1

Worksplate, The English Electric Company Ltd Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns Ltd Locomotive Works, England No. 3069 / 8323 - 1962. Ex EE Class 37 built October 1962 and originally numbered D6777. Received TOPS number 37077 in February 1974 and was named BRITISH STEEL SHELTON in September 1985. Currently in Mainline livery and resident at Eastleigh. Face bereft of any paint, rear ex loco. Comes with an alloy engine plate ENGLISH ELECTRIC measuring 16" x 2¼", face cleaned.

£310

2

Carriage Print 'Golden Arrow - Continental Express' by Richard Ward. Stunning view of Britannia Locomotive hauling the express along the Kent coast, emerging from the famous Shakespeare Tunnel between Dover and Folkestone. Unmounted and in excellent condition.

£360

3

GWR mahogany cased signalbox, cow-bell style  Block Bell. Originated from the Shawford Junction area off the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Junction Railway. Extremely good condition throughout. Together with a wooden cased signal box telephone also from Shawford Junction area. Bakelite and brass horn type mouthpiece and a bakelite single earpiece. Fitted with a small enamel plate next to the faceplate switch that reads: "challenge before calling". Excellent, ex box condition.

£55

4

Double sided wooden Carriage Board, PADDINGTON on one side, BOURNE END on the other. Cream lettering on maroon ground measuring 32" in length. Extremely good, overall condition and complete with steel strengtheners each end. Bourne End is situated between Maidenhead and High Wycombe, junction for Marlow.

£250

5

Pullman Lamp, brass construction measuring 19" tall and clearly stamped TC303 on base. Third Class Kitchen Car No.303 was introduced to service in 1952 with two other cars which were the only cars ever built by the Pullman Car Company at its Preston Park Workshops at Brighton. One of the final straight-sided Pullmans built with, unusually, rectangular toilet and pantry windows.  These final three cars joined the seven cars introduced in 1951 for the Festival Of Britain Golden Arrow service. Allocation as known were: Southern Region 1955 – 1959, Eastern Region 1959 – 1960, Southern Region 1960 – 1966. Within the formation of the inaugural Master Cutler Pullman service from Kings Cross to Sheffield. Withdrawn 1967. Moved to Birds Scrap Yard at Long Marston in October 1968 and broken-up in 1969.The lamp is missing its finial nut but a rare version and a wonderful, historic item nevertheless.

£320

6

Shedplate 6J, Holyhead from March 1952 until January 1967, totally ex loco. Together with a BR(W) SWINDON, so inscribed, curved top Handlamp.

£300

7

Great Central Railway C/I  Trespass Sign, 2 line variety, 'Trespassers On This Property Will Be Prosecuted'. Together with GNR C/I Bridge Restriction Kings Cross, no date.

£110

8

GWR Jigsaw 'London Highways' manufactured by Chad Valley in Carter Paterson box. Depicts a Claude Buckle interpretation of a view across the River Thames looking north-east to the City and Tower Bridge. A Carter Paterson van together with 3 London buses is crossing the bridge and an aeroplane can be seen above. Introduced in 1934 and withdrawn 1936. Unlike this example, the later, version, 'London Bridge' did not have the aeroplane in the view. Made up on card to show completeness and comes with original, book type box which is in reasonable condition, having the 'CP' label on the spine.

£65

9

LNWR C/I signal lever plates, qty 2, DUDLEY STARTING in original condition and painted white over the original red and MAIN TO WOLVERHAMPTON HOME 2 in original condition and painted red. Both recovered from Wednesbury No2 Signal box upon closure in 1966.

£230

10

BR(NE) enamel Doorplate STAFF ONLY, flangeless measuring 18" x 3¼". In extremely good condition.

£130

11

Signal Box Diagram 'Southampton Central' in full colour with cut-outs. Dated October 1973, measuring 68½" x 21" and  in excellent condition. Together with a similar of 'Eastleigh East', undated but post electrification. Full colour with cut-outs, measuring 75½ x 34" and in extremely good condition. Additionally 'Shawford Junction, full colour with cut-outs, dated Nov 1966 with some damage and repairs; b/w 'Eastleigh East Groundframe' dated 1965; 'Steventon with signals coloured, dated 1965; 'Eastleigh Goods Yard' dated 1965 with an earlier example dated 1950; 'Wallers Ash' x 2 one dated 1949; Micheldever dated 1966 with an earlier example dated 1965; 'Allbrook' somewhat damaged. A substantial collection of diagrams.

£660

12

Barry Railway Company Leather covered Free Passes, qty 2. Both have a fully titled, garter crest, in gilt, on the front cover and, also in gilt, 'First Class All Stations' on the back cover. When opened, the green one shows that it was issued in 1898 to Mr R.W. Dyer. The maroon one, when opened, shows that it was issued to Mrs Dyer & one in 1899. Both are in excellent condition considering they are around 110 years old.

£80

13

LNWR wooden cased Fletcher type Signalbox Block Instruments, a pair, one of which is plated 'Parkhead'.  No glass in either. Together with NER C/I Shut This Gate sign, a Midland Railway brass plated Detonator Can, a BR(W) Pay Check Tin with BR Lock (no key) and finally, a pair of GWR Insulators on original wooden telegraph pole cross member.

£250

14

LNER C/I Seatback DONINGTON ROAD. Ex GN & GE Joint station between Spalding and Sleaford, closed 11th September 1961. Ex station condition and mounted on a wooden backboard for protection. This is the second of two entered into GWRA, the first one being sold last November.

£410

15

Industrial Nameplate, ASTOLAT, alloy construction measuring 22½" in length. Ex 0-6-0DE built by the Yorkshire Engine Company works number  2630/1957 and carried the No.391 ex-Port of London Authority No. 202. Transferred January 1973 to GKN, Castle Works, Tremorfa, Cardiff. Entered into the last auction but the Vendor has now found and entered along with the nameplate, the BT-H brass oval plate as fitted to the lower front of the loco and the alloy 'Yorkshire' plate as fitted to the top front of the loco. This now makes a complete set and much more attractive.

£120

16

Ian Allan ABC Combined Volume Summer 1960 edition. Front cover has 60075 and D206 at Kings Cross. No markings or underlinings whatsoever, just very slight scuffs on spine.

£70

17

LNER enamel Lamp Tablet ALNWICK, F/F in cream with chocolate lettering. Ex NER station, built in 1887 on quite a grand scale for such a small place. It was sited on the branch from Alnmouth and remained open until January 1968. Measures approximately 16" x 5" and apart from centre top damage encroaching into the cream a little, it is in very good condition.

£60

18

Carriage Print 'The Cinque Port Of Dover' by Jack Merriott from the Southern Region 'A' series. Mounted in a non-standard, glazed frame. In excellent, untrimmed border condition, most certainly a rarity.

£85

19

London & North Eastern Railway complimentary Silver Link No. 2509 Model Paperweight. Still in its original box and complete with a small printed card that reads: "Coronation Year Cruises Of The Northern Belle, With The Compliments Of The London And North Eastern Railway". The model, on plinth, measures approximately 5½" in length and has the LNER 'winking eye' motif at each end. One side bears the inscription 'Locomotive Of The Silver Jubilee', the other side 'Streamline Engine Silver Link'. Excellent condition with just minimal rubbing to the box and loco. Best example we have ever seen.

£230

20

Worksplate 62002 dated 1949, engraved oval brass measuring 122 X 6¾". ex 2-6-0 K1 Class Locomotive built by the North British Locomotive Co., works number 26606 in June 1949.  Allocated initially to Heaton and after a short spell at Dunfermline, ended its days at North Blyth from where it was withdrawn in October 1966. Face polished, back clean ex loco.

£300

21

Bridge Makers Plates, a matching pair 'E. Finch & Co Ltd Engineers 1899 Iron Founders, Chepstow'. From a disused railway line north of Llandaff known as the Landaff Quarry Loop. Both oval C/I measuring 12½" x 8¼" and totally unrestored.

£50

22

North Eastern Railway wooden Fingerboards with pointing hand at one end, qty 2, the first is 'To Middlesborough' and the second is 'To Darlington'. Both painted in tangerine and white. Ex Middleton St. George station. Also, a wooden double sided sign,  'SALTBURN STOPPING TRAIN'. White lettering on tangerine ground.

£320

23

Railway Signalling Company Single Line Key Token "BROOM NTH -  ALCESTER ". Ex Midland Railway,  Ashchurch to Barnt Green section, closed on 1st October 1962. Steel with circular brass end engraved with the section.

£125

24

SECR Enamel sign, BEWARE OF TRAINS, red lettering on a white ground with the makers name at the bottom 'Wood & Penfold LD London'. Measuring 16½" x 9", this is most certainly a rare sign despite requiring some restoration to 4 areas of damage to the face.

£30

25

Makers Plate, Glasgow & South Western Railway Company Makers 1901. Ornate C/I with scalloped corners. Measures 8¾" x 4" and although cleaned, there are good traces of maroon paint around the edge and some smaller traces on the back.

£110

26

Miscellany of items to include Midland Railway Steptread; LMS ceramic 2 pin socket with a brass flip cover stamped 'LMS 54/58373'; LNWR circular C/I Electric Light Controller cover showing On - Off; BR alloy Doorplate states 'B.R. Bank Top'. Was one time in use on an office door at the Darlington loco depot. Measures 15½" x 2¾".qty 7 railway company marked Spanners; WH Davies Wagon Plate; Westinghouse Braked alloy triangle sign; Birfield alloy nameplate; BR Lights On - Off alloy sign; Henry Berry Co Leeds England makers plate; British Railways alloy plate; BR (M) circular alloy plate rear marked 'Hedenesford No3 Signalbox demolished 1982'; a few other brass equipment and maker plates. A good assortment well worth viewing.

£100

27

Worksplate Built 1960 Derby. Oval C/I, ex British Railways 08 Diesel Shunter. Ex loco condition.

£55

28

Alloy Key Token MANTON - CORBY. Ex Midland Railway section that commenced in March 1996 when the line between Corby North signal box and Manton Junction signal box was singled. Corby North signal box closed in August 1998. Remnants of blue paint.

£100

29

LNWR C/I signal lever plate TO GUIDE BRIDGE in original condition and painted white, as recovered from Denton Junction Signalbox. Together with a delve of 14 miscellaneous a Signal Lever Description Plates, to include 6 LYR rectangular cast iron examples consisting of UP MAIN TO, DOWN MAIN x 3, DOWN LOOP, DOWN LOOP TO, 5 LMS rectangular aluminium consisting of FACING POINTS DOWN LINE, UP LOOP HOME, SIGNAL DOWN LINE TO LOOP, BAR & BOLT ON UP LOOP FACING POINTS,  BAR & BOLT ON DOWN FACING POINTS, 1 LNWR cast iron FROM DOWN FAST ex Denton Jct, I Midland Rly Brass 21 and lastly a BR(M) Traffolite rectangular example main crossover.

£90

30

Totem, BR(W) STOURBRIDGE JUNCTION, H/F single line. Ex GWR station between Hagley and Dudley, junction for Stourbridge Town. Opened by the Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway in 1852 at a slightly different location to that of the current station. Very good condition overall with no face chips just slight touching-up on the edge.

£430

31

British Railways Waiting Room Posters a pair comprising: 'Pinmill, on the Orwell, Ipswich' by Frank Mason. A delightful image of yachts and the shore-line by this renown marine artist. Measures 32½" x 25¼" in original, non-glazed frame.  It bears original despatch label on rear from Euston to the District Engineer, Derby South dated November 1956. Extremely good condition with the usual appearance of many years use in a railway waiting room; secondly, 'Yorkshire' by Leonard Squirrell. A delightful image of the town of Richmond with shops, hikers and the remains of the castle in the background. Measures 32½" x 25¼" in original, non-glazed frame.  It bears original despatch label on rear from Euston to the District Engineer, Derby South dated November 1956. Extremely good condition, similar to the previous.

£360

32

London & North Eastern Railway glass Lamp Tablets, qty 2 comprising EASTRINGTON and FLAMBROUGH. Eastrington is ex NER station, opened in 1840, between Selby and Hull. At one time, this very small village boasted two stations, the second being to the north of the village on the Hull & Barnsley Railway which opened in 1885. Flamborough is ex NER station opened on 20 October 1847 by the York and North Midland Railway and called Marton. However, there were several other railway stations also called Marton, so on 1 July 1884 the North Eastern Railway renamed it after the village of Flamborough several miles away. It closed on 5 January 1970.

£100

33

GWR Brass drum clock No 2456, with enamel dial showing the suppliers name J.M.Skarratt & Cie Paris GWR. The number is hand engraved into the case and this indicates one of the very early batches of this type of clock. A very rare drum clock due to the earlier suppliers name, in good working condition.

£350

34

BR(W) alloy Ground Frame nameplate PENRHIWCEIBER NO. 1 GF. The station is situated between Abercynon and Mountain Ash in the Welsh Valleys.

£65

35

GWR Platform Lamp Interior complete with brass burner stamped 'GWR' and a brass plate 'The Reform Lighting Co London'.

£40

36

Original Watercolour Paintings by the celebrated transport artist G.S. Cooper (1935 - 1998), qty 2 . The first is simply Westerham Hill, Kent with a Green Line service 704 to Windsor half cab single decker number T663 registration number EYK 3128 trundling through the countryside. Measures 10½" x 7½" in a slightly larger card mount. The second is a Seddon Atkinson Vaux Brewery lorry crossing the river at Sunderland. Measures 12" x 10" and is unmounted.

37

GWR Silverplated Matchbox Holder manufactured by Elkington Plate. The 4¾" base forms the ashtray portion and the holder itself rises from the centre. Beautifully engraved with the GWR twin shield logo. Excellent condition throughout.

£170

38

Southern Railway Official Photograph of Merchant Navy 21C1 CHANNEL PACKET bearing the original signature of the man himself, O.V.S. Bulleid. Measures 11¾" x 9¾" mounted on a larger card 14½" x 11¾". The vendor's father worked at Eastleigh and asked Bullied personally to sign the photograph. Quite wonderful. Together with official, mounted photographs, discovered at Eastleigh Works, A total of 25, mostly very early 19th century locomotives. Must be viewed to appreciate.

£500

39

Midland Railway brass Signalbox Lever Plates, ex Kings Norton Signal Box,  qty 2 comprising:- TRAILING POINTS DOWN PASSR FROM DOWN CAMP HILL LINE; DOWN INNER HOME FROM CAMP HILL TO PASSR. Both in excellent condition.

£75

40

Shropshire Union Railways & Canal Company C/I Notice - This Bridge Is Insufficient To Carry A Traction Engine Or Any Other Extraordinary Weight - By Order. Face restored.

£130

41

Worksplate, cast alloy, Andrew Barclay & Sons Co Ltd., numbered LWDMU 689 dated 1985. Ex 4-wheeled DH 230Hp "Pacer" Class 143, 2-car sets numbered 143601 to 143625, AB numbers 669 to 718/1985 to 1986. The initials stand for Light Weight Diesel Multiple Unit. Bodies were built by Walter Alexander of Falkirk and the Underframes by AB.

£270

42

Industrial Nameplate, CALLEVA,  alloy construction measuring 22¾" in length. Ex 0-6-0DE  built by the Yorkshire Engine Company works number 2769/1959 and carried the No.398. New to Port of London No. 239 Transferred September 1973 to GKN, Castle Works, Tremorfa, Cardiff. Entered into the last auction but the Vendor has now found and entered along with the nameplate, the BT-H brass oval plate as fitted to the lower front of the loco and the alloy 'Yorkshire' plate as fitted to the top front of the loco. This now makes a complete set and much more attractive.

£180

43

Advertising Tinplate Sign 'Lyons' Toney Toffee With That Tasty Toney Flavour' Image of Jester in red and black outfit, overall ground is yellow with black & white lettering. Some areas of restoration and one small hole. Mounted in a wooden frame measuring 19" x 29" overall. A scarce sign that looks good.

£60

44

Enamel Advertising Sign 'Wills Gold Flake Cigarettes Sold Here - 10 for 3d - In Packets Only'. Pictorial showing central packet in red, black and yellow with an overall blue ground with yellow script. Measures 18" x 36" and is in exceptional condition with deep colour and shine and minimal chipping around the edge  and one tiny area of restoration bottom left of picture.

£160

45

Enamel Advertising Sign 'Choice Dulcemona Tea - In Packets Only - Young Fresh Invigorating'. White lettering on blue ground. Measures 15" x 26". Has some restoration around the periphery.

£45

46

Enamel Advertising Sign 'Railway Passengers Assurance Company - Good Company - Ask The Station Master''. Black and red lettering on yellow ground with red border. Measures 20" x 30". Has some restoration but a nice sign overall.

£75

47

Enamel Advertising Sign 'L&C Hardmuth's "Koh - I - Noor" Pencils - Made In 17 Degrees For All Purposes'. Orange, red, white and yellow text on a blue ground. Measures 20" x 30". Has some restoration but good overall and most certainly a rare sign.

£60

48

Enamel Advertising Sign 'Beechams Lung Syrup For Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Throat and Chest Ailments - For Adults and Children'. Image of the syrup bottle pouring into a spoon. Red and blue text on a white ground Measures 20" x 30". Has some restoration but a scarce sign nevertheless.

£90

49

Enamel Advertising Sign 'Hudson's Soap'. Red white green and black measuring 17½" x 11" and has some restoration. A delightful, little sign.

£110

50

Nameplate CITY OF LICHFIELD. Ex BR/EE 25kv Bo-Bo Class 86 originally numbered E3179. Built by the English Electric Co under works number E3471/E317 in October 1965. Renumbered 86207 under TOPS in June 1973 and was named on the  2nd March 1981 by Lady Leonora, Countess of Lichfield at Lichfield Trent Valley Station. Withdrawn from service in July 2002 and finally scrapped in 2006 at Ron Hull Jr, Rotherham. This plate is a Swindon casting.

£4,300

51

Fletchers 15 Position Non-Pegging Receiving Instrument with 11 segments populated. Clockwise they read: Crewe Line; Chester Line; Loop Line; From Hereford Terminating; From Welshpool Terminating; Eng. To Severn Brdge End; Eng To Crewe Junc End; Eng To Turn & Return; Pass To Wellington Via Loop; Not Described Or Shunt; Coton Hill Via Plat 4. Ex Shrewsbury Severn Bridge Signal Box. Measures 9¼" diameter in extremely good condition, mounted on original wooden plinth. Requires just the casing screws.

£1,600

52

Worksplate Built 1960 Swindon Ex Class 42 Warship D824 HIGHFLYER.  Released to traffic in July 1960 and sent to Laira. Withdrawn from there in December 1972 and cut up at Swindon in May 1975. Oval C/I construction approximately 10½" x 6¼". Face repainted, back retains traces of Brunswick Green paint. There is a hairline crack at the right bolthole, the vendor remembers this being present whilst carried by the loco and subsequently removed at Bristol Bath Road MPD prior to onward journey to Swindon for scrapping.

£420

53

Matchbooks, a pair both containing original matches. The first is LNER Hotels You Can Be Sure Of Comfort & Good Service. The rear cover has an art deco image of a loco and train and states 'East Coast Route - England and Scotland - Harwich For The Continent'. Inside, each match has 'LNER Hotels' down the shaft and the inside cover has every LNER Hotel listed. The second advertising the Chatham Room Restaurant and Pillar Café at Victoria Station, the reverse stating 'Waterloo Station Restaurant Tea Rooms & Buffets - Special Theatre Dinner in the Restaurant. Inside cover is blank but the matches are alternately marked 'Chatham Room' and 'Victoria Station'. Excellent condition considering they are circa 1930's

£18

54

GWR Coppertop 3 aspect Handlamp. Bears a brass plate numbered 8807 affixed to the side of the main body. Complete with original reservoir and burner. The lens has received the GWR lettering later and has some scratching across it. A fine example in unrestored, albeit copper polished condition.

£120

55

North British Railway station Platform Lamp with blue and white lamp tablet showing POMATHORN. The station was between Peebles and Edinburgh, opened as Peniuick on 4th July 1855. Renamed Pomathorn on the 2nd September 1872 and finally Pomathorn Halt on the 7th July 1947. Closed forever on 5th February 1962.  Complete with lamp interior, the brass filler cap stamped 'NBR'

£350

56

London & North Western Railway Official Seal showing the Britannia Crest and incorporation date of 1846, full company name around the circumference. The seal itself is 2¼" diameter and is set into a brass base measuring just over 3¾" diameter. It is 'right way' so would have been used underside and impressed on official documents from above. Some damage but considering this would have been in use from day one of the formation of the company, it is a stunningly rare item.

57

LNER 'winking eye' Enamel Sign 'LNER Northolt Park Station - Trains To Marylebone' incorporating a right facing arrow. Measures 43" x 32" and although having some loss and damage, this is a scarce type of sign. The station opened in 1926 and was known as South Harrow & Roxeth. It was renamed Northolt Park three years later.

£850

58

DMU Worksplate BR Swindon Lot No. 30559 1959, oval C/I together with a smaller, alloy plate Generally Repaired by ABB Customer Support Ltd 1500 6-1995. Additionally qty 3 brass plates RFS Ltd Doncaster Bogie Overhaul  dated 1998/9 for bogies 114, 122 and 202. Finally, qty 8 oval plates 'Porterbrook - This Vehicle belongs to Porterbrook Leasing Company'.

£110

59

BR(W) Brass Annetts key TREDINGTON CROSSING, in excellent condition. Tredington is just south of Ashchurch toward Cheltenham on the former Midland Railway main line from Birmingham to Bristol.

£200

60

Totem, BR(Sc) HAYMARKET, H/F. Ex NBR station, next to the famous Motive Power Depot in Edinburgh. Excellent colour and shine, no visible face chips except around the edges.

£860

61

GWR Travelling Crane Plate 'GWR Traffic Department No 550'. Rectangular C/I, fully restored.

£110

62

London & North Eastern Railway Pocketwatch by Selex. Enamel face with second hand at bottom, has no damage. Engraved on rear 'L.N.E.R. 8811'. In fine working condition.

£80

63

Worksplate GEC Traction Limited, Vulcan Works, Newton-Le-Willows, England No 5412 dated 1976. Ex 0-6-0 diesel hydraulic 500HP loco in use at BSC Llanwern, S. Wales. Rectangular chromed brass, approximately 10¼" x 4½", in ex loco condition. The back is quite clean but this is how they came from the loco, traces of yellow paint edges.

£80

64

GWR brass Locomotive Whistles, a pair comprising the large and small, nicely restored, polished and mounted on a wooded plinth for display purposes.

£180

65

Lynton & Barnstaple Railway original Coat of Arms attached to an original piece of L& B R Carriage. Tastefully framed, this wonderful artefact from this delightful little railway is a true rarity.

£3,000

66

Cambrian Railways C/I Gate Notice in original, line-side condition.

£45

67

LNWR C/I signal lever plates, qty 3,  WOLVERHAMPTON STARTING in original condition and painted white over the original red, GONG and DISC SET BACK UP MAIN TO DOWN LOOP both  in original condition and painted white over the original red, as recovered from Wednesbury No2 Signal box upon closure in 1966.

£150

68

Shedplate 34F, Grantham from July 1958 until  September 1963. Face only restored.

£160

69

Double sided Carriage Board, KIDDERMINSTER on one side, WOOFFERTON on the other. Cream lettering on maroon ground measuring 32" in length. Good, overall condition and complete with steel strengtheners each end. Used on the wonderful Wyre Forest route through Cleobury Mortimer, Neen Sollars and Tenbury Wells, over the Tenbury Joint to the ex Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway station of Woofferton, which closed on the 31st July 1961.

£135

70

Poster 'Great Little Trains Of Wales. Q/R size with Images of 6 Welsh Narrow Gauge Railways with a large map showing locations. Excellent condition.

£30

71

Poster 'British Transport Ships' by Charles King. Q/R size showing images of the 21 ships utilised by British Railways. Published by The British Transport Commission and printed by Waterlow & Sons. Extremely good condition with minor, clean edge tears.

£40

72

Poster 'Visit The Festiniog Railway In The Centenary Year Of Passenger Services 1965' by Cuneo. Q/R size depicting a pair of locos including 'LINDA' passing each other in the woodland. Printed by  Waterlow. Folds and two 2" clean tears on right side.

£55

73

Poster 'Forging Ahead - London Midland Electrification' by Greene. Q/R size depicting blue electric E3005 with maroon coaches, passing an electric suburban service. Published by British Railways London Midland Region and printed by Jordison. A vibrant poster with slight edge tear left margin and folds.

£310

74

Poster 'Still Making Good Progress - London Midland Electrification' by Greene. Q/R size depicting blue electric E3005 standing at the new Stafford station, with period travellers. Published by British Railways London Midland Region and printed by Waterlow & Sons. Folds and some clean edge tears.

£90

75

Poster 'Manchester New Station Piccadilly 1962' by Claude Buckle. Q/R size depicting the frontage of the station with pedestrians and purple automobiles! Published by British Railways London Midland Region and printed by Waterlow Ltd. Vibrant poster with minor faults only.

£70

76

Poster 'Freightliner - The Best Of Road & Rail', published by British Railways Board circa 1980. Approx D/R size depicting Class 87 002 on a Freightliner train and a Freightliner Lorry, side by side in a depiction of Shap area.  A more modern poster that is becoming increasingly collectable.

£30

77

Poster 'Diesel Trains - Faster, Cleaner , More Comfortable between Bury and Bacup', by Barber. D/R size with a pleasing image of a green multiple unit passing a signal box. Published by British Railways London Midland Region and printed by the Baynard Press. Folds and one slight edge tear in left centre margin

£70

78

Poster 'Explore The North Yorkshire Coast By Train' by Lander. Q/R size in typical Lander style with map backdrop and images of various places to see and things to do such as Golf, Tennis, Bathing etc. Published by British Railways North Eastern Region and printed by Stafford Ltd., Netherton, Nottingham. Some folds but excellent condition throughout.

£120

79

Poster 'Norfolk - See Britain By Train' by Lance Cattermole. D/R size depicting an image of Admiral Nelson (born Burnham Rectory 1758 - nearest station Wells-next-the-Sea). Published by British Railways Eastern Region and printed by Waterlow & Sons. Folds otherwise extremely good condition.

£360

80

Poster ' Railrovers 87 - The Freedom of Scotland by Scotrail', published by BRB Central Advertising, approx D/R size. Depicts Class 37 on a passenger train crossing a girder bridge in the Highlands. A more modern poster that is becoming increasingly collectable.

£30

81

Worksplates, a matching pair 'Built By British Rail Engineering Limited, Doncaster Works 1981'. Alloy construction measuring 7" x 4¾" approximately. Confirmed to be ex BR/Brush Type 5 Co-Co Class 56 number 56097. New to traffic in October 1981 and allocated to Tinsley depot. Sold in 2001 for preservation and transported to Cardiff by road in March 2002 for restoration.  Ex loco with yellow paint overall.

£160

82

Carriage Print, Eynsford Kent by Gray from the Southern Region 'B' Series issued in the (D) size 17½" x 10". A rare print, only the 4th time ever at auction.

£100

83

Road Sign 'SCHOOL'. Alloy construction circa 1950's, depicting the schoolboy carrying his book and schoolgirl with satchel.

£75

84

West London & Crystal Palace Railway large scale Linen Plan of the Junctions at Sydenham dated 1854. Measuring 87" x 24" and is hand coloured. Starts on the left with the Hamlet of Dulwich, Camberwell Parish and going right, The Swan Inn, then Crystal Palace with Observatory, The Royal Crystal Palace Hotel, Westbrokes Tavern in the Hamlet of Penge with the London Brighton & South Coast Railway station on the far right. An incredible survivor that is in remarkable condition showing just a few minor areas of damage that can easily be saved. Comes with a 12 page, hand-written West End & Crystal Palace Railway Stock Account dated December 1855. An intriguing insight into £27,403 worth of stock held by the company to include Wagons and even buildings such as Chapels. An amazing lot.

£230

85

Nameplate HARRINGTON HALL, brass letters on extended steel backplate. Ex GWR 'Hall' Class locomotive number 5982 built Swindon in October 1938. Allocated new to Carmarthen. In August 1950 moved to Bristol, St. Philip's Marsh and in March 1959 to Reading from where withdrawal took place in September 1962. Cut up at A. King & Son, Norwich. The plate measures approximately 68" across and is pretty much ex loco condition.

£3,500

86

LMS 8" pine cased Wall Clock complete with LMS brass oval numberplate 16742. The same number is also repeated on the dial. In totally original condition and although appears to be in working condition, it would benefit from a clean. No key, but will be wound for auction viewing.

£180

87

Hymek Worksplate together with the original Cabside Numbers 'Beyer Peacock (Hymek) Ltd Serial Number 8000 Manchester 1963' and the numerals D7096. Ex BP type 3 class 35 locomotive, released to traffic in December 1963. Withdrawn from Bristol Bath Road only 9 years later and put into Departmental Stock only to be disposed of by Marple & Gillot Sheffield a short while later. An almost unique opportunity to obtain both worksplate and numerals together. At least one flame-cut cabside is known to have survived so a chance to marry up the lot.

£1,000

88

Southern Railway enamel Target, FAWLEY. Ex LSWR station just outside Southampton on the branch from Totton, opened in 1925 and closed forever in January 1967. Good colour and shine with just a few edge chips. A scarce Target.

£900

89

Original Watercolour Paintings by the celebrated transport artist G.S. Cooper (1935 - 1998), qty 2 of steam trains. The first is an LMS  'Crab' 13050  on shed with a red liveried  'Duck' behind. Measures 14½" x 10½" in a larger card mount. The second is an LNWR 0-6-0 loco standing at a Cumbrian station on a freight train, the driver is exchanging key token with the Station Master. Measures 7" x 7½" in a larger card mount.

90

Totem, BR(NE) STOCKSFIELD, H/F with black edged lettering. Ex NER station some 15 miles west of Newcastle on the line to Carlisle, opened in 1838 and remains open today. Deep colour and shine with a couple of face chips above and below the letter 'T'.

£800

91

Midland Railway large C/I Trespass Sign, signed James Williams 1893.

£18

92

Industrial Nameplate PELICAN, rectangular brass measuring  20" x 5½" together with matching worksplate Avonside Engine Co Limited Bristol number 1604 dated 1912. Ex Mersey Docks and Harbour Board No.15. It was sold on 25th August 1927 and used as a hire loco. On 21st January 1938 it went to G.T. Earle Ltd at Hessle, Hull, this information is annotated on the rear. Has been polished at some time.

£440

93

Smokebox Numberplate 9601. Ex GWR 0-6-0 PT, built April 1945 and allocated to Yeovil until 1955 then moved to Bristol St. Philips Marsh. Withdrawn from Bristol Barrow Road in December 1964. Ex Loco condition.

£320

94

Three official British Railway Stock books  The first is a green covered book 'British Railways Coaching Stock Diagrams and is indexed 1-15 Sleeping Cars, 16-35 Restaurant Cars (Kitchen), 36-70 Restaurant Cars, 71-115 Open-First, Compo Second, 116-160 Corridor-First, Compo Second, 161-199 Corridor Brakes-First, Compo Second, 200-210 Royal Train Vehicles, 300-349 Non Gangway First, Compo, Second, 350-399 Brakes First, Compo, Second, The front cover has an official stamp British Railways LMR 10 Mar 1961 Derby CM&EE Mech & Elec Enginr (Development) . The second is a  maroon covered book titled British Railways Coaching Stock Diagram book Index and is embossed with the Lion Holding wheel emblem this has information on Builders, Build dates and Lot numbers, the last is a BR Board Vehicle Diagram Book No. 400 for Rail Cranes & Track laying Vehicles. An excellent opportunity to acquire these for either the modeller or historian and with over 400 line drawings plenty of excellent information.

£150

95

London Brighton & South Coast Railway brass cased Distant Signal Repeaters, qty 3. Two have brass number plates affixed, no. 1 and no. 16, the third is not numbered. The face of number 16 has just a hint of paint flaking whereas the other two have a degree of flaking. A rare opportunity to obtain a set of 3.

£310

96

A collection of 10 LMS and 8 GWR  Joint Season tickets, all from Gloucestershire Stations. Noted are Cam, Frocester, Stonehouse, Dursley, Withington GW, Andoversford. All the tickets are mounted using clear photo corners and are displayed in a glazed frame. A wonderful opportunity to purchase a whole collection.

£125

97

Cast iron Wagon plate, RETURN EMPTY TO EVESHAM LMR. This is the earlier pattern of this type of plate the later version having thicker lettering. Measures 20" x 6¾" and cast as a rectangle with rounded corners. A plate of local interest as used on the fruit vans that delivered produce from The Vale of Evesham. In excellent condition with the face only restored.

£130

98

Tyers No 6 steel and brass Single Line Tablet DELABOLE - PORT ISAAC ROAD number 7. Ex  L&SWR North Cornwall section between Okehampton and Padstow, closed  3rd October 1966. Stamped "Out Of Use" as was normal with most examples that survived.

£1,700

99

GWR Double Slotting Instrument with brass plate 'No 1' affixed to the top. A wonderful instrument with two dials, each with a flag stating 'Slot Off - Wrong - Slot On' . The base has a brass switch either side and small oval plates 'Slot Batty Off' and 'Slot Batty On'. Interestingly, the makers name is stamped into the lower beading 'Marconi Wireless Makers Telegraph Co'.

£390

100

Nameplate STARLIGHT EXPRESS. Ex BR 25kv Bo-Bo Class 86 originally numbered E3126. Built by British Railways Doncaster Works in November 1965. Renumbered 86231 under TOPS in January 1974 and was named on the 1st October 1984 by Andrew Lloyd Webber at Euston Station. It was named to launch the London - Glasgow 'Starlight Express' low-price overnight service. Currently stored at Long Marsden. This plate is a Swindon casting.

£3,000

101

South African Railways single language, fully titled, brass Cabside Numperplate 791 16R. One of only 12 ex SAR 3' 6" Gauge 4-6-2 Pacific Locomotive built by the North British Locomotive Works under number 20431 in 1914 and classified as class 16. Re-boilered in the 1930's and re-classified as class 16R. Used primarily for express trains on the Pretoria - Johannesburg and the Johannesburg - Volksrust lines but by the 1940's, had been reduced to less glamorous duties, being finally withdrawn in the 1970's. Face bereft of paint, rear completely ex loco with some painted numbers.

£340

102

Crane Plate, ex Shawford Junction station Yard Crane. Cast iron construction reads: "Warning - Stand Clear Of The Hoist, The Load And The Crane Handles". Wing shaped measuring 22¼" x 5½" approximately. Original condition and still on original wooden board.

£30

103

Worksplate, The English Electric Co Ltd Stephenson Works Darlington England No 3361 / 8404, 1963. Ex EE Type 3 Class 37, built November 1963 and originally numbered D6883. From March 1974 carried the TOPS number 37183 and from October 1988 carried the number 37884. Took the name GARTCOSH from 37037 at Thornaby Depot in August 1992. Exported to Spain and still there. Totally ex loco with original blue paint on the face with some chrome plating showing through.

£800

104

Enamel Advertising Sign 'Spratts'. Measures 20" x 4" and depicts just the 3 Spratts Scottie Dogs, no text. Excellent colour and shine, one small, very good repair bottom right fixing hole.

£180

105

Enamel Advertising Sign 'Nectar Tea'. Green lettering on a white ground with brown tea. A well known railway enamel that appeared on many station platforms eons ago. Cup and saucer shaped measuring 21" x 12½" and in extremely good, totally unrestored condition.

£140

106

Advertising Enamel Sign 'Spratts Builds Up A Dog - Dog Cakes - Mixed Ovals - Weetmeet'. Brown lettering on beige ground with 'Spratts in black shaped like the famous Scotty Dog. Measures 24" x 12" in almost perfect condition

£720

107

Enamel Thermometer Advertising Sign 'Perutz Filme - Photos'. Measures 11" x 23" and is in excellent condition but has a replacement tube.

£75

108

Enamel Thermometer Advertising Sign 'Smoke Tom Long - Grand Old Rich Tobacco'. Measures 7½" x 22½" and is in exceptional condition except has a replacement tube.

£210

109

Enamel Thermometer Advertising Sign 'Lyons Tea - Degrees Better'. Measures 7½" x 22½" with some restoration at the bottom and top edges. A rare and quite wonderful sign.

£200

110

Totem, BR(W) BIRMINGHAM SNOW HILL, F/F. Ex GWR station in the heart of England's second largest city. Opened in 1852 and originally called Livery Street, becoming Snow Hill 6 years later. Good condition overall with only minor blemishes on the face. The black border has loss but even so, a very nice totem, particularly with 'Snow Hill' in the lower panel.

£1,450

111

NER 18" oak cased, fusee Clock by Potts & Sons, Leeds. 'A' Frame movement, the backplate marked in several places 'XYRK' (Collectors Corner York) Original spun brass bezel and a repainted dial showing 'Potts & Sons N.E.R. Leeds. Back of dial shows BR(NE) 15118. In working order.

£600

112

London & North Eastern Railway glass Lamp Tablets, qty 2 comprising ARRAM and HUTTON CRANSWICK. Arram is ex NER station between Beverley and Driffield. Hutton Cranswick is ex NER station between Beverley and Driffield.

£50

113

BR(W) enamel Doorplate PARCELS, F/F. Measures 18" x 3½" and is in virtually mint condition.

£310

114

Worksplate Brush Traction No 287 dated 1961. Ex Brush Type 2 A1A-A1A Class 31 locomotive released to traffic in February 1961 as D5686. Under TOPS  was renumbered 31258 in February 1974 and later 31434 in February 1984. Withdrawn November 1998. Oval alloy, approximately 9½" x 5¾" in clean, ex loco condition.

£240

115

Original Oil Painting of the Midland Mainline at Ashchurch Tewkesbury showing local 3F 43754 being passed by a Black 5 44691. An evocative picture by the renowned railway artist Barry Price dated 1990, and benefits from being professionally framed and mounted.

£440

116

North Eastern Railway silver plated Candlesticks, a wonderful, matching pair manufactured by Elkington. Standing 10½" tall on 5" square, scalloped bases, both are marked with the NER 'buckle' crest and inscribed 'West Hartlepool'. From one of the NER lesser known hotels. Wonderful condition throughout and would grace the finest of tables set with railway silver.

£360

117

Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Brass and Steel Tyers No 7A Tablet BARNSTAPLE - PILTON BRIDGE No 14. This was the first section of this wonderful little railway. Ex signalbox condition.

£2,500

118

GWR Hotels green glass Gin ½ Bottle with 'GWR HOTELS' embossed on the side. Excellent condition throughout with no chips or cracks. A super item not seen by us before.

£330

119

Button, East & West Junction Railway,  26mm,  plate 22 (1) in Froggatt. Rear clearly marked with makers 'Firmin & Sons 153 Strand & 13 Conduit St London. Scarce example brass loco design. Note: The East & West Junction Railway opened between Stratford and Towcester in June 1871. It combined with the Stratford-on-Avon, Towcester & Midland Junction Railway to form the East & West Junction & Stratford, Towcester & Midland Junction Railway in April 1891.

£65

120

Industrial Nameplate LANCELOT, brass construction. Ex 0-6-0DM number D2004, built by Hudswell Clarke as D851 in 1955 and delivered to Port Of Bristol Authority Avonmouth Docks. Later to British Fuel, Carlisle Coal Concentration, Cumbria in July 1970.

£820

121

Inter City 'Swallow' emblem, left facing, ex HST 125 Power Car. Ex loco condition.

£200

122

Wagon Plate Registered By The LD & EC Rly 1903 To carry 10 Tons number 10, circular C/I complete with lugs albeit one lug has a small amount of loss. Incredibly rare and just number '10'. Together with a similar Registered By The N.E.Ry 1919 To carry 20 Tons number 8935. This one is missing both lugs.

£280

123

LNWR C/I signal lever plates, qty 2  SLOW TO HOOLEY HILL HOME in original condition and painted white over the original red and SLOW TO HOOLEY HILL DISTANT in original condition and painted white over the original yellow, as recovered from Denton Junction Signalbox. Hooley Hill was originally named Audenshaw, closed Sept 1950.

£50

124

Worksplate 'The English Electric Co. Ltd. Vulcan Works Newton-Le-Willows, England No. 3530/D959 dated 1965'. Ex EE Type 3 Class 37 Locomotive released to traffic in March 1965 as number D6970. In February 1974 it received TOPS number 37270 and in October 1985, the second TOPS number 37409. In August 1986 it was named LOCH AWE by Lord MacLean at Glasgow Queen Street station. Acquired by the Bo'ness Railway but believed to have been purchased by DRS. Rectangular chromed brass, 10¼" x 4½", totally ex loco with almost all of the original blue paint intact. Top left bolt hole damaged.

£410

125

LNER solid brass, Single Line Staff & Ticket Key BUCKLEY JUNCTION - NORTHOP HALL,  triangular shape and 16½" in length. Ex Great Central Railway, Buckley Junction - Connahs Quay route which closed to Passengers in 1895 when the Wrexham, Mold & Connah's Quay Railway line via Harwarden opened. It remained open to Goods until 1965. A very rare piece of signalling indeed.

£330

126

Southern Railway Ashford oval C/I Wagon Plate No 362. Fully restored

£32

127

Shedplate 81A, Old Oak Common. Alloy construction, red ground, as fitted to mainline diesel locomotives.

£95

128

Coloured, paper Signal Box Diagrams qty 5 comprising:- Shelwick Junction dated 1963; Marsh Brook dated 1961; Ruabon South dated 1958; Leaton dated 1961; Aberystwyth No 2 G.F. undated.

£95

129

Barry Dock & Railway C/I Water Stop Tap Assembly, clearly marked 'BD&R 1889'. Quite likely to be a unique item.

£140

130

BR(W) enamel Platform Sign, F/F, ex Birmingham Snow Hill. Reads:  'TO PLATFORMS FOR WOLVERHAMPTON, SHREWSBURY, CHESTER, NORTH WALES ALSO FOR STOURBRIDGE, WORCESTER, HEREFORD AND SOUTH WALES. Measures a large 96" 30" . Very good condition with good colour and shine.

£220

131

Southern Railway Shipping Silverplate Condiment Set by Elkington Plate and a 6 slice Toast Rack by Walker & Hall. The Condiment Set is quite unusual having an open Salt and Pepper receptacles and a hinged lid Mustard Pot all secured together on a shaped base and having a central lifting handle. Both are in good condition and clearly show the Southern Railway scroll and Shipping Flag. Together with Southern Railway Silverplated Sugar Sifting Spoons by Elkington, a pair. Ornate items with decorative bowls and plain handles bearing the SR Shipping Flag.

£65

132

LSWR enamel Destination Indicator Plate BROOKWOOD and WOKING. Black lettering on white ground measuring approximately 10" x 8". Excellent condition throughout.

133

BR(NE) enamel Doorplate WAITING ROOM, flangeless variety. Excellent condition with good colour and shine, small area around the edge where the enamel shows slight cracks, does not really detract.

£85

134

LNER C/I Seatback GOSBERTON. Ex GN & GE Joint station between Spalding and Sleaford, closed 11th September 1961. Ex station condition and mounted on a wooden backboard for protection. This is the second of two entered into GWRA, the first one being sold last November.

£350

135

Cabside Numberplate 9498, brass construction. Ex British Railways  0-6-0PT built in 1955 by the Yorkshire Engine Company under works number 2552/55. Allocated to Tyseley until 1959, it then moved to Shrewsbury until 1962 ending its days at Old Oak until withdrawal in September 1964. Face only restored.

£750

136

Original Watercolour Paintings by the celebrated transport artist G.S. Cooper (1935 - 1998), qty 2 of Dairy Crest Milk Delivery Lorries. The first, at Durham, is a Seddon Atkinson Lorry, the second at what looks to be Jedburgh, is a Leyland Tanker. Both are unmounted and measure 15" x 10½".

137

Brass Water Gauge Protectors, a matching pair recovered from ex LMS locomotives in Scotland in 1963. Together with a Locomotive Smokebox Door Self Cleaning Plate showing 'SC'. Cast iron construction, clean ex loco condition.

£70

138

London & Birmingham Railway C/I oval Bridge Plate number 94. Face only restored.

£75

139

Worksplate 'The English Electric Co. Ltd. Vulcan Works Newton-Le-Willows, England No. 3383/D849 dated 1963'. Ex EE Type 3 Class 37 Locomotive released to traffic in November 1963 as D6905. On 5th May 1974 it received the first TOPS number 37205. In February 1987, the second TOPS number, 37688 was applied and in June 1988 was named GREAT ROCKS at ICI Hindlow Quarry. On the 7th July 2007 it was named KINGMOOR TMD at Kingmoor TMD Open Day. Last known working DRS nuclear flask trains. Rectangular chromed brass, 10¼" x 4½", totally ex loco with almost all of the original blue paint intact.

£370

140

Totem, BR(Sc) GUARD BRIDGE, F/F. Ex North British Railway station just south of Leuchars on the route to the Tay Bridge and Dundee, closed 6th September 1965. Extremely good condition with visible loss.

£700

141

Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway section Tyers No 6 Single Line Fibre Tablet BATH - MIDFORD No. 8. Utilised on the near 7 mile section between Bath Junction and Midford through the steep inclines of the Mendips and of course Combe Tunnel. Ex box condition.

£560

142

GWR brass cased Master Steam Boiler Pressure Gauge used for test purposes and in original, sliding lid box with leather strap handle. This impressive, 7" gauge, manufactured by Dewrance, London, is a duplex style instrument with left and right calibrated dials to 300 lbs/sq. inch. The brass surround is clearly stamped 'GWR 16 - 2 - 21'. It was used by well known and respected Boiler Inspector Jack Barrass. He used this very instrument throughout his working career and beyond within the preservation movement. Just imagine the locos that this device would have tested over the last 85 years or so.

£160

143

London Midland Scottish Railway Company fully titled, enamel Trespass Notice. White lettering on black ground. Measures 22" x 18", mounted on a wooden backboard. In very good condition with several chips that have been painted over.

£30

144

GWR C/I ATC Box cast with makers name and 'GWR' on front. Complete with large brass bell. As fitted to the cabs of all GWR Locomotives. Totally unrestored

£110

145

Nameplate 'University of Durham' with integral Badge. Ex HST Class 43 number 43153 built by BREL Crewe and introduced to traffic in January 1981. Named at Durham station on 2nd July 1983 by Dame Margot Fonteyn-de-Arias, Chancellor of the University. This cast Newton plate was removed in June 1991 and replaced with a reflective style plate with separate Badge. Alloy construction measuring 42¼" x 9", face has red ground, shield a white ground and red cross, rear totally ex loco. A small photograph of Dame Margot unveiling the plate accompanies.

£1,800

146

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Tyers Co-operative Permissive Block Instrument. A magnificent example with upper,  8 segment dial showing 'Train On Line; Line Blocked; Line Clear; then numbers 2 to 6 in individual segments. Below this top dial and above the central tapper & commutator is a crescent shaped window with a  brass surround, indicating 'Train On and Permissive; Lines Clear and Trains Off'. The case is clearly stamped 'LYR' on the top. Excellent condition throughout.

£330

147

Shedplate 70D, Basingstoke and Eastleigh. Unrestored and here is an ex loco SR shedplate that doesn't have the Eastleigh Triangle.

£80

148

GWR C/I Sign 'No Admission Except On Business - By Order'. Measures 14½" x 9", face only restored.

£170

149

GWR Swiss Made Pocket Watch with enamel dial showing the company initials and the post-grouping number 02268. The rear of the case is nicely engraved with the same and apart from a small face repair around 10 o'clock, the watch is in fine condition and fully working.

£120

150

Nameplate VANGUARD - WARSHIP CLASS", ex British Railways Type 4 B-B Diesel Hydraulic "Warship" Class Locomotive number  D801 built Swindon Works in 1958, one of 33 diesel hydraulics built there for the Western Region. Introduced new to Laira in November 1958, where it spent all its working life until withdrawal from there in August 1968 and subsequent cutting up at Swindon in October 1970. Cast aluminium measuring 39½" x 11¼", face painted red, plenty of maroon remnants around the edges and the back is typical with paint traces, pitting and corrosion. A wonderful example and the first to be named after an actual warship, D800 of course was Sir Brian Robinson. Note: The Royal Navy had 10 vessels named Vanguard. The first ship was a 32 gun Galleon launched in 1586. The 9th and last ship was the 1956 'flagship' Battleship which was actually used in the filming of 'Sink The Bismark'. The 10th isn't a ship but a 'boat', ie the current nuclear submarine still in service.

£5,300

151

Tyers Alloy Single Line Tablet LLANSAINTFRAID - LLANFYLLIN No 10 in original hooped leather pouch. Ex Cambrian Railways Branch off the Oswestry to Welshpool line. Llanfyllin was a terminus that opened in 1863 and closed in January 1965. Both items in extremely good condition.

£200

152

Southern Railway or earlier wooden Carriage Board VIA CHARRING CROSS, in original condition painted black on white. Measures 42½" x 3½"

£80

153

BR(Sc) Enamel Station Direction Sign THORNLIEBANK STATION with right facing arrow and British Railways Totem above. Measures 28" x 13" and is fully flanged. Ex Glasgow - East Kilbride route.  Some mottling from many years of use.

£110

154

Hull and Barnsley Railway chromed Guards Whistle. Cylindrical barrel, 'organ pipe' style inscribed on the top with company initials, unlike the previous example we sold in November 2007 which was inscribed with the initials on the side. Incredibly rare.

£200

155

SECR Enamel sign, 12" x 10" ALL SEASON TICKETS TO BE SHEWN, white writing on black ground. The much rarer double sided version as used at large stations. Both sides in excellent condition with good colour and shine.

£75

156

Signal Box Register from Corfe Mullen Signal Box dated 31st August 1958 until 26th December 1959. A wonderful and extremely accurate record of the halcyon days of steam on the former Somerset & Dorset line.

£150

157

Leather Wages/Document Satchel with reversible brass plate to fit around the lock. One side is stamped 'Goods Dept Richmond', the other side  'To Central Accounts Office, Portsmouth Goods via Fratton'. Requires a good clean. Otherwise sound.

£20

158

Signal Box Diagram 'Brecon Curve', dated 1966 together with a similar for 'Abergavenny' dated 1968 and lastly a similar for 'Pandy Station' dated 1960. All hand coloured and linen mounted.

£130

159

GWR C/I Tap Signs 'Drinking Water' and 'Not Drinking Water'. Both in ex platform condition with red ground and white lettering & border

£80

160

BR(M) F/F enamel Destination Board 26" x 4¾" with the following Destinations, LEICESTER, KETTERING, WELLINGBOROUGH, BEDFORD, LUTON. In good condition with a good colour and shine and a small amount of expert restoration around some of the edges. An interesting enamel, believed to have originated from Birmingham or Coventry.

£270

161

GWR & LMSR Joint Railways Button Whistle, The lip is marked 'The Acme Thunderer' and soldered to the side is a 17mm GW & LMSR Joint button, in original lightly cleaned condition. A rare item from the Hereford to Shrewsbury joint line.

£100

162

Pullman Car Company Limited EPNS Sugar Tongs manufactured by Gladwin Ltd and bearing the small Pullman crest on the front face. Measures just 3½" in length and in extremely good condition with just slight offset shape. Note these are a different pattern than the pair we sold in our May 2008 Auction.

£50

163

NER McKenzie & Holland 'umbrella' style Signal Finial together with a Midland Railway 'ball & spike' Signal Finial. Both ex lineside condition.

£270

164

One Engine In Steam Staff plated HAVANNAH BRANCH - FLEET LANE. Used on the Havannah Colliery branch from  Sutton Oak to Carr Mill Junction line, just outside St. Helens. Measures 22", half blue painted wood , half brass.

£100

165

Nidd Valley Light Railway whole Edmondson Ticket from Pateley Bridge to Ramsgill. Date stamped on the rear '07 SEP 12' the ticket is indeed numbered 001 so was absolutely the first ticket ever issued for this journey. Discovered loose in an old Stanley Gibbons Album of Arms, Crests & Monograms, it was fortunate the vendor found it for it had, at one time been pasted in the inside cover and somehow became detached. This is known because there is a hand written inscription on the inside cover that reads:- 'This ticket was the first to be paid for on the opening of the N.V. Light Railway Sep 12th 1907'. The railway was operated by Bradford Corporation and was closed on 31st December 1929 to passengers but was still used for another six years for goods. An amazing survivor from this short-lived little railway. The ticket has been re-attached to the first page of the album in a clear sleeve to show where it was kept over the years. The album accompanies of course.

£70

166

GWR Signal Box brass Shelf Plate ABERDARE HIGH LEVEL. Ex Welsh Valley location near Mountain Ash.

£130

167

GWR C/I Cabside Numberplate 5688 ex GWR 0-6-2T Built Swindon 1927 and allocated to Cathays. Later to Treherbert and finally Rhymney. Withdrawn in June 1965.  Face restored, rear ex loco.

£360

168

Early, etched glass London Street Sign WHITEHALL PLACE, S.W. This famous London thoroughfare links Northumberland Avenue where Charing Cross station is located and Whitehall/Horse Guards. Steeped in history, Christopher Wren living there in 1737 and when numbers 1 & 2 were formed into what is now the Commissioners Of Crown Lands, William Huskisson resided there as Commissioner. He became more famous for his death on the opening day of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway in 1830. Measures 36" x 13" including the old, wooden frame.

£120

169

Early, etched glass London Street Sign CHARING CROSS, S.W. Classic location for the railway enthusiast, point of distance measurement to London from any location in the world and famous for it's Pillory where Daniel Defoe was pilloried for libel in 1703. Measures 36" x 13" including the old, wooden frame.

£170

170

Totem, BR(W) CARMARTHEN, H/F. Ex GWR station, county town famous for it's Castle and one time Motive Power Depot. Extremely good colour and shine, three well repaired face chips.

£510

171

LNER Linesmans Pocket Knife measuring 7" when open. Wide blade, the base bearing the 'LNER' initials. The other side simply says 'Oil The Joints'. Most unusual. Together with the small brass plate 'Linesmans Shop' from where the knife originated. Also on the card with this plate are 5 other plates to include an original brass 'Tyers Train Signalling', 'To Enfield' (ivorine), 'Down Slow From Oakleigh Park' and 'Platform Bell'.

£30

172

McKenzie & Holland, Worcester C/I 'half-moon' shaped Signalbox Lever Frame end plate. Face restored, rear original.

£170

173

British Railways cast iron oval Worksplate Built Doncaster 1955. Ex BR Standard Class 4-6-0 locomotive numbered  73119 and named ELAINE. Built in December 1955, it was one of the last BR Standard class 5's in service on the Southern Region and was withdrawn from Eastleigh in May 1967 and scrapped at J.Cashmores Newport.  Face restored back ex loco with the number 73119 painted.

£180

174

Two GWR Jigsaws, Locomotives Old & New and Romans at Caerleon. Both mounted in glazed frames and complete. Alas no boxes but would look good hung on the wall rather than hidden away.

£20

175

Nameplate SANS PAREIL. Ex BR 25kv Bo-Bo Class 86 originally numbered E3106. Built by British Railways Doncaster Works in October 1965. Renumbered 86214 under TOPS in August 1973 and was named on the 17th April 1980 at Willesden Depot without ceremony. Withdrawn from service in October 2002 and scrapped in 2006 by Ron Hull Jr, Rotherham. This plate is a Swindon casting.

£3,000

176

Tyers mahogany cased, 15 Position Train Describer. Magnificent instrument with top dial showing the following segments clockwise: Team Valley; South Shields Steam; Annfield Plain; Team Valley Excursion; Empty Coaching Stock Electric; Leamside; Sunderl'd Relief; Leamside Excursions; Sunderland; South Shields Electric; Sunderland Excursions; Empty Coaching Stock Steam Or Leeds; Special Excursion South Shields Parcels Or Officers Specials; Light Engine Goods Or Mineral. These segments are repeated in the lower dial. Complete with Peg and when the mechanism is activated, the clockwork ratchet works fine. A rare opportunity to obtain an elusive instrument from Gateshead Signal Box.

£1,700

177

BR(M) enamel Platform Sign 'OVER THE BRIDGE FOR TRAINS TO CREWE AND THE SOUTH', F/F measuring 18" x 30". Some edge chipping but a very nice sign that will clean up a treat. Probably ex Carlisle or Preston.

£210

178

BR(S) wooden Destination Board, double sided showing 'LITTLEHAMPTON. White on dark green measuring 34" in length.

£25

179

Worksplate The English Electric Co Ltd., Vulcan Works, Newton-Le-Willows, England No. 3553/D982, 1965. Ex Type 3 Class 37, originally numbered D6993, later 37293. New to traffic in July 1965 and allocated to Canton. Went to France in 1999 returning in 2000 only to go into storage. Sold to Booths Rotherham and cut up in February 2009. Totally ex loco with almost all the original paint, just some chrome showing through.

£360

180

GWR Early, round style C/I Gangers Occupation Key Instrument complete with original case key and brass Gangers Key inscribed  'Possession Of This Key Authorises Ganger To Occupy The Line Between CLUTTON - HALLATROW. This section was on the Bath to Frome route. Both Clutton and Hallatrow opened in 1873 by the Bristol & North Somerset Railway. Closed to passengers on 2nd November 1959 and goods on 15th June 1964.

£1,600

181

Bristol & Exeter Railway Rule Book dated 12th May 1869. A quite remarkable survivor with maroon and gilt covers having 141 pages. Some foxing and a couple of pages have corner loss not affecting the text. For it's age, it is quite remarkable and certainly one of the rarest Rule Books we have ever offered.

£230

182

Railway Signal Company Miniature Staff  “KIDSGROVE JUNCTION - GOLDENHILL”. Ex North Staffs Railway section on the Stoke Loop Line, opened to passengers and goods on the 15th of November 1875. Steel with circular brass end engraved with the section.

£100

183

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 in full working order. The enamelled dial has no chips, a rare clock believed to be from an early railway travelling post office carriage.

£380

184

Bulleid locomotive brass Headlamp, in good original condition and mounted on a Mahogany stand, it has been wired for 230v but we have removed the plug and recommend it is tested before use.

£200

185

London Transport enamel Target SHEPHERDS BUSH. Ex Hammersmith & City line, opened in 1900  by the Central London Railway. Bronze framed and mounted on a white, wooden backboard.

£200

186

GWR Signal Box brass Shelf Plate TREFOREST JUNCTION MAIN LINES. Could have been located in a number of boxes around this one time, extremely busy location south of Pontypridd.

£130

187

GWR framed and glazed photochrom Carriage Panel 'Jersey, Mont Orgueil Castle', numbered 10447. Complete with its original mount, overall measuring 11" x 9½".

£50

188

A collection of 18 GWR and GWR & LMS Joint Season tickets, all from Gloucestershire Stations, noted are Severn Bridge, Ebley Crossing Halt, Berkeley, Cirencester (Watermoor). All the tickets are mounted using clear photo corners and are displayed in a glazed frame. A wonderful opportunity to purchase a whole collection.

£180

189

Worksplate, Dubs No 4336 dated 1903, brass diamond shaped. Ex SECR Wainwright designed  'D' class locomotive No. 1092. There were 51 locos in the class and 21 were later rebuilt into class D1. Into BR stock and renumbered 31092 in 1948, remaining at Gillingham MPD until withdrawal in 1952.

£2,200

190

Alloy Key Token BAGGERIDGE - WOMBOURN. Ex GWR branch off the line between Kingswinford and Tettenhall that remained open to goods trains until March 1965. The branch which served Baggeridge Colliery remained open until that facility closed in 1968. Ex box condition with traces of green paint.

£200

191

Hymek Cabside Numerals D7072. Alloy construction, all face cleaned but rear ex loco and edges have retained original blue paint. Built by Beyer Peacock Manchester under works serial number 7976, it was introduced to traffic in March 1963 and allocated to Bath Road. Withdrawn from there in October 1971 and cut up at Swindon in September 1972.

£220

192

GWR fully titled C/I Notice pertaining to the Dangerous Practice Of Propping Wagon Doors, James Inglis. Face primed and first few lines repainted, back original.

£70

193

Shedplate 26A, Newton Heath until September 1963. Face restored, rear rust painted over.

194

Original Watercolour Paintings by the celebrated transport artist G.S. Cooper (1935 - 1998), qty 2 of buses. The first is Cardiff circa 1950, with a  6 wheel  BVT Trolleybus leads a Bristol, both from the Corporation Fleet, as they proceed along Queen Street beside Cardiff Castle. Measures 13¾" x 10" on a larger card mount. The second is Corporation Street on the corner of New Street, central Birmingham with Midland Red and Birmingham Corporation sharing with a British Railways Scarab and a British Railways ERF covered lorry. Measures 14" x 10" on a larger card mount.

195

GWR Vacuum Brake Pressure Gauge. Brass cased stamped in rim with company initials and having a silvered dial bearing large 'G.W.R' initials. Measures 6" across the dial and shows a scale of 30 inches of mercury. Excellent condition. Together with a GWR large Tin Box, used at one time as First Aid Kit but now contains qty 15 Tourniquet Tins, most marked 'GWR' some with labels attached to indicate screw sizes etc, obviously used as a tool box!.

£90

196

Tyers No. 6  steel and brass Single Line Tablet GRATELEY JUNCTION - NEWTON TONY number 23. Ex LSWR  Amesbury and Bulford branch which ran from Grateley on the Salisbury to Andover Route. Closed to Passengers on  30th June 1952,  Goods on 4th March 1963. Excellent condition throughout.

£400

197

Industrial Nameplate AIRDALE No 2, rectanguar brass with rounded corners. Ex Hunslet 1956 of 1939, new to Airedale Colliery moving to Whedale Colliery in 1961. It then went to Saville Colliery from whence it was sent to Hunslet for the fitting of a mechanical stoker. It returned by August 1964 and was finally scrapped in November 1970.

£330

198

Worksplate Built 1959 Crewe, oval C/I. Ex Class 08 Diesel Shunter.

£120

199

An LNER "Keswick" pattern china ashtray, unusually marked with the LNER monogram in the top centre. 4½" square with radius corners and curved sides, the base marked 'This Ashtray Is The Property Of The London & North Eastern Railway' and also 'Alfred Meakin Ltd England Hotel Ware'. In excellent condition other than wear to the gold band around the rim.

£190

200

Nameplate HOLYROOD, cast brass measuring 50" x 7¾". Ex Thompson A1 'Pacific' Class locomotive number 60152. Built Darlington under works number 2071 in July 1949 and was indeed the last one to be built here. Named in June 1951 and at the same time, received the BR blue livery. Repainted to BR green livery in November 1952. Allocated to Edinburgh Haymarket until 1963 but interestingly moved to Glasgow Polmadie periodically between 1951 - 53 to work the West Coast mainline to Carlisle and even Crewe. Later to Edinburgh St. Margarets until moving to York in 1964 from where withdrawal took place in the June of the following year. In November 1965, it was towed to Cashmores, Great Bridge for cutting up. Face polished, rear ex loco and stamped with the familiar names of other LNER locos including, interestingly, Pochard. The Worksplate follows in the next lot.

£9,000

201

Worksplate No 2071 Darlington 1949. Engraved oval brass measuring 12" x 6½", face polished, back clean ex loco and stamped '152' Ex Thompson A1 locomotive HOLYROOD, details of which appear in the previous lot.

£1,200

202

Totem, BR(Sc) AUCHNAGATT, H/F. Ex Great North of Scotland station between Arnage and Maud on the Aberdeen to Fraserburgh route. Opened in July 1861 by the Formartine and Buchan Railway, closed on the 4th October 1965. Very good condition with good colour and shine, minor edge chipping, one slightly overlapping into the blue top left. A rare Scottish totem, appearing only once at auction, 23 years ago.

203

SER Timetables 1853 bound Book measuring just 5½" x 3½" and a thick 1½".  In exceptionally good condition, the only minor defect being the first fold-out map on page 2 has been taped back at some point and there is a small rub at the top of the spine. There are 12 monthly timetables within the volume, the first commencing January 1853 the last December 1853. An astonishing survivor.

£260

204

LSWR 1d Platform Ticket Machine, C/I construction standing 41" tall. A most wonderful survivor having a makers enamel plate near the bottom which reads: 'Patent No. 2131 of 1910 - This Machine is made and supplied by the British Automatic Company Limited, 14 Appold Street London EC. The upper face has an original, though later BTC plate showing the tickets to now be 2d. Painted in red, no doubt whilst in railway service, one can see the original green paint beneath. A rare opportunity to acquire what can only be described as wonderful.

£2,500

205

LSWR enamel 1d Platform Ticket Machine face plate. Fully titled red on white at the top it then states 'Platform Tickets 1D To Be Given Up On Leaving The Platform'. Measures 10" x 4½" with cut-out for key. Superb condition with just the usual edge wear of no significance.

£750

206

Colour Slides, circa 235 medium quality, all mounted and annotated with location, date and number. Taken in 1988 at various locations in the UK, they are predominantly DMU's but some locomotives, with plenty of stations and signal boxes in the shots.

£60

207

A large box containing well in excess of 1500 b/w postcard size photographs of early steam, much duplication and varying quality. Mostly in old photographic paper boxes but many loose. Within the box is a small amount of larger format photographs and a small selection of modern traction colour prints and negatives. A heavy box full of history, must be viewed to appreciate.

£150

208

Southern Railway enamel Target, HYTHE. Ex LSWR station just outside Southampton on the branch from Totton, opened July 1925 and closed to passengers February 1966 and completely in January 1967. Good colour, just slight loss of shine. A scarce Target.

£1,050

209

Great Western Railway linen Plan on original wooden roller, 'Shepton Mallet Water Supply'. A lovely, hand coloured map bearing the GWR Swindon Stamp dated 17th March 1934. Plan shows the GWR station and lines from Witham and Yatton. Excellent condition and really a little gem. Comes with a couple of office copies of Bromsgrove South Signal Box and Standish Junction Signal Box.

£85

210

Poster 'Caernarvon Castle - See North Wales By Train' by Hugh Chevins. D/R size depicting an interesting, vibrant execution depicting the castle and a small boat in the foreground. Published by British Railways (London Midland Region) and printed by McCorquodale & Co. Ltd., London. Extremely good condition with some folds and minor imperfections.

£310

211

Poster 'Service By Night' by David Shepherd. Q/R size depicting the wonderful night time departure of an A3 from Kings Cross station. Published by British Railways Eastern Region and printed by Waterlow & Sons. Folds and a number of clean edge tears.

£410

212

Poster 'Service To The Fishing Industry - Landing The Catch At St Andrews Dock Hull' by Jack Merriott. Q/R size depicting the ultra busy quayside scene with fishermen and buyers working in unison. Published by British Railways North Eastern Region and printed by Stafford & Co Netherfield, Nottingham. Folds and minor, clean edge tears.

£50

213

Poster 'SS Avalon - The New British Railways Ship' by Johnston. Q/R size showing a nighttimes view of the ship on the Harwich - Hook-of-Holland Route. Published by British Railways Eastern Region and printed by Waterlow. Folds and some edge tears that were once repaired with tape.

£65

214

Poster, BR(W) 'Windsor - See Britain By Train', D/R by Gordon Nicoll, Depicts the famous Castle with the Royal Barge on the Thames in the foreground. Published by British Railways (Western Region) and printed by Charles & Read Ltd. Folds and slight edge crinkling.

£80

215

Poster, BR(W) 'Barmouth - North Wales For Mountains, Sand & Sea', D/R by Harry Riley. Depicts a wonderful period beach scene with families enjoying their holiday. The sea-front and mountains in the background. Published by British Railways Western Region and printed by Jordison. Folds and some non-acid repairs to rear, quite stunning regardless.

£560

216

Poster, BR(W) 'Weston-Super-Mare The Smile In Smiling Somerset', D/R by Merville. Depicts the Lido swimming pool with a bathing beauty dressed in red swimsuit and other bathers in the background. Published by British Railways Western Region and printed by Waterlow. Folds with top and bottom non-acid tape applied to rear. A stunning poster seldom seen.

£400

217

Poster, BR(W) 'Herefordshire - Fair Land Of Enchanting Beauty', D/R by A.J. Wilson. Depicts a wonderful vista of the river Wye and the Malvern Hills in the background. Published by the Railway Executive Western Region and printed by the Colour Publishing Company, England. Folds and minor edge crinkling. A couple of minor stains outside of the image area near the bottom text and three very small, non-acid tape repairs on rear.

£260

218

Poster, BR(W) Torquay - The International Resort', D/R by Brookshaw. Three images of the town, the larger, bottom image of a couple strolling with their tennis rackets in the promenade park. Folds and edge crinkling, slight top corner loss affecting the border only. Some non-acid tape application to rear.

£140

219

Poster, BR(W) 'Warwick Castle - See Britain By Train', D/R by Bagley. Depicts an aerial view of the Castle and Moat with the wooded surrounds faming the focus point. Published by British Railways Western Region and printed by Chromoworks. Extremely good with minor folds and one small area of non-acid tape on rear.

£80

220

Alloy Key Token in 'D' configuration,  MACHYNLLETH - DOVEY JUNCTION. Ex Cambrian Railways, Moat Lane Jct - Aberystwyth/Pwllheli route.

£240

221

Worksplate Built 1963 Swindon, oval alloy construction. Ex Class 52 'Western' Class Locomotive D1027 (so stamped in the rear) named WESTERN LANCER. Built within the batch of 30 at Swindon and released to traffic in January 1964. Withdrawn December 1975 and cut up at Swindon in June 1976. The plate was removed at Canton on the 13th September 1972 and although face restored, the original bolts, untouched, accompany.

£230

222

Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway Silver Pass with full title engraved in old, script lettering on one side and  'Thos Williams GWR' engraved on the obverse. Affixed to a chain having an early, GWR inscribed Wooden Whistle and a later, GWR engraved Brass Acme Thunderer Whistle. Also attached to the chain, a silver GWR St. Johns Ambulance Association Badge.

£420

223

BR(NE) enamel Doorplate STATION MASTER, F/F measuring 18" x 6". Two small face chips and some edge damage, easily repairable, otherwise good colour and shine.

£120

224

GC & MRy 3 line C/I Trespass Notice, 'Trespassers On This Property Will Be Prosecuted'. Lineside condition measuring 20" x 11¾" with scalloped corners. A scarce sign indeed.

£130

225

BR(M) Enamel Station Direction Sign HEYSHAM HARBOUR AND STATION, F/F with British Railways Totem above and left facing arrow. Measures 28" x 13" and  has good colour and shine, some edge loss that could be repaired.

£460

226

Lincoln York & Leeds Direct & Independent Railway Subscribers Agreement dated 1845. Alas this railway was never built.

£10

227

Signal Box Diagram KINGHAM, dated June 1953, linen mounted, hand coloured. Quite wonderful showing the branches to Chipping Norton and Cheltenham.

£250

228

LSWR enamel Destination Indicator Plate AMESBURY - BULFORD - SALISBURY. Black lettering on white ground measuring approximately 6½" x 8". Excellent condition throughout.

£240

229

Midland Railway brass Signal Box Lever Leads, qty 2 :- POINTS IN GOODS LINE TO BASS'S SIDING and DOWN STARTING. Undoubtedly from the Burton-on-Trent area.

£280

230

Totem, BR(M) OLDBURY & BROMFORD LANE, F/F. Ex LNWR station between Wolverhampton High Level and Birmingham New Street. The station opened in 1852 being the second station in Oldbury to do so. It is still open but now known as Sandwell & Dudley. A rare totem in virtually mint condition.

£660

231

Alloy Key Token SUTTON OAK JC - FARNWORTH & BOLD. Ex LNWR section between St Helens and Wigan through Clock Face. Closed to passengers in June 1951 and finally to goods in June 1964. Ex box condition with traces of yellow paint.

232

Midland Railway Signal Box Diagram BEDFORD NORTH JUNCTION in its original, glazed wooden frame Overall size 20" x 50¾". Dated 12th October 1895 Derby Signal Works, it still has vibrant colour despite some mottling and water staining. The junction box controlled the main line from Oakley southwards to the junction for Midland station and Loop line passing the Engine Sheds.

£260

233

Industrial Nameplate SIR TREVOR HOLDSWORTH. Brass construction measuring 45½" x 3". Ex Andrew Barclay DM, built 1957 and utilised at the Central Electricity Board, Uskmouth Power Station, Newport. Excellent condition. Note Sir Trevor Holdsworth was one time Chairman of National Power.

£220

234

Shedplate 84F, Stourbridge Junction until September 1963. Ex loco condition.

£160

235

Worksplate Beyer Peacock & Co Ld number 6696 Manchester 1931, oval brass 9¾" x 5¾". Ex GWR contractor built 0-6-0 Pannier Tank number 8716. A Pontypool Road loco virtually whole of life, withdrawn in 1964. Bereft of paint but years of patina.

£330

236

Tenderplate London & North Eastern Railway C/I  9 x 5 No 4213 dated 1947. Ex Thompson B1 4-6-0 locomotive tender.

£100

237

BR(W) 3 aspect Handlamp bearing two brass plates, one embossed BR(W), the other G. Polkey Manufacturer Birmingham. Complete with original reservoir and BR/WR burner. Good condition but lens has a small crack near the top. Together with a standard BR(M) 3 aspect Handlamp with original reservoir and BR marked burner. In extremely good, unrestored condition. Additionally, a LNER  Loco, so embossed, Drivers Handlamp with a later, BR insert with 3 aspects as opposed to the 2 aspects normally found with the Loco Lamps. Has original reservoir and LNER stamped burner. Together with a BR double bulls eye Hanging Lamp complete with innards and a BR marked burner and an unusual Sliding Knob Handlamp embossed 'AS & CO' on the side. Lacks interior and has several cracks to the front lens, and finally, an unrestored 3 aspect Military Railway Handlamp with a Birmingham 1943 plate on the side.

£80

238

Cast iron Wagon owners plate, Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co Ld., 43865 Owners Gloucester. This is one of the very early type plates measuring 8¾" x 7½" and cast as a rectangle with the G integral to this, a rare plate in excellent condition with the face only restored.

£180

239

Southern Railway flangeless enamel Platform sign ENQUIRIES with right facing arrow at the top and PARCELS & LUGGAGE IN ADVANCE with left facing arrow beneath. Measures 15" x 18" and is in superb condition. A very rare sign and possibly unique.

£300

240

LMS Signal Box Name board LANCASTER No 4. Approximately 74" in length. Original condition with some loss to the wood but ex signalbox. Among other functions, this box controlled the Glasson Dock Branch which closed in 1964.

£160

241

GWR 'Westinghouse' pattern Signal Finial, ex Pontrilas area. Marked GWR near the base, a scarce finial, seldom seen.

£210

242

GWR brass Signal Box Lever Plate ' 11 TO AVONMOUTH ST'G 54 52'. Almost certainly ex Stoke Gifford West Box. Measures just 5½" in length and has the usual ribbing and eye on rear.

£250

243

Glasgow & South Western Railway St Enoch Station Indicator Boards, wooden Indicator Boards, 35" single sided, white on black, qty 6 comprising: Irvine, Barassie, Mosspark (West), Saltcoats (Cent), Stevenson, Houston.

£80

244

BR(S) enamel Station Direction Sign STATION with totem logo at top and right facing arrow. Measures 21" x 10" and is in good condition.

£390

245

Original Watercolour Paintings by the celebrated transport artist G.S. Cooper (1935 - 1998), qty 2. The first is the Aquarium Brighton (Steine Terminus) with two Brighton Hove & District Transport  trolleybuses and three buses. The front bus indicator shows No. 48 to Barracks, St. Peters, The Level and Lewes Road. The lead trolleybus indicator shows Carden Road etc. Measures 14" x 10" on a larger card mount. the second is the world famous London Red Bus – in reality the RTL Leyland and the more numerous RT – AEC,  both are seen in the snow with a famous black taxi, in central London. Measures 10" x 14" in a larger card mount.

246

London & North Western Railway Whistle ' The Kings Own - Hudsons Patent'. Overall length is 3½" with a smooth, tapering barrel inscribed 'L & N.W.R' at the midway point. Comes with an original military style lanyard attached. A most interesting example, the likes of which we have not seen before and an absolute must for the whistle collector.

£150

247

GWR Gangers Occupation Key engraved  'Possession Of This Key Authorises Ganger To Occupy The Line Between BOW STREET - ABERYSTWYTH. Ex Cambrian Railways section to the north of Aberystwyth on the route to Dovey Junction. Excellent condition throughout.

£380

248

Southern Railway enamel Target WATERLOO. Ex LSWR Terminus station in London, opened on 11 July 1848 . In good condition with some minor edge restoration and mounted on its original backboard. A desirable Target.

£950

249

GWR Framed Telephone Circuit Card SHREWSBURY - HEREFORD in original glazed wooden frame, itself branded 'GWR'. The code suggests a date of 1931 and pencil marks on rear show it was from Moreton-On-Lugg Signal Box. Together with British Railways Framed Telephone Circuit Cards qty 4, all framed and glazed. :- Barmouth to Machynlleth dated October 1980; Bala to Corwen dated 1951; Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth dated 1979 and Machynlleth handwritten P.A.X. Also a blank frame and a similar sized glazed frame with an old mirror inside.

£60

250

Nameplate PEBBLE MILL. Ex BR 25kv Bo-Bo Class 86 originally numbered E3135. Built by British Railways Doncaster Works in January 1966. Renumbered 86040 under TOPS in November 1973 and again to 86256 in March 1975. Named on the 17th November 1981 at Birmingham International Station by Paul Sidey, Head of BBC Network Centre. It was named to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the BBC Pebble Mill centre in Birmingham. The unveiling ceremony was broadcast live on 'Pebble Mill At One'. Withdrawn October 2002 and scrapped in 2006 at Ron Hull Jr, Rotherham. This plate is a Swindon casting.

£950

251

Smokebox Numberplate 44364. Ex LMS Class 4F 0-6-0 built by Andrew Barclay in 1927 (lot no 1908). Its last shed was 9L Buxton from  where it was withdrawn in Jan 1964 it then spent some time at Gorton as a stationary boiler and was finally sent for scrap to J.Cashmore Great Bridge in Dec 1965. Face restored over original paint, rear ex loco , evidence of the cutters torch around the LH bolt hole.

£600

252

BR(M) F/F Enamel destination board 26" x 4¾" with the following Destinations, MANCHESTER, BUXTON, DERBY, NOTTINGHAM. In good condition with a good colour and shine and a small amount of expert restoration around some of the edges. An interesting enamel believed to have come from Birmingham or Coventry.

£220

253

SMJR Traffolite Signalbox Shelf plates, qty 3 all measuring 4½" x 1½" , ETTINGTON, KINETON and CLIFFORD SIDINGS. As removed from various SMJ boxes upon closure.

£210

254

Cast iron Wagon builders plate, HEAD WRIGHTSON & Co LTD TEESDALE IRON WORKS THORNABY-ON-TEES BUILDERS 1927. This is one of the earlier plates measuring 11¾" x 7" and cast as a shallow oval. An uncommon plate in excellent condition with the face only restored.

255

Midland Railway brass Signalbox Lever Plates, ex Kings Norton Signal Box, qty 2 comprising:- SIGNAL SETTING BACK FROM UP CAMP HILL LINE; POINT DOWN GOODS TO DOWN CAMP HILL LINE. Excellent condition.

£90

256

GWR Carriage Ventilator Panel carrying the Communication between Guard & Driver information and   advertising Restaurant Car Services. Dated July 1929, it is mounted in an original, mahogany carriage surround.

£230

257

Tyers NER wooden cased Receiving Block Instrument. Simple sloping front design with square indicator showing Train On Line - Line Clear - Line Closed. Brass plated 'Up Line' and bearing the Tyers brass manufacturers plate lower centre. Good overall condition.

£80

258

Great North Of Scotland (and Highland Railway) Station Platform Bench. Beautifully restored and measuring 70" overall length 31" high and 21" wide. Successful Buyer to collect from Vendors premises in Gloucester.

£420

259

GWR, hand engraved brass Signalbox Shelf Plate 'FROM CAMBORNE'. A most desirable Cornish location.

£120

260

Totem, BR(S) PORTSMOUTH & SOUTHSEA, F/F light green with white border. Ex LBSCR station one stop from the south coast terminus of Portsmouth Harbour. Excellent colour and shine with touched-in outer border.

£400

261

BR(M) enamel BEWARE OF TRAINS sign. Measures a compact 18" x 12" and is very good condition with good colour and shine.

£75

262

Alloy Key Token in 'C' configuration, PONTLOTTYN NORTH - RHYMNEY. Ex GWR, earlier Rhymney Railway section between Cardiff, which once continued northwards to join the Abergavenny to Merthyr route at Rhymney Bridge.

£100

263

Bridgeplate 'Rhymney Rly 29 Main Line'. Cast iron construction.

£120

264

Original Watercolour Paintings by the celebrated transport artist G.S. Cooper (1935 - 1998), qty 2. The first is Newcastle circa 1950, yellow livery Newcastle Corporation Massey bodied A E C No 92 with indicator showing No 16 toThrockley via Lemington whilst, centre stage on this wet grey November day, Gateshead tram car No 70 (ex Oldham. 128 acquired in 1946) waits along with Gateshead’s open Balcony and single deck cars. Measures 13¾" x 10" on a larger, card mount. The second is an interesting view of a Saurer Post Bus at Taverne, Switzerland on a Locarno to St. Moritz service. Measures 9" x 8½" in a larger card mount.

265

Nameplate WAVERLEY, cast brass measuring 41" x 7¾". Ex Thompson 4-6-2 'pacific' Class A2/1 built Darlington under works number 1944 in November 1944 and originally numbered 3698, then 509 in May 1946 and finally 60509 in August 1948. One of only 4 locos in the class, it was to have been the last of the V2s but was altered to 'pacific' arrangement utilising many features of the V2. It was named in October 1946 around the time it received an 8 wheel tender. Initially allocated to Darlington, it went north of the border to Haymarket in 1945 and then Aberdeen in 1949 for a few months before returning to Haymarket from where withdrawal took place in August 1960. Whilst at Haymarket, it was a regular on the Waverley route to Carlisle. In 1953 it was damaged in an accident at Goswick and spent 3 months being repaired at Doncaster. Face polished, back ex loco.

£10,000

266

British Railways(M) small totem shaped enamel Poster Board Heading in virtually mint condition. Maroon lettering on a white ground.

£75

267

Worksplate 'The English Electric Co. Ltd. Vulcan Works Newton-Le-Willows, England No. D1246 dated 1968'.  Ex 0-6-0 Diesel Hydraulic Locomotive used at BSC Llanwern, S.Wales. Totally ex loco with damage to bottom left bolt-hole.

£60

268

Tyers No 1 Single Line Tablet DRAYTON - LENWADE number 30, brass and steel construction.  Ex Midland and Great Northern Railway section between Melton Constable and Norwich. Closed on 2nd March 1959, with freight lasting another decade.

£520

269

London & North Eastern Railway glass Lamp Tablets, qty 2 comprising LOCKINGTON and EASTRINGTON. Lockington is ex NER station between Beverley and Driffield, closed on the 13th June 1960. Eastrington is ex NER station, opened in 1840, between Selby and Hull. At one time, this very small village boasted two stations, the second being to the north of the village on the Hull & Barnsley Railway which opened in 1885.

£30

270

Enamel Advertising Sign 'Persil'. This is a double sided French sign measuring 12" x 15½" with flange for wall mounting. Has some restoration but a scarce sign nevertheless.

£45

271

Enamel Advertising Sign 'Warrior Cycles For Enjoyable Riding - Obtainable From Pandit Bombay & Rangoon'. A Birmingham made sign depicting a great image of the bicycle in the centre, measuring 12" x 16". All 4 corners have restoration but central image is excellent.

£510

272

Enamel Pub Advertising Signs 'Shepherd Neame Master Brewers Since 1698' measuring 11" x 7" and 'Marr Taverns'. Depicting a Seagull,  measuring 10" x 7". Both in excellent condition.

£30

273

Enamel Advertising Sign 'Mobiloil Vacuum Oil Company'. Red 'Pegasus' image within a white shield on a dark blue ground. Bevelled measuring a neat 6" x 6" and although there is some corner restoration, the main body is exceptional.

£110

274

Enamel Advertising Sign 'Oxo Cube - It's Meat & Drink To You - Concentrated Beef'. Red and white cube on a blue ground. Measures 12" x 18½" and although restored, is a nice sign nevertheless.

£100

275

Enamel Advertising Sign 'Rowntree's Chocolates  Makers To H.M. The King'. A classic sign with white lettering on a dark blue ground and showing the 'By Appointment' coat of arms. Measures 24" x 9" with a small area of central restoration, otherwise quite exceptional.

£180

276

Enamel Advertising Sign 'Sunlight Soap'. Measures 24" x 18". Some restoration but a popular, uncommon sign.

£100

277

Enamel Advertising Sign 'Sunlight Soap'. White lettering on a dark blue ground. Bottom right corner shows 'Patent Enamel Co Limited'. Measures 15" x 7. Some restoration to edges and bolt-holes.

£40

278

Worksplate LMS Rebuilt 1913 Derby. Oval brass approximately 10" x 6" in ex loco condition. A multitude of locos were rebuilt this particular year. Interesting pattern numbers on the rear of the plate.

£130

279

British Railways Class 08 Shunter items comprising: Front Headlight complete with red, flip-over lens and bottom switch; A brass Control Handle with large, black bakelite knob; brass Starting Handle stamped D3811 and complete with cylindrical brass fitment key with direction arrow on top; a pair of brass Gear Indicator Plates; a brass Towing Loco Plate measuring 9" x 6¼" with 10 lines of text to show how to disengage gear on reduction gearbox for towing purposes.

£60

280

LNER fully titled, engraved oval brass Worksplate No 1597 Doncaster 1924. Ex J50/2 0-6-0T, originally numbered 3239 then  8938  in 1946 and finally 68938 by British Railways. Allocated throughout its life at Ardsley and withdrawn from there in October 1959. The plate is clearly stamped on the rear rim '3239'  and on the rear , lower centre, oddly '8939'. Either the works apprentice used the wrong stamps or it may have been mixed up and applied to a sister engine.

£840

281

Somerset & Dorset Railway C/I Beware Of Trains. Face restored, rear totally ex lineside with clear post marks. An excellent example of this uncommon sign.

£450

282

Steel Single Line Key Token PENMAENPOOL - DOLGELLY. Ex Cambrian Railways section between Barmouth Junction and Bala, which closed on the 18th January 1965. There is a section plate on both sides.

£230

283

GWR 1947 Permissive Pegger Block Instrument. Standard design adopted by the GWR just before nationalisation. Excellent condition throughout

£110

284

BR(S) double sided enamel Platform Sign PLATFORM 4 measuring 24" x 18". Excellent, almost mint condition and complete with hanging eyes.

£180

285

LNER C/I Seatback INVERURIE. Ex Great North of Scotland station between Aberdeen and Keith, junction for Old Meldrum and site of the old GNSR Works. Totally original and still attached to part of the original seat.

£250

286

Queensland Railway enamel Target TARINGA. The station is on the Ipswich line a few miles from the centre of Brisbane. The town name is derived from the Aboriginal words tarau (stones) and nga (made up of), together, they mean "place of stones". Measures 32" x 20" and has bevelled edges with central panel showing the name in white lettering on a dark green ground and the oter circle in white with pale green periphery. Good overal with some chipping not affecting lettering.

£160

287

Worksplate British Railways Crewe Built 1965, Power Equipment By Brush Electrical Engineering Company Ltd., And Sulzer. Measures 13" x 6½" and is totally ex loco. Ex D1855, later 47205. The loco is now preserved at the Northampton & Lamport Railway.

£160

288

LMS Silver Ashtray measuring just 3¼" in diameter with 3 indents. Engraved in early LMS style and being hallmarked silver. A quite exquisite item not seen before by us. The hallmark show that of Elkington & Co., Birmingham and dates the item at 1928/9. It is very doubtful this would not have been used in the Hotels or on ordinary trains.

£180

289

Midland & Great Northern Railway hand-coloured Signal Box Diagrams, qty 2. The first is PASTON LEVEL CROSSING measuring 26¾" x 12". A very simple layout showing distant signals 2 from Peterborough and  4 to Dogsthorpe. Also states 'No 1 Controls Gate Wheel & Stops. Dated 13th June 1900, the diagram is a little ragged around the top edge and slightly water-stained. A very rare survivor nevertheless. The second is  SUTTON BRIDGE STATION measuring 27" x 12" and mounted on original wooden frame. The left hand side shows from Lynn and the levers are :- 1 Controls Up Home From East Box; 2 Unlocks Bridge Lever; 6 Controls Handgates; 7 Unlocks Gate Wheel & Works Stops. Sadly the right-hand portion is missing but perhaps someone owns it already and would welcome this portion.

£45

290

Totem, BR(Sc) GRANGE, H/F. Ex Great North of Scotland station between Cairnie Junction and Keith, opened in 1856 and closed on 6th May 1968. Good overall condition with minor edge chipping only. A rare Scottish totem appearing only once before at auction.

£500

291

LSWR Preece one, two or three wire Block Instrument Switch Handle. Wooden base with brass and wood handle mechanism. Side plate with small brass plate engraved "Line Blocked". Used in conjunction with a larger instrument. Ex Shawford Junction Signalbox. Together with an LSWR small enamel signalbox instrument or shelf plate 'ALLBROOK THROUGH'. Ex Shawford Junction signalbox, Allbrook being between Shawford and Winchester.

£340

292

North Eastern Railway early enamel sign 'BOOK HERE FOR MORPETH ALNWICK AND THE NORTH'. Measures 18" x 21", brown lettering and scalloped border on a pale cream ground. Absolutely stunning and an extremely rare survivor.

£440

293

BR(S) enamel Doorplate STATION MASTER, F/F, dark green. Measures 18" x 6" and is in good condition albeit some loss of shine.

£130

294

Midland Railway brass Signalbox Lever Plates, ex Kings Norton Signal Box, qty 2 comprising:- UP STARTER TO CAMP HILL and DOWN INNER HOME FROM CAMP HILL TO DOWN GOODS. Both in excellent, ex signalbox condition.

£80

295

South Eastern & Chatham Railway - Managing Committee Coat Of Arms, ex Eastleigh Works Offices, cut from an original steel carriage. Beautifully framed in an oak surround, 23" x 23", first time we have seen these on original panels so you'll never see better.

£130

296

BR(NE) F/F Enamel sign 36" x 12" ENQUIRIES with Black edged letters on dark Tangerine, in very good condition with a few small chips, ex Bradford Exchange Station.

£105

297

London & Birmingham Railway C/I House Numberplate 547. Repaired on the right hand side.

£150

298

A small steel Key stamped with the number S236 and bearing the name Kaye, Leeds and London. What makes this so interesting is the brass tag attached. It is stamped 'L.N.E.R.' on one side and  'The King's Messengers Cpt. 11025 & 11136 1st' on the other. The King's Messenger would have travelled the Royal Train whilst the King was aboard and would have be in charge of any official documents the King carried and also for the delivery of messages that arose whilst en route, in this case quite possibly to either Sandringham or Balmoral.

£30

299

Worksplate, LB&SCR No. 33 dated 1908 Brighton Works. Oval 'pie-crust' without any cut-outs whatsoever. Ex LBSCR 4-4-2 Class I4 Tank Locomotive 2033, designed by Marsh, built in July 1908. These locos predominantly worked London - Tunbridge Wells trains but were not considered good performers. All but one of the class were withdrawn before the outbreak of WWII, the sole survivor gone by 1940. A quite magnificent worksplate, particularly as there are no cut-outs.

£2,900

300

Nameplate COSSACK - WARSHIP CLASS, ex British Railways Type 4 A1A-A1A Diesel Hydraulic "Warship" Class Locomotive number D604, built by the North British Locomotive Company Glasgow under works number 27664. Last of only five built for the Western Region and designated Class 41 to work crack expresses to and from the West. Delivered in January 1959 to Laira, it spent most of its working life there, primarily on passenger workings but later on China Clay trains. A class 37 shortage at Landore saw a brief spell there near withdrawal, that being in December 1967 from Laira. Although the last one built, it was the first to be cut up at Cashmores, Newport in September 1968. Cast aluminium measuring  33¾" x 11¼" with the front repainted red, rear having plenty of original green paint interspersed with pitting and general corrosion. A scarce opportunity to own one of only ten nameplates from this class, indeed, two already reside at York Railway Museum. Note: The Royal Navy had 6 vessels named Cossack, the first being a 22 gun Frigate launched in 1806. The last was a class C Destroyer launched in 1945.

301

Worksplates, a pair 'Built By British Rail Engineering Limited, Doncaster Works 1980. Alloy construction measuring 7" x 4¾" approximately. From different, unknown locos, one being in original blue livery, the other in later yellow livery. Both are ex loco.

£150

302

Rhodesian Railways Brass Cabside Numberplate 194. Ex Rhodesian Railways 3' 6" gauge 4-8-2 Class 12  Locomotive built by North British Locomotive Company Glasgow in 1927 under works number 23594. Withdrawn and cut-up in 1976. Oval brass measuring 19" x 12", face polished and the ground repainted in green, rear lightly cleaned.

£55

303

Tyers Leather Tablet Pouch with original and most unusual Bamboo Loop. The face of the pouch is clearly inscribed 'CAM RYS CO' indicating use on the Cambrian Railways. Complete with original strap and buckle which through age doesn't quite close anymore. An incredibly rare survivor.

£150

304

Alloy Key Token BURTON DASSETT - KINETON, Complete with original aluminium and steel token carrier. Ex East & West Railway, later the Stratford & Midland Junction Railway section in rural Warwickshire between Stratford and Towcester.

£380

305

Letterkenny Railway Gate Crossing Lamp Interior stamped with the company initials 'L.R.' Brass plated 'Saxby Farmer Ltd Signalling Engineers London'.

£80

306

British Railways brass cased Gauges, qty 4 in a box comprising:- BR(W) 6" Duplex with Train Pipe and Reservoir showing; Westinghouse 4¼" Duplex with single scale and two indicators; M.R./b.pipe Duplex 4"; brand new, unused DMU Duplex.

£50

307

Southern Railway, fully titled Private Road C/I sign. Restored in dark green, requires letters to be picked out.

£50

308

Worksplates, qty 5 ex DMUs comprising:- BR Derby Lot No 30363 1957, oval alloy; BR B'ham C & W Co Ltd Lot No. 30545 1960, oval C/I; BR Metro-Cammell Lot No. 30265 1957, oval C/I; BR St Rollox Lot No. 30402 1958, oval C/I; Cravens Ltd Builders Sheffield Lot No. 30224 1953, oval C/I. All in ex loco condition. Together with DMU 'Desilux' Air Horns, a pair each measuring 14" in length. Brass construction but so dirty you would never tell.

£60

309

Shedplate 87E, Landore, alloy construction, red ground, as used on diesel locos.

£80

310

London & North Western Railway etched glass Carriage Window in original wooden frame. Centrally placed is the  Britannia image surrounded by scrollwork and full company name beneath. Around the edge is a floral design, the glass itself measuring 15" x 26¼". Overall size in frame is 21¼" x 30½". The outside of the frame incredibly retains the original L&NWR dark blue paintwork and the small brass strap button is still in place.  A quite superb item that was found when a huge clear-out took place many, many years ago at the Royal Corp of Transport's Buller Barracks in Aldershot, Hants. With the military connection, this could well be a surviving artefact from a WWI Ambulance Train.

£260

311

Wagon Plate, C/I oval 'To Carry 10 Tons Built 1914', measuring 10" x 6¼". Face only restored. Together with a C/I rectangular 'To Carry 6 Tons measuring 9¼" x 4½", restored. Also, a small, delightful selection in a box comprising: W Swindon 1912;  LMS Builders Derby 1923; LMS Derby Lot No 1318 dated 1942; LMS Wolverton Lot No 1190 dated 1939; LMS Wolverton 1931; NER Co Builders York Aug 1911; Met Cammel England 1967 alloy plate  and a couple of Gross Weight Plates.

£130

312

Worksplate Built 1956 Derby. Oval C/I, ex British Railways Class 08 Diesel Shunter. Ex loco condition. Together with British Transport Commission Registration Plates, qty 2. The first is 2357 dated 1957 as carried by Sentinel 6WVBT No. 103, ex GKN East Moors, South Glamorgan. The second is No. 1873 dated 1953 as fitted to Bagnall 2766 built 1944 0-6-0T No.2. Used at National Coal Board Loco Shed Treorchy. This loco is now preserved at the South Devon Railway. Both plates are ex loco, the latter has a top rim piece missing.

£80

313

Enamel Advertising Sign ' Smoke Robin Cigarettes - The Popular Brand. Measures 30" x 18" and has excellent colour and shine with a few areas of loss.

£120

314

Enamel Advertising Sign 'Post Office Public Telephone. Red on white, double sided measuring 20" x 15". A little faded but good nevertheless.

£85

315

Enamel Advertising Sign 'County Library'. Double sided with Welsh 'Llfrgell Y Sir' showing on the other side. White lettering on a red scroll in the centre with a flaming torch through the centre. Measuring 13" x 18" with edge flange for wall mounting, in exceptional condition.

£60

316

Enamel Advertising Sign 'Agent For Thomson Cleaners & Dyers Perth. Double sided with edge flange for wall hanging, measuring 15" x 18" and in very good, unrestored condition.

£110

317

Enamel Advertising Sign 'Lyons Tea'. White lettering on blue ground and orange border stripe. Measures 27" x 7" with some restoration.

£35

318

Steel Single Line Key Token HARLECH -  PENRHYNDEUDRAETH plated on both sides with section name engraved. Ex-Cambrian Railways coastal section between Dovey Junction and Pwllheli. Penrhyndeudraeth signal box was closed in February 1973.

£680

319

Worksplate 'Yorkshire Engine Co Ltd Meadow Hall Works, Sheffield No 2640 dated 157', oval brass construction. Ex Port Of London Authority 0-6-0DE No.4 used at Royal Docks.

£85

320

Totem, BR(W) GREAT MALVERN, H/F. Ex GWR station between Worcester and Hereford, opened in 1859 and it remains open today as a real showpiece of local architecture, considered to be the most attractive station in Worcestershire. Very good condition with only minor touching-in around the edges and minor knocks and scratches. Certainly one of the better examples we have seen.

£580

321

GWR mahogany cased, double Spagnoletti Block Instrument with ivorine plate TO PWLLHELI WEST. Extremely good condition throughout with both lock/release buttons intact and both brass indicator plates present. Ex Cambrian location in North Wales.

£380

322

GWR Sugg Platform Lamp complete with gas valve arm and glass globe. Restored and nicely polished

£190

323

Tyers alloy Single Line Tablet  LLANSAINTFFRAID - LLANYMYNECH number 5. Ex Cambrian Railways section, the first out of Llanymynech on  the short branch to Llangynog. Line closed to Passengers on 18th Jan 1965 and to Goods on 2 Nov 1964.

£260

324

Llynvi & Ogmore Railway Boundary Marker. The L & O Railway ran from Nantymoel and Nantyfyllon ' Bridgend and Porthcawl. It was amalgamated with the GWR on 1st July 1883. In very good, restored condition.

£150

325

Bridge Makers Plate, C/I construction E.C.& J. Keay Ld, Darlaston. Ornate shape, similar to the Staffordshire Knot. Totally unrestored.

£70

326

Brass Signalbox Shelf Plate 'FROM SPALDING BOX 1'. Most probably from Weston Signalbox on the M&GN.

£120

327

Cabside Numberplate 9625, cast iron construction. Ex 0-6-0PT built Swindon November 1945 and allocated to Swansea East Dock until 1963 when it moved to Neath. Withdrawn in June 1965 from Cardiff East Dock. Totally ex loco condition.

£460

328

Shedplate 86E, Severn Tunnel Junction until June 1968. Totally ex loco albeit somewhat rusty.

£80

329

Midland Railway C/I Bridge Restriction Sign together with a Midland Railway C/I Beware Of Trains sign with scalloped corners.

£100

330

Nameplate City of Newcastle upon Tyne with integral Badge. Ex HST Class 43 number 43113 built by BREL Crewe and introduced to traffic in February 1979. It was the very first IC125 to be named and the ceremony took place at Newcastle Central station on 26th April 1983, the unveiling by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle and a BR Guard. Changed to a reflective plate in February 1993. Face has red ground, badge a white ground, rear totally ex loco.

£1,550

331

Tyers No 6 Signal Box Tablet Machine. The glass is missing and a small amount of woodwork is required for the top. A substantial machine requiring at least 2 people to lift, therefore the successful bidder will have to collect from the vendor's premises in Herefordshire by mutual arrangements through ourselves.

£450

332

Poster 'British Railways Locomotives' by A.N. Woolstenholme. Q/R size depicting images of 21 steam, electric and diesel locomotives in use by BR at time of printing. Folds and clean edge tears.

£50

333

Poster 'Luxury Land Cruises - The Scottish Highlands & Islands by Inter City', approx D/R size. Depicts a named class 37 crossing Glenfinnan Viaduct with a train bound for Mallaig. A more modern poster that is becoming increasingly collectable.

£50

334

Poster 'British Rail Runs Out Of Steam'. D/R size advertising the last steam run Liverpool - Manchester - Carlisle Sunday August 11th 1968. Central image of Britannia 70013 Oliver Cromwell. Folds and minor edge wrinkling.

£80

335

Poster 'Suffolk The Old Mill, Woodbridge' by JT Meadows. Published by British Railways Eastern Region and printed by Jordison & Co. Folds and minor creasing.

£210

336

Poster 'Dolgoch Station on the Talyllyn Railway, Towyn Merioneth Wales' by Cuneo. D/R size depicting the classic woodland view of this classic railway. Published by the Talyllyn Railway and printed by Waterlow and Sons. Some folds and bottom edge crinkling.

£150

337

Poster 'England Scotland In Comfort By Train - East Coast Route from Kings Cross, West Coast Route  from Euston' by EH Spencer. D/R size depicting an interesting outline of the UK with the three lions covering England and the single lion covering Scotland. Published by British Railways Eastern Region and printed by Jordison & Co. Folds and a single 10" clean tear directly up the centre from the bottom

£50

338

Poster 'Yorkshire Dales - A National Park Area - Travel By Train' by Lampitt. D/R size depicting a typical Dale Village. Published by British Railways Eastern Region and printed by Chorley. Transitional example with the red British Rail sticker applied. Fold but otherwise excellent.

£180

339

Posters, qty 2 comprising:- 'See Yorkshire By Train' D/R size depicting three separate scenes, all with a green multiple unit as subject. Published by British Railways North Eastern Region and printed by Jordison. Folds otherwise extremely good condition; and 'See The British Rail Holiday Exhibition Manchester 12 - 27 January. D/R size depicting the Bayeux Tapestry. Folds and tears, also a small piece missing top left margin.

£50

340

Posters qty 2  'Arrive Earlier by Train on the Sussex Coast' by Bromfield. D/R size with bathing beauty in photographic style by Joseph McKeown. Published by British Railways Southern Region and printed by Gilbert Whitehead & Co. Good condition. Secondly  'Arrive Earlier by Train on the Hampshire Coast' by Bromfield. D/R size depicting bathing beauty in photographic style by Joseph McKeown. Published by British Railways Southern Region and printed by Gilbert Whitehead & Co. Excellent condition.

£20

341

Posters, qty 2  'Arrive Earlier by Train on the Dorset Coast' by Bromfield. D/R size depicting bathing beauty in photographic style by Joseph McKeown. Published by British Railways Southern Region and printed by Gilbert Whitehead & Co. Excellent condition. Secondly  'Arrive Earlier by Train on the Dorset Coast'. D/R size depicting bathing beauty in photographic style by Joseph McKeown and an image of Corfe Castle beneath. Published by British Railways Southern Region and printed by Gilbert Whitehead & Co. Good condition.

£28

342

Posters, qty 2  'Kent - Arrive Earlier by Train'. D/R size depicting bathing beauty in photographic style by Joseph McKeown and an image by Lander beneath. Published by British Railways Southern Region and printed by Gilbert Whitehead & Co. Excellent condition. Secondly  'Arrive Earlier by Train on the Kent Coast' by Bromfield. D/R size depicting bathing beauty in photographic style by Joseph McKeown. Published by British Railways Southern Region and printed by Gilbert Whitehead & Co. Excellent condition.

£140

343

Poster 'Festiniog Railway' by Cuneo. D/R size depicting a pair of locos including 'LINDA' passing each other in the woodland and the Timetable for 24th March to 11th October 1967 below. Published by the Festiniog Railway Company Portmadoc and  printed by  T. Stephenson, Prescot. Very good condition.

£45

344

Poster, GWR Q/R advertising the 'Legend Land Booklets'

£100

345

Poster, Perth, Q/R

£210

346

Worksplate, British Railways Crewe Built 1964, Power Equipment By Brush Electrical Engineering Company Ltd and Sulzer. Ex Class 47 Locomotive, identity unknown. Totally ex loco with original blue paint on face.

£120

347

Original Painting of LNER 2-8-2 Mikado P2 Cock Of The North by D. Hey dated 1977, oil on board. Measuring 37" x 28" in frame. A good, almost side-on execution of the loco on a train of Gresley coaches departing from a station.

£50

348

Midland Railway mahogany cased Signal Box Block Bell with small cowbell style bell. Clearly stamped 'MRCo'.

£50

349

Totem, BR(M) ASHBY MAGNA, F/F. Ex Great Central Railway station between Rugby and Leicester. Opened in March 1899 only to close just 90 years later in May 1969. Excellent condition throughout, good colour and shine with just a hint of mottling which doesn't detract at all.

£1,650

350

Nameplate CITY OF STOKE ON TRENT. Ex BR/EE 25kv Bo-Bo Class 86 originally numbered E3184. Built by the English Electric Co under works number E3476/E322 in October 1965. Renumbered 86206 under TOPS in July 1973 and was named on the 15th December 1978 by the Lord Mayor of Stoke. Withdrawn from service in October 2002 and finally scrapped at Sims Metals Cardiff in 2004. This plate is a Swindon casting.

£4,700

351

Carriage Prints, a pair comprising Bishops Stortford by Leonard Squirrell, LNER series and River Ouse Naburn by S. Agnew Mercer, LNER series. Both in original glazed bakelite frames.

£210

352

Enamel Advertising Sign "Buy Here Rowntrees Gums For Quality & Delicious Flavour". White lettering on blue ground having the chequered border with the letter 'R' in each square. Measures 19" x 12" and has several face chips along with a damaged bottom right corner. Additionally, enamel Advertising Signs, qty 4 comprising 'No Smoking', red lettering on white measuring 16" x 10" in excellent condition; 'W.E. Smith Prize Medal Mineral water Sold Here', white lettering on red ground measuring 18" x 12½", some areas of face chipping; 'Don’t Get Wet - Macintoshes, Raincoats, Oilskins, Umbrellas Stocked In All Prices', maroon with light blue shadow lettering on white ground, measuring 18" x 30½", some face chipping and loss; 'The Celebrated Anhydrous Waterproof K Boot' double sided with different text each side, black lettering on white ground, measuring 18" x 13½" with some chipping. Also, a tinplate sign 15¼" x 15¾" 'McDougals Coal Order Office'. Together with a watercolor painting of Midland Railway Compound number 1044 coming head on toward the artist with a passenger train, the coaches curving away from the left. A couple of engines on shed to the extreme left. Mounted in its original, glazed wooden frame, hiding the possible signature and date. Image size 14" x 9½", overall in frame 25" x 20¾". Good condition for age, c1920's.

£130

353

Enamel Advertising Sign Spratts measures 12" square and is in good condition.

£35

354

Enamel Advertising Sign 'Phillips Radio'. Simple shield in centre with blue text on a yellow ground, red wavy lines through centre. Cushion shaped measuring 15½" x 19½" and is in exceptional condition.

355

Enamel Advertising Sign 'Winalot - The Dog's Wholemeal Food - Meal or Biscuits'. Yellow text on a green ground. Measures 25" x 9½" and is in exceptional condition.

356

Enamel Advertising Sign 'Venos Lightening Cough Cure - For Coughs, Colds, Flu, Bronchitis, Asthma & Children's Coughs'. Classic blue with white shadow lettering on an orange ground with blue and white border. Measures 20" x 30" and is exceptional condition throughout. Rare to find this sign in such super condition.

£200

357

Enamel Advertising Sign 'His Masters Voice'. Classic dog and phonograph image. Measures 24" x 18" and is good overall condition.

£150

358

Enamel Advertising Sign 'Esso Royal Daylight Paraffin'. Red white and blue with the oval Esso logo central top. Double sided with wall mounting edge flange, measuring 22" x 18" with some restoration and slightly twisted.

£30

359

Enamel Advertising Sign 'Church's Alabastine Filler'. Measures 15" x 20" and is unrestored.

£60

360

Enamel Advertising Sign 'Colmans Mustard'. Blue on yellow ground. Measures 18" x 12" with some discolouration.

£35

361

Enamel Advertising Sign 'Crosfields Cattle Food Liverpool - The ABC Of Feeding'. Red and white lettering on powder blue ground. Measures 16" x 12", oval shaped with some restoration.

£40

362

Totem, BR(S) TEMPLECOMBE, F/F. Ex LSWR station on the main line from Waterloo to Exeter and reverse junction for the ex Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Bath to Bournemouth route and location of the S&DR Motive Power Depot. Good colour and shine, one small face repair and a similar on r/h end, both executed to excellent standard.

£1,100

363

Brass Makers Plate 'Yard 4136 Year 1939' measuring 7" x 3½" together with a brass Hunslet makers plate measuring 17" x 3"

£30

364

Glasgow & South Western Railway St Enoch Station wooden Indicator Boards, 35" single sided, white on black, qty 5 comprising: Paisley (West), Barrhead, Ardrossan (South Beach), Kilwinning, Ligton Dunlop.

£70

365

Worksplate GEC Traction Limited, Vulcan Works, Newton-Le-Willows, England No 5413 dated 1976. Ex 0-6-0 diesel hydraulic 500HP loco in use at BSC Llanwern, S. Wales. Rectangular chromed brass in ex loco condition. The back is quite clean but this is how they came from the loco, traces of yellow paint edges.

£80

366

GWR 'Pork Pie' Office Clock, numbered GWR 0105 on rear case. French movement within, the enamel dial measures 3¾" across, the overall diameter including wooden case is 6¾". Ex Swindon Works, the clock has been fully restored to fine working order.

£280

367

Southern Railway enamel Target Sign BATTLE. Ex SECR station between Tunbridge Wells and Hastings.  Opened on the 1st January 1852 being built in fine, Gothic style. Now a Grade II listed building being considered the finest of this style in the country. Ex lineside condition.

£550

368

Worksplate Built 1959 Crewe. Oval C/I, ex British Railways Class 08 Diesel Shunter. Ex loco condition.

£100

369

GWR C/I Shelf Bracket with 'GWR' inset within the casting, together with a similar with the letter 'W' within the casting. The latter is believed to be BR(W).

£45

370

Smokebox Numberplate 7819. Ex GWR 4-6-0 Manor Class Locomotive HINTON MANOR. Built February 1939 at Swindon and allocated to Carmarthen. Transferred to Oswestry July 1943 and Machynlleth in March 1963. Final allocation was Shrewsbury in January 1965. Withdrawn November 1965. Acquired by Woodham's, Barry May 1966 and subsequently sold to the Severn Valley Railway, Bridgnorth and left as the 31st departure from Barry in January 1973. Restored to traffic in August 1977. Ex loco condition.

£1,000

371

Midland Railway C/I Beware Of Trains. Scalloped corners, totally ex trackside.

£55

372

Tyers Tablet Hoop with integral Leather Pouch. The Pouch is clearly incised with the Tyers company name.

373

GWR Lamp In/Out Instrument with a brass plate affixed above the indicator showing '12, 6, 27.

£65

374

Signal Box Instrument Plates, ex Leominster Station, qty 5 comprising:- 1Distant I Inner Distant BROMYARD Line Distant; Up Line Between Home Signal & South End Box; Through Points No. 8; number 80; number 2.

£35

375

Shedplate  34G Finsbury Park until May 1973. Ex loco condition

£60

376

LB&SCR C/I Coach Plate , "LB&SC THIRD CLASS 266 ". Measures 9¼" x 5½" and is in excellent condition. The plate was recovered from a garden in Arundel in Sussex where the coach body was located many years ago. A stunningly rare plate the likes of which we have not seen before.

£470

377

Brass Signalbox Shelf Plate 'MOULTON'. Ex M&GN location, closed in 1959. Originated from either Weston or Whaplode.

£30

378

Worksplate, The Clayton Equipment Co. Ltd, Record Works, Hatton. Derby, England. Serial Number 4365/B '9' dated 1962. The suffix 'B' indicates a Bogie Plate. Ex Clayton Type 1 Class 17 allocated initially to St. Margarets. Withdrawn from Haymarket in December 1968 and cut up at J. McWilliam Shettlestone in May 1969. The rear is painted D8566 and the plate is pretty much ex loco, sadly two corners are broken.

£50

379

LNER GN Section Plan detailing the 'Dispensing with the Up Box and Working From Down Box at Oakleigh Park' dated 1924. Together with official BR Photographs, qty 73 of particular interest to Signalling enthusiasts. All are 8½" x 6½" and most have official British Railways PR Liverpool Street stickers on the rear circa 1961. Upney SB outside and interior noted, also Bracket Signals East Ham, Midland Railway Fog Repeater Signals (1905) East Ham North Loop. Comes with a detailed diagram of Sykes Lock & Block system headed London Tilbury & Southend Section and an old, framed b/w photograph of the interior of Grately Signal Box. Must be viewed to be appreciated.

£25

380

Totem, BR(Sc) DREM, F/F. Ex North British Railway station between Dunbar and Edinburgh, junction for North Berwick, opened June 1846 and still open today. Extremely good condition overall with just one minor chip on the top border and slight loss of shine.

£240

381

Alloy Key Token PORTMADOC - CRICCIETH. Ex Cambrian section traversing the coastline of Tremadog Bay. Ex signalbox condition with plenty of red paint still visible.

£600

382

SR Sugg type Platform Gas Lamp with green enamel shade but no globe. Unrestored condition. Together with a signalling miscellany comprising NER circular steel Lever Collar 'Not In Use' one side and 'Line Blocked' the other, reputedly ex Selby. Together with a chunky, steel GNR, so embossed, Lever Lead No 5 Signal Down Main 4. Measures a large 8¾" x 3¼" and is unrestored.

£18

383

GWR C/I Towpath Sign:- Any Person Riding Or Wheeling A Bicycle Tricycle Or Any Other Vehicle Upon The Towing Path Without Permission Is Liable To A Penalty And Will Be Prosecuted - By Order. Restored.

£260

384

Midland Railway brass Signal Box Lever Leads, qty 4 comprising:- POINTS TURNTABLE SID & UP LINE; JUNCTION FACING POINTS; POINTS UP SIDINGS AND UP BRANCH LINE;SIGNAL DOWN SIDING TO DOWN LINE.

£60

385

Original Watercolour Paintings by the celebrated transport artist G.S. Cooper (1935 - 1998), qty 2 of buses. The first is a 1935 Leyland gearless Titan TD5C with English Electric body, (at rest), numbered 38. Indicator shows number 0 to Moss Park. Whilst one of Prestons Leyland Lion LTSA, number 82 also with English Electric body runs past with indicator showing Deepdale Road. Measures 10½" 7½" in a larger card mount.The second is a Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley & Dukinfield Joint transport Board, Daimler CVD6 with Northern Counties body number 36, indicator shows Stockport via Hyde. It is sharing the stand with an Ashton Corporation Leyland Titan PDI with a Leyland body, indicator showing number 6 Glossop. Measures 10" x 7½" in a larger card mount.

386

Cabside Numberplate 9629, C/I construction. Ex GWR 0-6-0PT built Swindon December 1945 and allocated to Cardiff until 1952. It moved to Exeter and remained there until re-allocation once more to Oswestry in 1962. Withdrawn from Pontypool Road in October 1964, the loco then spent many years outside the Holiday Inn, latterly the Marriott Hotel in Cardiff, before being donated by Marriott Hotels to the Pontypool & Blaenavon Locomotive Group. Has been face restored and wrongly lined, the back is unrestored and rusty.

£700

387

GWR wooden Carriage Ventilator Panel with the usual Communication between Guard and Driver notice and this one as opposed to the other one in this sale, has 'Tea Baskets  May Be Obtained  At' …and the lists 54 stations from Paddington to Penzance, Wales, the Midlands and elsewhere.

£190

388

Fletchers 9 Position Pegging Sending Instrument. Measures 7½" in diameter and is mounted on original wooden plinth. No descriptions and the glass is missing. Requires screws for the back plate.

£75

389

Southern Railway enamel Target, FARNBOROUGH. Ex LSWR station between Woking and Basingstoke, opened in 1838 . Good colour and shine but some chipping requiring restoration. A rare Target.

£150

390

Posters, qty 2 D/R size, the first is French Railways 'The French Riviera' by Limouse and thw second is SNCF 'Pays Basque' by Bunel. Both extremely good condition.

£200

391

Posters, qty 2 French Railways comprising: 'Trans Europ Express - Paris - Bruxelles - Amsterdam' by A. Branet depicting a superb action image of an Electric Loco Type CC 40100, ¾ view; and 'To See France - Go By Train', photographic style depicting a mountain railcar.

£50

392

French Railways Poster, 'Chemin De Fer De L'Est - Verdun- Convie La France' by L.C. Besnay, D/R size. A quite superb image, this early poster being in extremely good condition throughout.

£260

393

Poster, London Underground, 'What Is Home To You?' D/R dated February 1915. A delightful poster recommending Season Tickets to be Near Home. Shows a cartoon style image of man leaving for work and wife with dog waving off. Published by Electric House, Broadway and printed by Waterlow & Sons. Good overall condition with minor edge crinkling.

£110

394

Posters, qty 4 in varying condition to be viewed. Comprises:- British Railways D/R 'Lancaster Castle' image by Leslie Carr. Folds and some tears; BR 'Lytham St Annes', D/R depicting top, photographic style image of seafront, pier and boating lake and a lower image of the Windmill. Folds and tape repairs; BR Special Notice, D/R approximately, announcing the closure of the train service between Buxton and Uttoxeter 1st Nov 1954. Folds, loss and repairs; Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway 1965 poster Timetable. Folds only.

£50

395

Wooden Honesty Box painted red with brass plate engraved 'Unpaid Fares'. Lockable onto a backplate, probably from an early bus or tram.

£45

396

LNER wooden cased Single Block Instrument with brass plate showing 'Down Line'.

£45

397

Shedplate 1F, Rugby from September 1963 until December 1968. Ex Loco condition.

£60

398

Framed & glazed print of Midland Railway 'Spinner' number 116 signed by J. More. Together with a framed & glazed Midland Railway Company Coat of Arms circa 1883.

£35

399

Brass cased Fogging Repeaters, one Home and one Distant. The former requires front glass.

£65

400

Nameplate PHOENIX. Ex BR/EE 25kv Bo-Bo Class 86 originally numbered E3196. Built by the English Electric Co under works number E3488/E334 in December 1965. Renumbered 86219 under TOPS in October 1973 and was named on the 6th August 1979 at Willesden Depot without ceremony. Withdrawn from service in May 1996 and finally scrapped in 2002 at Easco, Immingham Railfreight Terminal. This plate is a Swindon casting.

£1,700

401

William IV Truncheon inscribed in gilt on a black ground 'W.R. Special Constable'. Plain turned wood grip impressed 'Parker Holborn' (similar to those illustrated Mitton p.46 & Fenn Clark p.159) Together with another William IV Truncheon decorated in yellow 'W.R. IV' on black ground with yellow terminal and plain wood handle.

£100

402

William IV Yorkshire Constables Truncheon decorated in polychrome colours with a crown and 'WR' on a green ground with bands. (illustrated in Fenn Clark p. 189). Together with another Truncheon decorated 'W.R.' in a white on blue ground.

403

Murphy Riots Birmingham, Victorian Police Truncheon. Black with gilt 'V.R.' (illustrated Fenn Clark p. 121) Together with an unusually turned Victorian Truncheon decorated with a crown 'V.R' and laurel wreath inscribed with the initials 'J.W'.

£110

404

Swing Riots, William IV Suffolk Constable Truncheon decorated in polychrome colours. 'W.R. IV', a crown and 'Melford' on a dark green ground.

£75

405

Post 1902 Police Presentation Lignum Vitae Truncheon. The white metal mount bears the inscription 'Presented To Sub Inspector J.J. Moody On His Retirement From The M.S.C.R. 1932 By The Officers And Men Of The West Hampstead Station'.

£70

406

North Riding Constabulary Edward VII Police Truncheon. Decorated in gilt on a black ground 'E.R. N.R.C.' with plain turned handle. (an identical truncheon is in the Thames Valley Police Museum)

£50

407

Wooden Police Rattle, early 19th century. (Illustrated Mitton p.105)

£45

408

William IV Cornish Constable Staff. A Stave of Office decorated in polychrome colours with carved gilt crown surmount. Inscribed in gilt 'W.R. St Austell 1830' and also the Royal Coat Of Arms.

£200

409

Truncheon Book 'Truncheons - Their Romance And Reality' by Erland Fenn Clark. This is a rare and highly collectable book with over 100 illustrations of more than 500 truncheons including numerous Railway examples of tipstaffs as well as truncheons. Very good condition with original dust wrapper.

410

Cornish Mining Truncheon. A very rare example with typical square sectioned head painted overall in red and decorated in gilt with a crown 'V.R.', Royal Coat of Arms and inscribed 'R.D. Knuckey Gwennap Co'. Research shows that Richard Knuckey, BORN 1822 IN Treweeg Stithians, Cornwall. He married Mary Thomas in Gwennap on 15th Oct 1844. He appears in the 1841 & 1851 census, occupation Copper Miner, then Mine Agent employed at the Gwennap Consolidated Mining Company.

£420

411

Cornish Oak Truncheon with cylindrical surmount decorated in yellow on a black ground. Inscribed 'V.R. St. Blazey 1842' and bearing the Arms of the Duchy Of Cornwall. Plain wood handle. Note. St. Blazey is in the Hundred Of Powder and close to St. Austell, famous in later years to railway collectors for the much loved Motive Power Depot.

£120

412

Victorian Tipstaff decorated in yellow and red on a blue green ground showing a crown 'V.R.' and 'Muggerhanger 1838'. The surmount painted dark red. Note. Muggerhanger is a village in Bedfordshire, just east of Bedford.

£150

413

George II mahogany Tipstaff. The cylindrical surmount finely painted in polychrome colours and gilt with 'G.R. III' the Royal Coat of Arms supported by the Lion and Unicorn and the initials 'J.W.' in gilt script on the reverse. Plain wood handle.

£120

414

Totem, BR(M) BEDWORTH, F/F. Ex LNWR station between Coventry and Nuneaton. Good colour and shine with 3 face chips.

£300

415

Road Sign 'Bransford Bridge River Teme' with the Worcestershire shield on the left. Alloy construction, somewhat faded but just requires a re-paint.

£85

416

Tyers No 6 Single Line Fibre Tablet HAWES - GARSDALE, ex Midland Railway Branch from the Settle to Carlisle route through Wensleydale to Northallerton, operated by the NER. Closed to Passengers on 16th March 1959 and to Freight on 27th April 1964.

£620

417

London Transport Station Target sign MANSION HOUSE. Laminated wood construction, this is most unusual because the majority of signs known from this station were fibreglass.

£50

418

A pair of interesting C/I signs, the first regarding Cant On Track, the second is a Load Not To Exceed Plate. Associated with this as a steel Track Gauge stamped with company initials.

£30

419

London & South Western Instrument showing a red signal arm and plated 'UP LOCAL' within the glass window. Brass plated on the top of the mahogany box 'Train On Line / Clear. A small bell is affixed to the top and when the ringing arm moves, the signal arm falls.  A wonderful, early instrument of significant rarity.

£1,400

420

Totem, BR(W) YATTON, F/F. Ex GWR station between Bristol and Weston-S-Mare, branch for Clevedon, Cheddar and Wells. Extremely good condition with no damage to speak of, good colour and reasonable shine.

£360

421

LSWR 4 aspect Handlamp brass plated on the side with L&SWR embossed into the plate. A smaller brass plate shows the number '124'. Complete with reservoir and unmarked burner. Totally unrestored.

£50

422

Cabside Numberplate 4668 cast iron construction. Ex GWR 0-6-0PT built Swindon January 1944 and allocated to Pontypool Road, staying there until 1963 when a it was moved to Llanelly. Withdrawn from there in July 1964. Face only restored and iyt has been welded by BR.

£300

423

Diesel Electrical Locomotive Equipment Plate, rectangular alloy construction showing the separate panels in AWS  tri-colour ground. Top panel is 'Yorkshire Engine Company', middle panel 'British Thomson - Houston Company and bottom panel is Rolls Royce Limited. This measures 17¼" x 7½", is ex loco and has bottom right bolt-hole damage. This plate came from the only loco to wear this livery and it was scrapped at Birds.

£20

424

Signal Box Diagrams, qty 3 all framed and annotated 'Sutton Park Signal School', followed by either Box A, B or C. Each measures 15" x 30" in respective glazed frames.

£30

425

Midland Railway mahogany cased Signal Box Block Bell with large cowbell style bell. Clearly stamped 'MRCo'.

£55

426

GWR, fully titled C/I 40/- Gate Notice. Restored front and back.

£20

427

Worksplate 'Ruston Hornsby Ltd.,  Mark 6PS, Engine No. 425658, Lincoln England. Ex Power Starter, supplied to the British Transport Commission as a starter for engine 6VPHL which was fitted to 165DE 431758, British Railways PWM 651. Built August 1959, 0-6-0DE PWM 651 was allocated to Radyr. It became Departmental Locomotive number 97651 in September 1979. After a 6 year spell at Gloucester, it returned to Radyr and finally Canton to be used as shed pilot. By 1998 it had been privately purchased and now resides at the Northampton & Lamport Railway. Together with Pullman Carriage Builders Plates, qty 2 inscribed ' Built By Metropolitan - Cammell England 1950. Rectangular C/I  measuring 8¾" x 5¼", both in totally unrestored condition.

£30

428

Midland Railway brass Signal Box Lever Plates, qty 4 to include SIGNAL FROM TURNTABLE LINE. Well polished, reputedly ex Bath but not confirmed.

£160

429

Original Watercolour Paintings by the celebrated transport artist G.S. Cooper (1935 - 1998), qty 2 of buses. The first is a half-cab Guy bus in red and cream Northern livery, registration GUP 76 number 1076. Indicator shows number 11 to Consett. Measures 10¾" x 7½" excluding the glazed frame.  The second is Fishergate in Preston with a couple of trams and an old half cab single decker bus. In the background is an old Sentinel steam lorry. Measures 10" x 8¼" excluding the glazed frame.

430

Totem, BR(W) TYSELEY, F/F. Ex GWR station on the main line from Birmingham Snow Hill to Paddington, opened in 1906. Some face scratches and touch-ins but overall quite good condition.

£520

431

London & South Western Railway Coat of Arms mounted in a glazed, walnut frame. Together with a Glasgow & South Western Railway Coat of Arms which is framed.

£70

432

Enamel Luggage Sign together with a tinplate Insurance Tickets sign. Both in excellent condition.

£20

433

Enamel Fingerplate Advertising Signs 'Huntsmans Ales' measuring 4" x 7" and 'Lillys Perfume' measuring 4½" x 6". Both excellent condition.

£50

434

Shedplate 53B, Botanic Gardens until January 1960. Face painted red with silver numerals and rim, back unrestored.

£120

435

Shropshire & Montgomery Railway Letter Stamps, a block of 4 mint examples of red, 2d numbered 1009 - 1012. Together with a Midland & South Western green 2d stamped Andover 1903, 3 LSWR green 2d stamped Bishops Waltham + Victorian 1d Winchester 1898, Fullerton Junction + Victoria 1d Stamp and West Meon and 1 LBSCR green 2d + George V 1d Ryde postmark.

£50

436

Tender Plates, a pair comprising C/I oval 4725 Gallons and rectangular C/I 4000 Gallons Type 1.

£50

437

BR(W) enamel Platform Sign 'WAY OUT', F/F. Measures 36" x 12" and is in excellent condition with deep colour and shine and no damage apart from a couple of minor edge defects.

£50

438

Worksplate British Railways Crewe Built 1966, Power Equipment By Brush Electrical Engineering Company Ltd and Sulzer. Ex Class 47 but not identified. One corner broken off. Together with a small, alloy plate that reads '1972 British Rail Engineering Ltd Ashford Kent' Measures just 6¼" x 3¼" and is marked on rear ' LS 7047 48 Ton Fertilizer Wagon'

£130

439

Carriage Print, London Horse Guards, Whitehall by John L. Baker from the LNER Post War series. Classic view of tourists themselves inspecting the immaculate guards on duty. Extremely good condition in an original type glazed frame.

£20

440

Southern Railway enamel Target, LONDON ROAD. Ex LSWR station between Guildford and Surbiton. Good colour and shine with usual, minor edge chipping. In excellent condition with just one slight mark to bottom panel and a couple of small touching-in to white edging.

£300

441

GWR C/I sign regarding the Dangerous Practice Of Propping Wagon Doors.

£70

442

Brass Packing Case Plate stamped TO GORFORD EMPTY ALVESCOT GWR OXON.

£30

443

GWR C/I Luggage Racks, a pair. Ornate design with the company initials in scroll format within the centre. Excellent condition. Together with a small brass 'Ross - Pop' Safety Valve. Measures 5¼" tall and is stamped '110 LBS'. Origins unknown but the vendor did purchase it from Collectors Corner in 1969.

£80

444

LNER brass Fire Bell. Complete with hanging bracket, this small yet very loud bell is engraved around the top rim 'LNE - E'. Together with an NER 7 compartment tinplate Brochure Rack with a small oval brass plate attached to bottom front, embossed  'NER'.

£110

445

Totem, BR(M) MANCHESTER EXCHANGE, F/F, factory face drilled variety. Ex LNWR terminus station opened in 1884, closed in May 1969. Good condition with some minor fading.

446

British Railways Handbills, qty 49 Scottish and English examples. Of the Scottish, the following are noted: Scottish Camping Coaches 1961; Three Lochs Circular Tour 1958; Elgin; Forres etc. English examples of note: Noel Park 1958; Sheepdog Trials Bamford 1953; Football Spurs v Blackpool & Newcastle Aug/Sept 1958; Swindon Loco Works August Wednesdays 1954. A great selection.

£95

447

Midland Railway brass Signal Box Lever Plates, qty 4 to include POINTS IN TURNTABLE LINE and SLIP SIDINGS. Well polished, reputedly ex Bath but not confirmed.

£85

448

Worksplate, London & North Eastern Railway Cowlairs Works 1891 number 9658. Ex J36 0-6-0 locomotive, renumbered to 5234 in 1946, finally 65234 by BR in 1948.Allocations include Bathgate, Hawick and Edinburgh St Margarets. Survived until 1966 being withdrawn from St Margarets then. Brass construction 9 x 5 with number ground off but is clearly visible. Has a reconstituted brass strip number 9658 attached.

£50

449

GER C/I Bridge Restriction Notice reference the 1861 Locomotive Act. 19" x 14½" with 11 lines of text. Rusty and in need of restoration.

£45

450

Nameplate THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION. Ex BR/EE 25kv Bo-Bo Class 86 originally numbered E3178. Built by the English Electric Co under works number E3470/E316 in August 1965. Renumbered 86244 under TOPS in March 1974 and was named on the 2nd November 1981 by Lady Vivienne Haig, granddaughter of founder Lord Haig at Euston Station. Scrapped in 2003 at Easco, Immingham Railfreight Terminal. This plate is a Swindon casting.

£850

451

South Eastern Railway Coat Of Arms, ex Eastleigh Works Offices,  cut from original steel carriage. Beautifully framed in an oak surround, 15½" x 19½", first time we have seen these on original panels so you'll never see better.

£50

452

Sykes SR brass cased Repeater showing Points - Normal - Reverse (swinging needle). Together with a BR Distant Repeater with yellow dot - No Light - Off. Finally a Thompson Distant Repeater with On - Off - Wrong. The latter two are bakelite cased.

£65

453

Original Watercolour Painting by the celebrated transport artist G.S. Cooper (1935 - 1998), Lorries of the 50's which is a montage of a Foden, Leyland, AEC, Albion, Atkinson, ERF and Scammell.Measures 20½" x 14½" in a larger card mount. Mounted on the rear are three watercolour sketches of steam trains, ships and buses, as presented as ideas for greetings cards. These aren't signed but are G.S. Cooper.

454

Maps & Booklets, a wonderful selection from both North and South of the Border. Here are 9 Scottish Maps to include Tramway System of Glasgow; ram Routes of Glasgow; Street Transport of Glasgow; Bacons Perthshire; Bacons Glasgow; BR West Highland Railway colour brochure and Bonnie Scotland. This side of the Border are Southern Railway Southampton Docks; GWR Map in wallet; LSWR General System; Mile By Mile etc. Must be viewed to be appreciated.

£40

455

 C/I sign 'No Unauthorised Person Allowed To Open Doors'.

£35

456

Shedplate 41H Staveley (GC) from July 1958 to June 1965. Ex loco condition.

£230

457

GWR Wagon Plates, a matching pair numbered 30779.Both totally ex wagon condition.

£50

458

South African Railways & Harbours Locomotive Diagram Book in dual language, dated 15-8-41 and signed by the Chief Mechanical Engineer, Drawing Office Pretoria. Found, strangely, at Eastleigh Works Drawing Office many years ago. Approximately foolscap size, it has 46 pages of outline drawings, with details, of all SAR locos and tenders. The cover is grubby and somewhat ragged but the contents are excellent.

£110

459

Carriage Print, Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland by S.R. Badmin from the LNER series. Panoramic view of the town, river and three bridges. The famous, 27 arch viaduct shows a Gresley A4 on a passenger train. Extremely good condition in an original type glazed frame.

£160

460

Totem, BR(Sc) MOTHERWELL, H/F. Ex Caledonian Railways station between Carstairs and Glasgow. Extremely good overall condition.

£290

461

GWR C/I, fully titled Trespass Notice. Face restored back original with clear post mark

£75

462

Worksplate LMS Rebuilt 1923 Derby. A small number of Deeley Compounds were rebuilt this particular year. Oval cast brass.

£100

463

GWR Pocket Watch, Swiss made Limit, with enamel face showing 'G.W.R 02617'and also the case is engraved on rear 'G.W.R 02617'. Comes with a beautiful, hallmarked silver Albert attached. Dial has the usual minor repairs around 4 and 10 o'clock, other than that, it is in working condition.

£130

464

Car Park double sided alloy sign painted in white and pale blue, complete with part brackets. A common sight in the 1960's and 1970's, now sadly gone forever.

£25

465

GNR TRAIN FOLLOWING painted Sign with steel carrying handle at the top. Original hand painted on rear 'GNR Thornton 139'

£60

466

Shedplate 65C Parkhead until December 1962. Face restored, rear ex loco condition.

£60

467

London & North Eastern Railway oval Mirror in a bakelite frame. Initials etched into the lower part of the glass. Good overall condition. Together with qty 3 LNER Cathedral Plates, Durham, Ely and York.

£50

468

Worksplate, English Electric No 3139 dated 1961. Ex Class 40, originally numbered D393, later 40193. Released to traffic in June 1962 and initially allocated to Gateshead. Withdrawn October 1981 and cut up at Swindon July 1986.

£250

469

Doorplate, BR(Sc)  TICKETS, enamel F/F measuring 18" x 3½" in excellent condition with a couple of small edge chips.

£140

470

Totem, BR(S) GUILDFORD, F/F. Ex LSWR station between Woking and Godalming.

£300

471

NER station Platform Lamp painted 'DURHAM'. Complete with lamp interior and glass globe. Accompanying is an LNER Platform Lamp interior complete with glass globe and a restored, wooden Carriage Board, double sided with DURHAM one side,  BISHOP AUCKLAND the other. Steel strengtheners at the end.

£80

472

LNWR C/I signal box door plate PRIVATE in original condition, as recovered from Wednesbury No2 Signal box upon closure in 1966.

£20

473

Wagon Plates, qty 8 comprising x2 LMS, x1 GWR (slight loss) x1 LNER, x1 'W' and x3 later BR.

£50

474

Shedplate 21D Aston until from September 1960 until September 1963. Ex loco condition.

£230

475

GWR & LNWR Joint Railway C/I Gate Notice and a full Trespass Sign as a pair. Ex lineside, rusty condition.

£80

476

Industrial Nameplate  STANTON No 21, rectangular brass with scalloped corners measuring 30¾" x 5¾". The numbers have been screwed onto the plate, the old number 11 having been ground off although still visible. Ex Avonside 0-6-0ST in use at Holwell Ironworks in Leicestershire.

£510

477