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1 A D/Sided Enamel Direction Sign SOUTHERN RLY WOOLSTON STATION. Company in sunshine lettering c/w l/h & r/h facing arrows and white outer borderline. Several areas of enamel chipping. 20” x 15”. 2 A Chinese Railway Locomotive Worksplate xxxx 1971. R/H fitting, rectangular c/i with rounded corners originating from QJ Class 2-10-2 built at Datong Locomotive Factory. Unrestored. 29½” x 9”. 3 An L&NER 9” x 5” Tenderplate LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY DARLINGTON WORKS 1940 5697. Oval cast brass, from 4200 gallon tender affixed to Class V2 2-6-2. Devoid of paint/lightly polished. 4 A Locomotive Worksplate BUILT BY THE BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY CARRIAGE & WAGON Co LTD SMETHWICK ENGLAND 1961 SERIAL No DEL 178. Rectangular chromium plated brass from Type 3/Class 33 Bo-Bo D6574/33056 named ‘THE BURMA STAR’. Withdrawn 02/1991 from Stewarts Lane and cut-up by C.F. Booth, Rotheram 06/2006. Unrestored. 8” x 5¾”. 5 A C/I Sign MIDLAND RAILWAY. ENGINEER’S DEPARTMENT. FIRE BUCKETS. THESE BUCKETS MUST ONLY BE USED IN CASE OF FIRE, & MUST BE KEPT FULL OF CLEAN WATER BY THE LENGTH GANGER. Rectangular c/i with clipped corners, integral inner borderline with scalloped corners. Unrestored front, red oxide back. 13½” x 9½”. 6 An LYR Wagonplate RETURN TO WYRE DOCK FLEETWOOD. Rectangular c/i. Repainted front. 16” x 6½”. 7 A GWR Locomotive Cabside Numberplate 5235. C/I from 4200 Class 2-8-0T built to Lot No. 225 at Swindon 07/1924 and shedded at Neath followed by Newport Pill, Newport Ebbw Junction, Severn Tunnel Junction and finally Newport Pill from where it was withdrawn 09/1965 (last of class). Cut-up by Birds, Morriston, Swansea 12/1965. Engine details stamped into rim which has small cut-away to rear to miss rivet. Unrestored. 8 An L&NER D/R Poster BERWICK-UPON-TWEED IT’S QUICKER BY RAIL. By Henry Rushbury, published 1933. Depicts elevated view across bridge with town to far side. Rolled condition. 9 A Collection of (4) Albums containing GWR Luggage Labels. Arranged alphabetically for each location with no duplicate styles noted. Also includes copy of GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY LUGGAGE LABELS CHECKLIST OF TYPES G 77 G78 G79 G80 G 84. All appear GC. 10 An East African Railways Locomotive Nameplate SIR EDWARD TWINING. Rectangular cast brass from 60 Class 4-8-2+2-8-4 built by Franco-Belge to Works No. 2991 in 1953 and numbered 6009. Latterly allocated to Kampala. Repainted front. 60½” x 6½”. 11 A Collection of (3) Folded Office Copy Signalbox Diagrams. PORT VICTORIA 08/10/1941, BR(S) HUNDRED OF HOO BRANCH GRAIN CROSSING 25/09/1950, SR ALLHALLOWS-ON-SEA undated. All GC. 12 A C/I Sign GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY Coy MANOR HOUSE ESTATE PRIVATE FISHING. Unrestored. 27” x 19½”. 13 A London Electric Railway Company Jacket. Black with black LER script style buttons (10) and UNDERGROUND embroidered in white to both lapels. Label inside reads TUBE RLY. DEPOT MOORGATE…..A pre 1933 jacket in unused condition. 42” chest. 14 A Presentation Plaque LONDON MIDLAND & SCOTTISH RAILWAY QUOTA LEAGUE COMPETITION THE STAFF OF THIS STATION WON THE SHIELD IN THEIR LEAGUE FOR THE YEAR 1936. Embossed rectangular deco shaped cast brass with dragon’s wing within wheat sheaves to top and road/rail/sea/air image to bottom. Mounted on original wood backing. 9” x 13½”. 15 An SR Handlamp. 4 aspect all glasses intact (inc purple). Body stamped SR as is reducing cone which is also brass plated E and 708. C/W reservoir/BR burner. Repainted. 16 A Webb & Thompson Large Train Staff OCKENDON/UPMINSTER/13. From a section of the LTS line from Barking to Grays. 17 A Shedplate 65A – Glasgow Eastfield 1948 to 05/1973. ENGINE DISTRICT…. etc pattern to rear. Unusual arrangement of numerals/letter! Repainted back. 18 An SR Waterline Model of the T.S. CANTERBURY. Made by ‘Bassett Lowke Ltd’ to a scale of 75 feet to 1 inch, the ship itself was used for the first class Golden Arrow service crossings between Dover and Calais from 1929 until replacement in 1946. VGC. 5” long. 19 An LMS D/Sided Sign. Rectangular cast aluminium one side reads ENTRANCE PLACE PENNY IN SLOT PULL HANDLE TOWARDS YOU AND PASS THROUGH with l/h facing arrow. Other side reads WAY OUT with larger l/h facing arrow. From Southport area. Unrestored. 15¼” x 6½”. 20 A Locomotive Worksplate SIR W. G. ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH & Co (ENGINEERS) LTD No. 1369 1937 SCOTSWOOD WORKS NEWCASTLE–ON–TYNE. Rectangular cast brass from LMS Class 5 4-6-0 5314. Withdrawn as 45314 from Springs Branch, Wigan 11/1965. Three corners repaired. Repainted background. 8¼” x 5”. 21 A Carriage Print TRAVEL IN 1865 BLACKPOOL – MANCHESTER TRAIN OF THE LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY NEAR KIRKHAM. By C. Hamilton Ellis from the LMR series. Depicts green liveried 2-4-0 No. 290 ‘ATKINSON’ at the head of four wheeled teak stock. C/W dark wood glazed frame. 22 A BR(S) Flangeless Enamel Sign BRITISH RAILWAYS WARNING IS HEREBY GIVEN TO PERSONS NOT TO TRESPASS UPON THE RAILWAY PENALTY NOT EXCEEDING 40/-. V minor edge chipping. 10” x 12”. 23 A Caledonian Railway Signal Post Finial. Square base c/w slotted ball/long tapering finial. Unrestored. 29½” h. 24 A Wagon/Crane Plate G.W.R. MAKERS. SWINDON. FEB 1927. Rectangular c/i. Repainted front. 10¾” x 5¾”. 25 A BR(S) F/F Totem VAUXHALL. First station from Waterloo on the South West main line. Edge chipping extending into ends of both wings/bottom panel. 26 An Annetts Ground Frame Key. Brass construction stamped WEYMOUTH NORTH G.F. KEY to large circular end. Unrestored. 27 An Illuminated Travel Agent Sign. D/Sided box with d/arrow and BRITISH RAIL AGENT to both sides. Mounted on twin columns/rectangular base. VGC/GWO. Note: Buyer to check wiring before use. 9” x 11” x 4½”. 28 A BR(S) F/F Enamel Sign TRAIN DEPARTURES. From Poole Station. V minor edge chipping. 48” x 12”. 29 A Collection of (18) Engine Repair Cards for BR Standard Pacific 72005 ‘CLAN MACGREGOR’. All dated 1963 from Carlisle Kingmoor, Holbeck, Perth South, Stranraer sheds. Locomotive withdrawn 05/1965. Presented in plastic sleeves. 30 An Industrial Locomotive Chimney. C/I construction c/w integrally cast top lip. Repainted. 26” h. Buyer to collect from Southampton. 31 An L&SWR Bridgeplate 181. Rectangular c/i from Winchester area. Unrestored. 22” x 12”. 32 A Chinaware Soap Dish. From the Charing Cross Hotel opened by the SER in 1865. Delft style blue circular dish with centre hole and small drainage holes. CHARING CROSS HOTEL in full garter to inner side. Small chip under rim. 5” dia. 33 A Pair of ‘OO’ Gauge Kit Built Metal Bodied Models. 4500 Class 2-6-2T 5511, 8700 Class 0-6-0PT 8750. Both finished in GWR Brunswick green. 34 A Reproduction Worksplate GREAT CENTRAL Ry BUILDERS GORTON WORKS MANCHESTER 1920. Oval cast brass. Original attached to a B3 Class 4-6-0. 12¼” x 8½”. 35 An LMS Q/R Poster LMS CARLISLE THE GATEWAY TO SCOTLAND. By Maurice Greiffenhagen. R.A., published 1924. Depicts knight on white horse holding flag of St. George about to pass through the gateway. Poster is No. 2 in the LMS ‘Royal Academicians Series’ later reprinted by BR in 1957. Fold marks/small areas of loss to border. Mounted on linen to conserve. 36 A Small Collection of (4) GWR Items. All marked G.W.R. comprises gilt finish steel DREADNOUGHT THIEF-PROOF toilet roll bracket, tubular steel detonator can, letter spike c/w light wood circular base, rectangular steel tin embossed TOURNIQUET to hinged lid c/w two unused G.W.R boxed dressings. 37 A Carriage Print ABBOTSFORD, ROXBURGHSHIRE. By Kenneth Steel from the L&NER Post-War Series. Depicts Sir Walter Scott’s home near Melrose with the River Tweed to foreground. Small crease to bottom l/h border corner. C/W original frame. 38 A Collection of (580) Edmondson Tickets. Comprises BR (500) covering Isle of Wight to Scotland, Irish (80). Presented in plastic sleeved album pages. 39 A Southern Railway Marine Department Wooden Desktop Cigarette Box. Rectangular with SR house flag/oak leaves in relief to hinged lid. Interior has three tiers to hold cigarettes. Polished condition. 9¼” x 6¼” x 2¾”. 40 A Locomotive Worksplate NORTH BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY LTD GLASGOW 1944 No 25323. Diamond shaped nickel plated cast brass, from WD Austerity 2-8-0 78562, L&NER 3087 (04/03/1947), 63087 (01/09/19480 and finally BR 90087 (16/12/1950). Sheds inc March, Immingham, Langwith Junction, Staveley, Frodingham from where it was withdrawn 25/10/962. Cut-up at Doncaster Works 12/1962. Unrestored. 13½” x 5½”. 41 A Pair of BR(S) D/R Posters. BUY A COUNTRY AFTERNOON CHEAP TICKET….By Amos & Power Studio, published 1961. Depicts bunch of red/yellow flowers with track emanating from stems. Ditto title with farmer in straw hat by Hardy. Some edge damage to both. Rolled condition. 42 A C/I Sign SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY AND CANAL COMPANY NOTICE THIS BRIDGE IS INSUFFICIENT TO CARRY WEIGHTS BEYOND THE ORDINARY TRAFFIC OF THE DISTRICT BY ORDER. Repainted front. 34” x 18½”. 43 A Carriage Print THE ATLANTIC COAST GO BY TRAIN. Longer version, by Langhammer from the Southern Region Series (C). Depicts view down to sandy beach with rocky outcrops. C/W original frame. 44 A Shedplate 8F – Springs Branch 04/1958 to 05/1973.
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