mains input in connection with a model railway layout and the labels may or may not be contemporary with the instruments. (3) | £320 |
| 495 | BR(NE) ENAMEL STREET DIRECTION SIGN: “BRITISH RAILWAYS (in totem) CENTRAL STATION” in tangerine with deep colour and shine, white lettering and left pointing two-flight arrow. This sign is probably from Newcastle, but equally could have been used at Leeds or Scarborough. Fully flanged, 25” x 13” excellent condition, a couple of minor edge chips only. | £220 |
| 496 | RHODESIAN RAILWAYS BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 648 16A from the 3ft 6in gauge Garratt 2-8-2+2-8-2 loco built Beyer Peacock as their 7256 in 1953. Renumbered by National Railways of Zimbabwe as 615 and still on roster in 1996. Oval, 19” x 13” unpainted front, numbers lightly polished, the back in ex-loco condition. | £190 |
| 497 | SHEDPLATE: 87E LANDORE (1950 – November 1969, later 87A). An example made from aluminium and fitted to diesel locos, probably between 1961 – 1969. From 1964 – 1966 as many as 30 class 52 “Western” class diesels were allocated there and several carried this type of code on the skirting. A few of the then new class 47s were also similarly adorned. Ex-loco condition front, painted in red, the back has been painted silver. | £130 |
| 498 | BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: “ LMS BUILT DERBY 1929” the date being engraved, as carried by one of the following locos which were built that year: 4-4-0s 613 to 628 (undated plates); 2-6-4Ts 2325 to 2374; 0-6-0Ts 7167 to 7169. The loco number “40030” has been chalked on the back but this would seem to be in error as that loco was built in 1931. Oval, 10¼” x 6” in ex-loco condition front and back. | £120 |
| 499 | LNER CAST IRON DOORPLATE: “SMOKING STRICTLY PROHIBITED” on two lines. 21½” x 5⅞” with rounded ends. Repainted front in black and white, the back original. Probably the largest of the LNER series of doorplates. | £90 |
| 500 | NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY copper top STATION LAMP with four glazed sides one of which opens. The front aspect bears the etched glass tablet “Ottringham” with lettering in blue. 7” x 7” base increasing to a 14” x 14” upward sloping roof and finished off by a chimney atop. No innards. From an ex-Hull & Holderness Railway station opened in June 1854, closed October 1964. The lamp has been repainted in black and is in good order. | £150 |