Sale 322P, Closing Date: Tuesday, 7th June 2022
SRA Postal Auction: Reports and Records
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Lot 72 LNER, Lost Property Book, West Highland Line, possibly ex Arrochar, 1927-1977, lacks covers. - Sold for £6 to bidder number 701
Lot 73 BR(M), Index Of Minutes 1958, thick bound volume, maroon titled boards with marks. - Sold for £50 to bidder number 7321
Lot 74 BR(Sc), Locomotive Stock Book, 1st August 1955, 39pp, with a number of additional pages covering early diesels, lists numbers and depot changes. - Sold for £9 to bidder number 9538
Lot 75 BTC, Western Area Board Minutes, 1957, titled boards. - Sold for £110 to bidder number 1258
Lot 76 BR(W), Statistical Data For Loco Depot Construction and Report On Analysis, 1947, 81pp. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.
Lot 77 BR(W), Locomotive Sheds, Analysis Of Engines Allocated, 41pp. - Sold for £90 to bidder number 1258
Lot 78 BR(W), Taunton And Bridgwater, Parcel Handling Arrangements, 1970, 20pp report. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.
Lot 79 BR(B), The Reshaping of British Railways (Beeching Report), 1963, Parts 1 and 2. - Sold for £10 to bidder number 843
Lot 80 BR(B), The Reshaping of British Railways (Beeching Report), 1963, Parts 1 and 2. - Sold for £10 to bidder number 843
Lot 81 Bermuda, Final Report Of The Commission On Public Transport, January 15th 1945, 115pp. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.
Lot 82 NER reference folder on the opening of the Brampton Town Branch, 1st August 1913, containing Circular, Opening Day poster, Luncheon Menu, Ticket for lunch, 2/6. - Sold for £310 to bidder number 7577
Lot 83 Southern Railway, a thick file of correspondence relating to the upgrading and development of Bromley South Station, 1930-46. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.
Lot 84 City and South London Railway, Directors' Report for 1921 and 1922, with maps. (2) - Sold for £8 to bidder number 4848
Lot 85 BR, Performance And Efficiency Tests, BR Class 4 4-6-0 MT, January 1952. - Sold for £10 to bidder number 843
Lot 86 BR, Performance And Efficiency Tests, Class 7 4-6-2 MT Loco, April 1953. - Sold for £10 to bidder number 843
Lot 87 Clinker's Register, Closed Passenger Stations, Avon Anglia, 1978, 179pp, cover marks. - Sold for £5 to bidder number 4848
Lot 88 Eastern Counties Railway, A Few Facts And Figures Omitted From 'Why Does It Not Pay?', 1860, 55pp, cover and corner wear. - Sold for £75 to bidder number 864
Lot 89 Edge Hill Gridiron, Report On Marshalling Yard And Its Operation, text, plans and photographs, undated. - Sold for £95 to bidder number 1426
Lot 90 BR(M), Euston Station Reconstruction, Stage 1, May 1961, thick volume of folding plans, text, etc. Also, similar volume, Phasing Of Work, February 1962. (2) - Sold for £30 to bidder number 4848
Lot 91 London County Council, Euston Station, Consultants Report On Retention Of Scheduled Building Reconstruction Of The Station, April 1960, 40pp, with plans; BR(M), Euston Station Reconstruction, Phasing Of Work, Feb 1962, volume of plans and text. (2) - Sold for £30 to bidder number 4848
Lot 92 GCR, Private Bills In Parliament, 1911, leather bound volume, gilt title, many bills have attractive coloured plans, much interesting material. - Sold for £20 to bidder number 4848
Lot 93 GER, Mileage Statement, October 1898, list lines owned and worked by the GER and their details, gilt board covers, contents and covers detached at spine, contents good. - Sold for £26 to bidder number 1644
Lot 94 GER, Railway From Fordham To Mildenhall, Specification, etc, 1882, 49pp, title covers, red cloth spine covering detached. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.
Lot 95 GNR Illustrations Of Wagon Stock, 1901, large ledger type volume of images, with subsequent additions. - Sold for £55 to bidder number 1250
Lot 96 Grand Junction Railway Reference Book To The Map Of The Railway, 1839-1840, leather bound volume listing land ownership, etc, covers titled but worn, brass clasps. - Sold for £260 to bidder number 9532
Lot 97 Institute of Locomotive Engineers, Souvenir Journal Issue, Summer Meeting in Germany, 1928, 118pp, covers foxed. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.
Lot 98 Ilford and District Railway Users Association, The Case For A Tube Railway And Electrification Of The LNER, report of protest meeting December 12th 1932, 47pp, card covers. - Sold for £9 to bidder number 4848
Lot 99 Kowloon-Canton Railway, a file including descriptive text, Annual Report 1974-75, copy of graphic timetable 1975, etc. - Sold for £20 to bidder number 7386
Lot 100 BR Report On Trials Of L1 Locos On ER, 1953. - Sold for £35 to bidder number 534
Lot 101 LMS, Proceedings Of Annual General Meetings, 1924-1940, thick hardback volume. - Sold for £35 to bidder number 534
Lot 102 LMS Directors' Visit to Birmingham and Derby, October 1938, 48pp, with plans, cloth bound, typescript. - Sold for £55 to bidder number 7321
Lot 103 LMS, Description Of Three-Car Articulated Diesel Unit, 1938, 16pp, with photographs and plans, cover edge wear. - Sold for £50 to bidder number 864
Lot 104 LMS, Directors' Reports 1928, 1930-38 (10) - Sold for £130 to bidder number 534
Lot 105 LMS, Motive Power Organisation And Practice, 144pp, red boards. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.
Lot 106 Some Interesting Statistics Of The LMS, multi-page booklet in the shape of a carriage, minor cover wear. - Sold for £9 to bidder number 4848
Lot 107 LNER, List Of Works Other Than Railways And Acts Authorising, 1930, 113pp, blue titled boards. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.
Lot 108 LNWR and GW Joint Committee Minutes, No 20 April 1881 - February 1882, GWR Audit Office Paddington, leather spine so titled, substantial 260 page volume, handwritten, outlining the activities of the companies during the period. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.
Lot 109 Minutes Of The LNW and GW Joint Officers Meetings, No 9605 January 1889 - 11443 December 1892, with index, GWR DGM Office London, so titled in gilt on leather spine, substantial volume, printed, outlining the activities of the companies during the period. - Sold for £350 to bidder number 1018
Lot 110 Minutes Of The LNW and GW Joint Officers Meetings, No 11444 January 1893 - 13145 December 1896, with index, GWR DGM Office London, so titled in gilt on leather spine, substantial volume, printed, outlining the activities of the companies during the period. - Sold for £350 to bidder number 1018
Lot 111 LNWR, Reorganisation Of Railway, 1922, 23pp, maps and plans, cover marks. - Sold for £65 to bidder number 864
Lot 112 LNWR Wagon Stock, 1903, 107pp, index and diagrams of wagons, gilt titled cover. - Sold for £20 to bidder number 1972
Lot 113 LSWR, Minutes Of Meetings, a substantial bound volume covering the company's operations from May 2nd 1872 to August 28th 1873. A truly remarkable record covering every aspect of the company ranging from an engine short of steam and causing a delay to signalling alterations and collisions. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.
Lot 114 Lands End, St Just and Great Western Junction Light Railway, Estimate Of Expense. Also, GWR, Notice To Owners Re Lands Between St Erth and Marazion, together with a large folding plan outlining the works. (3) - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.
Lot 115 Life On The TPO, A Strictly Unofficial Account, Anon, June 1972, 8pp booklet. - Sold for £24 to bidder number 7309
Lot 116 Liverpool Operating Area, reference book of notes, track layouts, signalling, etc, hand drawn, 55pp. - Sold for £40 to bidder number 1426
Lot 117 Midland Railway, Report On Coal Consumption Tests / Indicator Tests, including S&D Engine No 85 and other locos. - Sold for £50 to bidder number 356
Lot 118 Midland Railway Distance Diagrams, a facsimile copy of the famous work, detailing the whole of the company's system, presented in hardboard clip binders. - Sold for £35 to bidder number 864
Lot 119 Midland Railway, Volume Of Reports And Experiments, Loco Drawing Office, Derby, 1908-1913, a thick volume containing much information on loco experiments, with engine numbers, etc, loose leaf binder, worn. - Sold for £70 to bidder number 356
Lot 120 Midland Railway, Volume Of Reports And Experiments, Loco Drawing Office, Derby, 1916-1923, well indexed, folder cover detached. - Sold for £70 to bidder number 356
Lot 121 Pocket book titled MR in gilt lettering, includes hand-drawn diagrams of High Peak Line, notes relating to Rowsley Down Sidings and a variety of other information. - Sold for £55 to bidder number 356
Lot 122 NER, Visit to Holgate Carriage And Wagon Works, York, 11pp, with plans, centre pages loose at staples. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.
Lot 123 New South Wales Steam Locomotive Data, Revised April 1966, 51pp, works numbers, disposal info, etc. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.
Lot 124 Penzance, Newlyn and West Cornwall Light Railway, Arrangement Of Sections, 28pp (x2), Book Of Reference, 92pp. (3) - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.
Lot 125 Peruvian Railways, Report on a BR Consultancy Visit, a variety of paperwork, maps, books, timetables, diagrammatic form, gradient charts, also floppy disc. - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.
Lot 126 Pocket book, Peterborough Control Area, handwritten working instructions and neat signalling plans of various locations, compiled P J Fisher, Assistant District Controller, 1936. - Sold for £60 to bidder number 4283
Lot 127 Post Office Supplies, Green Paper 32A, 1937, 18pp. - Sold for £5 to bidder number 4848
Lot 128 The Post Office Went To War, 1946, 96pp. - Sold for £18 to bidder number 1250
Lot 129 Abridged Summary, Account And Returns, 1945, for GW, LNE, LMS and SR, 34pp. - Sold for £35 to bidder number 7309
Lot 130 Railway Returns, United Kingdom, 1900-1910, a substantial volume, gilt title, hardback covers, GNR(I) Accountants Office, virtually unopened and unused condition. - Sold for £160 to bidder number 534
Lot 131 Southern Railway, Eastleigh Loco Works, Drawing Office Calculations, a substantial volume with gilt title, containing diagrams, drawings and details of locomotives including Merchant Navy, King Arthur and other classes, 96pp, in neat copperplate type writing, a remarkable source of information. - Sold for £1050 to bidder number 9541
Lot 132 Saloon 999501 Log Book, 1959-1961, includes photographs, journeys and lists of visitors. - Sold for £14 to bidder number 962
Lot 133 List Of Locos And Rolling Stock Of The Swiss Private Railways (Verzeichnis des Rollmaterials der Schweizerischen Privatnahnen - Etat du Materiel Roulant des Chemins de Fer Suisses Prives), 1950, 1956, 1962, 1966. (4) - Item unsold, will be re-offered at a later date.
Lot 134 Travelling Post Office, J Rowden, PO Green Papers No 24, 1936, 14pp, green hardback. - Sold for £12 to bidder number 1172
Lot 135 TPO Route Booklet, Great Western, October 1945. - Sold for £24 to bidder number 7386
Lot 136 TPO Route Booklet, London, York, Edinburgh, North East Up and Edinburgh, York, May 1946. - Sold for £22 to bidder number 1172
Lot 137 TPO Route Booklet, Highland, October 1946. - Sold for £12 to bidder number 7386
Lot 138 TPO Route Booklet, North East Night Down And Up TPO, October 1946. - Sold for £22 to bidder number 1172
Lot 139 TPO Route Booklet, Down And Up Special, October 1945, cover marked O S Nock. - Sold for £14 to bidder number 7386
Lot 140 BTC, Report On Standardisation Of TPO Vehicles, November 1954, listing of vehicles and many folding plans, stapled spine, back section loose. - Sold for £60 to bidder number 1250
Lot 141 BR(W) Station Working At Taunton, Report No 11, December 1960, 65pp, with plans. - Sold for £110 to bidder number 1258
Lot 142 The Post Office (London) Railway, Evan Evans, 1929, 40pp, (for private circulation), covers dusty. - Sold for £18 to bidder number 1644
Total number of Lots in Reports and Records: 71.
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