Auction Catalogue: Great Central Railwayana, 28 April 2007
| Lot 15 | A Brass Cabside Numberplate "SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS, E15, 1E", from a 3'6" gauge Class 1E electric, one of a batch of 78 locos built by Metropolitan Vickers & Co, Manchester, in 1924/5 for the first main line electrification in South Africa between Pietermaritzburg and Glencoe. Most were withdrawn in the 1970s. Cast brass oval, 20_"x14_", the front repainted red, with black outer ring. |
| This lot sold for £150 |
Please note: that the '_' (underscore character) after the inches shown above represents a fractional
measurement that, for technical reasons, is missing from the dimensions shown in this on-line catalogue.
The print version of the catalogue has the full dimensional information, including fractions of an inch.
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