Auction Catalogue: Great Central Railwayana, 28 April 2007
| Lot 39 | A Diesel Locomotive Nameplate "GREAT EASTERN", from the BR Class 47 D1764/ 47169/47581 built by Brush, Works No 526, and allocated new to Tinsley in September 1964. After the engine moved to Stratford, it was named, appropriately, at Liverpool Street station on 7th of March 1979 by Sir Kenneth Cork, Lord Mayor of London. The nameplates were removed in August 1990 and were then fitted to Class 37 37216 at Stratford Depot on 6th of March 1992, again being removed in May 1998 after the engine moved away from the Great Eastern section to Toton. Cast aluminium 51_" long in ex loco condition, original red paintwork and plenty of corrosion on the back. |
| This lot sold for £2500 |
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