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GWRA Railwayana Auction Catalogue & Results May 2005

Lot No

Description

Cost

1

LMS Hotels Silverplate collection. Four items comprising: Elkington 8" diameter, circular dish with decorative rim: Mappin & Webb 10" x 7½" oval dish: Mappin & Webb 12" x 9" oval dish: Elkington 14" x 10" oval dish. The first three have the block LMS Hotels motif, the last has LMS in script.

£12

2

South African Railways brass Tenderplate number 4085 measuring approximately 7¼" x 4¼". Together with a SAR, dual language Boiler ID Plate dated 1952 measuring 10" x 3½". Also, an interesting, brass Locomotive Cab Notice Plate indicating the engine being fitted with a Gyrojet Oil Burner and Manual Damper Control. Measures 7" x 4¾".All are face polished, back ex loco.

£90

3

Splitting Lamp of early design with a  B.R. overplate. Small design with opposing, red bullseye lenses and single pie-crust top synonymous with GNR style. Large, hanging hook above makes the overall height just over 16". Original reservoir and burner, the whole item in original, red paint.

£55

4

LNER C/I 'D' Type Wagon Plate 8 Tons 1904 COWLAIRS 724837. Face restored, rear rusty and untouched. An uncommon Wagon Plate indeed, being third in the scarcity table next to York and Inverurie.

£55

5

GWR Mushroom Block Bell  plated MOOR ST. UP & DN. THRO. SIDINGS. Wonderful, ex Signal Box condition.

£130

6

BR(M) double sided Enamel Hanging Sign STOCKPORT and L&Y 17, 19T, 35. One side blank and measuring 24" x 16" and is in reverse maroon and white colours. Excellent condition, still retaining both hanging loops.

£120

7

Shedplate, 82E, Yeovil Pen Mill up to February 1958 then Bristol Barrow Road, from where this was obtained. Clean, ex loco.

£210

8

BR(W) brass collar, Polkey plated Guards Handlamp complete except the rear clip is missing. Together with a BR(W) Guards Van Lamp complete with burner and slide-out red lens. Also an interesting, North American Railroad Lamp, looks to be un-issued.

£30

9

Original Union Pacific Railroad Share Certificate for $1000, 30 year Debenture Bond dated Feb 1st 1946. Tastefully framed measuring 20" x 14¼". Together with a couple of North American, framed steam loco prints, one a Union Pacific 4-8-4 no 844, the other Southern Railway steam double header. Both 19½" x 15½". Also with this lot, qty 10 Railway Magazines from 1933/4 and a set of 5 Gallaghers Trains Of The World Cigarette Cards.

£10

10

District Railway Map Of London, 5th edition (not dated but confirmed 1892) by W.J. Adams & Sons, Bradshaws Guide Office, Fleet Street, London. Card covers, large fold-out, linen map contained within. Good overall condition with a wonderful, colour layout of the railways in London.

£50

11

Signal Box Wooden Switching-Out Box manufactured by Thompson and carrying the makers plate on the front. Measures 14" in length and is in excellent condition. Together with qty 3 bakelite repeaters comprising one home signal, one distant signal and one simple on/off/wrong indicator.

£130

12

Worksplate, Built 1956 Derby. Oval C/I in totally original condition with BR blue paint over whole face. Ex 08193 as shown on original, Collectors Corner sticker. Also marked 193 in chalk on rear. This loco was originally numbered D3263 and was allocated to Llanelly. Withdrawn from Cardiff in July 1983, cut up at Swindon in May 1986.

£70

13

Miscellaneous paperwork comprising many hand drawn signalbox diagrams, predominantly around the Nottingham area. Some drawing are in an original Midland Railway foolscap book which has every page containing diagrams, again all hand drawn, of stations and sidings etc. They were executed by a one time assistant Station Master at Nottingham Victoria, later Station Master at Westhouses & Blackwell. Also noted in this lot, some maps and an LMS booklet "The Line That Serves The North"

£24

14

Shedplate 81A, Old Oak Common. Alloy construction, ex Diesel condition with original red background but wonderful, green edge.

£85

15

Carriage Print by Hamilton Ellis from the 'Travel In' series in a clear varnished pine, glazed frame with hanging wires attached. This one is 1850, LNWR Crampton 4-2-0 "COURIER" with 1st and 3rd Class 4 wheel coaches at Sandbach. Note period signals and attire of passengers, also the Guard with a bell and not a whistle.

£25

16

London & South Western Railway PORTER Cap Badge number 9944. A fine example with original, black wax infill and complete with rear lugs. See Froggatt Plate 31 on page 58

£30

17

GER Platform Lamp interior brass plated with the location WITHAM. Ex GER station between Chelmsford and Colchester. Original blue paint, side handle to pull from main lamp case and retaining burner

£38

18

LMS Miscellany originating from the daughter of a Mr. Hicks, Station Master at Burton Latimer station between Wellingborough and Kettering. Comprising a small, cylindrical brass cigarette lighter with an LMS button top affixed to one end: Qty 7 card prize certificates from the LM&SR Horticultural Society 15th and 16th Annual Show, 1930 and 1931 awarded to Miss Winnie Hicks (daughter?): qty 3 official blow-up photographs of the Burton Latimer crash scene

£14

19

GWR C/I Signal Box Door Notice 'No Unauthorized Person etc….. Purchased from BR at Tyseley back in the very early days of preservation.

£70

20

Totem, BR(S) WEST MALLING, F/F. Ex SECR station between Otford and Maidstone East.

£280

21

LNER C/I Sign 'Beware Of Trains - Look Both Up & Down The Line Before You Cross'. Casting number 0.21. Restored face in all white, original post mark on rear.

£45

22

Carriage Board BLACKPOOL EXPRESS. Double sided, wooden construction with cream lettering on maroon background. Measures 55" x 5½" so very manageable.

£80

23

BR(M) double sided Enamel Hanging Sign CHESTER. One side blank and measuring 24" x 9" and is in reverse maroon and white colours. Excellent condition, still retaining both hanging loops.

£40

24

Alloy Commemorative Plaque of King George V, cast at Swindon as a limited edition of 3000. This one is numbered 2776 but has no certificate accompanying.

£10

25

A glass British Rail Notice '4d 2nd Single London Bridge' Red double arrow logo, black text, measures 19" x 4¼". Very unusual. Together with an Enamel Advertising Sign 'Wellington Journal & Shrewsbury News'. Black lettering on yellow background measuring 19½ x 4½". Some top and bottom edge restoration but overall very good.

£34

26

Cambrian Railways Station Lamp Name TRENCH HALT. Original name that would have been mounted within a Platform Lamp, this one has been mounted on an actual size piece of glass in the form of a Lamp Tablet. Trench Halt was on the line from Ellesmere to Overton-On-Dee in Shropshire and closed in 1940, re-opened in 1945 and finally closed in September 1962

£110

27

GWR Wooden cased Lamp In/Lamp Out Indicator manufactured by Thompson. Traffolite plated COTON HILL Sth JCT on front and is in excellent condition.  Note Coton Hill Jct is in the Shrewsbury area.

£110

28

LMS Leather Bound Book "The LMS Its Railways and Its Hotels". This beautiful, official book was published in April 1926 as a 'Souvenir Of A Visit Of Members of The International Hotel Alliance To The Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool and The Midland Hotel, Manchester (two of the LMS Hotels) as guests of the London Midland & Scottish Railway Co.'  The cover is a light brown, soft hide and the title, along with the LMS coat of arms, is embossed in gold. A very rare book indeed.

£110

29

British Railways Western Region enamel Door Plate, TICKET OFFICE, F/F. Measures 18" x 6"and is the two line version. Deep colour and shine, one central ding and a little edge chipping, otherwise very nice indeed.

£150

30

GWR Station Masters "Pill-Box" Hat, still retaining the J. Compton & Webb 1944 London tag showing the size '7'. Gold braid edging to peak and gold braid, sew-on GWR badge. Very good, used condition.

 

31

BR(S) gilt Fishtail Cap badge 'Foreman' together with  10 enamel NUR official badges including a 10, 20, 30 and 40 years badges. Also the ASLEF Centenary Book, some correspondence to Fireman Smith of Ashford Depot 1962 redundancy and later Hither Green as a Driver. Also an interesting letter, signed by Ray Buckton, General Secretary of ASLEF in 1979, regarding the issue of the Badges.

£210

32

GWR 3 aspect, brass collared Handlamp clearly stamped on the side 'SF GWR  SWINDON'. Carries a brass numberplate on the opposite side with the number 20389 embossed.. Complete with both aspect glasses and the original reservoir carrying an original, GWR stamped burner. Unrestored and in excellent condition.

£50

33

London North Eastern Railway, Up Line, Down Line Block Instrument. Mahogany cased with central switch beneath the dual dial. The 3 position switch has a circular brass backplate embossed in three segments 'Train On Line', 'Line Clear' and 'Line Blocked'. Excellent, ex box condition. Believed ex Woodston Junction Signal Box.

£80

34

A collection of 5 BR brass Paychecks , all from the Motive Power Depot Kings Lynn.

Not a common check.

£26

35

Large Copper Platform/Street Lamp manufactured by, and carrying the brass plate, W. Parkinson & Co., London & Birmingham. Original glass in two of the four sides, it stands approximately 31" tall, 18" wide at the top, tapering to 9" at the base. Original green paint overall.

£25

36

Tyers Signal Box Key Token HERTFORD 1 with brass overplate WELWYN G.C. (Welwyn Garden City) It would be interesting to know what is beneath the overplate!

£170

37

Shedplate 55A, Holbeck from 1957 until 1973. Cast iron construction, pretty much clean, ex loco.

£65

38

Carriage Print by Hamilton Ellis from the 'Travel In' series in a clear varnished pine, glazed frame with hanging wires attached. This one is 1915, North Staffs railway 4-4-2T No 8 in red livery, entering Stone station with 6 wheel saloon and several bogie coaches. Another train behind as well as a horse and milk churns.

£25

39

Automobile Association Enamel Village Sign 'EVERSHOLT' showing the name in yellow on black across the centre and 'Toddington 4' in black on yellow above and 'Woburn 2½' beneath. At the bottom 'London 41½'. Circular design being 30" in diameter. Some restoration but particularly desirable. Note: Eversholt in Bedfordshire is named after the wild boar that once roamed the area. It is mentioned in the Doomsday Book.

£90

40

Totem, BR(M) BAMBER BRIDGE, F/F. Ex LYR station  just outside Preston on the line to Blackburn. Slightly flat with one small ding on the 'E' of Bridge, otherwise very good condition. A very rare totem, only once at auction before, 16 years ago, back in the halcyon days of Malvern.

£2,600

41

Carriage Print, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk  by E T Holding R.W.S. from the LNER series. In an original style, glazed frame.

£80

42

Signalbox Instrument ivorine description plates BLACKWELL and BROMSGROVE SOUTH. A wonderful pair from top and bottom of the famous Lickey Incline.

£50

43

Worksplate "Built For France By Transportation Corps U.S.Army. Specification No. 43500B W-33-092-Tc-3637. Manufactured By Lima Locomotive Works Inc. No 9015 April 1946". Ex SNCF 2-8-2 Mikado numbered 141R139. Around 1300 of these locomotives were built just after WWII in an effort to re-stock the French Railways after the sheer devastation of locomotives caused by the war. Rectangular brass measuring 12¾" x 7¼" approximately. Unrestored.

£160

44

GWR cast iron Gate Notice. " Any Person Omitting To Shut And Fasten This Gate After Using It Is Liable To A Penalty Of Forty Shillings. Original condition with white lettering on black background. Raised border and measuring 16½" x 8¼"

£50

45

SR Signal Lamp interior bearing an oval steel plate with simply 'SR' embossed, above which is a brass manufacturers plate 'Railway Supplies Ltd.Welch Patent'. Copper cowl with integral lifting handle, the unusual feature being the long, brass, bi-metallic device built onto the side, clearly stamped with a British Patent and utilised as a Lamp In/Out detector. Comes with an Adlake Non-Sweating Lamp with amber front lens and integral reservoir & burner.

£20

46

Original Coat of Arms of the London & South Western Railway Company mounted on a painted wooden board and ready for display.

£10

47

Carriage Print by Hamilton Ellis from the 'Travel In' series in a clear varnished pine, glazed frame with hanging wires attached. This one is 1865, Midland Railway large 'Bloomer' 2-2-2 No 607 in red livery, leaving Shugborough Tunnel with a rake of 4 wheelers in plum & spilt milk livery.

£34

48

Wagon Plate, Clayton Wagons Ltd., 1927, Abbey Works, Lincoln England. Rectangular cast iron depicting the familiar, rampant lion in the centre. Restored.

£45

49

British Railways Guards Van Lamps, a pair, complete in every aspect.

£42

50

GWR Cornish Riviera Enamel Sign. Approximately 4" square and mounted in a wooden frame. Shows a map of Cornwall with all lines and stations. Some chipping but extremely desirable nevertheless.

£190

51

LNWR & GWR Joint Railway cast iron 40/- Trespass Notice. Fully titled and containing 13 lines of text, within which, both companies are named in full, twice. Measures 25¼" x 20¾". Ex lineside condition.

£50

52

Original Coat of Arms of the London & North Western Railway Company mounted on a painted wooden board and ready for display.

£24

53

Enamel advertising sign 'Jaeger Wool'. Green white and black, extremely good condition throughout.

£60

54

French enamel advertising sign depicting a spark plug next to a thermometer (which is missing)

 

55

Enamel advertising sign 'Spratts Ovals'. Blue and yellow, good overall condition.

£45

56

Wagon Plates, qty 4 comprising: LNER No. 294174 Standard 13Tons 1948 Darlington: No. B730867 Derby 22T 1958 Lot 3288: No. B430770 Shildon 21T 1958 Lot 3120:No. B340667 Shildon 25T 1977 Lot 3916. Plus a Carriage Plate Pressed Steel Lot 30400 1937

£35

57

Shedplate, 82A Bristol Bath Road. Clean, ex loco.

£160

58

Badges, a select mixture comprising:-  NUR circular brass and enamel with 4-2-2 loco, flags, spade & pick: Ian Allan Locospotters Club: NUR brass and enamel showing Globe: BR brass Tie-Pin with double arrow: SR brass and enamel Railway Service numbered H78943 plus a similar numbered H56241 bearing the makers name Fattorini:ASLEF brass with 0-6-0 loco and shaking hands: Liverpool & Manchester Rainhill Cavalcade 1975: a mixed bag of Gomm badges from the 1970's and an interesting SAS brass badge showing Wings and 'who dares wins' motto and numbered on the rear 911.

£30

59

Carriage Print by Hamilton Ellis from the 'Travel In' series in a clear varnished pine, glazed frame with hanging wires attached. This one is 1855, Maryport & Carlisle Railway, Crampton Locomotive 4-2-0 No 12 in green with 1st and 3rd Class 6 wheelers in tow. Note the magpies in the tree stump!

£25

60

Totem, BR(M) NEWTON HEATH, F/F. Ex L&Y station between Manchester and Rochdale, location of the famous steam shed. Some damage but a rare Totem nevertheless.

£800

61

Cheshire Lines Railway cast iron Bridgeplate number 204. Tastefully face restored.

£60

62

BR(NE) Tangerine enamel sign 16” x 10”,’ Please Have All Tickets Ready’. In good condition with some edge chipping expertly repaired.

£75

63

G.P.O. Chrome plated Brass cased Drum clock with second hand. Stamped GPO on rear together with CG 24 235 No 1. A heavy clock with a good quality English Astral

Movement which is in full working order. The enameled dial has no chips, a rare clock believed to be from an early railway traveling post office carriage.

 

64

Carriage Print, MV Cambria, BR Holyhead - Dun Laoghaire Service by Claude Buckle R.I. From the  LMR (D) series. In an original style, glazed frame.

£50

65

GWR Hotels deep Copper Cooking Pot

£40

66

LNER C/I Plate "L.N.E.R. (Railway Engineering) SHEFFIELD. Rectangular with raised border measuring approximately 12" x 8". Most unusual and one can only speculate that it might be a Truck Plate or Crane Plate. Face restored, white lettering on black.

 

67

Tyers Brass and Alloy Tablet HAVERTHWAITE - GREENODD number 3. Ex Furness Railway location between Ulverston and Windemere Lakeside. Appears to have been cut in half and then repaired but this doesn't detract from such a wonderful survivor

£300

68

Carriage Destination Board, double sided, one showing  WATFORD, the other side TRING. Alloy construction but very early. Measures 27¾" x 3¼", cream lettering on maroon background. Excellent used condition with two hanging holes along the top.

£70

69

GWR small Enamel Doorplate PRIVATE.  Dark Blue on white enamel , with the normal pattern of GWR border , the sign measures 10” x 2” , vgc.

£85

70

LNER 3 aspect GCR pattern Handlamp nicely stamped 'SCUNTHORPE GOODS 23859'. Clear bullseye lens to front and plated 'Kerosene' on the reducing cone. All 3 aspect glasses intact and the original reservoir, also plated 'Kerosene', has the original and unusual burner stamped L.N.E. A very desirable lamp which is in unrestored condition.

£160

71

Shedplate 55D, Royston until 1971. Cast iron construction, restored some time ago.

£210

72

LNWR Wooden cased Block Instrument, Up-Line/Down-Line Indicator with front rotator having small circular window indicating "train on line", "line closed" and "line clear".  Underslung Bell with front tapper.  Originally had a very delicate label inside indicating original use in North Wales and subsequently Carlisle.  Excellent overall condition.

£210

73

Small pine wooden box ex Horwich Works. Lid lettered 'Pattern and Joiners Shop',  both hinges stamped BR(M)

£26

74

SNCF flanged sign "Un Train Peut En Cacher Un Autre" Measures 38" x 12½" approximately and has 'SNCF' on the rear with what appears to be a date of 1966. Together with a French enamel Warning Sign " Ne Traversez Pas. Sans Regarder Dans Les Deux Directions. Un Train Peut En Cacher Un Autre". Pictorial scene of a family crossing behind a receding coach, into the path of an approaching steam locomotive. Red white and black measuring 15" x 10½". Unsure of age but  it has adorned a garden railway for many years. The word 'email' at the bottom doesn't date it as modern by the way, it is simply French for 'enamel'!!.

£260

75

Somerset & Dorset Joint Line cast iron Trespassing On The Railway Sign "Notice Is Hereby Given That Under The Provisions Of The 37th Section Of The South Western Railway Act 1902, Any Person Who Shall Trespass Upon Any Of The Lines Of Railway Belonging Or Leased To Or Worked By The South Western Railway Company In Conjunction With The Midland Railway Company Shall On Conviction Be Liable To A Penalty Not Exceeding 40/- & Public Warning Is Hereby Given To Persons Not To Trespass Upon The Railway - Dated This 5th Day Of August 1903 - Godfrey Knight, William Glower Joint Secretaries ' This is the 9 line version with the Secretaries names bracketed together. Measures 26" x 22" and has been cleaned of paint.

£350

76

Brighton Belle Menu from the last day of this service 30th April 1972. In pristine condition with gold rope spine cord, outer card cover in brown & gold and 8 sides of ornate text including Menu, Bar Tariff, Period Adverts and Future Comments. Together with a Queen Of Scots Tour Brochure dated 1990 with burgundy and gold outer cover and a high class interior design of text, colour photographs and a map of Scotland showing train route.

£26

77

Carriage Print by Hamilton Ellis from the 'Travel In' series in a clear varnished pine, glazed frame with hanging wires attached. This one is 1860, LNWR Paddle Steamer "CAMBRIA" on the Holyhead - Dun Laoghaire service. Twin funnel ship with sails and a clipper in the background. Note the jellyfish in the water.

£25

78

BR(M) Enamel Station Platform Sign 'PARCELS', F/F. Measures 24" x 18" and apart from one or two edge chips, is excellent with deep colour and shine.

£50

79

GWR brass collared Guards Handlamp complete with original reservoir and a GWR marked burner. Complete with all glasses intact. Accompanying this is a GWR brass Acme Thunderer Guards Whistle, nicely engraved with company initials on the side.

£75

80

Totem, BR(E) DOWNHAM, F/F. Ex GER station between Ely and Kings Lynn. Extremely good condition with deep colour and shine and just a couple of insignificant chips not affecting the lettering.

£950

81

Flamecut Cabside Numberplate 25203 with data panel intact and measuring 31" x 22". Ex BR Type 2 Bo-Bo built June 1965 at Derby and originally numbered D7553. Withdrawn December 1980 and cut up at Swindon in February 1982.

£80

82

GWR Hotels Copper Frying Pan

£70

83

Carriage Print, Saturday Market Place, Kings Lynn, Norfolk by Leonard Squirrell R.W.S., R.E. from the LNER series. In an original style, glazed frame.

£60

84

Port Of Bristol Authority, fully titled enamel sign. Black lettering on yellow background. Text reads: "Notice Is Hereby Given That Goods Must Not Be tacked On The Quays In Such A Manner As To Impede The Full Use Of The Quays, Sheds, Railway Lines And Cranes". Measures 12" square and is in good overall condition with small loss around both top bolt holes. A scarce sign.

 

85

Post Office Post Box enamel sign as affixed to the top of the box. Double sided, in excellent condition.

£50

86

Great Central Railway cast iron Bridgeplate number 18. Tastefully face restored.

£100

87

Shedplate 6A, Chester until 1973. Cast iron construction, restored long ago.

£85

88

British Railways Western Region, double sided, enamel  Station Direction Sign. Original bracket still attached, excellent condition both sides with deep colour and shine and measuring 21" x 10½".

£460

89

Great Northern Railway / London North Eastern Railway mahogany cased Telegraph Instrument bearing an original LNER Telegraph Code List in a brass frame attached to the side panel. The code lists the following from Crescent Junction to Essendine:- Crescent Jcn, Peterboro Nth T.O., Peterboro Nth S.B., Spital Jnc., Westwood Jnc., New England East, New England Sth., New England Nth., Werrington Jnc., Helpston, Lolham, Tallington, Essendine Sth., Essendine Nth. The date code on this card is June 1929. The instrument has the front indicator needle on a green dial, a front, sloping desk top with paper spike and a transmitting handle beneath. The whole item is in excellent, ex box condition (just a couple of side decorative strips missing) and the fact that it originated from the very stretch that Mallard broke the World Speed Record, makes it quite special. Believed ex Woodston Junction Signal Box.

£230

90

Midland Railway Signal Box Nameboard GIGGLESWICK. Measures 86" x 10½", cast letters on what appears to be the original, beaded back board which is thinner than the later LMS boards. Famous location just off the Settle & Carlisle route and a short distance from Settle Junction itself. Extremely good condition overall. Note: the accompanying  colour photograph shows this board, before restoration, affixed to the wooden fence on Giggleswick station. No surprise, the station didn't have totems.

£220

91

LBSCR 3 aspect Handlamp clearly stamped on the side 'LONDON BRIDGE 1935'. Stamped on the opposite side 'LB&SCR' and also carries the small brass 'B' plate, signifying Brighton, on the reducing cone. The blue aspect is missing but the red one remains. Contains a nicely stamped 'S<B>R reservoir holding a BR/SR burner. Restored in gloss black.

£150

92

Colour Slides. A huge collection of circa 775 excellent quality slides all taken in optimum lighting conditions. In 3 colour coded boxes, they comprise: In the white labeled box, 175 BR Main Line Diesel Fleet taken throughout the UK over the past 8 - 10 years and depicting a variety of liveries. Box labeled red contains 300 slides of Freight Charters and Special Trains, Steam on our Preserved Railways. Box labeled yellow contains 300 slides similar to the last box but different locations. All proceeds from this lot will go to the Battle Of Britain Locomotive Society, a registered charity. So, not only an opportunity to own a mass of wonderful slides, but a chance to 'do your bit' for our Steam Heritage

£75

93

Carriage Print by Hamilton Ellis from the 'Travel In' series in a clear varnished pine, glazed frame with hanging wires attached. This one is 1845 - London & Birmingham Railway Express mail train. Depicts engine No 32, 4-4-0 with Mail Coaches behind several green and black wheelers. Note the young lady and Sargent in bushes!

£25

94

Mallard Tube as sold by the NRM to assist with the restoration in 1984/85. The 6" piece from the boiler of Mallard is tastefully mounted on 4 tiers of rectangular wood. Also mounted is a miniature version of the Speed Record Plaque, Nameplate and Smokebox Numberplate. On the front is the NRM details plaque by J. Coiley, September 1985.

£30

95

London Underground enamel Roundel ST. JOHNS WOOD. Single piece of black edged enamel within a bronze frame. St. Johns Wood is situated between Baker Street and Swiss Cottage. Originally Bakerloo Line, now part of the Jubilee Line.  Measures 18" in diameter and 23¾" across the name. One small chip at the bottom does not detract from this wonderful sounding location and significant rarity.

 

96

Wagon Plates, qty 4 comprising: No. 110783 Shildon 46T 1981 Lot 3930: No. 356014 Shildon 32T 1970 Lot 3720: No. 113022 Shildon 12 Tonnes 1983 Lot 4030: No. 400020 Ashford 32T 1970 Lot 3728.

£10

97

LNER Acme Thunderer Whistle inscribed LNER with patent numbers. In very good, used condition.

£15

98

British Railways Bardic Lamp marked Bath Road

£10

99

Original Coat of Arms of the Highland Railway Company mounted on a painted wooden board and ready for display.

£10

100

Cabside Numberplate 8415, brass construction, ex BR(W) 0-6-0PT. Built March 1950 and allocated new to Tyseley and later Worcester up until withdrawal in June 1965.

£2,100

101

Carriage Board BLACKBURN - PRESTON - LANCASTER - & STATIONS TO CARNFORTH, GRANGE, ULVERSTON and LAKESIDE. Double sided, wooden construction with cream lettering on maroon background. Measures 55" x 5½" so very manageable.

£30

102

BR(S) Enamel Platform Sign GENTLEMEN, F/F. Light green variety measuring 36" x 18" and virtually mint

£35

103

Totem, BR(M) GATEACRE, F/F. Ex CLC station between Halewood and Childwall near Liverpool. Some edge chips but no face chips, just some loss of colour.

£310

104

Wagon Plate, Metropolitan Cammell Carriage & wagon Co. Ltd. Birmingham, Built At Midland Works 1937. Cast Iron oval measuring 8" x 4¾", face restored long ago.

£15

105

GWR cast iron short Trespass Notice. "All Persons Found Trespassing On This Railway Will Be Prosecuted, As The Law Directs". Ex lineside.

£70

106

London Midland Scottish Railway Office Chair with company initials carved into back.

£110

107

Alloy Keytoken THAME - MORRIS COWLEY. Original condition with original end. Traces of green paint on face, plenty on reverse. Ex section between Thame and Oxford, famous for the Morris Motor Car Company factory.

£150

108

Australian Railways enamel Station Sign TOORONGA. White on green rectangular measuring 38" x  8" and in extremely good condition. Situated in the Melbourne suburbs, the station opened in 1890 and is the Aboriginal word for 'bullrush'.

£90

109

West Riding & Grimsby Railway cast iron Bridgeplate number 11. Face tastefully restored.

 

110

LSWR Signal Lamp interior nicely stamped BROAD CLYST. Ex main line location between Yeovil and Exeter. A rare lamp, most signal lamp interiors were replaced early with SR, non location marked examples.

£20

111

Flamecut Cabside Numberplate 25032 with data panel intact and measuring 30" x 19"

£100

112

GWR Steel Tablet Hoop clearly embossed 'GWR' on the rear and stamped 1009. A rare item indeed, most single line hoops were of the Key Token variety

£80

113

Carriage Print, Crowland, Lincolnshire by Kenneth Steel R.B.A., S.G.A. from the LNER series. In an original style, glazed frame.

£35

114

BR(W) enamel Doorplate TICKETS measuring 18” x 3½”  in good condition being one of the rare, earlier, unglanged versions.

 

115

Southern Railway enamel Poster Board Sign SOUTHERN. Ex Purley Oaks station.

£95

116

GWR Docks Department Rule Book for observance in the Marine Section. Contains 72 pages plus the index and is dated 1937. Hardback covers in exceptional condition throughout with the exception of slight cover scuffs top front and back. One of the scarcer Rule Books.

 

117

Shedplate 26A, Newton Heath until 1963. Cast iron construction, clean but unrestored.

£150

118

Midland Railway cast iron 'Knotted Branch' style Platform Seat ends, qty 3, two ends and a centre support. Rescued in the 1960's from Kilburn Bridge Station, Kilburn, North London.

£220