1

Silverplated Tray inscribed 'To Arthur Browning From His Colleagues At Paddington' The accompanying copy of paperwork shows that Mr Browning was the Southern Region trained Catering Manager.

£5

2

Shedplate 5B, Crewe South until November 1967. Restored.

£65

3

Early Enamel Sign 'Station', light blue lettering on white background. Measures 40" x 30" and is in very good condition for age. Origins unknown but has a Scottish feel.

£30

4

LNER Loco 2 aspect Handlamp, pie-crust top variety complete with reservoir and an LNE stamped burner. The reducing cone bears an original, painted inscription ' 975 Lowestoft '. Original condition. Together with a later style, LNER 4 aspect Fogging Handlamp, complete with reservoir and unmarked burner. Original condition. Together with LNER Lamp Interiors, qty 3, two of which carry the Welch brass makers plate. Together with a BR(M) Lamp Interior with copper reservoir and sliding, burner access cover. All 4 lamps in excellent condition. Additionally, a pair of 'D' type Wagon Plates, E87576 and E87548, both Darlington 1959 under same lot number 30344.

£65

5

Railway Tickets, a small selection, all Wiltshire comprising: GWR Bath to Devizes dated 1906, Reading to Devizes Parly (undated); Devizes to Cherbourg; Bath to Devizes (ret); BR Devizes to Trowbridge via Holt Junc; Devizes to Patney & Chirton; Devizes to Weymouth; Devizes to Paddington and a Romford to Devizes; Devizes to Reading; Devizes to Trowbridge; Devizes to Bristol; several to Paddington. Also, qty 3 BR from Holt Junction: Bradford-on-Avon, Trowbridge and Staverton Halt.

£18

6

Wagon Plates, qty 4 to include a pair of ornate C/I examples comprising The Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Smethwick, England dated 1925 and a Midland Ry Carriage & Wagon Co. Ltd., Builders Birmingham dated 1925. Both are face restored in maroon and gilt and have been mounted on matching pieces of hardboard. Also, a further pair comprising 'G' shaped C/I Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Ld., Builders and a C/I Chas Roberts & Co Ltd., Builders 1936 Wakefield. Both are the larger patterns and are face restored. The Chas Roberts is mounted on a matching piece of hardboard.

£80

7

BR(W) enamel Doorplate, F/F, 18" X 3½" PRIVATE. Good colour and shine and in excellent condition, much rarer than one may think, the Western Region retaining GWR cast iron doorplates at most Stations.

£190

8

LNWR Double Needle Permissive Block Instrument bearing the ivorine plate GANNOW JUNCTION beneath the indicator and UP AND DOWN SLOW above the indicator. This line could have been worked either Permissive or Absolute and so a flap (bottom left) is attached to remind the Signalman of which system was being used. Gannow Junction is just outside Burnley.

£170

9

South East & Chatham Railway, flat style Locomotive Valve Gear Oil Can. Bears a brass plate on the top with the initials 'S.E.C.R. and is also stamped with the same on the handle. Measure approximately 6¼" x 4¼" not including the short spout and squat handle. The item has been stripped of paint and polished.

£90

10

GWR Brass Cashbag Plate PRESTON HALT TO PAIGNTON. It is doubtful whether a rarer plate will ever come onto the market because the Great Western Railway opened a platform to serve the popular Preston Sands beach in Paignton on 24 July 1911. It was mainly served by the steam rail motors that had been introduced earlier that year to compete with the trams then running between Paignton and Torquay. It only lasted a few years, being closed on 21 September 1914. A truly unbelievable survivor.

£100

11

BR D Plates, qty 12 comprising:-  B260961 16T 1957 Lot No 2805 Butterley, DB993622 24T 1960 Lot No 3255 Shildon, DB982289 12T 1951 Lot No 2264 Fairfield, B416890 21T 1955 Lot No 2727 Hurst Nelson, DB948858 20T 1957 Lot No 3052 Gloucester, B602450 51T 1967 Lot No 3652 Ashford (ex Car carrier), B256899 16T 1956 Lot No 2801 Chas Roberts, DB984233 20T 1958 Lot No 3038 Cambrian, B740550 12T 1949 Lot No 2047 Darlington, B725681 12T 1959 Lot No 3232 Derby, B888416 22 T 1958 Lot No 3156 Met Cammel, B564222 16T 1956 Lot No 2920 Pressed Steel.

£70

12

Alloy Shedplate 82A, Bristol Bath Road. This is the 4 hole variety with black background.

£40

13

GWR Wooden Framed Notice referring to Offences & Penalties. Together with an Edmondson Ticket Dating Machine.

£40

14

Signalbox Bakelite Repeaters, qty 3. The first is most interesting having an id tag on the rear to show it came from Dalry No. 3. The face is painted 'Main' and 'Branch'. The second is the Power Supply type with copper box beneath bearing an old type, bakelite switch. The third is a standard On/Off type. All are in excellent condition.

£55

15

North British Railway 3 aspect Guards Handlamp. Brass plated on the cone 'R.C. Murray, Carlton Courst, Bridge Street, Glasgow'. Stamped 'NBR' on the side, the whole lamp is in excellent condition and carries the original reservoir and burner.

£150

16

Enamel Distant Signal Blade together with a standard GWR Signal Lamp Interior and a Brass Pressure Gauge that reads 30 lbs per sq inch.

£26

17

North Eastern Railway  matching pair of C/I Gate Signs, Shut This Gate and Penalty For Neglect £2. Together with a Railway Executive, pressed steel 40/- Trespass Notice and an alloy 'Gentlemen' Sign.

£85

18

Fleetwood Harbour & Dock Plan of Wyre Dock and surrounds advertising Daily Sailings between Fleetwood and Belfast. In a glazed frame measuring 14" x 12". Together with a wonderful coloured Map of the Manchester Ship Canal Port Of Manchester. Dated 1927, it shows far too much information to list but includes Old Trafford, the CLC Engine Sheds , Wharfs, Land and berths, Mode Wheel Works etc. Measures 36" x 19½" in a glazed frame. Additionally, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway framed & glazed Maps, qty 2 :- L&YR and Ladyshore Coal Company showing the Manchester, Bury & Bolton Canal and River Irwell, 26" x 19½"; Connections between the L&YR and The Continent of Europe, 18" x 15".

£100

19

BR(M) Enamel Sign 'IN' on one side and 'NO EXIT' on the other side. Measures a neat 16" x 92, complete with hanging eyes. An unusual and desirable example. Excellent condition with deep colour and shine and no real damage at all.

£95

20

Southern Railway enamel Target Sign LEWES. Ex LBSCR station between Brighton and Polegate. Mounted on a replacement backboard. Some restoration around the edge.

£600

21

Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Steel and Brass Single Line Tablet  BLACKMOOR - CHELFHAM number 2. The railway was opened in May 1898 and the tablets for this particular section were rather late additions being introduced around 1931 when the section was produced by the Bratton Fleming Loop being removed.   Running powers handed to the Southern Railway in July 1923, closure coming just 12 years later in 1935.

£1,550

22

Shedplate 8E, Brunswick from May 1950 until April 1958 and then Northwich until 1968. Bereft of paint and surface rust.

£50

23

Carriage Print, 'Loch Eck, Argyll' from a painting by Frank Sherwin, from the Scottish Region series. Very good condition, in a glazed, wooden frame.

£30

24

Alloy Key Token JOHNSTON - MILFORD HAVEN. Ex GWR section in South West Wales, Johnston being the junction for the two branches to either Milford Haven or Neyland. Ex signalbox condition with traces of red paint.

£230

25

Great Western Railway C/I 'short trespass' sign 'Notice - All Persons Found Trespassing On This Railway Will Be Prosecuted - As The Law Directs'. Totally ex lineside. Of considerable more scarcity than the standard GWR Trespass Signs.

£90

26

Posters,  a pair of 'photographic' style British Railways Western Region 'Shakespeare Country - Stratford-On-Avon' showing Scholars Lane and the Falcon Inn and 'South Wales' showing Cenarth Falls, Carmarthenshire. Both dated 1962 within the poster code.

£70

27

Great Western Railway Tail Lamp complete with British Railways later replacement reservoir and burner.

£70

28

BR(Sc) Doorplate F/F 18" x 3½"  GENTLEMEN in virtually Mint condition, Gentlemen doorplates from any region are quite rare.

£170

29

Great Western Railway C/I Boundary Post, scarce triangular pattern with just company initials inscribed.

£120

30

Rhymney Railway Brass Acme Thunderer Whistle, Nicely stamped  RR  P WAY 192 also stamped The Thunderer Patent, A. Decourcy & Co Birmingham.  A desirable whistle in excellent condition.

£60

31

Worksplate, Yorkshire Engine Co Ltd number 2472 dated 1951, brass oval. Ex BR 9400 Class 0-6-0 Pannier Tank Locomotive number 8479. Actually entered service at Westbury in 1953 only to be withdrawn after just 12 years in October 1962 from Radyr. Last engine of the batch built by this contractor for BR Western Region. Ex loco condition.

£190

32

Shedplate 84E, Tyseley from 1948 until September 1963 and then Wadebridge until October 1964.

£100

33

GWR C/I Paperweight together with qty 5 GWR Pay Checks, 4 GWR Senior Staff Buttons, an LMS Derby C/I Coach Plate 1936 and a cast bronze sign ' Tank Must Not Be Filled Above Brackets Below Manhole', origin unknown, also a small selection of GWR Paperwork.

£60

34

Worksplate, Built 1962 Crewe. Alloy construction, ex Class 52 Western Diesel Hydraulic in the batch D1035 - D1049. Face cleaned, rear and edge basically ex loco with traces of blue paint.

£230

35

Cast Iron Water Boiler complete with brass tap. Cast into top is 'Swain 3 Gall'. No other markings but certainly ex railway Gangers Hut.

£30

36

British Railways Locomotive Headlamp complete with flip-over lens, reservoir and burner. Original white paint, good, ex loco condition. Together with a BR double, clear bullseye Guards Van Lamp. Finally, with these, a large collection of books and a quantity of railway and tram videos.

£130

37

Worksplate The English Electric Company Ltd London No 3087/D637 dated 1961. Ex English Electric Type 4 Co-Co D 341 later Class 40 number 40 141. Introduced April 1961 and allocated to Crewe for use on the West Coast Main Line. Cut up at BREL Doncaster in August 1984. Totally ex loco with the majority of the face retaining the original blue paint and chrome plating.

£380

38

GWR Brass Locomotive Whistles, a matching pair comprising large and small versions, fitted as standard to GWR Locomotives. Mounted on a wooden board ready for display.

£160

39

British Railways Area Managers Cap complete with gilt L-O-W wreathed Capbadge, gilt floral peak and gilt headband trim. It is still in its original J. Compton, Sons & Webb Limited box addressed to the Area Manager Paignton Station. It was in fact worn by the Vendor's father to meet the Queen at Newton Abbot Station.

£45

40

Totem, BR(M) LEYLAND, F/F. Ex North Union Joint Railway station between Wigan and Preston. Two small face repairs otherwise very good with reasonable colour and shine.

£570

41

LMS brass plated Adlake Signal Lamps, a pair, one unrestored, one partially restored. Together with an early BR red lens Tail Lamp and an early, all copper Signal Lamp minus front door and innards. Together with a ¼ and ¾ fibre glass milepost markers, horizontal 'V' shaped.

£30

42

Shedplate 21B, Bourneville from 1948 until February 1960 then Bescot until September 1963.

£150

43

Carriage Print 'London Horse Guards, Whitehall' from a painting by John L. Baker from the LNER series. In an original type glazed frame.

£45

44

LMS C/I Tenderplate No 9205 dated 1934. Ex Stanier Class 5 locomotive tender fitted to 45111. This loco roamed the metals of the North West being allocated to Holyhead, Liverpool and Longsight before departing south to Willesden. It was withdrawn in 1967. Totally ex loco condition,

£160

45

LNER magnificent Silverplate Tureen complete with Lid, manufactured by Walker & Hall, Sheffield . Exquisitely engraved with the large LNER script monogram on both body and lid. A substantial item in lovely condition standing a full 8½" high and approximately 10" across including the ornate handles.

£260

46

Flamecut Cabside Number Panel 31464. This loco was built by Brush in October 1962 and originally numbered D5860. First TOPS number was 31325 and it received the number 31464 in February 1985. Withdrawn in January 1991 from Doncaster after suffering collision damage. Superbly cut measuring just 27" x 22½". One of only a few class 31 locos to receive Intercity livery and this flamecut preserves this perfectly.

£60

47

A pair of early, wooden jigsaws: 'Fist Class' depicting 'A Modern Pacific Locomotive hauling the Inter-City Express Sydney to Newcastle, New South Wales Railway' and Victory Topical Series 'Western Region Express' (blue King 6005) Both are complete in their respective boxes.

£16

48

LSWR Signal Lamp Interior plated OTTERHAM. Also bears the brass Lamp Manufacturing Company plate on the opposite side. Complete with burner and reservoir. Otterham was between Launceston and Camelford on the North Cornwall line, closed forever 3rd October 1966.

£50

49

London Tilbury & Southend Railway Gold Free Pass. One side bears the full company title around the periphery with the name of the holder, H.G. Drury and the issue number 23, in blue enamel across the centre. The obverse carries the company crest of three heraldic shields surrounding a central structure with the words 'Free Pass' above.  In the original H.T. Lamb 5 St. Johns Square, London Jewelers Box. The LT&SR opened in 1854 as a joint venture between the London & Blackwall Rly and the Eastern Counties Rly. It was incorporated into the Midland Railway in 1912. A stunning item of considerable scarcity.

£570

50

Nameplate, THUNDERBOLT, Built LNWR Crewe Works November 1904. Ex LNWR 'Precursor' Class 4-4-0 Locomotive number 1102 built November 1904 and given Crewe number 4453. Renumbered under the LMS in November 1926 to 5193. Withdrawn September 1931. A superb, balanced plate with the company initials, Crewe Works and the build date spaced either end. Lightly faced cleaned, totally original black wax filling, rear ex loco. A wooden, painted splasher accompanies.

£11,800

51

British Railways Eastern Region Enamel Direction Sign WOODGRANGE PARK STATION, F/F with left facing, feathered arrow. Ex Midland Railway (LTSR) station on the Barking route in Essex. Measures 24" x 18" and is in extremely good condition with good colour and shine. Edge chipping only, doesn't detract.

£410

52

Shedplate 25F, LMS pattern, Low Moor until September 1956. Ex loco condition, recovered from Derby Works. 47355 is painted on the reverse. A scarce plate, only appeared 4 times previously at auction.

£200

53

Great Northern Railway C/I Public Warning Not To Trespass Sign. This has 7 lines of text and is dated July 1896, Kings Cross. Restored a long time ago.

£40

54

GWR hand engraved brass Signalbox Shelf Plate VENN CROSS. Probably from Wivelescombe Signalbox on the long gone GWR Taunton to Barnstaple route.

£310

55

Wagon Plates, qty 5 comprising S.J. Claye Limited Builders Long Eaton, oval C/I 8" x 5¾"; Owners Shell Mex & BP Ltd., London WC2 No. 2726, C/I lozenge shaped; Chas Roberts & Co Ltd., Builders Horbury Junction Wakefield, C/I ornate 10½" x 5". All have been face restored, Stableford & Co Ltd., Builders Coalville 1925, C/I ornate 'S; shape; Chas Roberts & Co Ltd., Horbury Junction Wakefield, C/I, 10½" x 5". Both face restored, the Stableford is mounted on a matching piece of hardboard.

£95

56

GWR Silverplate Coffee Pot measuring 8" in height and bearing the large GWR Hotels Roundel motif on the side. Complete with lid and in excellent condition.

£160

57

Carriage Print 'Bourton-on-the-Water' from a painting by Claude Buckle, from the Western Region series. In excellent condition in an original type glazed frame.

£50

58

GWR Jigsaw GWR Jigsaw Windsor Castle (wavy edge), approx 150 pieces. Believed to be complete. Buff box with cream and brown bordered label.

£60

59

Totem, BR(S) KNOCKHOLT, F/F. Ex SECR station between Chiselhurst and Knockholt. Very good condition overall.

£270

60

Poster LMS D/R 'Winter In Warmth at Bournemouth, Illustrated Guide from Town Clerk - Travel by The Pines Express from North and Midlands - Cheap fares by LMS'. Pictorial poster printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd. Excellent condition showing the sea front, pier and gardens.

£150

61

BR (LMR) Q/R Poster: NEW BRIGHTON: Wallasey Cheshire Coast:  Rare poster By George S. Dixon and dating from 1949.   It was published as one of a number promoting the town as a tourist resort and shows a mother and  daughter in typical bathing costumes of the period with the busy shipping lanes beyond at a time when nearby Liverpool was a thriving port. Linen backed with some minor restoration, it has  vibrant colours: a classic.  It is in far better condition than the one in the National Collection and has only appeared twice in auction according to our records, making over £1000 at Christies 10 years ago.

£1,550

62

Poster, British Railways D/R Scottish Region 'Highland Games' with an image of kilted Scotsman dancing to the kilted Piper in the grounds of a castle, by Lance Cattermole. Slight losses to two corner margins otherwise extremely vibrant.

£20

63

Poster, British Railways D/R  'Royal Leamington Spa'. Published by the Railway Executive Western Region and printed by Beck  Inchbold, Leeds. Depicts a view of the Parade and a pictorial map around periphery. Mounted in a glazed frame ready to display.

£100

64

Poster British Railways D/R 'Penzance - The Centre For West Cornwall'. Depicts a view looking towards the harbour with mother and child and fishermen in cobbled street. In very good condition with only minor loss at top of border.

£460

65

BR (LMR) D/R Poster: NEW BRIGHTON: Wallasey Cheshire Coast:  Desmond Barnes original artwork dating from the early 1950s shows a glamorous bathing belle on the sea front with the pleasure ferry behind her and the distinctive skyline of Liverpool in the distance.

£320

66

Poster, LNER semi pictorial 'Switzerland - Through Services via Harwich -  Hook Of Holland Every Monday & Thursday. Top half shows a ski-ing image with the Swiss flag entitled Hiver en Suisse - Winter In Switzerland. Excellent condition with no visible defects. Recovered from Kings Cross Booking Office many, many years ago when it relocated.

£250

67

Poster, BR (NER) D/R  ' York,  Come By Train'.  1970s artwork by Alan Carr Linford showing a classic view of the famous Shambles in York.  The Poster is in excellent condition with few knicks or tears.   The Shambles has developed the reputation of Europe’s best preserved mediaeval street and it is mentioned in the Doomsday Book (and is therefore at least 900 years old).  This is a very collectable image of a famous City.

£50

68

Poster, BR (WR) D/R  'Bath, The Georgian City'.   Poster collage of the main tourist sites of England’s Historic City painted by Chris Watkiss.  Poster is in excellent condition and is one of only a few D/R posters ever painted of this World Heritage City of Bath.   It shows views of The Royal Crescent, The Royal Baths and Abbey and the famous museum and gardens at Claverton Down near to the University. Colours on the poster are vibrant and it would look good dry-mounted and framed.

£160

69

BR (LMR) D/R Poster: NEW BRIGHTON: Wallasey Cheshire Coast:  1952 Artwork by Verney L. Danvers who designed many well known posters for the SR and LNER and this one for the Midland Region of British Railways.    It shows a small family on the ferry The Royal Iris (built 1906) from Liverpool.  Ferries ran from Liverpool for almost 150 years until 1971, when berthing problems at low tide and the rise of car ownership destroyed the service.

£430

70

Poster, BR(ER) D/R 'Bavaria'.  Photographic type poster produced for the BR Executive and issued by the Eastern Region around 1960 to promote travel to lovely Southern Germany via the Hook of Holland and the Rhine Valley.   It shows the famous Neuschwanstein Castle, which as feature on many travel posters over the years with the Alps in the distance.  The castle was built between 1869 and 1884 for the Bavarian King Ludwig II (1845-1886).  Poster is in very good condition with no foxing or tears.

£50

71

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway fully titled, cast iron Sign 'Notice - The Company's Road Not Public'. Measures 23½" x 9½" with raised border and top & bottom fixing lugs. Ex lineside, originated from the Holmfirth area.

£260

72

Shedplate 20D,  LMS pattern, Normanton until February 1957. Ex loco condition. An extremely rare plate, never offered previously at auction.

£490

73

BR(W) Doorplate F/F,  DRINKING WATER. Measuring 18" x 6", it is in very good condition. A very rare doorplate indeed.

£760

74

Southern Railway Hanging Rochester Lamp, complete with Globe, Ex Barnstaple Junction.                  With Lot 75 Sugg Rochester Globe, Unused in original box and an opportunity to have an elusive spare for the previous item, just in case.

£50

75

Sugg Rochester Globe, Unused in original box and an opportunity to have an elusive spare for the previous item, just in case.(added to lot 74)

76

Cabside Numberplate, 3734. Ex GWR 0-6-0PT built Swindon September 1937 and allocated to Old Oak Common. Later allocated to Cardiff Radyr and then East Dock. Withdrawn from Abercynon April 1964. Face restored with a red background.

77

LNWR Handlamp stamped 'PENKRIDGE Coaching No. A19621’. Ex LNWR station between Wolverhampton H.L. and Stafford

£100

78

GWR Enamel Sign 'Season Tickets Must Be Shewn Here'. White lettering on cobalt blue background with the two ornate scrolls either side of the centre line. Measures 12" x 10" with some fading and rusting around the edges

£70

79

Brass Annetts Key DENHAM STATION G.F. Ex GWR & GC Joint station between West Ruislip and High Wycombe.

£90

80

Totem, BR(M) CASTLE BROMWICH, H/F. Ex Midland Railway station between Birmingham New Street and Whitacre. Good colour and shine with just a few small areas of old, but extremely good, restoration. Would display extremely well. A scarce totem, only once at auction many years ago at one of the early Bitton auctions.

£750

81

British Railways wooden, painted Running-In-Board “FAIRBOURNE” (For Fairbourne Rly) from the Cambrian Coast Line.

82

Shedplate 88F, Treherbert until October 1967. Totally ex loco.

£160

83

Glasgow & South Western Railway Cloth Armband “G&S.W.R. Pilotman”. Good condition, no straps.

£25

84

Webb & Thompson Single Line Train Staff, steel with brass end plates embossed BODMIN TOWN and BOSCARNE JUNCTION. This line opened in 1888 to connect with the original Bodmin to Wadebridge line. Steam passenger services ended here in 1963, although clay trains continued until 1964, on their way from B