Sale 322P, Closing Date: Tuesday, 7th June 2022

SRA Postal Auction: Instructions

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Lot 259 Gas Turbine Loco 18100, descriptive booklet, A4 size, published Railway Executive, 24pp, with photos and plans. - Sold for £40 to bidder number 1133

Lot 260 Brecon and Mertyhr Railway, 8 Hours Day Train Working Arrangements, Bassaleg Section, 3rd March 1919, tatty, but information complete. - Sold for £35 to bidder number 911

Lot 261 BTC (RCH), Handbook of Stations, 1956, 494pp, unused. - Sold for £45 to bidder number 7309

Lot 262 BR(M), Coronation, 2nd June 1953, working instructions including main line engines, stabling, etc, 22pp, covers loose, defects. Also, LMS, Wembley 9th April 1938, England v Scotland, 15pp. (2) - Sold for £60 to bidder number 4691

Lot 263 BR(W) Loco Route Availability, Cardiff, Gloucester and Ex Mid Div, Bristol and Plymouth (x2), Main Lines and Through Working, all June 1963. (5) - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 264 BR(W), Marshalling Instructions, Inter-District Freight Trains, 67pp, undated (early 1950s?). - Sold for £45 to bidder number 7321

Lot 265 BR(W), Phone Directory, Newport Area. Also signal box hours, Bristol 1953, poor; resignalling notices, Ashchurch 1958, Barry Island 1929. (4) - Sold for £35 to bidder number 911

Lot 266 CK&PR notice, Small Parcels By Passenger Train, 1882. Paper on the back at the top from previous mounting. - Sold for £10 to bidder number 1929

Lot 267 Gradient Chart booklet, Euston and Crewe. - Sold for £40 to bidder number 3156

Lot 268 Furness Railway, Register Of Found Luggage, 1st January 1903 - 12th November 1958, some wear to binding and cover though contents complete and interesting. - Sold for £40 to bidder number 1929

Lot 269 GCR, Form Of Tender, stripping and reslating Retford Engine Shed roof, April 1922, 13pp. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 270 GCR, Special Traffic Arrangements, Manchester, August 17th 1907, 22pp. - Sold for £24 to bidder number 225

Lot 271 GER, Enfield Town Station Platform List, 12 July 1920, 9pp. - Sold for £6 to bidder number 820

Lot 272 GER, Holiday Excursion Arrangements, 1906-1910, bound volume, gilt spine title, 13 issues, all complete with their superb colour covers, in first class condition. - Sold for £280 to bidder number 819

Lot 273 GER Rate Book, Thaxted, April 1913, front blank cover detached, back absent, contents fine. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 274 GNR Loading Circular, June 9th 1919, 37pp. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 275 GNR Loco Dept, Hours of Pay, H N Gresley, October 1912, 4pp. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 276 GNR, Opening Of New Single Line, Stevenage (Langley) and Cuffley, 1918, 8pp, with gradient plan. - Sold for £85 to bidder number 4181

Lot 277 GNR, 1st May 1916, Restaurant Car Withdrawals And Alterations. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 278 GWR Audit Office Notices, examples issued between 1857 and 1903, removed from reference book with resulting loss at the top in a number of cases, the information complete. (approx. 120) - Sold for £170 to bidder number 1143

Lot 279 GWR, Maximum Loads Of Freight Trains, November 1908, 68pp. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 280 GWR, List Of Towns And Places, Deliveries To Scotland, 1931, 40pp, hardback, with maps. - Sold for £18 to bidder number 380

Lot 281 GWR Rail Motor Car Service, Southall and Brentford, 1st July 1904, a new Halte named Trumpers Crossing, 3pp, damage at fold from previous mounting. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 282 GWR, Traffic Department Trainman's Route Card, 1943, unused. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 283 GWR, Shrewsbury and Chester Section, Season Ticket Rates, circa 1855. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 284 GWR, Telegraphic Code Book, 1939, 126pp, used. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 285 GWR Whistles and Headlights for Engines, Section III, January 1877, 12pp. - Sold for £140 to bidder number 486

Lot 286 GWR, Funeral Arrangements, Edward VII, 20 May 1910, 52pp, spine taped, edge nicks to cover. - Sold for £160 to bidder number 1258

Lot 287 GWR, London Division, Special Arrangements, Coronation, 1937, 111pp. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 288 Gray's Practical Railway Distance Book, 252pp, pre-group, spine detached but present. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 289 Isle of Wight Central Railway, Appendix To The working Timetable, 1st March 1919, 105pp, plus folding gradients. - Sold for £160 to bidder number 2708

Lot 290 LMS, Derby, Train Arrivals, Summer 1947, 35pp. - Sold for £18 to bidder number 271

Lot 291 LMS Derby, Arrivals And Departures, September 28th 1936, 36pp, corner loss, edge wear to cover, information complete. - Sold for £35 to bidder number 4283

Lot 292 LMS (Western Division), Passenger Train Marshalling, 16th June-5th October 1947, 67pp, covers loose. - Sold for £130 to bidder number 496

Lot 293 LMS (Midland Division), Passenger Train Marshalling, June 16th-October 5th 1947, 27pp. - Sold for £120 to bidder number 3908

Lot 294 LMS, List Of Road Vans, Scotland, June 1928, 28pp, used. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 295 LMS, Standard Tinware, CME Office Derby, 217pp, cataloguing and illustrating with dimensions every type of item produced: flare lamps, cans, measures, funnels, etc. A remarkable work! - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 296 LMS, Towns And Places, Goods Conveyed From London, 1929, 99pp, hardback. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 297 LMS, Special Express Train Trial Run Euston-Glasgow, November 16th 1936, Loco 6201, 6pp, contemporary notes on the cover. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 298 LNER (GC Section), Engine Loads Freight, 1st December 1944, 37pp, folded. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 299 LNER (NE Area), Timing For Freight Trains, 1938, 90pp. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 300 LNER, Air Raid Precautions, 1st December 1940, 20pp. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 301 LNER, Government Scheme For Evacuation Of Civil Population, 30th August 1942, 15pp, shows empty stock and passenger workings. - Sold for £90 to bidder number 1172

Lot 302 LNER Fares Book, Cambus O'May, lists stations on the system with fares entered in ink for GNSR section stations. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 303 LNER (GN Sect), Special Trains, Final Tie, 21st April 1928, 28pp. - Sold for £28 to bidder number 1172

Lot 304 LNER (NE Area), Passenger Train Margins, 1923, 26pp. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 305 LNER Pocket Diary, 1946, gilt coat of arms cover, name Sir Ronald W Matthews, lists all directors and officers of the company with addresses (much personal information on B1 locomotive names) - Sold for £50 to bidder number 4181

Lot 306 LNER (NE Area), Railway Centenary Arrangements, 30th June-8th July 1925, 65pp. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 307 LNER, Notice To Employees Working In Or About Engine Sheds, 1930, small paper booklet. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 308 LNWR, Routes For Coal Traffic To LSWR, November 1st 1914, 7pp, cover dusty. - Sold for £22 to bidder number 1426

Lot 309 LNWR, Control Arrangements And Instructions, London Area, October 1921, reprinted January 1938, 27pp, within titled spring binder. - Sold for £35 to bidder number 1426

Lot 310 LNWR, Gradient Tables, text presentation, 127pp, covering the whole system. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 311 LNWR, Diagram Of Gradients, Southern Division, leather bound volume of fold-out plans, gilt title cover marked General Vaughan C.B. Euston Station. - Sold for £100 to bidder number 3156

Lot 312 LSWR, Appendix To The Working Timetable, 25th July 1921, 274pp. - Sold for £16 to bidder number 287

Lot 313 Locomotive Firing, published University of the State of New York, July 1944, 151pp, spiral bound. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 314 Midland Railway, Circular To Station Clerks, 1852, wear in places. - Sold for £14 to bidder number 356

Lot 315 Midland Railway Telegraphs, List of Stations, 1912, lacks covers, used condition. Also, NUR National Agreements, 1923, 283pp. (2) - Sold for £18 to bidder number 911

Lot 316 Matisa Ballast Tamper Instruction Manual and Parts List, 1956, used condition. - Sold for £26 to bidder number 1085

Lot 317 Drivers' programmes in connection with Royal Train, Islip Sidings, Kettering, 27/6/1969, 22pp. - Sold for £40 to bidder number 271

Lot 318 NBR, Advice of Special Trains, bound volume, January-December 1917. - Sold for £65 to bidder number 1172

Lot 319 NBR Appendix To The Working Timetable, 2nd October 1922, 336pp, loss at corner of last page. - Sold for £60 to bidder number 9536

Lot 320 No Lot. - This item was withdrawn from the auction.

Lot 321 NER, National Strike By Miners, Timetable Amendments, 11th March 1912, 16pp, covers strengthened with Japan paper. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 322 NER, Loads Of Engines, 1910, 25pp, used condition. - Sold for £8 to bidder number 2633

Lot 323 NER, Instructions For Timber Loaders, 1908, 8pp. Also, similar, Long Iron Rails And Plates, 1911, 8pp. (2) - Sold for £8 to bidder number 2633

Lot 324 NER, Signal Whistles To Be Given By Drivers, 1st April 1921, 143pp, covers dusty. - Sold for £18 to bidder number 2633

Lot 325 NER, Traffic Restriction booklets, 1917, similar, Goods Traffic Restrictions, 1918. Also, parts of booklets from the same period. - Sold for £5 to bidder number 2633

Lot 326 NER, Goods Station Work And Accounts, 1910, 66pp, cover faded. Also, Train Lavatories, 1912. (2) - Sold for £16 to bidder number 2633

Lot 327 NER, Loads Of Engines, Freight, April 1917, several sections bound in soft cloth covers. - Sold for £50 to bidder number 459

Lot 328 NER, Loads Of Engines, Freight, Section I, January 1907. - Sold for £8 to bidder number 2633

Lot 329 North London Railway, Instruction to Guards and Enginemen, Dalston Junction, re falling gradient, Beauvoir Town Signal Station and Dalston Junction, 1st January 1866, single sheet. - Sold for £110 to bidder number 911

Lot 330 Notice Of Mails, Dundee, Perth and Aberdeen 1849, Aberdeen Railway 1849, Edinburgh and Glasgow 1850, Belfast and Ballymena 1851, and others. (7) - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 331 BR(W), West Of England Division, Passenger And Parcel Arrangements, 8 issues, 1968/9. (7) - Sold for £6 to bidder number 4848

Lot 332 BR(W) (London Division), Passenger And Parcels Arrangements, 4 issues, 1967-1969. - Sold for £4 to bidder number 4848

Lot 333 Pullman Company, Tariff Of Through Rates, USA, Canada and Mexico, 25 April 1939, a thick volume within titled card covers. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 334 RCH, Handbook Of Stations, 654pp, flyleaf foxed, otherwise exceptionally good condition. - Sold for £40 to bidder number 7309

Lot 335 Railway Executive, Armoured Fighting Vehicles, 1944, 71pp, with Supplements and WD wagon labels. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 336 Railway Executive, Armoured Fighting Vehicles, 1944, 71pp, cover crease. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 337 Royal Engineers, Notes On German Railway Signalling, March 1945. - Sold for £80 to bidder number 1016

Lot 338 SR, Permit To Travel On Locomotive, issued to Colonel Lyell, Exeter-Plymouth, 6th November 1947. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 339 SR, Isle of Wight Appendix To The Working Timetable, 2nd February 1930, 94pp. - Sold for £65 to bidder number 2708

Lot 340 LNER, The Silver Jubilee, Seat Reservation Chart, camera-ready copy for printer. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 341 Taff Vale Railway, ID Card, Permit To Be On Line, with cover envelope. Unused. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Lot 342 BR(W) Train Timing Computer, Freight, Paddington-Cardiff-Bristol, 1957. - Sold for £28 to bidder number 7309

Lot 343 BR(W), Train Timing Computer, Diesel Loco-Hauled Passenger, West of England, 1957. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.

Total number of Lots in Instructions: 85.

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