April 2022 Railwayana Auction Results
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Original painting by Vic Welch of a side view of GWR County 4-4-0 3821 County Of Bedford. Gouache on board with mount, painting measures 27.5in x 11.5in. Framed and glazed. Attached to the rear is a signed certificate stating this is an original painting from the private collection of Ian Allan OBE FCIT and is signed by both Paul & David Allan.
Sold for: £80
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Original painting by George Heiron Nov 1977 of Great Central Railway Robinson Class B2/B19 (GCR Class I) Sir Sam Fay 4-6-0. Gouache on board with mount, painting measures 21.5in x 14.5in. Framed and glazed. Attached to the rear is a signed certificate stating this is an original painting from the private collection of Ian Allan OBE FCIT and is signed by both Paul & David Allan.
Sold for: £180
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Great Eastern Railway 8 inch mahogany cased railway clock supplied by Seth Thomas of Connecticut America circa 1900. The dial has been re written in LNER times and retains its original ivorine numberplate 4176 and original Seth Thomas Moon hands, the case is branded on the back GER four times. The LNER clock records show this clock was last in Railway service at Blackwall Goods Foreman's Main Office. In working condition complete with key.
Sold for: £360
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BR-W Tyers No9 single line aluminium key token WHITSTONE & BRIDGERULE-HOLSWORTHY. From the former London & South Western Railway section on the North Cornwall line closed in 1966. In ex railway condition with the end cut off which was done by the Exeter S&T department to stop improper use.
Sold for: £80
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Smokebox numberplate 63737 ex GCR Robinson Rod 2-8-0 built by the North British Locomotive Company Glasgow as works number 21774 in 1917. Originally numbered WD 1807 then LNWR 2922, LNER 6564, 3737 and lastly BR 63737. Allocations included Doncaster, Mexborough and 39B Sheffield Darnall from where it was withdrawn in December 1962 and scrapped at Horwich Works. In restored condition.
Not sold, reserve: £350
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Brass commemorative plaque believed to have been fitted to a static Riddles 9F locomotive. Measuring 15.75in x 7in, it reads - THIS BR STANDARD CLASS 9F IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE LAST TYPE OF STEAM LOCOMOTIVE BUILT BY BRITISH RAILWAYS. THIS COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE IS INTENDED AS A TRIBUTE TO THE LOCOMOTIVE DESIGNER R.A. RIDDLES C.B.E.
Sold for: £75
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Industrial Locomotive official booklets, quantity 3 comprising - 1. Peckett & Sons Ltd Bristol; Softback titled Some views in the Workshops and a few Examples of the Locomotives built therein. 78 pages profusely illustrated. 2. Avonside Locomotives; Softback untitled 75 pages and very similar to previous lot only larger format. 3. Avonside Engine Company Ltd Bristol; Hardback titled Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotive Engines of all Sizes, Types and Gauges, 116 pages profusely illustrated. All 3 in very good condition. (3 items)
Sold for: £120
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Official British Railways Southern Region Locomotive diagram books, quantity 4 hardback 9in x 3.5in comprising 1. Electric & Diesel Locomotives, 22 pages dated 1950. 2. Locomotives Western Section, 91 pages dated 1957. 3. Locomotives Eastern Section, 35 pages dated 1939. 4.Locomotives Central Section, 70 pages dated 1957. All in very good, used condition. (4 items)
Sold for: £230
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East Coast Joint Stock 1st class coach coat of arms transfer mounted on a wooden board measuring 30.5in x 24.5in. Excellent condition. Together with an East Coach Joint Stock coach coat of arms monogram transfer mounted on a wooden board measuring 15.5in x 10in. Extremely good condition except for a small, top centre drill hole. (2 items)
Sold for: £38
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Festiniog & Welsh Highland coach coat of arms transfer from the English Pullman stock at Caernarvon. Mounted on a wooden board measuring 14in x 10in. Together with a Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Light Railway coat of arms transfer mounted on a wooden board measuring 12in x 10in. Both in extremely good condition. (2 items)
Sold for: £38
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The Edinburgh & District Tramways Company Limited coat of arms transfer mounted on a wooden board measuring 15.5in x 15.5in together with a Cork Electric Tramways & Lighting Co. Ltd. coat of arms mounted on a wooden board measuring 15.5in x 15.5in. Both in extremely good condition. (2 items)
Sold for: £120
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The Permanent Way Institution enamel lapel badge, blue and white on brass, by Benetein, London. Very good condition. Together with an SR Railway Service Badge, brass with blue enamel centre, numbered H10991 on rear and an Underground target shaped pin-back badge. Both excellent. (3 items)
Sold for: £12
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BR Carriage Prints, a loose trio comprising - T.S.S. Duke Of Lancaster British Railways Heysham Belfast Service by Claude Buckle; M.V. Swan British Railways Lake Windermere Service by Claude Buckle; M.V. Cambria British Railways Holyhead Dun Laoghaire Service by Claude Buckle. All in extremely good condition except the middle one has slight margin mottling. (3 items)
Sold for: £60
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Hamilton Ellis Travel In series Carriage Prints quantity 8 comprising: LNWR Express Brinklow; Leek & Manifold Wettonmill; Leicester & Swannington hauled by Samson; London & Birmingham Express Mail Train; LNWR hauled by Courier; Blackpool - Manchester Kirkham; Wirral Railway Birkenhead; North London Train Richmond. Some creases, tears and mottling but all reasonable condition.
Sold for: £50
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Hamilton Ellis Travel In series Carriage Prints quantity 8 comprising: West Coast Express with Bloomer; North Staffs Manchester Express Stoke; Maryport & Carlisle loco No 12; Furness Railway Ulverston Station; East & West Junction Stratford on Avon; Furness Railway Coniston Steam Motor Train; North Staffs train Stone Junction; Midland Railway Pullman Drawing Room Car. Some creases, tears and mottling but many in reasonable condition. (8 items)
Sold for: £300
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Longmoor Military Railway colour track diagrams, quantity three comprising: Liss Station connection of WD and BR (Southern Region) dated November 1964 measuring 30in x 13in; a similar but Bordon Station measuring 49in x 13in; a similar not coloured, but No. 2 ESD & Workshops Liphook measuring 35.5in x 11in. All in pristine condition. (3 items)
Sold for: £65
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Royal Corps of Transport and German Railways DB steel carriage boards, quantity 2 used on special trains: Waldniel Venturer 18 -12 ? 1987 and The Grefrath Geist 20 - 12 - 1988. Both trains running in the Holt and Monchengladbach area. Together with an additional pair, not military: Frankfurt to Lichterfelde West with plain text and Berlin shown on a red and black motif. All measure 31.5in x 12.5in with integral steel handles either end. Together with a Belgian locomotive destination plate Groenenhoek. Painted steel with rear brackets, white on red measuring 19.75in x 6.75in (5 items)
Sold for: £20
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German Railways DB enamel smokebox numberplate number 082 008-4. The loco was an 0-10-0T built by Krupp in 1950 and when withdraw, it was on static display at Lingen. It now resides at the S?dwestf?lische Railroad Museum. Evidence of being fitted, possibly in preservation so is almost certainly a reproduction. Measures 31in x 8in.
Sold for: £28
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Foreign Wagon Plates, quantity 4 comprising: Nieders?chsische Waggonfabrik Joseph Graaff Elze 1964 number 20276 oval 6in x 3in; H. Fuchs Waggonfabrik Heidelberg 1953 oval 6in x 3in; Fabrika Vagona Kraljevo Jugoslavia oval 6in x 3in; Waggonwerke Arad 1965 Made In Romania 6in x 3.25in rectangular. All unrestored. (4 items)
Sold for: £10
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Wagon Lits warning notice in three languages, French, Romanian and German. Roughly translates to - Notice, We remind the staff of the dining and sleeping wagon services that it is strictly forbidden to throw objects of any kind on the road (en route or in the station). Any breach of the police regulations governing the matter will result in the immediate dismissal of the guilty officer without prejudice to any penalties he may incur under the law. Alloy measuring 11.75in x 5in.
Sold for: £10
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Wartime Military wagon plates, quantity 2 comprising: Owner W.O. Registered SR 1942 No 1097 (Note this is War Office); Owner W.D. Registered L.M.S. 1942 No 725 (Note this is War Department) Both elongated oval measuring 9in x 4in and totally unrestored bearing Army olive green paint.
Sold for: £34
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British Rail Eastern Region carriage line map showing routes from Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street. The blue line shows the route to Hertford East and Bishops Stortford, the red line to Clacton and the green line to Shoeburyness. Melamine on aluminium (melaminium) measuring 29.5in x 7.5in. Extremely good condition.
Sold for: £60
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Wagon plates, quantity 7 comprising: LNE Builders York 1938; GTR Turner Builders Langley Mill 1919; S.J. Claye Builders Long Eaton Derby; Head Wrightson Thornaby-on-Tees Makers 1948; Hurst Nelson Builders 1938 Motherwell; British Railways BD 48809B; 18 Tons (carriage dimension plate) (7 items)
Sold for: £120
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Reproduction worksplate Andrew Barclay Sons & Co Caledonia Works Kilmarnock No 2368 dated 1955. Supplied to the NCB, it last worked at Cairnhill Colliery in Ayrshire. Now awaiting restoration at Dunaskin, base of the Ayrshire Railway Preservation Group (ARPG) and now the Doon Valley railway at Dunaskin. Cast alloy approximately 9.5 x 7.25in.
Sold for: £26
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Land Rover Solihull vehicle badge with feint marking on rear 25 DM 51 which was a standard Land Rover experimentally converted to rail at Longmoor Military Railway. Original Army olive green paint, 7.25in x 2.75in. Together with a fibrewood, hand painted doorplate 49 Rly Sqn RE depicting an 0-6-0 loco, also ex Longmoor, measures 12in x 8in. (2 items)
Sold for: £160
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An assorted lot containing mixed signalbox lever leads one of which is LNWR, two Southern and four plastic; Look Out enamel armband; a key; brass sight level; Boiler Tested Steam/Water/ Pressure brass plate; Danger Overhead Live Wires plate; 3 small alloy numberplates unknown origin, possibly German. (15 items)
Sold for: £44
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A pair of alloy internal plates ex F.C Hibberd Planet locomotive 4016. One measures 9in x 5.5in and is the Correct Lubrication chart for Planet Series Locomotives listing options for Shell, Mobil and Wakefields Oils. The second is 7in x 5in and is a warning sign regarding gear selection. Both as removed condition. (2 items)
Not sold, reserve: £10
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Industrial Railway reference books, quantity 8 mostly published by the Industrial Railway Society includes West Midlands; Central Southern England; South Western England; Cheshire, Shropshire & Herefordshire; Pocket Book EL part 1; Pocket Book EL part 2; Contractors Locos Part VII; Warwickshire Railway Society Industrial Steam of Central England. All in good used condition. (8 items)
Sold for: £38
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Railway reference books, quantity 5 comprising: 1971 reprint of GWR Engines, Names, Numbers Types & Classes; Locomotives at the Grouping by HC Casserley & SW Johnston Nos 2,3 and 4; A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain by HP White Vol 2. All in good or better condition. (5 items)
Sold for: £10
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Wagon Plates, quantity 7 comprising: G.W. 17861 rectangular; LMS Standard 13 Tons 476539; LNER 20 Tons 1940 Darlington 242225; B 213075 16T CAMBRIAN 1955 Lot No 2699; GWRy 10 Tons 80590; LMS 20 Tons 731755. All front and rear painted; Chas Roberts & Co Builder 1934 Wakefield, unrestored. Together with a couple of enamel Look Out armbands complete with leather straps and an incomplete shunters horn. (10 items)
Sold for: £120
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BR W.R. Telephone Circuit form Pontypool Road to Pandy dated June 1951. List includes Pontypool MPD; Little Mill Junction; Nantyderry; Penpergwrn; Abergavenny; Llanviangel and Pandy. In an original, but unmarked GWR glazed frame. Some staining. A rough 1969 similar between Hereford and Llantarnam is behind.
Sold for: £32
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Simplex Mechanical Handling Ltd registered office sign and emergency sign mounted side by side in a glazed alloy frame. Motor Rail was a British locomotive-building company, based in Bedford. Formed in 1911 as The Motor Rail & Tramcar Co Ltd, they built petrol and diesel locomotives, mainly narrow gauge. During World War I over 900 locos were supplied for use on temporary military supply railways. The trade name Simplex was used from the early days. Re-named in 1972 to Simplex Mechanical Handling Ltd. Measures 18in x 9in.
Sold for: £22
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Nameplate MARS. From a ex Wehrmacht Gmeinder diesel locomotive used at the Weavers Down Military Railway, two of these locomotives were both captured from the Germans and named Venus and Mars. Mars was withdrawn in around 1957 and used at the Military Diesel school as an instructional model. Rectangular cast brass measuring 13.5in x 4.25in. From the collection of the late Major John Poyntz, the last Royal Engineer to be appointed HM Inspecting officer of Railways. Unrestored, original condition.
Sold for: £320
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Miscellany comprising: Brass and wood Rubber date Stamp ? Loco Works Manager Electrical Section Derby. Looks to be in good order and clear although the rubber has hardened over the years. Together with quantity 5 enamel Look Out Armbands; a wooden box with the Edmondson makers plate on top containing a small amount of Ticket Dating dies; a BREL 150 Derby glass Paperweight; a small Flare Lamp; a bus notice NO SMOKING in an original glazed metal frame. (10 items)
Sold for: £70
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Steam Crane Plates quantity 3: Canopy and chimney must be lowered to rests before crane is coupled in a train; Super and jib must be in line when lifting or lowering on to matchtruck; After jib is lowered on matchtruck derrick ropes to be left 9 inches slack. Rectangular brass, the largest is 13in x 3.5in and all are as removed. (3 items)
Sold for: £55
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Assorted Builders ID Plates, quantity 6 comprising; a pair of Air Ministry Contract , makers Nos 71389 and 70859; Midland Railway Company Derby curved motor plate; Robert Hudson Leeds; Paterson Simons & Co Kuala Lumpur Singapore; British Thomson ? Houston Steam Turbine plate. (6 items)
Sold for: £65
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Tinplate locomotives given free in Modern Boy magazine in the 1920?s, quantity 2 comprising: GWR King George V presented with the very first issue No 1; LNER Flying Scotsman presented with Modern Boy 4/8/28. Both are the early style with a 90 degree base showing the details. Measures approximately 5in x 2.25in and in extremely good condition. The magazine launched on 11th February 1928 and ran until 14 October 1939.(2 items)
Sold for: £32
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Tinplate locomotives given free in Modern Boy magazine in the 19320?s, quantity 4 comprising: GWR King George V . LNER Cock O?The North; LMS Princess Royal; Southern Rly Lord Nelson. Size varies from 4.25in to 5in long and 2in to 2.5in high and all in extremely good condition. The magazine launched on 11th February 1928 and ran until 14 October 1939. (4 items)
Sold for: £32
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North British Railway enamel sign Locomotive Act 1861 Bridge Restriction Notice bearing the signature of W.F. Jackson, General Manager Edinburgh January 1898. Makers name Falkirk Iron Co bottom right. A scarce sign with white lettering on deep, cobalt blue ground. Some enamel loss around the edges and bolt holes and a larger loss in the centre, well worth repairing. Measures 18in x 14in.
Sold for: £140
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British Rail Staff Association Athletics Medals, quantity 3 comprising: 1961 Cross Country Championship 1st, bearing the standard BRSA shield in centre; 1959 880 yards Championship Runner Up bearing the BRSA Southern Region circular emblem in centre; Boxed European Railway Cross Country Championships (Leipzig) 1962 Runners Up, awarded to each of the six man team coming 2nd to Russia. (3 items)
Not sold, reserve: £20
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British Rail Staff Association Athletics Medals, quantity 3 comprising: 1961 3 Mile Championship Winner bearing the standard BRSA shield in centre; 1959 3 Mile Championship Runner Up bearing the BRSA Southern Region circular emblem in centre; Boxed European Railway Cross Country Championships (Belgium) 1959 Runners Up, awarded to each of the six man team coming 2nd to Russia. (3 items)
Not sold, reserve: £20
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British Rail Staff Association Athletics Medals, quantity 3 comprising: 1960 1 Mile Championship Winner bearing the BRSA Southern Region circular emblem in centre; 1961 1 Mile Championship Winner bearing the standard BRSA shield in the centre; 1958 1 Mile Championship Runner Up bearing the BRSA Southern Region circular emblem in centre. (3 items)
Not sold, reserve: £20
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Posters quantity 2 double royal 24in x 40in comprising: British Railways (WR) Holiday Runabout Tickets Cornish Riviera Area. Shows a 15/- 3rd class fare to various Cornish and Devon destinations including the Withered Arm route; British Railways Map of the System. Both have folds and are in reasonable condition. (2 items)
Sold for: £75
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British Railways Wartime Poster, quantity 3 double royal 25in x 40in comprising: An Appeal to the Regular Traveller in the black-out; Your Train Your Goods May Be Late due to weather and black-outs; If You Must Travel, Travel Light. Together with a modern British Rail Poster Slough Station Railway Terrace Closure. All have some minor defects, nothing significant. (4 items)
Sold for: £80
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Posters, a pair of Wartime LT each measuring 19.25in x 14.5in, comprising: London Transport No 1 entitled 10,000,000 passengers a day depicting overground travel and No 2 entitled 35,000 passengers in 15 minutes depicting underground travel. Both in extremely good, rolled condition. (2 items)
Sold for: £220
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Silverplate collection comprising: GWR tapered teapot with well-polished double crest emblem; BR(E) small teapot; BR(E) water jug; GWR sugar bowl with GWR Hotels roundel; Pullman Car Company water jug; West Coast Dining Salon teaspoon; a pair of BTCS salt spoons; qty 4 unmarked salt spoons; BTC Hotels serving tray. (13 items)
Sold for: £85
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GWR Jigsaws, quantity 3: Historic Totnes complete with non-original box; Bath complete with original box; Henley Bridge, one piece missing with original box. Also a Chad Valley, Cunard White Star Line Jigsaw R.M.S. Queen Mary complete with original box. All made up on card covered with clear cellophane. (4 items)
Sold for: £30
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GWR Jigsaws, quantity 4: Locomotives Old and New complete with original box; Cornish Riviera one piece missing with original box; Windsor Castle one replaced piece with original box; Windsor Castle from The Air one replaced piece with non-original box. All made up on card covered with clear cellophane. (4 items)
Not sold, reserve: £20
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Wagon Plates qty 4 comprising: Bristol & West Tar Distillers Ltd St Philips No 31 Bristol, oval Cast Iron measuring 15in x 7.5in; Return Empty to Hallen Marsh Sidings Avonmouth WR. Rectangular Cast Iron measuring 12in x 6in ; Owners William Butler & Co Bristol No 102. Rectangular Cast Iron measuring 9in x 5.5in; Alloy Coach Plate Return Empty to Ditton Sleeper Depot. Rectangular Alloy measuring 14in x 6.25in. All restored. (4 items)
Sold for: £120
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Wagon Plates qty 9 comprising: BR (M) Registered 1958 No 184039 (qty 2 the same ? one broken); For Repairs Advise Powell Duffryn Maindy Cardifff (qty 2 the same); Painted 1967; Qty 3 Gross Weight plates; Lift Both Catches Before Operating Release Handle. All Cast Iron, the majority face only restored. (9 items)
Sold for: £40
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Wagon Plates qty 6 comprising: LM&SR June 1930 Star Wagon plate; Hurst Nelson & Co Ltd Builder Motherwell; Chas Roberts Wakefield 1930; Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd Corby; CLMI Byeways Beaconsfield No 617-7; Lift Both Catches Before Operating Release Handle. All Cast Iron, some face restored. (6 items)
Sold for: £140
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Great Western Railway post grouping nickel cased pocket watch No 0.1806. With a Limit No2 Swiss made 15 jewel movement, top wound and top set. Dial enamelled LIMIT No 2 and painted GWR 0.1806 and is free from cracks and chips. Rear of the case is hand engraved G.W.R. 0.1806. In excellent working condition.
Sold for: £120
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Presentation Diesel Nameplate Talyllyn 50 Years of Railway Preservation 1950 - 2000. Probably quite unique in as much the plate is incorrect regarding the date. Virgin Class 86 electric 86258 was named similar in 2002 but the date was 1951 - 2001 so any originals would have probably been abandoned. The plate measures 66in x 17.25in and is tastefully mounted on the official mahogany backing board with an overall measurement of 69.5in x 22.5in.
Sold for: £230
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Oil Painting on canvas depicting A3 Pacific 60056 Centenary alongside A1 No 60115 on Copley Hill Shed Leeds by Steve Wise. Unframed measuring 30in x 24in. Together with a cardboard advertising Racing Calendar for 1912, listing all racing fixtures for that year highlighting Lingfield Park Race Course. Shows an outline Railway Map of South/Mid UK and Horse Racing Centres. Measures approximately 20in x 15in and although damaged it is a considerable rarity. (2 items)
Sold for: £480
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Miscellaneous items all in need of cleaning/restoration to include: an Air Ministry Hudson Makers Plate; L&NWR Button Whistle; a couple of NER bone Guards Whistles; a Military Whistle so marked; a brass cased Track Repeater with no glass; a small selection of Buttons; an uncommon fold-away Carriage Key; a dual language Penalty Notice; a lever description number 12 and a couple of white metal medals.
Sold for: £95
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A collection of approximately 175 whole Edmondson Tickets to include: approximately 20 LNER whole Scottish stations; approximately 50 BR whole tickets, all Scotland closed stations; approximately 100 whole tickets, all Scotland, including special events like Golf, Football, local Cruises, Excursions etc.
Sold for: £110
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Great Western Railway nickel cased pocket watch with Lancashire Watch Co Ltd London & Prescot movement No 445570 which dates this watch to around 1910. The dial is enamelled LANCASHIRE WATCH Co LTD PRESCOTT G.W.R. and has a couple of minor hairlines and a small chip on the bottom of the glass. The nickel case is hand engraved on the rear GWR 3318. Top wound and top set in non working condition appears to require a new mainspring .
Sold for: £170
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A miscellany comprising: Wagon Plate Appleby-Frodingham Steel Co 967 Non-Pool; an LMS Mirror in original wooden frame measuring 16.5in x 9.5in; a BR(E) brass cased Loco Pressure Gauge; quantity 9 traffolite Lever Leads including Starting Down Line To Stamford with a broken corner; a small LMS Flare Lamp; a painted wooden Late Notices board, probably BR(M) origins; a single Signal Spectacle with broken blue glass.
Sold for: £160
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Coach Destination Blind, white lettering on a mid-green ground. Originated from the East Midlands, the first heading is Associated Motorways followed by a plethora of destinations including local towns such as Leicester, Rushden, Northampton and Wellingborough but also further afield such as Whipsnade Zoo, Woburn, Winchester, Gt Yarmouth and Southampton.Measures 21in wide and of considerable length.
Sold for: £120
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A pair of rolled Maps on wooden batons, both printed by George Philip & Son comprising: LNER Collieries of Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, Cheshire & North Wales and their Railway Connections - measuring 24in x 37.5in; B.R.S British Road Services map of UK with area offices shown, dated 1967 - measuring 47in x 36in. (2 items)
Sold for: £32