Auction Catalogue: Great Central Railwayana, 20 January 2007

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Lot 1 A Tyers No 6 Single Line Tablet "WADEBRIDGE-PADSTOW", (brass/steel). The final section of the LSWR North Cornwall Line from Okehampton, running alongside the Camel Estuary to the sea. - Sold for £1000

Lot 2 A Great Central Railway China Salad Dish, "G.C.Ry, REFRESHMENT DEPARTMENT, WORKSOP" on front & "SALAD" inside, 9_"x2_", rectangular with curved corners, white with black lettering. The base marked "W.T. Copeland & Sons, Stoke On Trent, England", in black, with their embossed mark. Excellent condition, an insignificant hairline crack on side, hardly noticeable. - Sold for £130

Lot 3 A Directors Ivory Pass "GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY PASS/HORATIO LOVE ESQ, Director, Great Eastern Ry", 11/8 diameter with decoration, excellent condition and an early example. - Sold for £540

Lot 4 A North British Railway Three Aspect Handlamp. Stamped "ARISAIG" with "2184.S" above, the other side stamped "NBR 6174" and marked with the "Bulpitts 1907" mark. Arisaig Station is on the West Highland Extension between Glenfinnan and Mallaig. The lamp is the only example we have seen from this line. It has a brass bezel, copper cone, non matching interior and the red glass only, the top handle slightly out of true. - Sold for £220

Lot 5 A Smokebox Numberplate "41528", from a Midland Railway 1528 Class (later Class 0F) 0-4-0T, the Class leader, built at Derby in August 1907 and rebuilt in 1928. A long time Staveley engine right up to 1965, it spent its final months at Langwith Junction from where it was officially withdrawn in December 1966, although it had been in store first at Staveley and then at Langwith since October 1965. After a further period in store at Canklow, it was eventually cut up at Arnott Young, Parkgate & Rawmarsh in April 1967. Repainted - Sold for £680

Lot 6 A Highland Railway Seal "THE STATION HOTEL, KYLE OF LOCHALSH", with the full company coat of arms within the circular border, 1_" diameter engraved steel, it would have been used to mark bills, receipts & documents by means of a hand operated press, a securing bar is on top, overall 1_" high. The illustration has been reversed for clarity. - Sold for £220

Lot 7 A Locomotive Whistle, 19_" high in ex loco condition, complete with base fittings, one dent in top bell section. The whistle was purchased at Derby in the 1960s, so is believed to originate from a constituent company of the LMS. - Sold for £400

Lot 8 A BR(E) dark blue enamel doorplate, "STATION MANAGER", f/f, excellent colour and shine with just an odd mark on the surface. One of the last of its type after the name was changed from Station Master, it is believed to have been used at Stratford Station. - Sold for £600

Lot 9 A Cardiff Railway Enamel Notice "SMOKING IN OR ABOUT THIS WAREHOUSE IS PROHIBITED......CARDIFF RAILWAY COMPANYS BYLAWS....C.S.DENNISS, GENERAL MANAGER, CARDIFF RAILWAY COMPANY, BUTE DOCKS, CARDIFF". Red on white 21"x19_", three small face chips and edge chips, a fine example from one of the smaller South Wales companies. - Sold for £230

Lot 10 A GWR Pre Grouping Pocket Watch, the face in excellent condition with Roman Numerals, second hand with Arabic numerals and clear company initials, the back of the double case prominently marked "G.W.R. 1612" in decorative serif lettering. The watch is in working order with a top winder and side catch which, when depressed, enables the hands to be adjusted. The movement marked "ROTHERHAMS, LONDON". A fine example used by a member of staff at Aberdare High Level. - Sold for £360

Lot 11 A North Eastern Railway Wooden Cased Semaphore Signal Repeater with an early ivorine plate "1. NORTH DOCK JCT", with home signal on brass post with decorative finial and "On/Out Of Order/Off" indicators in red, green, black, 8_"x4_". North Dock Junction was on the Sunderland-Newcastle route between Monkwearmouth & Seaburn. The branch to Sunderland North Dock closed in 1966. - Sold for £320

Lot 12 A Railway Signalling Company Miniature Train Staff "WOODFORD WEST-FENNY COMPTON", from the Stratford on Avon & Midland Junction Line, cylindrical steel with brass rings, inscriptions at end. Woodford West Box was situated between Byfield and Moreton Pinkney, the Junction for the spur into Woodford Halse Station on the GCR Main Line, used by SMJR route trains calling at Woodford. - Sold for £1600

Lot 13 A BR(NE) tangerine station Direction Sign "BRITISH RAILWAYS, WILMINGTON STATION", with totem at top and left hand feathered arrow. The station was on the Hull-Hornsea/Withernsea Line, in the City of Hull, just west of the divergence of the two routes. The station closed on the 19th October 1964. - Sold for £520

Lot 14 A Shedplate "87J", (Fishguard & Goodwick 1949-63), a rare code, never before in auction, from a small shed with, on average, only 15 engines. Probably repainted long ago. - Sold for £940

Lot 15 An LSWR 8" Dial Dropcase Wall Clock, with fusee movement, cast brass bezel, pendulum & key, the original face reads "J.F.FOX, LATE JNO LAYDON, BARNSTAPLE, 60", (a couple of chips touched in ). The clock was used in Barnstaple Junction "B" Signal Box between the Torrington and Ilfracombe lines. It is accompanied by a BR 1968 receipt, quoting the clock's No "60". - Sold for £2150

Lot 16 A Diesel Locomotive Worksplate "THE ENGLISH ELECTRIC COMPANY, LONDON, No 2386/D426. 1958, THE VULCAN FOUNDRY LTD, LOCOMOTIVE WORKS ENGLAND", from BR Class 23 D5909, the last of this small Class of ten engines, which was allocated new to Hornsea in June 1959 and withdrawn from Finsbury Park in March 1971. It was cut up at Cohens, Kettering in August 1973. Chromed brass, 10_"x43/8", the front repainted black and characters polished brass, the border chrome, back untouched with original primer and evidence of loco paint. - Sold for £1500

Lot 17 A North Eastern Railway Enamel Doorplate "WAY OUT", reddish brown lettering and thin border on cream, the plate is immaculate, the best example we have seen and probably used indoors, it also appears from close examination of the edge that it was once painted over, thus preserving it in such good condition. - Sold for £230

Lot 18 A BR(E) dark blue Totem Sign "KING'S LYNN", (f/f), from the G.E.R Norfolk Terminus of the main line from Liverpool Street and the Hunstanton Branch. Excellent condition with lovely colour and shine, an unusual feature being the apostrophe, rarely seen on totems. - Sold for £3500

Lot 19 A GWR Enamel Weighbridge Sign "GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, NOTICE, STEAM ROLLERS, TRACTION ENGINES, MOTOR LORRIES and similar vehicles are strictly Prohibited from Passing over the plate of this cart Weighbridge, Any Person Disregarding This Notice Will Be Held responsible for any Damage Which May Result, JAMES MILNE, GENERAL MANAGER PADDINGTON STATION LONDON". White on blue, 10"x14", a classic sign in exceptionally fine condition with only the tiniest of edge chips. This example is from St Agnes Station on the Newquay-Chacewater branch which closed on the 4th February 1963, it was given to a schoolboy in the 1950s by a Signalman at the station as a souvenir. - Sold for £380

Lot 20 A Cash Bag Plate "GWR, ST AGNES", brass 2_"x1", initials engraved at top and station name neatly hand cut in serif lettering. Also included is the signal box door key, stamped with company initials. (2) - Sold for £110

Lot 21 A Shedplate "52 F", (North and South Blyth 1949-67), probably repainted long ago. - Sold for £170

Lot 22 A Locomotive Nameplate "THE PRESIDENT" from a 0-6-0T built by Hudswell Clarke in 1923, Works No 1419, which went new to the Oxfordshire Ironstone Co at Wroxton Quarries near Banbury in July 1923. It was not named until June 1926 when the nameplates were obtained from Hunslet Engine Co and not Hudswell Clarke which explains why they are Hunslet style plates with non-serif letters. It was named after The President of Trinity College, Oxford whose land was extensively quarried by the company. It was cut up on site by a local scrap merchant, James Friswell of Banbury, in the autumn of 1955. Ex loco condition with original red paintwork, 39_"x6_". - Sold for £2000

Lot 23 A Locomotive Worksplate "HUDSWELL, CLARKE & Co LTD, RAILWAY FOUNDRY, No 1419, LEEDS, 1923", from the Locomotive "THE PRESIDENT", engraved brass 13"x8_", with much original wax infill, ex loco condition. (See Previous Lot for Loco History) - Sold for £500

Lot 24 A BR(S) dark green Enamel Doorplate "WAITING AND LADIES ROOM", (f/f), good colour and shine with minor rim chips at base, well matched in, and a few minor surface marks. - Sold for £270

Lot 25 A Carriage Print "MELROSE ABBEY, ROXBURGHSHIRE, from a water colour by Leonard Squirrell, R.W.S, RE", a picturesque scene, set near the famous Waverley Route, with background of the rolling Border Fells. - Sold for £70

Lot 26 A LNER Locomotive Electric Headlamp, from one of the company's A1 Pacifics. The lamp has a brass body, white bullseye lens and steel fixing bracket at the rear, it is complete with its electrical fittings and side lever which operates a rotating drum holding a red glass. Of note is the BR 1950s loco blue paintwork on the bracket. The body 6"x4_", bracket 14". - Sold for £100

Lot 27 A pair of North Eastern Railway enamel plates (a) "IN", (b) "OUT", similar in style to the company's doorplates but only 91/8" long. The "In" plate has a chip at the left screw hole, repainted, the "Out" plate is in excellent condition with just a tiny flake by one hole. (2) - Sold for £300

Lot 28 A Great Western Railway Footplate Notice "CAUTION, DO NOT LOOK OVER OR PASS ALONG THE SIDE OF THIS CAB WHEN NEAR BRIDGES, TUNNELS, LOADGAUGES OR COAL STAGES, JAN 1909", cast iron, 12"x7_", totally ex loco condition, one of the best examples we have seen. - Sold for £150

Lot 29 A BR Lion, Wheel and Crown emblem from a West Coast Main Line Electric Locomotive. Cast aluminium 18"x18", in fine ex loco condition with "electric blue" paint in evidence. - Sold for £680

Lot 30 A GWR Cast Iron Cabside Numberplate "5", from an ex Weston Clevedon & Portishead Light Railway 0-6-0T which started life as a London Brighton & South Coast Railway "Terrier" built by William Stroudley at Brighton Works in 1877, their No 43 named "Gypsy Hill". It was renumbered 643 in 1902 and became SR B643 (B=Brighton). It was sold to the WCPLR, an independent Light Railway managed with other similar lines by the famous Colonel HF Stephens, in either December 1925 or January 1926, becoming their No 2 and named "PORTISHEAD", a name it retained for the remainder of its life. As it weighed only 28 tons, it was ideally suited to the Light Railway. It was one of two ex Terriers acquired, the other becoming GWR No 6. In 1940 the WCPLR went into liquidation and the GWR as its largest creditor took over most of its assets including its locos. As No 5 the GWR sent it to St Philips Marsh where it was used on the Bristol Harbour lines and other light duties. In December 1948 it was transferred to Taunton and in January 1950 to Newton Abbot where it acted as shed pilot for a month or two before being placed in the Stock Shed at Swindon Works; there it remained for four years, emerging only to be condemned in March 1954 after a life of 77 years. The lowest numbered cabside we have auctioned (and are likely to) and undoubtedly one of the most interesting. The plate is of the usual pattern though 13_" wide, the front was repainted when it was acquired, the back is totally untouched. - Sold for £6600

Lot 31 A Southern Railway enamel sign "INCLUDING 1ST AND 2ND CLASS PULLMAN CARS", as used on train departure boards, 17_"x3_" white on blue with curved portion at top. Excellent colour and shine, very slight edge chipping. - Sold for £210

Lot 32 A Shedplate "70B", (Feltham, 1950-1967), original "white" paintwork, black possibly repainted, back untouched. - Sold for £230

Lot 33 A small BR(NE) tangerine Enamel Sign "TICKETS", double sided with end bracket, 12"x6" with lead lining, a delightful small example with a bit of surface marking on rim and edge chips on one side. - Sold for £320

Lot 34 An Electric Locomotive Worksplate "BRITISH RAILWAYS, BUILT BY THE ENGLISH ELECTRIC Co LTD, VULCAN WORKS 1965, No 3481/E327, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT BY ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES & THE ENGLISH ELECTRIC Co LTD" from BR Class 86 E3189/86250 introduced in November 1965 and allocated new to Crewe Electric Depot. It was named "The Glasgow Herald" on 20 September 1980 at Glasgow Central station by the newspaper editor. The name was removed in 1998 after the engine transferred from the West Coast Main Line to East Anglia where it was renamed "Sheppard 100" at Norwich Crown Point on 11 February 2003. Cast aluminium 8_"x6_", ex loco condition with multiple coats of "rail blue" paint. - Sold for £350

Lot 35 A Smokebox Numberplate "62679", from the LNER D11/2 Class 4-4-0 "LORD GLENALLAN" built by Kitson & Co, Works No 5387, in October 1924, LNER No 6386, renumbered 2679 in 1946. It was allocated new to Dundee and moved during the Second World War to Haymarket where it remained until 1957 until moving briefly to Thornton Junction from where it was withdrawn in September 1958. After a period in store at Kilmarnock Works, it is recorded as being cut up either there or at Inverurie Works in September 1959 although almost certainly this was Inverurie as both hand painted nameplates are known to have survived and most were saved there. The Class D11/2s were a continuation of the earlier Great Central Class many of which were named after that Company's Directors and were accordingly often referred to as Scottish Directors, although Lord Glenallan and the other names were taken from characters in Sir Walter Scott's novels. This is the first D11/2 smokebox numberplate to appear in auction. The plate has been repainted. - Sold for £1600

Lot 36 A Single Line Key Token "WITHAM-CRANMORE", (steel/engraved brass plate). The last section on the GWR Cheddar Valley route from Yatton to Witham on the West of England Main Line. Passenger Services were withdrawn on the 9th September 1963, while freight survived until 1969, after which only this section remained for Quarry Traffic. - Sold for £160

Lot 37 A Cast Iron Notice "RHONDDA & SWANSEA BAY RAILWAY, NOTICE IS GIVEN AGAINST THE DANGEROUS PRACTICE OF PROPPING UP THE DOORS OF MERCHANDISE TRUCKS FOR THE SUPPORT OF COAL WEIGHING MACHINES....THE RHONDDA & SWANSEA BAY RAILWAY Co GIVE NOTICE.....JOHN DAVID GENERAL MANAGER, SWANSEA",. This sign is 14_" square, unrestored other than a weld repair that is virtually unnoticeable, and is of the same pattern as the GWR Notice on the same subject. - Sold for £540

Lot 38 A North Eastern Railway Signal Box Nameboard "SEATON", from the "Durham and Sunderland" route situated between Ryhope and Murton, passenger services ceased on the 1st of September 1952, though the Northern part of the route from Ryhope Grange Junction to South Hetton Colliery remained in use until 1991. Wood with cast letters and beading, 32"x9_", the front repainted. - Sold for £220

Lot 39 A WORKSPLATE RENUMBERING STRIP "62730" from the LNER D49/1 Class 4-4-0 "BERKSHIRE" built at Darlington Works in March 1929, LNER 2755, renumbered 2730 in 1946, becoming BR 62730. In BR days it was allocated to Carlisle (Canal), Starbeck, York and finally Selby from where it was withdrawn in December 1958. It was cut up the following May at Darlington Works. Berkshire was an unusual choice of name as the LNER owned no tracks in the county. Ex loco condition, left bolt hole enlarged, right end broken away. - Sold for £180

Lot 40 A BR(Sc) light blue Enamel Doorplate "GENTLEMEN", (f/f), good colour and shine, chip at top left corner and one screw hole chip, a little wear also at lower holes. - Sold for £160

Lot 41 A BR(M) maroon Totem Sign "MILES PLATTING", (f/f), the first station east of Manchester on the LYR&LNW routes to Leeds, Oldham & Rochdale. Good colour and shine with a few minor face chips repainted and a little surface marking. - Sold for £980

Lot 42 A Shedplate "85 A", (Worcester, 1949-1965), cleaned and the front repainted. - Sold for £230

Lot 43 A BR(W) double royal poster, "TORQUAY, QUEEN OF THE ENGLISH RIVIERA", a view of the harbour and town with holiday couple watching the activity below. Rolled and tear repaired at lower right corner with acid-free tape. - Sold for £340

Lot 44 A Locomotive Plate, "C.B.E.S, No 6", from a 0-6-0T O/S built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns in 1938, Works No 6964, which went new to The City of Birmingham Electric Supply Department at Hams Hall Power Station, Coleshill, where it remained all its working life, although various statutory provisions changed its owner's name to the British Electricity Authority, then the Central Electricity Authority and finally the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB). It was cut up in August 1968. Cast brass 30_" long with the number below in centre, overall depth 10_", serif characters on stippled background, in ex loco condition. - Sold for £220

Lot 45 A Large Midland Railway Brass Shelf Plate "SHEFFORD", with scalloped corners 5_"x3_", ex Bedford-Hitchin route, Passenger services were withdrawn on 1st January 1962, with complete closure taking place in 1964. - Sold for £130

Lot 46 A Great Eastern Railway Brass Bell, with the company initials on the side in raised serif lettering, 8" base diameter, 7_" high, complete with clapper & fitting block on top with bolt hole, some chips to base rim otherwise good original condition. - Sold for £210

Lot 47 A Smokebox Numberplate "4172", from a (GWR) 5101 Class 2-6-2T built at Swindon in October 1949 and allocated new to Tyseley where, except for a couple of months at Stourbridge in 1951/2, it remained until transferred in June 1963, again to Stourbridge from where it was withdrawn in January 1965. It was cut up three months later at Cashmores, Great Bridge. Repainted. - Sold for £300

Lot 48 A Vending Machine for "WILL'S WOODBINE CIGARETTES 2d", with "BMR" emblem at top. Cast aluminium with chromed front, 38"x5_", wall mounting. - Sold for £150

Lot 49 A Locomotive Nameplate, "ROEDEER", from the LNER B1 Class 4-6-0, LNER No 1040, BR 61040, the first of its Class to be built by North British Locomotive Co in April 1946, Works No 25796. It was allocated new to Norwich but moved to Darlington in 1951 to spend the rest of its days on the North Eastern Region, with later moves to York, Darlington again, Low Moor, Mirfield and Wakefield from where it was withdrawn in July 1966. It was cut up three months later at Kings, Norwich. Named after a small, elegant deer inhabiting the northern forests of Scotland, it is the only B1 "Antelope" named after a British species and one of the best names in the Class. 42_" long, original condition with letters lightly polished long ago.

Lot 50 A Shedplate "83D", (Laira, 1949-1963, Exmouth Junction, 1963-1965). Lovely ex loco condition. - Sold for £340

Lot 51 A GCR Cast Iron Sign "GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY, NOTICE, BILL POSTERS WILL BE PROSECUTED, BY ORDER", 20"x12" with scalloped corners, the title in serif lettering, the front repainted. - Sold for £190

Lot 52 A Smokebox Numberplate "44349", from a LMS Class 4 (later 4F) 0-6-0 built by Kerr Stuart in 1927, Works No 4377, LMS No 4349. In BR days it was allocated mainly to Longsight and later Alsager, Stoke and Warrington from where it was withdrawn in July 1965. It was cut up three months later at Wards, Killamarsh. Repainted. - Sold for £350

Lot 53 A Tyers No 6 Single Line Tablet "BOSCARNE JUNC-BODMIN", (brass/steel), ex LSWR Wadebridge-Bodmin (North) route, originally part of the Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway, the line closed on the 30th January 1967. The tablet is stamped "Not In Use", as was the custom at the S&T Dept at Exeter Central when the tablets were sold. - Sold for £900

Lot 54 An LBSCR Conical Oil Pourer with a steel plate "W. CROYDON", complete with sweeping handle and curving spout, the body clearly stamped with the company initials, excellent original condition. - Sold for £80

Lot 55 An Irish Enamel Notice "GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY (I) BILLPOSTERS WILL BE PROSECUTED, BY ORDER, AMIENS STREET STATION, JANUARY 1916", white on dark blue, 18"x16", one face and a few edge chips neatly repainted, but still a fine example of this unusual sign. - Sold for £255

Lot 56 A Cast Iron Bridgebuilders Plate "ARROL'S BRIDGE & ROOF Co, GLASGOW, 1903", which was fitted to the girders at the end of Creagan Bridge on the Callander & Oban Railway's Ballachulish branch, 13"x11_", with scalloped corners, the front repainted. The line opened in 1903 and closed on the 28th March 1966. - Sold for £230

Lot 57 A BR(M) maroon Totem Sign "MANCHESTER EXCHANGE", (f/f), from the famous station closed on the 5th May 1969, close to the nearby Manchester Victoria. Good colour and reasonable shine, a chip in the lower right edge of the lower panel and a few minor chips on the white. - Sold for £1340

Lot 58 A Small Southern Railway Block Bell with trafolite plate "CLAPHAM JCT A, MIDDLE ROAD BELL". The case 7"x6_" in two sections, with a large brass bell which has an external striker, excellent condition with "Sykes" brass makers plate on the front. - Sold for £200

Lot 59 A Tyers No 6 Single Line Tablet "LONGNIDDRY JUNC-HADDINGTON", (brass/steel), this section covered the North British Railway branch which left the East Coast Main Line South of Edinburgh. It closed to passengers on the 5th December 1949, though freight continued until 1968 for local coal deliveries, a lovely old tablet with hand cut lettering. - Sold for £260

Lot 60 A North Eastern Railway Platform Lamp with blue glass name "BEMPTON". The station is situated between Bridlington and Filey on the Hull-Scarborough route. Overall 22" high, the top loose at one of the stays, the name glass has lettering standing slightly proud of the frosted background. It still has its interior vessel and brass burner, but no glass chimney, and is in original condition. - Sold for £440

Lot 61 A North Eastern Railway Signal Box Nameboard "BLACK BULL", from a box close to Pickering Station where the lines to Whitby, Malton, Seamer and Gilling diverged. Wood with cast letters, beading and moulding, 51_"x10_", repainted and with its original small steel fixing brackets. - Sold for £240

Lot 62 A Caledonian Railway Tyers Semaphore Block Instrument, incorporating block bell at top, signal post with red and white arms for Up and Down line, below a pair of plungers arranged one above the other with white and red glass knobs, an indicator to the left showing "Up Train On/Off" and a side plunger, overall 29" high, excellent condition, lacking tapper for bell and the release button at the lower right removed. - Sold for £540

Lot 63 An Enamel sign "YOU MAY TELEPHONE FROM HERE", white on dark blue 18_"x12" double sided, minor edge chips and a little discolouration in places, a small nick in border at top screw hole. - Sold for £55

Lot 64 A Carriage Print "KILLIECRANKIE, PERTHSHIRE, from a water colour by Jack Merriott, R.I.", a fine river view with the railway viaduct on the Perth-Inverness route in the background. - Sold for £100

Lot 65 A pair of Pullman Coat Of Arms Lapel Badges, brass, enamelled in red, yellow, blue and white, slightly differing patterns, one stamped "965" on the back and polished in service, the other without number but with backpin. - Sold for £110

Lot 66 A Shedplate "51B", (Newport 1949-58), a scarce code only once before in auction and an early closure as a result of the opening of the new shed at nearby Thornaby. The front repainted with silver characters, the back untouched. - Sold for £380

Lot 67 A BR(S) light blue Enamel Station Sign "INVERNESS", (f/f), 114"x24". From photographs we believe this is the sign from the Far North/Kyle Line platform. A rare opportunity as the station had no totems or lamp tablets. Some fading and loss of shine but still a lovely example. - Sold for £500

Lot 68 A Railway Signalling Company miniature Train Staff "BEDFORD-WILLINGTON", ex LNWR Oxford-Cambridge route, the section closed on the 1st January 1968, when services between Bedford St Johns and Sandy ceased, Steel with brass rings and brass end bearing inscriptions. - Sold for £130

Lot 69 A LOCOMOTIVE PLAQUE as carried on the cabsides of the SR Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 "TANGMERE" underneath its BR number "34067". The plaque, one of a pair presented by the Sergeants' Mess at Tangmere, displays the badge of the RAF station comprising its full title, emblem and motto in the style of the Battle of Britain "Squadron" badges but in a shield shaped surround more akin to the "West Country" badges. Tangmere was built by the SR at Brighton in September 1947 as 21C167 and was allocated new to Exmouth Junction (but at first on loan to Salisbury), although it spent most of its working life at Stewarts Lane before returning to the Western Section at Salisbury from where it was withdrawn in November 1963. After almost a year in store at Eastleigh shed, it was moved to Barry Docks for scrap in March 1965 but fortunately was rescued for preservation in January 1981. Superb ex loco condition, overall 12"x14". - Sold for £13200

Lot 70 A North Eastern Rly Enamel Door Plate "LADIES ROOM", cream lettering and border on reddish brown, screw hole chips filled and repainted with border/edge similarly treated, good colour and shine. - Sold for £70

Lot 71 A Southern Railway Motormen's Four Aspect Handlamp, with the purple aspect which is peculiar to such lamps. Complete with its "S(E)R" vessel, "BR(S)" screw-in burner and piecrust top and plated "C763" also "E" (Eastleigh). The body is stamped SR, good original condition with one corner broken from red glass. - Sold for £100

Lot 72 A set of LMS Dining Car Crockery in the company's distinctive cerise and green rose pattern, base marked with either the Grindley or Meakin name, (a) Teapot, HE Cars, (b) Hot water jug, LMS D.C, Apr 1937, base chip, (c&d) Milk Jugs, LMS D.C, (e-g) Tea plates, LMS D.C, 7_" diameter, (h-j) Side plates, makers name only, 7" diameter, one chipped under rim, all undamaged unless stated. (10) - Sold for £180

Lot 73 A Great Western Railway Brass Signal Box Shelf Plate "GORING & STREATLEY", from a box on the Reading-Didcot Main Line, 4_"x1_", engraved lettering with black wax infill. - Sold for £100

Lot 74 A BR(S) light green Totem Sign "FISHBOURNE HALT", (f/f), Ex LB&SCR Brighton-Portsmouth route, situated between Chichester and Havant. Excellent colour and shine with just a few chips on the edge of the white rim. - Sold for £1000

Lot 75 A Great Western Railway China Fruit Bowl in the distinctive black leaf pattern, with the "GWR, HOTELS" roundel device on the side and on the top inside of the bowl, overall 10" diameter, 5" high with the makers name "J&G Meakin" on the base, excellent condition. - Sold for £280

Lot 76 A Single Line Key Token "LOSTWITHIEL-FOWEY", (alloy), from the GWR Cornish branch line which closed to passengers on the 4th January 1965, the route still used for freight traffic as far as Carne Point, just short of Fowey Station. - Sold for £120

Lot 77 A cast Copper Entrance Plate "NORWICH UNION INSURANCE SOCIETIES", featuring a view of the cathedral cast in relief and serif lettering with original white infill, 9"x14_" with domed top and edge decoration. The plate is unpolished. - Sold for £100

Lot 78 A Shedplate "87A", (Neath, 1949-1965), the front repainted, a rare hollow backed example with the Swindon casting code "U291" visible on the face. - Sold for £180

Lot 79 An SR Enamel Sign "SOUTHERN RAILWAY, STATION", double sided 27"x12", white on green with feathered arrow with black edge bisecting the company name which is in "Sunshine" letters. Restoration in places undertaken to a very high standard. - Sold for £350

Lot 80 A BR(NE) tangerine Enamel Signal Box nameboard "THORNABY EAST", (f/f), with black edged lettering, at only 54"x7" it is an easily manageable size and has excellent colour and shine with a couple of insignificant rim chips. The box was on the NER Darlington to Saltburn route. - Sold for £620

Lot 81 An LNER Enamel Lamp Tablet "CULLERCOATS", (f/f), 16"x5", ex NER Tyne Circle, two minor chips at top centre by bracket holes otherwise one of the best seen, with excellent colour and shine. - Sold for £140

Lot 82 A Great Central Railway Block Bell with scalloped corner ivorine plate "ABBEY LANE". The box was just north of Leicester Central station on the London Extension. The bell is of split case design with its brass housed tapper to right and base fixings. Good ex box condition although the top screw above the bell has been replaced. - Sold for £210

Lot 83 A Pair of Great Central Railway Block Instruments, used in conjunction with the "Abbey Lane" bell in the previous lot, (a) Pegging Instrument with top catch, Train On Line/Line Clear/Line Blocked Positions, ivorine plate "Up Line" with scalloped corners, the top of the case clearly stamped "GCRY", the face touched in in places, (b) Similar Non Pegging Instrument with "Down Line" plate and twice stamped "MSLR" on the front of the case, either side of the plate, the face is decorated with the "GCRy" scroll, although this is partially obscured by the brass "Stops" for the needle, there is paint loss on the wording "Line Blocked", otherwise both in good condition. (2) - Sold for £210

Lot 84 A Tyers No 6 Single Line Tablet "HARPERLEY-WITTON.WEST.JN", (brass/steel), ex NER Wear Valley Line between Darlington and Wearhead. Passenger services ceased on the 29th June 1953, although freight continued for many years (using key tokens for the longer Bishops Auckland-Wolsingham section). A lovely old tablet with hand cut lettering. - Sold for £660

Lot 85 A Smokebox Numberplate "69552", from LNER N2/2 Class 0-6-2T built by Beyer Peacock & Co, Works No 6212, in March 1925, LNER No 2585, later 9552. In BR days it saw service from a wide range of sheds, Colwick, Hatfield, Kings Cross, Parkeston, Kings Cross again, Hornsey and finally Grantham from where it was withdrawn in May 1960. It was cut up at Doncaster Works the following month. Front repainted. - Sold for £600

Lot 86 A Carriage Print "GOREY Harbour, JERSEY, from a water colour by Frank Sherwin, R.I.", a tranquil scene with boats and quayside cottages, dominated by the famous castle. - Sold for £90

Lot 87 A Great Western Railway Pre Grouping Doorplate "LAMP ROOM", cast iron 23_"x3_" with moulded border, the front repainted cream on brown, the back untouched. - Sold for £480

Lot 88 A GWR Cast Iron Notice, "GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, NOTICE NO UNAUTHORISED PERSON ALLOWED IN THIS BOX, BY ORDER", 10_"x8_", the front repainted, back in original condition with "U75" casting code in recess. - Sold for £120

Lot 89 A locomotive Worksplate "KERR, STUART & Co. LTD. LONDON & STOKE, No 4255, 1922", from a 2ft gauge 0-4-0ST which went new to Quartzite Quarries Ltd, Cromhall, Charfield, Gloucestershire and worked on a narrow gauge tramway serving the Quarries which was abandoned in about 1940. This locomotive remained on site in an exceedingly decrepit condition for a further twenty years before disposal to Pearse & Co Ltd, Exeter for scrap in February 1960. A copy photograph of the engine in store accompanies the lot. Cast brass oval 127/8x6_", ex loco condition. - Sold for £520

Lot 90 A GWR Cast Iron Cabside Numberplate "5405", from a GWR 5400 Class 0-6-0PT built at Swindon in December 1931, the Class being auto-fitted for branch passenger services. It was allocated new to Banbury and finished its GWR days at Southall. It moved later to Oswestry from where it was withdrawn in October 1957 and was cut up two months later at Swindon Works. The front repainted, the back primered. - Sold for £1350

Lot 91 A BR(E) framed and glazed double royal poster "THE FLYING SCOTSMAN, 1862-1962" by Bagley featuring a dramatic view of a Deltic at speed, while above an image of a Great Northern Loco on the same service. A few edge repairs in places with small loss at top right and lower right corners, image unaffected. - Sold for £170

Lot 92 A Single Line Key Token "LOUDWATER-HIGH WYCOMBE SOUTH", (alloy), ex GWR Maidenhead to High Wycombe route, the line north of Bourne End Closed on the 4th May 1970, leaving just the southerly section and the Marlow Branch in operation. - Sold for £190

Lot 93 A Southern Railway Maritime Flag, featuring a red cross on white against a blue background, with the letters "SR". The flag is from the collection of Cuthbert Crossman, SR Publicity Officer and was the last SR Flag to be flown at sea. Overall 69"x38", complete with rope and toggle, excellent condition. - Sold for £760

Lot 94 A BR(W) chocolate & cream Totem Sign "READING GENERAL", (h/f), from the GWR's first principal station on the main line from Paddington. Excellent colour and shine with just two minor chips into the brown, these and the usual edge chips are neatly restored. - Sold for £1350

Lot 95 A Shedplate "52J", (Borough Gardens 1958-1959), ex loco condition with original paintwork. - Sold for £100

Lot 96 A Locomotive Worksplate "BUILT 1954 CREWE", from a BR Class 9F 2-10-0 No 92002 which went new to Ebbw Junction in March 1954 and it remained there until moving in May 1963 to Tyseley and then to Banbury, Tyseley again and finally Birkenhead from where it was withdrawn in November 1967. After five months in store at Speke Junction, it was cut up at Campbells, Airdrie in April 1968. Oval cast iron 10_"x6", front repainted. - Sold for £420

Lot 97 A Pair of Great Western Railway Locomotive Whistles, large and small complete with base pipe and attached to their original cast steel mounting bracket, each is stamped GWR on the top & base, the smaller also stamped "2243". They are attractively presented on a polished wood stand. - Sold for £320

Lot 98 A Tyers No 7 Single Line Tablet, "WOODBURN-SCOTSGAP JCT", (brass), ex North British Railway Reedsmouth Jct to Morpeth route "The Wansbeck Line", which connected the Hexham to Riccarton Jct, Border Counties route with the Blyth & Tyne System at Morpeth, providing the company with an independent route into Newcastle, Passenger services were withdrawn on the 15th September 1952, although freight continued until 1966. - Sold for £320

Lot 99 An LNWR small Framed Notice "LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY, DO NOT THROW OUT OF THE WINDOW ANYTHING WHICH IS LIKELY TO HURT MEN WORKING ON THE LINE", with the "Britannia" coat of arms to the top left, the back of the frame is clearly stamped "LNWR", lovely original condition with a bit of water staining at base, overall 12"x7_". - Sold for £110

Lot 100 A Great Western Railway Signal Box Instrument indicating "Lamp In/Lamp Out", with bell on/bell off knob below, an engraved brass plate on the top front of the wooden case "1,2,49,50,52, AVON BRIDGE". - Sold for £100

Lot 101 A Metropolitan Railway Train Destination Board "STANMORE/BAKER STREET", an early black on white enamel example with "Stan-Bk" in red at each side, vertical chip between "E&R" of Baker and some face chips on other side, 33"x4". - Sold for £180

Lot 102 A BR(S) dark green Enamel Doorplate "WAITING ROOM", (f/f), excellent colour and shine and with "Mead Mclean" marking on back in red, rim chips to corners well matched. - Sold for £150

Lot 103 A Diesel Locomotive Worksplate "BRUSH SULZER, No 472 1963", from a BR Class 47 D1710/47121 which entered traffic at Old Oak Common in January 1964 and was unofficially name "POCHARD" with painted names at Tinsley in December 1989. Proper cast nameplates were fitted at Old Oak Common in February 1994. It was stored at Old Oak Common from March 1995, withdrawn from there in September 1996 and cut up on site by MRJ Phillips of Llanelly the following April. Cast aluminium 9_"x5_", totally ex loco condition with some original paintwork. - Sold for £230

Lot 104 A Smokebox Numberplate, "31822", from a (South Eastern & Chatham Railway) N1 Class 2-6-0, the first of a Class of only six engines introduced in 1922, but not emerging from Ashford Works until March 1923 as SR No 822. The N1s were a development of the earlier N Class with three cylinders instead of two and the remaining five were not built until 1930. In BR days it was allocated to St Leonards, Hither Green, Tonbridge and finally Stewarts Lane from where it was withdrawn in November 1962. It was stored at Stewarts Lane until April 1964 and cut up at Kings, Norwich the following month. Ex loco condition. - Sold for £1100

Lot 105 A BR(M) maroon Totem Sign "CODNOR PARK & IRONVILLE", (f/f), from the Midland Railway Erewash Valley Main Line between Ilkeston Junction and Alfreton. The station closed on the 2nd January 1967. Excellent colour and shine with the usual edge chipping and one small chip on white rim, fractionally into the maroon at the top. - Sold for £1250

Lot 106 A Locomotive Worksplate "LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY, 69915, GATESHEAD WORKS 1909", from a North Eastern Railway Class X, LNER Class T1 4-8-0T actually built in February 1910, NER/LNER No 1356, renumbered 9915 in 1946, becoming BR 69915. One of a Class of 13 heavy shunters designed for working in the largest yards, it spent its early years at Tyne Dock, later moving to Hull (Dairycoates), Newport, York and finally Selby from where it was withdrawn in March 1959. It was cut up the same month at Darlington Works. Cleaned and the face repainted, a few knocks in the brasswork from service. - Sold for £660

Lot 107 An LMS double royal poster "LICHFIELD, Historic City of The Midlands, Birthplace of Dr Samuel Johnson", by Claude Buckle, an imposing view of the cathedral frontage with the coloured coat of arms of the town and company at the base, rolled, excellent condition but for the odd small nick in the white border.

Lot 108 A North Eastern Railway Signal Box Nameboard "SLEIGHTS", from the Whitby to Grosmont section of the routes to Pickering & Middlesbrough. Wood with cast letters, beading and moulding, 47"x10_", front repainted. - Sold for £220

Lot 109 A Southern Railway enamel Target Sign "LITTLEHAM", from the LSWR Sidmouth Junction to Exmouth branch line, a fine country station in its heyday though with development the village gradually became a suburb of Exmouth. Excellent colour and shine with just the usual edge chips and similar around three of the end screw holes, chips all filled and neatly matched. - Sold for £800

Lot 110 An SMJR Cast Iron Notice "MOTOR CAR ACTS, 1896 & 1903, NOTICE THIS BRIDGE IS INSUFFICIENT TO CARRY HEAVY MOTOR CAR...STRATFORD ON AVON, MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAYS, STRATFORD ON AVON", 16_"x11_", scalloped corners, unrestored with original paintwork. The title at the base originally read "EAST & WEST JUNCTION AND STRATFORD-ON-AVON, TOWCESTER & MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAYS", although the lengthy title was changed to "Stratford on Avon & Midland Junction Railway" in 1909, the company then chiselled off the redundant parts of the name from the signs, only one is known to have missed the company's attention. - Sold for £360

Lot 111 A Great Northern Railway Signal Box Telegraph Instrument, circular face with green background and moulded wood surround, in the centre a needle with the brass sounding bars. The instrument incorporates a writing slope, with the tapper handle below, excellent condition with brass frame at side to hold circuit card. - Sold for £220

Lot 112 An early Headlamp with makers plate "WYNCOTT & SON, LAMP MAKERS, BIRMINGHAM" & "1-14-1918", stamped below. The lamp has a large white bullseye lens with circular cowl & red & blue slides mounted inside the door. The vessel has a slide in burner with three copper wick holders mounted on a circular brass plate, overall good condition other than the addition of two new copper door hinges. - Sold for £320

Lot 113 A Set of "Hymek" Cabside Numbers "D7067" from a BR Class 35 built by Beyer Peacock in February 1963, Works No 7971, and allocated new to Cardiff Canton from where it was withdrawn in October 1971. It was cut up at BREL Swindon in August 1972. Cast aluminium 6" deep, each with BR "rail blue" paint in evidence on the back. - Sold for £290

Lot 114 A Wooden One Engine In Steam Train Staff with brass plate "CARLTON FIELDS TO GEDLING COLLIERY". This Staff was used in the latter days of the Gedling Colliery Branch in the east of Nottingham. The short line was from the Great Northern Leen Valley Jct to Colwick route via Daybrook. Staff working was introduced in 1960 after the Northern section closed, the Colliery line being served from Colwick. The body is square with a rounded handle 15" long, the plate is stamped brass, 5"x1_", woodwork worn from frequent use but a unique item. - Sold for £80

Lot 115 A Wagonplate "S.E.STEVENS, BUILDER, DONCASTER". Oval 10"x7" shaped to a point at each extremity, the letters "SES" in decorative style within central oval, generally unrestored though some red paint applied to the lettering long ago. - Sold for £210

Lot 116 An Early A.A. Enamel Road Sign "AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION, DULOE, DOBWALLS, 4_", LOOE, 3 _", London, 227 _", SAFETY FIRST", black/yellow, 30" diameter, areas of restoration expertly undertaken. Duloe is inland from Looe, roughly between Causeland & Sandplace, Dobwells is near Doublebois Station on the main line west of Liskeard. These examples were provided by the A.A. as in the early days of motoring, local Councils had no obligation to sign the roads. - Sold for £200

Lot 117 A GNR Signal Box Block Instrument with engraved brass plate "UP LINE" and "FROM WELLAND BRIDGE" and indicating "Train Entering/Line Clear/Line Blocked". The wooden pegging handle has a brass catch to the rear. Welland Bridge Box was situated near Spalding. - Sold for £280

Lot 118 A BR(S) light green Totem Sign, "PADDOCK WOOD", (f/f), ex SE&CR Ashford to Tonbridge route, once junction for the Hawkhurst branch, excellent colour and shine. - Sold for £420

Lot 119 A Steam Locomotive Nameplate, "MAID OF ASTOLAT", from the BR Standard Class 5 4-6-0 73089 built at Derby and allocated new to the Southern Region at Stewarts Lane in September 1955. In May 1958 it was transferred to the Western Section, first at Nine Elms and later at Eastleigh and Guildford from where it was withdrawn in September 1966. It was cut up a Cashmores, Newport the following June. In Arthurian legend, named after the daughter of Sir Bernard of Astolat and also known as Elaine, she died of unrequited love for Sir Launcelot after refusing both food and drink. Astolat is usually regarded as being Guildford in Surrey. An impressive plate 52_" long, it is exactly as removed from the engine at the end of Southern steam, never having been cleaned or polished. - Sold for £9200

Lot 120 A Single Line Key Token "CRIANLARICH-TYNDRUM UPPER", (brass), from the North British Railway's West Highland line, a steep climb through Strathfillan for northbound trains with the Callander & Oban Line in the valley below. - Sold for £100

Lot 121 A Locomotive Worksplate "LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY, 8691, DARLINGTON WORKS, 1914", from a North Eastern Railway Class E1/ LNER J72 Class, 0-6-0T, NER/LNER No 2174, renumbered 8691 in 1946, becoming BR 68691. A West Auckland engine all its BR days, it was withdrawn from there in December 1960 and cut up the following month at Darlington Works. Cast iron oval 9"x5", the front lightly cleaned and repainted black, the back untouched. - Sold for £210

Lot 122 A GWR Signal Box Nameboard "KINGS DOCK JCT SIGNAL BOX", from the Rhondda & Swansea Bay route from Swansea to Neath and Aberavon, Passenger services ceased in the 1930s with final closure of the East Dock-Kings Dock-Jersey Marine Section in 1967. 86" long, repainted cream on brown. - Sold for £400

Lot 123 A Southern Railway Enamel Target Sign, "ARDINGLY", from the LBSCR Haywards Heath to Horsted Keynes route which linked the Brighton Main Line with the East Grinstead to Uckfield route. The station and Line closed on the 28th of October 1963. Good colour and shine, a couple of minor chips and the usual edge chips all painted in. A photograph of the station accompanies this lot. - Sold for £1100

Lot 124 A small BR(W) Carriage Roof Board "PORTISHEAD/BRISTOL (TEMPLE MEADS)", used on the local branch trains running down the Avon Gorge and under Brunel's Clifton Suspension Bridge. Passenger services ceased on the 7th September 1964; freight continued until 1983 (when the line was mothballed) although this has recently resumed on much of the route. Good original condition, 32"x3_", with just a little chipping at top in one place. - Sold for £100

Lot 125 A North Eastern Railway Wooden cased Semaphore Signal Repeater with ivorine plate "10, DOWN RECEPTION LINE TO PENRITH", the home arm on a steel post with brass finial, indicates "On/Out of Order/Off". Good original condition. The instrument comes from a box on the Eden Valley section off the Darlington-Penrith route which closed in 1962. - Sold for £260

Lot 126 A Derwent Valley Light Railway Crossing Gate Lamp, with steel body, bullseye lens to each side and triple piecrust top with handle above, a brass makers plate on the side reads "McKenzie and Holland, Railway Signal Engineers Worcester". Overall 23" high including square base mount, unrestored original condition. The Derwent Valley Light Railway ran from York (Layerthorpe) to Cliff Common (on the NER Selby to Driffield route). The line closed in 1926, although freight continued for many years. - Sold for £80

Lot 127 A BR(Sc) light blue Enamel Doorplate "TICKETS", good colour and shine, edge chips, also one larger area by lower right screw hole, filled and well matched. - Sold for £80

Lot 128 A Carriage Print "LEISTON ABBEY, SUFFOLK, from a water colour by F.W.Baldwin", a view of the part ruined landmark among trees and fields, original carriage compartment frame. - Sold for £50

Lot 129 A Shedplate "67 C", (Ayr, 1949-66), the front repainted, the back in original condition. - Sold for £150

Lot 130 A BR(M) maroon Totem Sign "FLEETWOOD", (f/f), the terminus of the short L&Y & LNW joint line from Blackpool which closed to passengers on the 18th April 1966. Good colour and shine with just a couple of minor chips matched in on maroon and a tiny chip on white line. - Sold for £1050

Lot 131 A Great Western Railway Single Line Key Token "MOAT LANE JUNC WEST-CAERSWS", (cast steel with metal plate), a section on the Cambrian Railways Newtown to Machynlleth route. Moat Lane closed to passengers on 31st December 1962 together with services on the route south to Brecon. - Sold for £160

Lot 132 A North Eastern Railway Enamel Doorplate "BOOKING OFFICE AND WAITING ROOM", cream lettering and border on reddish brown. One of the larger pattern plates with angled corners 20"x8", good colour & shine, one face chip on top of "R" of the word room, a chip at left corner. - Sold for £110

Lot 133 A Wagonplate "FESTINIOG RAILWAY, 122", from one of the company's narrow gauge slate wagons, 9_"x7_" oval, with bevelled edge, repainted, the back well pitted. - Sold for £140

Lot 134 A locomotive Worksplate "CHAPMAN & FURNEAUX No 1179, SUCCESSORS TO BLACK HAWTHORN & Co LIMITED, 1899, GATESHEAD-ON-TYNE", from a 0-4-0ST O/C which was ex works on 10 February 1899 and went new to Head Wrightson & Co Ltd, Eaglescliffe Foundry, Stockton-on-Tees where it was named "Eaglescliffe No 1". It later moved to Head Wrightson's Teesdale Iron Works, Thornaby and was renamed "Teesdale No 4". Disposal details unknown. Brass oval 11_"x8", the front lightly polished and the background repainted, the back in totally original condition. - Sold for £1600

Lot 135 A Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Railway Cast Iron Gate Notice, "PENALTY FOR LEAVING OPEN, FORTY SHILLINGS", 16"x2_" in original condition. The sign was found on a broken gate in Gordono Woods on the route of the line quite recently on the opposite side of the line to the similar plate in our last auction (this has different wording). A rare survivor from one of the "Colonel Stevens" lines. - Sold for £150

Lot 136 A North Eastern Railway Signalbox Nameboard "MILL LANE" from a box situated south of Pickering on the route to Rillington Junction and Malton and junction for the line to Helmsley and Gilling which closed in 1953, the Malton route surviving until 1966. BR(NE) tangerine showing through in places. - Sold for £240

Lot 137 An Enamel Trespass Notice "PUBLIC WARNING BY THE MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY OF IRELAND COMPANY .... (refers to Persons Trespassing on their Railway & Persons Allowing their cattle & other Animals To Trespass Thereon & To The MGWR Railway Act)...By Order May 1909", black on white 123/8"x18", one chip repair affecting the last three letters of the word "Ireland" and minor edge chips, otherwise excellent. - Sold for £140

Lot 138 A Road Warning Sign "SLOW, MAJOR ROAD AHEAD", with the crossroads symbol which is complete with its reflectors, 14"x22_", the front repainted, the back untouched. - Sold for £150

Lot 139 A North Eastern Railway Signal Box Block Bell with prominently engraved ivorine plate "GOOLE BRIDGE" and a small brass bell on top. The front of the case by the tapper lifts vertically. Excellent condition. The plate refers to the Swing Bridge over the River Humber east of Goole on the Doncaster-Hull route; the box was situated on the top of the bridge. - Sold for £110

Lot 140 A Ceylon Government Railway Solid Silver Cap Badge "CGR, STATION MASTER", with palm leaf surround & surmounted with a crown, 21/8"x2_", excellent condition with the "Birmingham 1915" Hallmark on the back between the fixing pins, an impressive design. - Sold for £160

Lot 141 A Cast Iron Notice "GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY Co (I), Hereby Give Public Warning To All Persons Not To Trespass Upon The Railway, Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted", 22_"x11_", front repainted black on yellow. - Sold for £120

Lot 142 A Smokebox Numberplate "45635", from the LMS Class 5XP (later 6P and 7P) "Jubilee" 4-6-0 "TOBAGO" built at Crewe in 1934, LMS No 5635. A long time Newton Heath engine up to 1963, it finished its working life at Carlisle Kingmoor from where it was withdrawn in September 1964. After four months in store at Kingmoor, it was cut up the following January at West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co, Troon. Superb ex loco condition. - Sold for £2550

Lot 143 A BR(S) light green Totem Sign "HOVE", (f/f), from the LBSCR station just outside Brighton on the coastal route to Portsmouth Excellent colour and shine, one small chip repair at base on the edge of the green. - Sold for £700

Lot 144 An LNER Silver Plated Tea Pot, overall 5" high with curved spout and company initials on side in script lettering, excellent condition with just a little wear to the plating on the lid. - Sold for £90

Lot 145 A GWR Post Grouping Cast Iron Doorplate "PORTERS", unrestored with original chocolate and cream paintwork, 17_"x3_". - Sold for £190

Lot 146 A Carriage Print "FLATFORD MILL (Near Manningtree) SUFFOLK, from a water colour by Kenneth Steel, R.B.A, S.G.A", a view of the picturesque buildings with the River Stour in the foreground. - Sold for £80

Lot 147 A Tyers No 6 Single Line Tablet "TIPTON-SIDMOUTH", (brass/steel), Ex LSWR Sidmouth Junction-Sidmouth branch, which closed on 6th March 1967; the section included a steep climb to Harpford Summit in both directions. - Sold for £1250

Lot 148 A Locomotive Worksplate "No 2038, DONCASTER, 1948", from the (LNER) Peppercorn A1 Class 4-6-2 No 60121 "SILURIAN" built in December 1948 and named in May 1950. It went new to York and remained there all its working life until withdrawn in October 1965. After two months in store at York, it was cut up at Wards, Killamarsh in the December. Silurian the racehorse was owned by Lord Derby and won the Doncaster Cup in 1923. Engraved brass oval, 13_"x7_", the face polished, the back untouched. - Sold for £2000

Lot 149 A Cast Iron Notice "GREAT CENTRAL RY, NO ROAD, TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED, BY ORDER", 21"x12" with scalloped corners, the front has been repainted white on maroon; the back is in original condition. This is one of the company's "Private Road" signs not to be confused with the more common Trespass Notice. - Sold for £160

Lot 150 A Southern Railway enamel Target sign "GRAVESEND CENTRAL", from the SECR North Kent Main line, excellent colour and shine with three small edge chips well matched in, as good condition as they come. - Sold for £260

Lot 151 A BR(W) double royal poster "WORCESTERSHIRE, TRAVEL BY TRAIN", by L.A.Wilcox, a panoramic view of the Vale of Evesham with the Malvern Hills beyond and half timbered cottages in the foreground. - Sold for £260

Lot 152 A GWR Cast Iron Cabside Numberplate "6117", from a GWR 6100 Class 2-6-2T built at Swindon in September 1931 and allocated new to Slough. It had moved to Old Oak Common by the end of its GWR days and was later at Reading, Slough and finally Southall from where it was withdrawn in September 1965. It was cut up three months later at Birds, Bridgend. Superb ex loco condition with original paintwork and lining. - Sold for £1000

Lot 153 A BR(M) maroon enamel Station Direction Sign, "BRITISH RAILWAYS (in totem) PICCADILLY STATION (right-hand feathered arrow)", 28"x13", excellent colour and shine, chip lower right edge and damage left corner, all well away from lettering. Manchester Piccadilly had no totems and the street direction sign is the only example with the station's name. It was known as Manchester London Road until 12th September 1960 and renamed with the introduction of the new electric service; as with many other stations, newer style BR signage was used. - Sold for £650

Lot 154 A North British Railway Platform Wall Lamp, from Harker Station at the Southern end of the Waverley route. The graduated square top requires re-fixing and bears a brass plate "N.B.R" on one side, on the other "R.C.Murrey & Co CARLTON COURT, BRIDGE STREET GLASGOW". The lamp is glazed three sides and complete with its copper gas feed and large glass mantle cover and is repainted black. - Sold for £100

Lot 155 A BR(S) dark green Totem Sign "SALISBURY", (h/f) from the LSWR principal station on the Waterloo to Exeter Main Line. Excellent colour and shine with just the usual edge chipping on the white border. - Sold for £1800

Lot 156 A small London & North Western Railway Handlamp, with brass plate on top "WOLVERTON", three aspect (edge of red broken off), complete with LMS vessel and burner and bullseye lens, the surround of which extends out beyond the lens. A little wasting at one side of base, otherwise fine. - Sold for £80

Lot 157 A Diesel Locomotive Nameplate "ISIS", an unofficial name applied in GWR style to the Reading based BR Class 08 diesel shunter No 08946. The nameplates were fitted in about November 1993 as a local initiative by staff at Reading depot below the cabside windows and were returned to them after removal. The engine was built by BR Darlington in September 1962 as D4176 and was allocated to Reading between 1973 and 1994. Cast aluminium, 25_"x8_" in ex loco condition although paint chips around screw holes touched in after removal, the back untouched with some oxidation and rust from loco body. - Sold for £320

Lot 158 A Webb & Thompson Large Train Staff "ABBEYDORNEY-LISTOWEL" from the Limerick to Tralee section of the Waterford, Limerick & Western Railway. Listowel was the junction for the famous line to Ballybunion with its "Lartique" elevated rail system. The staff is of tubular steel with brass rings and cast brass nameplate; a key is attached at the end for the sidings at Lixnaw Station. - Sold for £180

Lot 159 A Midland Railway Hotels Pictorial Advertising Sign, featuring a view of The Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras with the busy street filled with horse drawn buses & cabs. 15_"x19_", some edge chips and a couple of small face chips, a superb & detailed image which originally formed part of a Hotels display and was flanked on the right by The Queens, Leeds & Midland Bradford Hotels (which is included in this lot, 41"x19_", with face chips) and on the left Midland, Manchester & Adelphi, Liverpool Hotels. At the top there would have been a blue on yellow plate "England's Leading Business Hotels", at the base "Famous For Good Cooking, Moderate Charges, Home Comforts, Midland Railway, William Towle, Manager", (this is also included in this lot 96"x15", some discolouration). (3) - Sold for £720

Lot 160 A Great Western Railway ornamental Lions Head. Cast iron incorporating shield shaped backplate, these decorations were fitted to the edges of the platform canopy at several Brunel design stations and date from the 1845-1856 period. Stations known to have been so adorned were Aynho, Heyford, Kidlington, Clynderwen, Grange Court, Mutley and Salisbury (GWR). Overall 15"x17", the front repainted gold with black background, back untouched. The lot is accompanied by a photograph of the "Lion" in situ at Kidlington. - Sold for £1120

Lot 161 An LNER Locomotive Whistle, from a J37 Class, complete with its bell base and circular brass fixing plate with the angled valve and handle at side. Ex loco condition with a little wasting at lower edge of top "bell".

Lot 162 A Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Cast Iron Notice, "S&DJR, NOTICE, THESE BUCKETS MUST BE KEPT FULL OF WATER AND USED ONLY IN CASE OF FIRE, ANY INFRINGEMENT OF THIS ORDER WILL BE SEVERELY DEALT WITH, BY ORDER", overall 15_"x9_" with scalloped corners, the front repainted although multiple layers of paint have been exposed where chipped, the back untouched. - Sold for £250

Lot 163 A GWR Brass Signal Box Shelf Plate "RUMNEY BRIDGE Jc UP AVOIDING LINE", attractive hand cut lettering, 4_"x1_", a lovely long South Wales name. - Sold for £310

Lot 164 A BR(Sc) light blue Enamel Sign "TICKETS, ENQUIRIES, SEAT & SLEEPING BERTH RESERVATIONS" (with left pointing feathered arrow), (f/f), 72"x24", excellent colour & shine, three minor face chips and one in corner, the usual rim chips. The sign is from Glasgow Central Station. - Sold for £160

Lot 165 A North Eastern Railway Enamel Doorplate "LADIES ROOM", cream lettering and thick border on reddish brown, one of the larger rectangular plates, 20"x8", with excellent colour and shine and very minor chips at lower corner screw holes and the odd blemish. - Sold for £60

Lot 166 A North Eastern Railway 10" Dial Wall Clock, with mahogany case, fusee movement and spun brass bezel, the dial has been restored and is marked "NER, 1133" as is the backplate. The clock has two doors, one at the base with lock but no keep and one to the right side and retains its original brass wall fittings. Complete with pendulum and key and in working order. - Sold for £950

Lot 167 A Tyers No 6 Single Line Tablet "STANHOPE JN-BROADWOOD JN", (brass/steel), from the North Eastern Railway Wear Valley Line, from Darlington to Wearhead. The route closed to Passengers on 29th June 1953, regular freight survived until the mid 1960s after which only Cement Traffic to Eastgate continued. Broadwood was junction for the branch to Bishopley Quarry which closed in 1928. - Sold for £1000

Lot 168 A Small Sykes Lock & Block Indicator, the face marked "FAST LINE, TRACK", with indicator "OCCUPIED/CLEAR", all within circular brass surround with bevelled glass. The case is 11"x6" and 5_" deep, much smaller than the usual Sykes Instruments used by the SR constituent companies. Good original condition, crazing to painted face and minor loss in places. - Sold for £270

Lot 169 A BR(W) chocolate and cream Totem Sign "PAR", (h/f), the junction for Newquay branch, situated on the Great Western's Cornish Main Line west of Bodmin Road. Fair colour though some loss of shine. - Sold for £700

Lot 170 A Locomotive Worksplate "THE DREWRY CAR CO LTD, CITY WALL HOUSE, LONDON, EC2, LOCO No 2701, 204 HP, 1960, ASSOCIATED WITH ROBERT STEPHENSON & HAWTHORNS LTD, DARLINGTON", from a BR Class O4 0-6-0DM D2320 which was allocated new to Darlington in March 1961 and was withdrawn from Thornaby in February 1968 after a working life of less than seven years. It was cut up at CF Booth, Rotherham in March 1969. Brass oval 8"x5", unpainted with front in original unpolished condition, back cleaned. - Sold for £150

Lot 171 A Carriage Print "TINTAGEL-NORTH CORNWALL", by Donald Maxwell, a view of Tintagel Castle on the coast near Camelford, forever associated with Arthurian legend. - Sold for £140

Lot 172 A Set of four LMS Dining Car Coffee Cups, on the side "Coronation of Edward VIII May 12th 1937" with a portrait of the heir to the throne, the rims decorated in blue, the base marked "Jan 1936". As Edward abdicated, the event commemorated never took place and these examples were hastily withdrawn from use. All excellent condition. (4+4) - Sold for £170

Lot 173 A GWR large brass cased "Goliath" 8 Day Watch, the face with decorative Arabic numerals and "GWR" engraved in gilt filled scroll lettering and with second hand. The back of the case is engraved "GWR, 1942" and at the base "For Regulating Open here". The brass bezel is marked "Winding Patent" with an arrow and appears to revolve. A conventional winder is also provided on the side. An unusual timepiece in working order, although the secondary mechanism (Patented) may require attention. - Sold for £520

Lot 174 A Road Warning Sign "NARROW BRIDGE", the two converging lines complete with reflectors. 12"x21", the front repainted the back with original green paint. - Sold for £170

Lot 175 A Cast Iron Notice "GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY WAGON DEPT-YARD SHUNTING CAUTION, Men Working On The Roads Will Be Warned By The Shunter Before Shunting Is Done On The Road Where They Are At Work. They Must Then Stop Work On That Road Until He Informs Them That The Shunting is Over And That He Has Placed A Stop Board at The End Of The Road, By Order". Unrestored condition with original red paintwork, 27"x20_". A most unusual example which we don't recall seeing before. - Sold for £620

Lot 176 A Shedplate "60A", (Inverness, 1949-1962), the front probably repainted long ago. - Sold for £120

Lot 177 A BR(M) maroon Enamel Sign "TICKETS AND ENQUIRIES", (f/f), one chip repair at left near edge, level with word "and", 1_"x1", filled & matched, a couple of scratches though excellent colour and shine; an unusually small sign for such wording. - Sold for £200

Lot 178 A Tyers No 6 Single Line Tablet "BOLSOVER-GLAPWELL", (brass) from the Midland Railway Staveley to Mansfield line, the route South of Glapwell closed entirely on the 28th July 1930, Glapwell in 1959 with the nearby Colliery branch lasting until 1968. - Sold for £230

Lot 179 A Great Western Railway Tenderplate "G.W.R 2235, 3500 GALLONS, SWINDON", from one of a batch of standard Churchward tenders built between May 1922 and March 1923 mainly for engines under construction at the time including "Star" Class 4-6-0 and 4300 Class 2-6-0. 8_"x6", the front repainted, back primered. - Sold for £140

Lot 180 A BR(NE) tangerine Enamel Doorplate "PRIVATE", (f/f), with black edged lettering, three tiny chips on the white matched in, excellent colour and shine. - Sold for £240

Lot 181 A Locomotive Nameplate, "WESTERN VISCOUNT" and it matching numberplate "D1045" from the BR Class 52 built by BR Crewe in November 1962, named immediately and allocated new to Cardiff Canton. It was withdrawn from Laira in December 1974 and cut up at BREL Swindon the following August. The nameplate measures 93"x8", the numberplate 34"x10", both are in excellent ex loco condition with no damaged or replaced letters or beading and with plenty of original BR blue paint around the edges. The BR Collectors Corner receipt accompanies the plates. - Sold for £9500

Lot 182 A Tyers No 6 Single Line Tablet Instrument. Cast iron body with green paintwork, polished wooden side panels and veneered dome, excellent condition and complete with its Tyers engraved brass makers plate on the front. - Sold for £500

Lot 183 A BR(W) chocolate and cream Totem Sign "NEWPORT HIGH STREET", (h/f), one of the Great Western Railway's principal main line stations in South Wales, excellent colour and shine with just the usual edge chipping. - Sold for £620

Lot 184 A Locomotive Worksplate "LMS BUILT 1937", CREWE". Engines built that year were "Princess Coronation" Class 4-6-2 (4)6220-4, Class 3 2-6-2T (40)185-95, Class 4F 0-6-0 (4)4562-76 and Class 8F 2-8-0 (4)8015-26. Cast brass oval 103/8"x6", the front repainted black, the back just lightly cleaned and stamped "44566". - Sold for £300

Lot 185 A Smokebox Numberplate "48395" from LMS Class 7F (later 8F) 2-8-0 No 8395 built at Horwich in 1945 and allocated to Normanton. It later moved to Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Toton, Kirkby again and finally Edge Hill from where it was withdrawn in September 1967. After five months in store at Edge Hill, it was cut up at Buttigiegs, Newport in March 1968. Lovely ex loco condition with original paintwork. - Sold for £420

Lot 186 A Shedplate "30E", (Colchester, 1949-1959), ex loco condition with plenty of soot and grime in evidence. - Sold for £230

Lot 187 A GWR Single Line Key Token "HORSEHAY SIGNAL BOX-LIGHTMOOR JC SIGNAL BOX", (steel/cast brass plates) ex Buildwas-Wellington route. Passenger services were withdrawn on 23rd July 1962 and the route north of Horsehay completely closed on the 6th July 1964. The section on which this token was used survived until 1981. - Sold for £230

Lot 188 A Cast Iron Notice "LONDON & SOUTH WESTERN & MIDLAND COMPANIES, SOMERSET & DORSET JOINT LINE,.....(Occupation Crossing).., Godfrey Knight & William Clover, Joint Secretaries", refers to the passage of Traction Engines and other road engines, 26"x19", original paintwork, although the sign has a crack. - Sold for £320

Lot 189 A North Eastern Railway Combined Semaphore Signal Repeater and Lamp Indicator with small distant arm at top and "On/Wrong/Off" positions, the arm repainted yellow below a suspended needle indicating "In/Out", the needle mounting engraved "Light", a brass plate at the top of the case "Down Distant" and below a circular brass plate "Tyer & Co Ltd London". Overall 4_"x8_", depth 4". - Sold for £340

Lot 190 A BR(Sc) light blue Enamel Doorplate "WAITING ROOM", overall excellent condition with minor rim chips and the odd surface mark. - Sold for £210

Lot 191 A Smokebox Numberplate "73041" from a BR Standard Class 5 4-6-0 built at Derby in 1953 and allocated new to Chester Midland and then to Holyhead. In 1958 it was transferred to the Southern Region, first at Stewarts Lane, later Nine Elms, Weymouth, Eastleigh and finally Guildford from where it was withdrawn in July 1965. After periods in store at Guildford and Eastleigh sheds, it cut up by Cohens on site at Eastleigh shed in December 1965. Broken and welded between third and fourth number, the front repainted and back cleaned. The plate is accompanied by a photo of the engine. - Sold for £420

Lot 192 A Locomotive Worksplate "BUILT 1953, DERBY", from BR Standard Class 5 4-6-0 73041. Oval cast iron 105/8"x6", the front repainted, the back very lightly cleaned. (See previous lot for engine history). - Sold for £50

Lot 193 An L.S.W.R. Directors Pass, silver/blue enamel, featuring the company's coat of arms on one side, on the other a shield engraved "Earl of Selbourne, KG, Free Pass", the circular enamel edge reads "London & South Western Railway & Steam Packets", 1" diameter with ring at top, a little wear to enamel at edge from use. - Sold for £260

Lot 194 A North Eastern Railway Signal Box Nameboard "MARSKE", ex Darlington-Saltburn route, the station situated between Redcar East & Saltburn West Junction (for the Whitby Coast route). Cast letters on wood with beading, 45"x11_", original paintwork. - Sold for £140

Lot 195 A Locomotive Worksplate "ROBERT STEPHENSON & Co Ltd No 3895, DARLINGTON 1925", from a Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Class 7F 2-8-0, S&D No 89, LMS 9679 and later 13809, becoming BR 53809. The whole of the Class was allocated to Bath Green Park and these superb engines were the chief motive power for through passenger trains on the S&D for many years. No 53809 was withdrawn in June 1964 and, after eleven years at Barry Docks, was rescued for preservation at The Midland Railway Centre, Butterley. Engraved brass hexagon, 11_"x5_", the front just lightly polished, the back and rim untouched with a few edge knocks from its time on the engine. - Sold for £1900

Lot 196 A "Darlington Transport" enamel bus numberplate "242", with multicoloured coat of arms featuring "Locomotion No 1", overall 5"x8" with chips at corner screw holes repainted, otherwise excellent, also a circular enamel Drivers number badge "56" with similar though black and white coat of arms, 3_" diameter, with leather strap at top. (2) - Sold for £50

Lot 197 A Great Central Railway Bridgeplate "G.C.R, 523", "target" shape, 14"x12", the front repainted. Bridge 523 was situated near Brackley Central on the company's London Extension, the numbering being from north to south. - Sold for £100

Lot 198 A North Staffordshire Railway Tyers Block Instrument and Bell mounted on the original backboard. The instrument 20" high indicates "Line Blocked/Line Clear/Train On Line" for both Up and Down lines by means of a suspended needle, with these descriptions repeated in a glazed aperture below, the commutator has a central plunger with a further plunger to the left, with a safety catch plate inscribed "Blocked Back". The bell is mounted sideways above the instrument. Backboard 32_"x15" retaining its edge beading, fine original condition. - Sold for £800

Lot 199 A Cast Iron Notice "TAFF VALE RAILWAY, NOTICE, NO PUBLIC ROAD OVER THIS CROSSING, TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED". Excellent original condition, 21"x12_", an uncommon example, relative to the usual double sided Trespass sign. - Sold for £500

Lot 200 An early One Engine In Steam Train Staff, "CRIGGION LOOPS & CRIGGION STATION", from the Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway branch from Kinnerley, which was originally opened by the Potteries Shrewsbury & North Wales Railway in 1866, closed in 1880 and reopened by the S&MR in 1912, passenger services ceased in 1933 with the line latterly passing to The War Department. The whole system closed in 1960. A wooden staff with a metal cap at the right end with key attached, the inscription on a stamped brass plate in the centre. Good original condition, well used with lots of character. - Sold for £780

Lot 201 A Great Western Railway Ground Frame Notice "PORTHCAWL No 1 GROUND FRAME", cast iron 16_"x4_", angled at 45 degrees with "feet" at each end. The Porthcawl branch left the South Wales Main Line at Pyle, west of Bridgend. Passenger services were withdrawn on the 9th September 1963, with freight traffic lasting until 1965. - Sold for £360

Lot 202 An LNER Cast Iron Seatback Plate "SIGGLESTHORNE", from the North Eastern Railway Hull-Hornsea branch. Passenger services were withdrawn on 19th October 1964, though some freight traffic continued until the 3rd May 1965. The plate is 40" long and in unrestored condition as removed from the seat.

Lot 203 A GWR Brass Signal Box Shelf Plate "KNOWLE & DORRIDGE MAIN LINE", 4_"x1_". The box was on the Banbury-Birmingham Snow Hill Main Line between Warwick and Solihull. - Sold for £150

Lot 204 A Shedplate "88B", (Cardiff East Dock, 1949-1958, Radyr 1960-1965), the front repainted long ago. - Sold for £130

Lot 205 A Locomotive Worksplate "Sir WG Armstrong Whitworth & Co (Engineers) Ltd Scotswood Works Newcastle-on-Tyne No 1225 1935" from a LMS Class 5 4-6-0 No 5184, BR 45184 which finished its LMS days at Carlisle Upperby, later moving to Dalry Road, Holyhead, Upperby again, Patricroft, Bletchley, Rugby, Holyhead again, Rugby again and finally Chester from where it was withdrawn in September 1965. After a couple of months in store at Chester, it was cut up at Wards, Beighton, Sheffield in January 1966. Rectangular brass, 8_"x5", the bolt holes all intact. The plate has been lightly cleaned with the characters polished and displays the usual knocks and wear from its day on the loco. - Sold for £130

Lot 206 A Small LMS Handbell, cast brass with turned wooden handle, 10" high, base 5" diameter, the company initials stamped on top just below the handle. The bell is complete with its steel clapper. - Sold for £65

Lot 207 A Road Warning Sign "CATTLE", cast aluminium 12"x21", featuring a picture of a cow, the front repainted long ago. - Sold for £200

Lot 208 An early C.I.E Carriage Roof Board, "BAILE ATA CLAIG-LUIMNEAC" (Dublin-Limerick), the lettering in decorative Gaelic script. Cast aluminium 45_"x5", the front background repainted red, the back with its two brackets untouched. - Sold for £280

Lot 209 A Locomotive Worksplate, "THE HUNSLET ENGINE Co Ltd, LEEDS, No 3886, REBUILT 1963", with an additional rectangular plate riveted beneath the word "Leeds" which reads "AUSTERITY LOCOMOTIVE BUILT FOR THE 2ND WORLD WAR ORIGINALLY DATED 1943, HUNSLET ENGINE Co No 2897", from a War Department 0-6-0ST, WD No 75048, which went new to Longtown, Cumberland in December 1943 and moved to Cairnryan near Stranraer in 1947. It was renumbered 123 in 1952, went to Hunslet for overhaul in April 1953, back to Cairnryan, then used and placed in store at MOD Bicester in June 1958. It was sold to Hunslet in October 1962 and rebuilt by them before going to Glasshoughton Coking Plant where it became "Coal Products No 7". Out of use by September 1971, it was cut up by TW Ward in November 1974. Brass oval 11_"x8_" in ex loco condition. - Sold for £440

Lot 210 A BR(NE) tangerine enamel Doorplate "TICKETS", (f/f) with black edged lettering, excellent colour and shine with edge chips to top and rim and chips at base. - Sold for £240

Lot 211 A Carriage Print "WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA, NORFOLK, from a water colour by J.Fletcher-Watson". A lovely view of the riverside buildings with boats pulled up on the banks and a couple of railway wagons in a siding at the end of the Wells Harbour branch. - Sold for £210

Lot 212 A Smokebox Numberplate "41291", from a (LMS) Class 2P (later Class 2) 2-6-2T built at Crewe for the Southern Region and allocated new to Eastbourne in September 1951. It later moved to Stewarts Lane, then to Exmouth Junction and finally Templecombe where it worked on the Somerset & Dorset Joint Line until withdrawn in February 1966. It was cut up two months later at Cohens, Morriston, Swansea. Background repainted long ago, numbers with original white paintwork. - Sold for £700

Lot 213 A Locomotive Worksplate, "LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY Co, No 1564, DONCASTER 1923", from arguably the most famous locomotive of them all "FLYING SCOTSMAN", built by the LNER in February 1923 as an A1 Class 4-6-2 and rebuilt as an A3 in January 1947. It was fitted with a double chimney in January 1959 and German smoke deflectors in December 1961. Always a Southern Area engine, it started life at Doncaster then moved to Kings Cross, back to Doncaster, New England, Gorton, further spells at Kings Cross, New England and Doncaster, then a period in the early 1950s on the GC at Leicester and finally alternated between Grantham and Kings Cross from where it was withdrawn in January 1963. The rest, as they say, is history. 13_"x75/8", in ex loco condition with all the usual marks on the back and numbers 103 and 4472 stamped in several places. - Sold for £16000

Lot 214 A LOCOMOTIVE WHISTLE from the LNER A1, later A3, Class 4-6-2 "LADAS" built by North British Locomotive Co in August 1924, Works No 23104, LNER No 2566, renumbered 67 in 1946, becoming BR 60067. It spent all its early years in Scotland, moving south of the border in 1950 after which it had spells at most of the Southern Area sheds. It was withdrawn from Kings Cross in October 1962 and cut up the same month at Doncaster Works. The whistle is accompanied by its original BR receipt, its Doncaster Works tag "60067" and a copy of the entry in the Doncaster sales ledger (available for viewing at the cash desk). The short domed whistle is complete with base, fixing bracket, spring operated lever and part of the rodding which connected it to the footplate. Excellent original condition & accompanied by its BR receipt. - Sold for £400

Lot 215 A BR(M) maroon Totem Sign "TODMORDEN", (h/f), from the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Station on the Halifax-Manchester route between Hebden Bridge and Littleborough and Junction for the steeply graded route to Rose Grove (Burnley). Excellent colour and shine with the usual edge chips, just into the white border in places. - Sold for £850

Lot 216 A Pocket watch "GWR, 0.2161", the enamel face in fine condition and complete with second hand, working order. - Sold for £120

Lot 217 A Tyers No 6 Single Line Tablet "BURNHOUSE JUNC - COUNDON STATION", (brass/steel). Burnhouse was between Spennymoor and Crook on the line from Hartlepool to Consett/Crawley (Stanhope), Coundon on the Southerly route to Bishop Auckland. The route closed in 1966, although Coundon Station closed on 4th December 1939. A lovely weighting tablet with prominent lettering, the other examples being fibre (the other weighting tablet for this section was sold in our last auction). - Sold for £980

Lot 218 A London & North Western Railway Fletchers Double Line Block Instrument, with ivorine plate "GAYTON", a box on the West Coast Main Line between Blisworth and Weedon where goods loops were provided. The instrument lacks its glass and has one small area of damage on the face, otherwise fine ex box condition. It was in use at Banbury Lane Crossing, the next box north of Gayton. - Sold for £120

Lot 219 A locomotive Worksplate "ANDREW BARCLAY SONS & CO, LIMITED, KILMARNOCK, CALEDONIA WORKS No 1026, 1904", from a standard gauge 0-4-2T O/C supplied new to Lancashire County Council for working on the private line serving Whittingham Asylum, later known as Whittingham Mental Hospital, seven miles from Preston. It was their No 2 and spent all its working life there until cut up on site by TW Ward in January 1953. The plate is accompanied by a copy of an article on the Hospital line which mentions this engine and includes a picture of it. Cast brass oval, 16_"x11_", unrestored but paint cleaned from front, traces of maroon visible in places. - Sold for £300

Lot 220 A Large LB&SCR mounted coat of arms transfer, on brown background within frame, a colourful example with the full company name in scroll at base, overall 24"x21". - Sold for £80

Lot 221 An Industrial Locomotive Nameplate "HUDSON", from an 0-6-0ST built by Avonside in 1915, Works No 1724 which went new to the Port of Bristol Authority where it was numbered S1 and named. It was scrapped in about 1964. The plate is cast brass 26_"x5_" with scalloped corners and attractive serif lettering. The background repainted red, otherwise untouched. A Railway magazine article about the Port of Bristol system accompanies the lot. - Sold for £1200

Lot 222 A GWR Registration Plate "REGISTERED BY THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY Co, No 138, 1927" from "HUDSON". The plate authorised the engine to use GWR and later BR metals on the Avonmouth to Severn Beach Line in the vicinity of Avonmouth Docks. Cast iron oval, 117/8"x6", the front repainted. [See previous Lot for engine details] - Sold for £250

Lot 223 A Tyers No 6 Single Line Tablet "PITTINGTON-SHERBURN NORTH", (fibre), from the North Eastern Railway Murton to Ferryhill route, a long section tablet used when Broomside Junction Box (controlling the Durham Elvet branch) was switched out, it has two additional circular holes. This section closed completely in 1960. A rare example which we have not seen before. - Sold for £330

Lot 224 A GWR Cast Iron Cabside Numberplate, "GWR 75" from a Rhymney Railway "A" Class 0-6-2T built by Robert Stephenson & Co, Works No 3396, in July 1910, RR No 119, and allocated to Cardiff Docks shed for freight work. It was rebuilt with a GWR Standard 10 taper boiler in February 1931 and, after Nationalisation, broke new ground for the Class by being sent to Wolverhampton Stafford Road for heavy repairs in February 1949. Although most ex RR engines spent their whole lives in the Cardiff and Valleys area, No 75 was allocated to Neath for many years being withdrawn from there in October 1953 and cut up at Swindon Works soon afterwards. Ex loco condition - Sold for £3600

Lot 225 A locomotive Nameplate "THE ALBRIGHTON" with its brass fox above from the LNER D49/2 "Hunt" Class 4-4-0 built at Darlington in July 1934, LNER No 205. It was renumbered 2751 in 1946, becoming BR 62751. A Scarborough engine all its BR days, it was withdrawn from there in March 1959 and cut up at Darlington Works the same month. The actual Hunt operated in the Stafford and Shifnal areas. The front repainted, the back completely original condition and clearly stamped "R205", (Right hand plate + LNER Loco Number), overall 37_" long. - Sold for £14000

Lot 226 A Great Western Railway Cartage Lamp with a large embossed oval brass plate on the front "LINLEY & Co, 1912, PATENTEES & MANUFACTURERS, LONDON & BIRMINGHAM". The square body has a curved top with handle, copper cone, bezel and back bracket. The copper vessel and brass burner are both clearly stamped with the company's initials, excellent original condition. - Sold for £90

Lot 227 A BR(W) chocolate & cream Totem Sign "NEWTOWN", (h/f), one the principal stations on the Cambrian Railways Shrewsbury-Machynlleth route, a little mottled though fair colour, one small face chip just into brown top centre, neatly matched. - Sold for £400

Lot 228 A Cast Iron Trespass Notice "GREAT CENTRAL & MIDLAND JOINT LINE....1899", Midland Railway pattern, 26_"x23", the front repainted, the back untouched. These signs were used on the Hayfield-New Mills (to Manchester) route. - Sold for £240

Lot 229 A Single Line Key Token "LAPFORD-EGGESFORD", (alloy), ex LSWR Exeter-Ilfracombe main line, one of the six intermediate sections between Copplestone & Umberleigh, the rest of the route being double track other than the short section between Barnstaple Jct and Pottington. - Sold for £90

Lot 230 A North Eastern Railway Signal Box Nameboard "LEVISHAM" from the Whitby and Pickering route which closed to passengers on 8th March 1965, though later reopened. Wood with cast letters, beading and moulding, 41_"x10_", repainted white with tangerine background. - Sold for £300

Lot 231 A Locomotive Worksplate "LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY, 69092, DARLINGTON WORKS 1902", from a North Eastern Railway Class U, LNER Class N10 0-6-2T, NER/LNER No 1683, renumbered 9092 in 1946, becoming BR 69092. In its early days it was allocated to Bowes Bridge, East Hartlepool, Waskerley; its later years were at Gateshead from where it was withdrawn in April 1959 and it was cut up the same month at Darlington Works. Cast brass oval 9"x5" with numbers on brass strip with the former number "9092" visible underneath and in lovely ex loco condition. - Sold for £350

Lot 232 A Southern Railway Framed Certificate "Training School Brighton, Session 1923-4, Awarded to C.Turner, For Examination in Operating and Single Line Block Working" featuring the company coat of arms, a Tank Loco and Signals and signed among others by H.A.Walker, General Manager, overall 14"x12" in contemporary frame. - Sold for £70

Lot 233 A Shedplate "26 F", (Lees 1948-55, Belle Vue 1955-56, Patricroft 1958-63), Ex loco condition with original paintwork. - Sold for £90

Lot 234 A Maryport & Carlisle Railway 14" dial long Case Wall Clock, the original face marked "J.TELFORD, MARYPORT". The clock has a spun brass bezel, fusee movement and "Sunburst" decoration at each side of the face, it retains it enamel numberplate "5665", overall 62_" high with angled base and shaped top to the door. It is complete with weight, key & brass faced pendulum, the wooden cane having been repaired. The clock is painted in accordance with railway tradition and originates from Aspatria Station which was destaffed on the 7th April 1969 with the introduction of the "Paytrain" Service. The clock was acquired shortly afterwards. - Sold for £900

Lot 235 A Southern Railway and French State Railways double royal poster "TRAVEL WHILE SLEEPING, LONDON-PARIS-(SOUTHAMPTON-LE HAVRE)", by Paul Martial, Paris. A striking presentation featuring a steamer in the moonlight and a cabin interior viewed through porthole, all superimposed on map. Red, green, blue, black, white with text around four edges in Sunshine lettering, "Regular Night Service, Direct Transfer From Train To Ship..... ". Excellent condition, rolled and laid down on linen. - Sold for £300

Lot 236 A Great Western Railway Brass Seal, "GWR, SIGNAL DEPARTMENT", engraved on brass head with an attractive polished wooden handle. The head 5/8" diameter, overall 3" high. - Sold for £120

Lot 237 A Glasgow & South Western Railway Tyers Semaphore Double Line Absolute Block Instrument, with trafolite plate "Kilmarnock No 3", above the mechanical commutator/plunger an indicator showing "Train On Line/Normal/Line Clear" with brass surround. The instrument is mounted on its original backboard with a block bell mounted horizontally above, overall an impressive 30_" high, excellent condition. - Sold for £1050

Lot 238 A Single Line Key Token "TAYNUILT-DALMALLY", (brass), from the Callander & Oban Line west of Crianlarich, a scenic section on the shores of Loch Awe and through the Pass of Brander. - Sold for £90

Lot 239 A Shedplate "51 A", (Darlington, 1949-1966). Ex loco condition. - Sold for £100

Lot 240 A Smokebox numberplate "42747" from a LMS Class 4 (later 5P/4F, 5P/5F, 6P/5F and 5) 2-6-0 "Crab" built at Crewe in 1927, original LMS No 13047, later 2747. It spent almost all its BR days at Willesden before moving late on to Birkenhead from where it was withdrawn in March 1963. It was cut up the following month at Horwich Works. The plate has been repainted. - Sold for £360

Lot 241 A Cast Iron notice "SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAYS & CANAL COMPANY, NOTICE, THIS BRIDGE IS INSUFFICIENT TO CARRY A TRACTION ENGINE OR ANY OTHER EXTRAORDINARY WEIGHT, BY ORDER", original paintwork, 29"x14".

Lot 242 An Enamel Advertising Sign, "NORTH BRITISH RAILWAYS COYS NEW HOTEL WAVERLEY STATION, EDINBURGH, NOW OPEN TELEGRAMS, BRITISH EDINBURGH", white on red with green shading to lettering ("new hotel" and "now open" in reverse colours), 60"x36", a number of face chips. - Sold for £180

Lot 243 A Locomotive Nameplate "PATRIOT", from the BR Class 87 electric built by BREL Crewe in July 1973, No 87003, and allocated new to Willesden. It was named in June 1978, a popular re-use of a famous steam name. In ex loco condition and a very manageable 33"x97/8". The official sales document accompanies the plate which is in superb ex loco condition. A unique opportunity as the other nameplate has been earmarked by the National Heritage Committee. - Sold for £4000

Lot 244 A Great North of Scotland Railway Silver Plated Fruit Basket, with the full company name and number "11" in an oval garter in the centre of the bowl, an ornate design with engraved leaf decoration and piercing below the ribbed rim, a hinged handle of similar pattern above, overall 11"x9" & 10" high including handle and oval base stand, excellent usable condition with prominent company markings. - Sold for £250

Lot 245 A BR(Sc) Light Blue Totem Sign, "ARMADALE", (h/f), from the NBR Bathgate to Airdrie route, the station closed on 9th January 1956. This is the only example known to have survived, being sold at auction many years ago. Excellent colour and shine with just a little surface marking. The station shares its name with the pier on the Isle of Skye served by ferries from Mallaig. An ideal name to finish off a West Highland Line collection. - Sold for £1000

Lot 246 An LNER Cast Iron Seatback Plate "PICKERING", from the North Eastern Railway Whitby-Malton route and Junction for the lines to Gilling and Seamer, 27_" long, the front repainted, the back roughly undercoated over original paintwork which is visible in places. - Sold for £250

Lot 247 A Shedplate "85 C", (Hereford, 1949-1960, Gloucester Barnwood, 1960-64). The front repainted, the back lightly cleaned. - Sold for £290

Lot 248 A Locomotive Worksplate "LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY, 7045, REBUILT STRATFORD WORKS 1924", from a Great Eastern Railway Class C72, LNER Class J68, 0-6-0T built at Stratford Works in July 1912 and rebuilt in January 1924, although the "rebuilding" seems to have comprised only the addition of a vacuum ejector. It was GER/LNER No 7045, was renumbered 8641 in 1946, becoming BR 68641. In BR days it was allocated to Norwich from where it was withdrawn in November 1959 and was cut up at Stratford Works three months later. Cast brass oval 9"x5", the front repainted the back untouched.

Lot 249 A Fingerboard "CREWE, STAFFORD, WOLVERHAMPTON & BIRMINGHAM", cream on maroon with brass fitting at end, 60"x6", some wear from use on one side, probably from Chester or Warrington. - Sold for £100

Lot 250 A Great Eastern Railway Tyers "Flap" Block Instrument, indicating "Train On Line" (red) and "Line Clear" (white), for up and down lines, a pair of brass plungers below with white glass knobs, sprung flaps, the smaller showing "Train On Line/Train Passed". The top of the case requires a little attention, it lacks the beading to hold glass at one side and a thin section of wood at the back, side joints require re-gluing, with a little work a fine instrument. - Sold for £290

Lot 251 A Great Western Railway Single Line Tablet Holder to accommodate a Tyers No 6 Tablet. Cast aluminium body, steel hoop & spring securing pin, "GWR" clearly cast into the back of the body. The company were not widespread users of the Tablets, favouring Webb & Thompson Staffs and later Key Tokens. - Sold for £230

Lot 252 A Great Western Railway 12" dial Trunk Clock, with company initials on the face, brass bezel, fusee movement, pendulum & key. A door to each side and curved door to base, on the left an ivorine plate "GWR 2787", excellent original condition, 27" high, originating from Newport. The vendor acquired this clock 25 years ago from a retired railwayman. It has never been offered for sale before. - Sold for £2600

Lot 253 A North Eastern enamel Doorplate "WAY IN", reddish brown lettering & thin border on cream, superb condition with just a few minor chips on the outer black edge. - Sold for £200

Lot 254 A North British Railway Three Aspect Handlamp with original vessel, screw in burner and reflector. The side stamped "1618.S.DUNFERMLINE LOWER", on the other side a brass makers plate "BULPITTS PATENT, SOLE VENDORS, BLACKLEY YOUNG & Co GLASGOW", excellent original condition, with copper cone & brass bezel, all glasses complete. - Sold for £220

Lot 255 A Southern Railway enamel Target Sign, "BALCOMBE", from the LBSCR London to Brighton Main Line between Haywards Heath & Three Bridges. Excellent colour & shine, a little edge chipping restored. - Sold for £750

Lot 256 A BR(M) quad royal poster, "LONDON MIDLAND ELECTRIFICATION", by Greene, a dramatic view of E3005 at speed between Liverpool and Crewe, passing a local EMU, another loco in the background with other stock, to the left track workers standing clear. A fine 1961 example, rolled and in excellent condition with just odd edge nicks at side in the white border. - Sold for £320

Lot 257 A Pair of Copper Ships Lanterns with embossed brass plates "PORT" & "STARBOARD", one with blue glass, the other red, slightly differing pattern but of similar style, though one opens at the top, the other at the side, both are complete with vessels & burners and stand 24" high, good original condition. - Sold for £210

Lot 258 A Road Warning Sign "CROSS ROADS", complete with its reflectors, 12"x21", the front repainted, back untouched. - Sold for £190

Lot 259 A BR(M) maroon Totem Sign "OXFORD ROAD", (f/f), the first station on the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway, outside Manchester Piccadilly. Excellent colour & shine with the usual edge chips just into the white border in a couple of places. The black rim repainted. - Sold for £1000

Lot 260 A Smokebox Numberplate "42344", from a LMS Class 4P (later 4) 2-6-4T built at Derby in 1929, LMS No 2344. In BR days it was mainly allocated to Stoke, with shorter stays in between at Buxton and Uttoxeter. It was withdrawn from Stoke in June 1961 and cut up at Derby Works three months later. The plate is repainted with loco details noted on the back. - Sold for £440

Lot 261 A Tyers No 7 Single Line Tablet "DUNRAGIT-NEW LUCE", (alloy), Ex Glasgow & South Western Railway, Girvan-Stranraer Harbour route, both stations closed in 1965, though the line is still in use. - Sold for £200

Lot 262 An Original Victor Welch Painting "EVENING STAR", a well executed view of 92220 on shed, 27_"x20_", presented in a good quality frame with non reflective glass. - Sold for £320

Lot 263 A shedplate "84 C", (Banbury, 1949-1963), repainted. - Sold for £220

Lot 264 A Rhymney Railway Cast Iron Notice, "R.R, ANY PERSON OMITTING TO SHUT & FASTEN THIS GATE AFTER USING IT IS LIABLE TO A PENALTY OF FORTY SHILLINGS", completely original condition, 15_"x13_". - Sold for £480

Lot 265 A GWR Brass Cabside Numberplate "4924", from the 4900 "Hall" Class 4-6-0 "EYDON HALL" built at Swindon and allocated new to Old Oak Common in May 1929. It finished its GWR days at Tyseley and was a much travelled engine in the BR era with spells at Oxley, Landore, Bristol (Bath Road), Laira, Truro, Banbury, Taunton, Exeter, Shrewsbury and Swindon from where it was withdrawn in October 1963. After a period in store at Swindon Works, it was cut up at Coopers Metals, Sharpness the following June. The actual Hall is a couple of miles south of our auction headquarters at Woodford Halse. Superb ex loco condition. - Sold for £1850

Lot 266 A Three Aspect LBSCR Locomotive Headlamp, of similar design to a handlamp, but much larger, complete with coloured glasses, bullseye lens, original burner, vessel & reflector. The piecrust top has a curved handle on top, the black paintwork is lined in yellow with the number "82" on the side, the "8" repainted. - Sold for £960

Lot 267 A Carriage Print "ST IVES, HUNTINGDONSHIRE, from a water colour by R.Flint, R.O.I, S.M.A.", a view of the River Ouse with boats moored, the church in the background. - Sold for £40

Lot 268 A GWR Brass Cased Track Circuit Indicator, with pivoting red banner, indicating "Track Occupied/Clear" above an ivorine plate "Up & Down Running Loop" on brass backing, the instrument is mounted on its original cast steel stand. - Sold for £300

Lot 269 An Enamel Advertising Sign, "CALEDONIAN RAILWAY CENTRAL STATION HOTEL, GLASGOW", blue on white, 96"x24" with some face chipping. - Sold for £100

Lot 270 A Caledonian Signal Box Nameboard "HAMILTON ENGINE SHEDS", from a box South west of Motherwell, an unusual and interesting name. Cast letters on wood, 97"x10_" with beading, repainted white on black. - Sold for £190

Lot 271 A Single Line Key Token "WOOBURN GREEN-BOURNE END", (alloy), from the GWR Maidenhead to High Wycombe route. The section north of Bourne End closed on the 4th May 1970, with a service from Maidenhead to Marlow remaining. - Sold for £190

Lot 272 A Great Northern Railway Platform Lamp "WATTON AT STONE", with the station name on two faces in engraved china panels, the word "at" at an angle, the steel body has some corrosion and the top requires refixing. There is a crack to one name panel, no loss. The station was on the GNR Hertford to Stevenage route, it closed on the 10th of September 1939, so a rare survivor. It has reopened in recent times. Original condition, overall 26" high. - Sold for £420

Lot 273 A BR(W) chocolate & cream Totem sign "TRURO", (h/f), from the GWRs principal station on the Cornish main Line. Excellent colour & shine with one tiny chip repair just into brown. - Sold for £900

Lot 274 A Shedplate "38 E", (Woodford Halse, 1949-1958), repainted, casting codes visible either side of the letter "E". - Sold for £310

Lot 275 A Framed Carriage Notice "FESTINIOG RAILWAY, On account of smoke from the Engines in the Up Journeys, Passengers are advised to close carriage windows during the minute & half the trains take to pass through the tunnel between Dduallt and Tan-y-Grisiau, By Order". Printed card in an ornate frame with fixing brackets, one minor blemish on face, overall 8_"x7". This example dates from the early days of the line long before closure & subsequent preservation. - Sold for £100

Lot 276 A Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Brass Handbell, brass plated "L&YR, FIRE DEPT", on one side and stamped with company initials on the other, 11_" high, 6_" base diameter, excellent condition with clapper & turned oak handle. - Sold for £340

Lot 277 A North British Railway Platform Wall Lamp Case, complete with interior reflector, the top decorated with three inverted "saucers" and spike, excellent condition repainted green, overall 28" high. - Sold for £210

Lot 278 A Locomotive Worksplate "BUILT 1954, BRIGHTON", Locos built that year were BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T Nos 80077-98, 10_"x6", the front repainted the back lightly cleaned to reveal casting codes, a hairline crack from left hole to edge, plate sound. - Sold for £540

Lot 279 A Tyers No 6 Single Line Tablet "BURES-SUDBURY", (alloy), a section on the G.E.R Marks Tey to Sudbury Branch, once extending to Cambridge & Bury St Edmunds, though Sudbury is now the branch Terminus. - Sold for £210

Lot 280 A Locomotive Nameplate, "LOCH TREIG", from the GNR Class H3/ LNER K2 Class 2-6-0 built by Kitson & Co in June 1921, Works No 5335, GNR/LNER No 4685. It was renumbered 1775 in 1946, becoming BR 61775, and was named in December 1933 after the Loch which runs spectacularly right alongside and below the West Highland line between Corrour and Tulloch. Appropriately a long time West Highland line engine, it spent all its BR days at Eastfield from where it was withdrawn in May 1958, and was cut up two months later at Kilmarnock Works. 56" long, the front repainted. - Sold for £12000

Lot 281 A BR(M) double royal poster "CHESTER" by Felix Kelly, dramatic view of the Cathedral looking down the nave to the Great Screen, the base reads "Information From Travel Agents Or BR Offices, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Toronto", rolled, excellent condition with just the odd nick in white border. - Sold for £150

Lot 282 An Midland Railway Northern Counties Committee Cast Iron Notice, "MIDLAND RAILWAY CO, N.C.C, Any Person Trespassing Will Without Further Notice Will Be Prosecuted Pursuant To 62 & 63 Vic, Ch 64, sec 32. Penalty 40/-", 19_"x1_", front repainted black on yellow. - Sold for £100

Lot 283 A BR(M) maroon Totem Sign "LITTLEBOROUGH", (f/f), from the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Manchester to Halifax route situated between Todmorden and Rochdale, just south of Summit Tunnel. Good colour though loss of shine, usual edge chips on the black rim which have been repainted. - Sold for £450

Lot 284 A Carriage Print "THE LUNE VALLEY, NEAR TEBAY WESTMORELAND, SEE BRITAIN BY TRAIN", by Greene, a view of a Class 40 hauled express between Tebay & Low Gill. - Sold for £65

Lot 285 An LNER Cast Iron Seatback Plate "OAKLEY (FIFE)", from the North British Railway Stirling-Dunfermline-Thornton Junction route. This station closed on the 7th of October 1968, though freight continued to use the route west of Oakley until 1982 and eastwards until 1993. The route is at present being reconstructed. The plate 40" long, the front repainted, the back untouched, the plate is most unusual in showing a county name within brackets. - Sold for £450

Lot 286 A Great Western Railway Signal Box Instrument indicating the level of a nearby Locomotive Water Tank by means of a vertical black bar moving from left to right and showing "High" or "Low", excellent condition, 12"x8" wooden case complete with side thumb screws and base fixings. - Sold for £250

Lot 287 A Single Line Key Token "COLNBROOK-WEST DRAYTON WEST", (alloy), from the GWR Staines West branch, Passenger services were withdrawn on the 29th March 1965 with freight continuing until 1991/1992 period. - Sold for £170

Lot 288 A South Eastern & Chatham Railway Wagon or Coach Plate "S.E & CR, 11900, ASHFORD WORKS", cast iron oval 10"x61/8", original condition with some very old green paint on the back. - Sold for £130

Lot 289 A Smokebox Numberplate "3756", from a GWR 8750 Class 0-6-0PT built at Swindon in November 1937 and allocated new to Stafford Road where it remained until August 1960. It then moved in quick succession to Croes Newydd, Newport (Ebbw Junction) and Tondu from where it was withdrawn in March 1963. After eight months in store at Tondu, it was cut up at Cashmores, Newport the following December. Ex loco condition. - Sold for £290

Lot 290 A BR(S) light green Enamel Door Plate "PARCELS AND LEFT LUGGAGE", (f/f), excellent colour & shine, chip repairs at top left & lower right corners, well restored. - Sold for £280

Lot 291 An LNER Seat Back Plate "COWDENBEATH", from the North British Railway Inverkeithing -Thornton Junction route. Cast iron 40" long with two weld repairs, the face repainted white on blue, the plate slightly bowed. - Sold for £200

Lot 292 A Locomotive Worksplate "LMS, BUILT 1930 CREWE", Engines built that year were mainly Class 4"Crab", 2-6-0s Nos 13150-224/2850-924/42850-924 plus a few of Class 7F 0-8-0s 9600-2/49600-2. Cast brass oval 103/8"x6", the front repainted dark maroon, the back cleaned in places but generally original condition. - Sold for £160

Lot 293 A North Eastern Railway Platform Lamp Case with glass station name "WORMALD GREEN", (raised blue letters on frosted background). Ex Leeds Northern (Harrogate-Ripon-Northallerton route), rusting to the front left corner of case & the copper top loose at one stay, overall 28" high, Ex station condition. - Sold for £150

Lot 294 A Shedplate "72 A", (Exmouth Junction 1950-63), repainted, (BR(S) Eastleigh triangle cast on the back. - Sold for £260

Lot 295 An LMS Carriage Print "Llandudno, Caernavonshire", (sepia photograph), a view of the hills & sea surrounding the town. - Sold for £40

Lot 296 A Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Locomotive Worksplate "GNR(I), 1928 DUNDALK", a rebuild plate from one of five classes rebuilt that year. All 5'3" gauge, these were Class PG 0-6-0, PP 4-4-0, QG 0-6-0, QL 4-4-0 and LQG 0-6-0. Cast brass oval 8_"x4_" the face repainted red the back untouched, on this example the "(I)" is intact, this was often ground off on such plates when the company name was changed. - Sold for £210

Lot 297 A Brass Locomotive Whistle LMS "Stanier Hooter" type, cylindrical brass, overall 16" high. This type was fitted to many types of the company's locos both large & small. - Sold for £95

Lot 298 An LB&SCR Tyers Two Position Semaphore Block Instrument mounted on its original backboard with a block gong above and plunger box below, below the vertically arranged plungers a brass "Tyers" makers plate, above a cast brass plate "LB&SCR No 713", at top a brass plate "LODGE FARM", good condition, the backboard repainted green, overall 40" high. - Sold for £800

Lot 299 A BR(S) dark green Totem Sign "EXTON", (f/f), from the LSWR Exmouth to Exeter Central line, the station is situated on the bank of the Exe Estuary, with the GWR Main line on the opposite bank, it was originally called "Woodbury Road" but the name was changed to Exton on the 15th September 1958. It acquired the "Halt" suffix from 1965 until 1969 but was never resigned. Being a single platform the station had only four totems, this example being on the wall of the main building, a few face chips neatly filled & matched, one larger over the "X" in top panel, good colour and shine. - Sold for £860

Lot 300 A set of Three Great Western Railway Luggage R