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17th September 2005
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LOT DESCRIPTION
1 * BR (WR) LAMP TABLET: WELSHPOOL in
chocolate and cream enamel. An early
example similar to the GWR type and
used prior to the introduction of the standard “totems.” An ex-Cambrian Railways station opened in
1860. Good ex-station condition.
2 * BRASS WORKSPLATE: “W.G. BAGNALL LTD
ENGINEERS STAFFORD ENGLAND No. 2934.” As carried by the GWR 0-6-0 Pannier Tank
loco No. 8424. Ex-works December 1950
to Lot 384. Withdrawn January 1961 and
cut-up by George Cohen’s but location unknown.
Ex-loco condition.
3 * CENTRAL LONDON RAILWAY three-aspect HANDLAMP stamped “EH 113.” Copper topped reducing cone with brass plate
attached “Morden 70.” Unmarked ornate
copper reservoir, burner also unmarked.
Lens cowl around beveled glass.
Small break to red lens.
4 * SILVERPLATE: GWR HOTELS THREE COMPARTMENT
BONBON DISH with top handle by Mappin & Webb. Top displays company name and coat of arms. 7½” x 8½”.
5 * TOTEM: GREAT MALVERN BR (WR) chocolate
and cream, fully flanged, in VGC with deep colour and shine. An ex-Worcester & Hereford station
opened in 1860. A scarce totem seen
only once in auction previously.
6 * EAST & WEST JUNCTION STRATFORD-ON-AVON
TOWCESTER AND MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY CAST IRON SIGN: “Motor Car Acts 1896
and 1903 – Notice – This Bridge Insuff-icient……” with 8 lines of text. At some point, the “E&W Junc” and
“Towcester” lettering has been partially ground off, but this has been painted
in as part of the restoration of the sign some time ago. 16½” x 12” with scalloped corners.
7 * CARRIAGE PRINT: YARM, YORKSHIRE by S.R.
Badmin from the LNER post-war series. A
view of the road and rail bridges dominating the village. In an original type glazed frame.
8 BRASS
WORKSPLATE: GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY BUILDERS, Gorton Works, 1912. Oval 9¾” x 5⅜” polished and repainted.
9 * NER Tyers permissive single dial
sloping front BLOCK INSTRUMENT with
its original brass plate engraved ”Down Line.”
With side plunger in good, original condition.
10
* SNCF ALLOY CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 231 D 672 as carried by the
standard gauge 4-6-2 built by the North British Locomotive Company construction
number 21299 in 1916. Delivered to the
ETAT railway as 231-672 class D and to SNCF in 1937. 4-cylinder De Glehn
compound, subsequently modified, and some survived up to 1970. Totally ex-loco
condition with a very slight hairline crack, traces of red paint on letters and
numbers against a black background.
11
* ALLOY SINGLE LINE KEY TOKEN: GOONBARROW JCN – ST DENIS JCN in the heart of the Cornish clay mining area
on the Par – Newquay line. Partly
painted green. VGC.
12
* GNR STATION LAMP: HUBBERTS BRIDGE with station name clearly
appearing in black on white glass in the opening aperture. A post-fitting pattern tin frame with all
glasses complete. Inside is a circular
burner plated “GNR Hubberts Bridge” and globe (may be a replacement) Restored in green. Possibly early LNER vintage.
Hubberts Bridge, originally Hubbard’s Bridge, opened in 1860, is a
station on the Sleaford – Boston line in Lincolnshire.
13
* TOTEM: MANCHESTER CENTRAL BR (LMR) maroon, fully flanged, in VGC
except for a repaired chip near the letter “C” in “Central.” A CLC station opened in 1880, closed May
1969. The first of our “Manchester
Trio” today.
14 BRASS
WORKSPLATE: NEILSON & CO., 4775, Glasgow 1894 as carried by an 0-4-0ST
new to William Baird & Co. Ltd., Lugar Ironworks, Old Cumnock. Rebuit by Barclay Brothers in 1929 and
became “Lugar No. 6.” Sold to NCB on 1st
January 1947 at Lugar, but lost its name and became just “No. 4” The loco worked at various collieries in the
area ending up at Lugar Central Workshops in April 1968. Cut up by Motherwell Machinery & Scrap
Co. in August 1969. Oval 9¾” x 6” face
lightly polished.
15
* SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 61120 as carried by the LNER 4-6-0 B1 class
loco built by NBL Queens Park Works as No 25876, new to traffic on 22nd
January 1947 numbered 1120. Became BR
61120 in October 1948. Withdrawn from
Retford on 31st January 1965 and cut up by Marples & Gillott of
Sheffield. Totally ex-loco condition
with plenty of grime.
16
* BR (E) DOORPLATE: TICKET OFFICE in dark blue with white lettering
in ex-station condition. 18” x 3½” text
in one line. Reputed to be ex-Kingscliffe station; there is a label on the
back, but no name.
17 SHEDPLATE:
87C DANYGRAIG (SWANSEA) (1950- January1960). Ex-loco condition.
18
* GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY 14” dial fusee movement roundhead WALL CLOCK, the only face marking being
the “GWR” roundel. Totally original
condition complete with pendulum and key.
A superb item.
19 COMMEMORATIVE
CHINA MUG issued to commemorate the visit of the Cunard Liner “Mauretania”
to the Welsh Coast on August 30th 1909, with text in Welsh. Green transfer printing showing illustration
of the liner just off port.
Manufactured by Hughes of Fenton.
3¼” tall.
20 LMS
BRASS WORKSPLATE: BUILT 1938 CREWE as carried by the 4-6-2 “Princess
Coronation” class loco (4)6246 “City of Manchester.” Oval, 10½” x 6”. Together with the cast iron tender Water
Capacity plate “4,000 Gallons” from the same loco which was built at Crewe in
1943 in streamlined black livery. The
loco was withdrawn on 26th January 1963. The number “6246” is painted on the back of both plates. (2)
21
* TOTEM: RIPON BR (NER) tangerine, half flanged. Minor repair to small chip in letter “P” and
edging only, excellent otherwise with deep colour and good shine. An ex-NER station on the Northallerton –
Harrogate line opened in 1848, closed in March 1967.
22
* LMS “HAWKSEYE” ALLOY STATION SIGN: ETTINGTON in ex-station
condition, 48” long. From the ex
Stratford-on-Avon & Midland Junction line station between Fenny Compton –
Stratford-on-Avon opened in 1973, closed in 1952.
23
* METROPOLITAN & GREAT CENTRAL JOINT COMMITTEE CAST IRON SIGN:
“Met & GC Joint. Trespassers Will
Be Prosecuted. Penalty Forty Shilling
or Imprisonment for One Month.” 12¾” x
23½”, scalloped corners. Restored front
and painted back, but obvious signs of originality.
24
* GWR three-aspect HANDLAMP,
the body brass plated “6723,” the reducing cone embossed “Reformed Patent
GWR.” A further brass plate is attached
to the front with the legend: “Petroleum – Light 10 minutes Before Using.” Letters “R” = red and “G” = green embossed
buttons on either side of reducing cone to signify position of the relative
coloured lenses. The burner is stamped
“Reform” with a tapered rear box and false base. The reservoir is stamped “GWR.”
The letters “GWR” are also etched into the front glass. An unusual lamp in VGC.
25
* ALLOY LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: EMPRESS OF CANADA CANADIAN PACIFIC
STEAM-SHIPS from the BR type 4 1Co-Co1 2,000hp diesel-electric D232 built
by English Electric at Vulcan Foundry works as number EE2688/D449. To traffic at Crewe on 14th April
1959, named at Derby without ceremony 17th March 1961. Renumbered
40032 March 1974 as class 40 in the TOPS renumbering scheme. Withdrawn from Longsight 1st
February 1981 and sent to Swindon for scrapping in April 1981, finally cut-up
by 25th April 1983. Some
restoration to the painted part of the nameplate. The edges are in BR blue, some original green on back.
26 LONDON
& NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY BRASS WORKSPLATE: BEYER PEACOCK & CO. LTD.
1908 with attached brass plate 65854 to cover the original number which has
been ground off. An ex-NER 0-6-0 class
“P3” loco numbered 1225, built by Beyer Peacock in August 1908 as works No.
5118. Became LNER 1225 and reclassified
J27. Renumbered 5854 in April 1946 and
finally BR 65854 in April 1948.
Withdrawn December 1963.
Restored.
27
* CALEDONIAN RAILWAY original gold leaf COAT OF ARMS on CR blue coloured wooden board. 15” x 17½”.
28
* CARRIAGE PRINT: ROLLESTON-ON-DOVE by Elis Silas from the LMR (A)
series 1950. A fine view of the river
and bridge in an ebonised glazed wooden frame. VGC.
29
* TOTEM: THETFORD BR (ER) dark blue, half flanged, professionally
restored to VGC. An ex-GER station on
the Ely – Norwich line opened in 1845.
A rare totem seen only once before in auction (1999).
30
* SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS brass single language cabside numberplate
“2026” with a brass overplate underneath “14CRM” as carried by the 3ft 6in
gauge 4-8-2 built by the Montreal Locomotive Works as their 63078 of 1922. They were a Canadian interpretation with bar
frames of the heavy mixed traffic class 14 with a higher axle loading than some
similar machines. [C = Canada, M = main line, and R was added when reboilered
in the late 1930s]. Out of service by 1982. Ex-loco condition with the usual
knocks and scrapes, but with a deeper gouge through “Railways” at base.
31 BRASS
SINGLE LINE KEY TOKEN: PORTKNOCKIE – PORTESSIE “25” an ex-GNOSR section on
the Tillynaught – Elgin line closed in 1968.
Curved triangular end with triangular cutout and dark green background
to section names. VGC.
32
* BRASS LOCOMOTIVE WORKSPLATE: NASMYTH WILSON & Co. LIMITED No.
1520 1928 Patricroft Manchester as carried by the metre gauge Madras &
Southern Mahratta Rly 4-6-2 class YC No. 550, originally No. 414. In October 1966 the railway became part of
India’s South Central Railway. Triangular
13¾” x 5½” background in cream.
VGC.
33
* LB&SCR three-aspect HANDLAMP,
the body stamped “B890 Lewes” and “LB&SCR,” also bears a brass plate
showing railway title in full. The
reducing cone is brass plated S[E]R.
Complete with BR/SR burner and S<B>R reservoir. Copper lens cone with bevel edged
glass. VGC.
34
* SIGNAL FINIAL 24” high with 16 rounded triangular apertures in the
central “ball”, casting number 218, a product of Messrs Stevens & Sons,
probably from the Caledonian, NBR or GNSR companies. Square base with cut corners.
Original condition.
35
* TOTEM: SETTLE BR (LMR) maroon, fully flanged, in VGC with deep
colour and shine. The best example we
have seen. An ex-MR Settle &
Carlisle line station opened in 1876.
36
* BRASS WORKSPLATE: NORTH BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY LTD No. 23473
Queen’s Park Works, Glasgow, 1926.
Built to Lot 33 and carried by the LMS 0-6-0 class 4 (later 4F) No.
4399. Became BR 44399 at
Nationalisation and withdrawn from Trafford Park in February 1964. Cut up by
T.W. Ward of Killamarsh. Diamond
cast brass 15” x 6” face lightly polished.
37 LNER
GLASS TUMBLER with engraved scroll design initials and fluted base. 5¾” high.
38 LNER. SIX WEDGWOOD “CATHEDRAL” PLATES produced
by Josiah Wedgwood & Son in the “Catherine” shape circa 1930. Each is 9” diameter and showing
illustrations of Ely, Norwich, Lincoln, York, Durham and Peterborough
cathedrals. The “Durham” example is
badly cracked. (6)
39
* CARRIAGE PRINT: HARDY COUNTRY – STINSFORD by Donald Maxwell from
the Southern Railway Original series (1936).
Very rare, the first time at auction, an attractive study of the village
by the book illustrator. In an original
type glazed frame. VGC.
40
* SCALE PRESENTATION MODEL of 2-6-4 Tank locomotive No. 42147 Built
at Derby 1948 in the newly adopted mixed traffic livery of black with grey and
red lining and “lion over wheel” logo.
Cast in alloy and standing on bakelite and steel base with an alloy
presentation plate on the front. VGC.
41
* TOTEM: EAST MALLING HALT BR (S) green, fully flanged. Superb colour and shine. An ex-SE&CR station opened in 1913 on
the line between Otford and Maidstone East in Kent.
42 GNR
(H&O Joint) three-aspect large pattern HANDLAMP stamped on reducing cone “GNR W4/91” and “13278” and
plated “Petroleum.” Base stamped “GNR
13278” with brass plate “Great Northern Railway Company N. Bridge Gds Halifax
19.” There is a steel relocation plate
“Kimberley Park.” Newbridge was a
station on the Halifax & Ovenden Joint Line. Integral vessel with LNER burner. Brass lens cone with bevel edged lens.
LOTS 43-45: PULLMAN CAR ITEMS
43 * PULLMAN 1st CLASS ARMCHAIR from SR composite car 'Iris'
of 1932. In light green moquette in excellent condition together
with original 'Pullman' antimacassar. Pullman Composite Car 'Iris' was
built by Metropolitan Cammell & Wagon Co at Birmingham in 1932 for the
Brighton Electrification. Formed in SR electric unit No. 2016 (later
3016). A contemporary
description states that the car was distinguished by the use of 'very
beautiful veneers of rosy tones with enrichments of an
English garden. Richly coloured
blossoms on holly were predominant.’ Chair dimensions: 28" x
30" x 45". 'Iris' was withdrawn from service on 18 June 1966
and sold for scrap to A King & Sons Ltd, Norwich.
44 * PULLMAN CAR SQUARE BASE TABLE LAMP in the ornate Arcadian
style of swags and rams heads, complete with matching pink shade. No car identity noted, but a
typical style that was predominant in many Pullmans from 1923. No base.
Good ex-vehicle condition.
45
* PULLMAN CAR BRASS CASED CLOCK. A rare brass clock from Third class
kitchen car No 8 of 1917. 8½”
diameter with satin grey face and unusual Roman numerals and second hand.
Glass opens to facilitate winding (no key). An inscription reading “Third Class 8” can be found
around the inside rim of the clock face.
Good
ex-car condition and highly sought after, since most clocks had Arabic
numerals. 12-wheeled Pullman kitchen car No 8 was built at Longhedge in
November 1917 and used principally on South Coast services, including
the 'Southern Belle', boat trains
and latterly the "Bournemouth Belle" in the 1950s and early
1960s. The clock was removed in
1955 and replaced by a plaque. Car No 8 was withdrawn from service
in May 1961 and became "Holiday Coach No. P56". It was finally broken up in 1968
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46
* SHEDPLATE: 89D OSWESTRY (January 1961 – September 1963, previously
89A, later 6E upon regional boundary changes).
A scarce example. Repainted both
sides.
47
* LSWR three-aspect side door round front HANDLAMP stamped “L&SWR” brass plated “146.” Base also plated “146” and stamped
“561.” Very early and ornate full
company titled brass plate, with over brazed brass clip. Sloping front reservoir and reflector both
stamped “L&SWR,” burner stamped “SR.”
LOTS 48 AND 49: BUTTONS
48
* CHESTER & HOLYHEAD RAILWAY 22mm nickel UNIFORM BUTTON showing the Prince of Wales plumes design surrounded
by the company name in full.
Illustrated in Froggatt (Plate 9/15)
49
* MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL RAILWAYS set of six hallmarked nickel silver UNIFORM BUTTONS with company coat of
arms surrounded by the company name in full.
25mm diameter and tarnished. All
contained within a padded watch presentation case marked M.S.C. Rly.” Rare. Illustrated in Froggatt (Plate 50/15). (7)
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50
* BRASS LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: AGAMEMNON from the ex-LMSR 4-6-0 5XP
later 6P “Jubilee” class loco number 5693 built at Crewe in 1936, works number
291. Introduced to traffic in March 1936, named from new. Renumbered 45693 by BR in August 1948. Withdrawn December 1962. A fine example, face polished only and
accompanied by the BR receipt for £2 dated 1963.
LOTS 51-69: POSTERS
(D/R double royal (25” x 40”) Q/R quad royal (50” x 40”))
(SEE ALSO LOTS 151-169)
51
* BR (ER) D/R poster: ESSEX
– See Britain by Train with artwork scene of Moulsham Mill, Chelmsford by
Wesson (Ref P1192). Undated. Folded, good otherwise.
52
* BR (ScR) D/R poster: ST
ANDREWS with colourful artwork showing golf links and hotel and club house
in the distance by McIntosh Patrick (Ref B28528). Undated. Folded, good
otherwise.
53
* RAILWAY EXECUTIVE (LMR) Q/R poster: TROOPING THE COLOUR – See Britain First by Rail – The Colour
Picture Painted by the Late Christopher Clark in 1932. A fine scene of pageantry with horses,
guardsmen and bandsmen. Undated. Some loss at bottom edge, but good overall
and laid on linen. Rolled.
54
* LONDON TRAMWAYS D/R poster: HAMPTON
COURT Change at Shepherd’s Bush, Hammersmith or Wimbledon Stations, with
9-line poem by Thomson. Colourful
artwork of gardens by George Sheringham.
Issued in 1924. Rolled. VGC.
55
* GWR, LMS, LNER, SR (BIG FOUR) D/R poster: IN WAR AND PEACE WE SERVE with artwork by Reginald Mayes showing
the flags of the allied nations together with representative locos of each of
the railway companies (Ref No. 154).
Unusually for a D/R poster, presented in “landscape” format. Undated.
One or two minor tape repairs, VGC otherwise. Rolled.
56
* BR (LMR) D/R poster: ISLE OF
MAN with colourful artwork by A.J. Wilson showing putting green, boating,
sailing and distant cliffs. Published
1956. Rolled. VGC.
57
* BR (ER) poster: EAST COAST
LANDMARKS – See Britain by Train with colourful artwork by Frank H. Mason
of Orford Ness near Woodbridge Suffolk showing trawler and yachts close to the
lighthouse. Published 1964. Rolled, VGC.
58
* RAILWAY EXECUTIVE (ScR) Q/R poster: LOCH LOMOND – See Scotland by Train and Steamer, with colourful
artwork by Alasdair Macfarlane showing BR Paddle Steamer “Maid of the Loch” on
Loch Lomond (Ref B11759). Folded, good
otherwise.
59
* LNER D/R poster: BOSTON
on the London & North Eastern Railway of England and Scotland with
colourful view of Boston “stump” and quayside by Frank Taylor, Small edge tear at top and slight crease at
base, VGC otherwise. Undated. Rolled.
60
* GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY D/R poster: GWR MILFORD HAVEN Where the Fish Comes From, with colourful artwork
in cartoon style by Hussall showing older sea-going gentleman with young boy
holding fish and harbour with fishing boats in background. Undated.
Felix Pole was GWR General Manager, James C. Ward was Manager, Milford
Docks Company at time of publication.
Printed by Weiner Ltd. VGC
except for small blemish at base.
61
* BR (NER) D/R poster: YORKSHIRE
with colourful artwork by Jack Merriott of Knaresborough showing viaduct and
punts on the river below. Published
1954 for the USA/Canadian market as witnessed by details of services available
from BR offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Toronto. Rolled, VGC.
62
* RAILWAY EXECUTIVE Q/R poster: CLEAR
ROAD AHEAD with artwork showing driver and fireman aboard “Monmouth Castle”
by Cuneo (Ref AR1110). A classic scene.
Undated. Rolled, rather brittle, but
good otherwise.
63
* BR (LMR) D/R poster: LLANDUDNO
with colourful artwork by Claude Buckle of couple walking along cliff path
towards the bay. Published 1960. Folded, small pinholes at top, good
otherwise.
64
* BR (WR) D/R poster: CARDIGAN
BAY RESORTS for Glorious Sea and Country Holidays – Travel by Train, with
artwork showing happy touring family against map of the Welsh Coast by Harry
Riley (Ref PR129). Undated. Folded,
good otherwise.
65
* GWR, LMS, LNER, SR (BIG FOUR) D/R poster: IN WAR AND PEACE WE SERVE with artwork by Reginald Mayes featuring
large “Union Jack” flag over an LMS 4-6-0 hauling an express all in blue livery
(No. 573). Slight foxing above letters
at base does not detract. Undated. Rolled.
66
* BR (LMR) D/R poster: Morecambe – The Perfect Seaside Resort so Close
to The Lake District, with artwork by Lander showing woman with one foot
apparently in the Lake District, the other on the sandy beach. Published in 1956. Folded, good otherwise.
67
* BR (NER) D/R poster: NORTHUMBERLAND
with colourful artwork of the Roman Wall by L.R. Squirrell showing wall,
ramblers and sheep with lake in background.
Published in 1955 for the USA/Canadian market as witnessed by details of
services available from BR offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Toronto. Rolled, VGC.
68
* LONDON UNDERGROUND D/R poster: KEW
GARDENS by District Railway to Kew Gardens Station, with two-verse poem by
“MEF.” Colourful artwork in an art
nouveau style by George Sheringham
showing ladies sitting in the park.
Issued in 1924. Small edge tear
at top. Rolled and VGC.
69
* BR (LMR) D/R poster: BANGOR
NORTHERN IRELAND – Travel by GNR Services, with artwork by A.J. Wilson
showing fishermen preparing trawler in the harbour. Published 1955. Folded,
good otherwise.
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70
* TOTEM: RIDDINGS JUNCTION BR (ScR) light blue, fully flanged, in
excellent condition. An ex-Waverley
Route station opened in March 1862, closed June 1964. A rare totem, not seen previously at auction.
71
* GNR wooden cased pegging BLOCK
INSTRUMENT complete with back box.
Enamel plate “To Slfaford (sic) South.”
Very good original condition.
72
* NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS BRASS CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: AB831 from 3ft 6in gauge 4-6-2 built by NBL,
construction number 23189 of 1925. A heavy express passenger design. Oval 10½” x 16½” in ex-loco condition.
73
* LNWR three-aspect HANDLAMP,
the body stamped “Stanley Coaching A16255,” the reducing cone stamped
“LNWR.” Complete with later brass and
ceramic burner, reflector and reservoir.
Copper lens cone with beveled glass.
Crack to red sliding glass, VGC otherwise.
74
* STEEL SINGLE LINE KEY TOKEN: LLANIDLOES – MOAT LANE EAST with the
section name on polished brass label.
An ex-Cambrian Railways section closed on 31st December 1962.
75
* BRASS LOCOMOTIVE NAMEPLATE: ACHOLI from the East African Railways
metre gauge 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt No. 5012, built Beyer Peacock 6157 in 1927.
Delivered as Kenya-Uganda Railways No. 58, of class EC1, their second class of
main line Garratt. Good ex-loco
condition.
76 BRASS
WORKSPLATE: ROBERT STEPHENSON & HAWTHORNS LTD., 7620 Newcastle Works,
1951 as carried by the (GWR) 0-6-0PT “9400” class loco 9469 Lot No. 383
ex-works in March 1952. Withdrawn in
March 1962 and cut up by J. Buttiweg of Newport. Oval 13” x 8¾” ex-loco condition.
77
* SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE: 45197.
An LMS class 5 4-6-0 loco numbered 5197 built by Armstrong Whitworth as
No. 1238 of 1935 to Lot 124. Became BR
45197 upon Nationalisation and withdrawn on 14th January 1967. Ex-loco condition with plenty of grime.
78
* SHEDPLATE: 52C BLAYDON (1950-March1965). Ex-loco condition.
79
* HIGHLAND RAILWAY SILVERPLATED
SOUP TUREEN with lid, manufactured by Mappin & Webb. HR company garter stamped on side and
lid. Oval shape, 13” x 9½” and 9” high
over handle.
80
* TOTEM: WEM BR (LMR) maroon, fully flanged in VGC with good colour
and shine, apart from one repaired chip.
An ex-LNWR station on the Crewe – Shrewsbury line opened in 1858.
81
* BRASS WORKSPLATE: “FRIED KRUPP LOKOMOTIVFABRIK ESSEN F Nr. 3302
1952” from Indonesian State Railways 3ft 6in gauge 2-8-2 of class D52, number
D52078. Heavy mixed traffic design based on German practice and used up to the
end of steam in 1984. Rectangular, 14”
x 8¾” face polished only.
82 SHEDPLATE:
88G LLANTRISANT (1961-October 1964, previously 86D). Unrestored.
Rare.
83 STEEL
SINGLE LINE KEY TOKEN: BLENCOW – PENRUDDOCK “4” a section on the former
CK&PR line between Penrith – Cockermouth closed in 1972. Circular end with square cutout.
84 BRASS
OIL BOX from a GWR “Castle Class”
loco (identity unknown). Cast
brass, 6½” x 6¾” x 2½” overall with a
sloping hinged lid and pipe at the base to take oil to the bearing. In ex-loco condition.
85
* ENAMEL DOORPLATE: FORWARDING OFFICE (on two lines), BR (M) maroon,
fully flanged, 18” x 6”. A very unusual
title. Some expert restoration to VGC.
86 LMS
HOTELS LIQUEUR GLASS. A very dainty
3½” x 1⅛.” The lettering “LMS
G&SW Hotels” is engraved in scroll below leaves and wyvern crest on
side. A minor chip in the rim does not
detract.
87 SILVERPLATE:
LNER FRUIT BOWL clearly engraved with company initials in script. 10½” diameter bowl on pedestal, standing 7”
high. VGC.
88 LMS
LOCOMOTIVE BRASS BELL-TYPE WHISTLE from the class 4 (later class 5) “Crab”
2-6-0 loco 42751 built at Crewe as Works No. 5742 in June 1927 under Lot
21. Originally numbered 13051, then
2751 from 1934 and finally BR
42751. Withdrawn from Gorton in April
1965, it was cut up by the Central Wagon Co., Ince, Wigan in August 1965. 10½” tall in ex-loco condition.
89
* FURNESS RAILWAY “Cavendo Tutus” original gold leaf COAT OF ARMS on appropriately coloured
board. 12” x 12”.
90 KENYA
& UGANDA RAILWAYS AND HARBOURS BRASS MEMORIAL PLAQUE: To “Sir Christian
Ludolph Neethling Felling Kt. C.M.G. General Manager 1923-1928 Erected in
Memory of a Great Public Servant by All Ranks of the Kenya and Uganda Railways
and Harbours Services 1930.” A head and
shoulders relief of the man in cast brass.
15¾” x 28” tombstone shape.
Original condition.
91
* BRASS WORKSPLATE: LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY 7554 Rebuilt
Stratford, 1928. As carried by ex-GER
class Y14 0-6-0 loco No. 554 built to order A60 in June 1906. Became LNER 7554 on 17th
September 1925 and classified J15.
Received a new boiler in 1928.
Became LNER 5462 in January 1947, BE E5452 in March 1948 and finally
65652 in May 1949. Withdrawn on 7th
December 1959 from Stratford and cut up there.
Oval 9” x 5” face polished.
92 SHEDPLATE:
83C EXETER (1950-October 1963).
Some restoration. Rare.
93
* BRISTOL & EXETER RAILWAY.
A superb and rare BRASS TIPSTAFF
topped by a brass crown and clearly engraved “Bristol – Exeter Ry. Bridgwater
1859” Wooden handle 13½” long. The Bristol & Exeter Railway was
absorbed by the GWR on 1st January 1876. A very special item in VGC.
94 MIDLAND
RAILWAY three-aspect HANDLAMP,
body stamped “MRCo.,” brass plated “Midland Railway” and stamped “17184B.” Also stamped with letter “B” in triangle in
various places on the body. Reducing
cone stamped “MRCo” and brass plate stamped “B19601.” Burner stamped “LMS,” the reservoir “MRCo.”
95
* GWR CAST IRON CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE: 3735 as carried by the 0-6-0PT
“8750” class loco which was the first of batch in lot No. 306, built Swindon
and entered traffic in August 1937.
Withdrawn September 1965 and cut up by T.W. Ward Ltd. Totally unrestored and very rusty with
slight loss to rim at one corner, not affecting face.
96
* TYER’S one-wire, three-position, rotary sequence, sloping front BLOCK INSTRUMENT. No box description noted.
97 SE&CR
POLICE HELMET BADGE. Black metal with name in full against a
star-burst design with the number “89” in chrome at the centre. 2¾” x 3”.
VGC.