Auction For : April 2009

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193 BR(M) enamel Mini Totem Notice Board Header “British Railways” in the reverse colours of maroon on white. Some minor chipping but very good colour & shine. 413mm.(16.25in) long 205 Box of Silver Plated Items: Two “LMS Hotels” circular dish covers with turned knob handles; “LMS Hotels” oval tureen base; “LMS Steamers” two handled circular dish; “LMS Hotels” sorbet dish; “BTHS” and “Hotel Executive Cars” sundae dishes; BR double arrow one pint teapot; four “BTHS / Cars HE / Hotels BTC” knives. All in v.g.c. (12 items).
194 “Shropshire Union Railway & Canal Company” fully titled Bridge Notice. Face restored a while ago. 206 BR(NER) quad royal pictorial Poster “Map of Yorkshire” by E.H.Spencer issued in 1959. A very colourful work showing rail lines, towns & cities with their coats of arms and historical buildings etc. Light folds only. v.g.c.
195 “GNR Dining Club” silver plated Sugar Caster by Walker & Hall. The title nicely top marked on a curving handle leading down to an ornately pierced decorated bowl. v.g.c. 207 Great Eastern Railway oak Office / Dining Chair very nicely upholstered in crimson velvet Dralon. The company initials boldly displayed into the face of the intermediate back rail. v.g.c.
196 BR(E) fully flanged enamel Station Direction Sign featuring a “British Railways” totem and feathered arrow pointing left. Some service chips but very good colour and shine. 208 Carriage Print “Lastingham, near Pickering, Yorkshire” by L.J.Wood. The archetypal Yorkshire stone village captured in soft tones by the artist, one of only two prints by him. From the 1954 series. Good condition and in an original type glazed frame.
197 Oval cast brass Locomotive Builder’s Plate “Yorkshire Engine Co. Limited Meadow-Hall Works Sheffield No. 2892 1961” as carried by a 600H.P. 5’-6” gauge 0-8-0 Diesel Hydraulic Loco ordered by the Spanish Railway RENFE. The loco is currently preserved in Madrid Railway Museum. The plate is face restored only. 281x153mm. (11x6in). 209 Cast iron Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate “43039”. As carried by Ivatt Class 4MT 2-6-0, the Class introduced in 1947. This loco was a long time Leeds Holbeck engine. Its regular workings included the Leeds - Morecambe trains that ran via the Lune Valley line and Lancaster Green Ayre. It is reputed to have worked the last freight on the Skipton - Ilkley (via Bolton Abbey) route prior to closure in 1965. The smokebox plate is in fine condition, restored many years ago.
198 BR(Sc) half flanged enamel Station Totem Sign “Galashiels”. The main area in lovely condition with fine deep colour and shine. Re-touched minor edge wear only. A former NBR station on the ‘Waverley’ Route opened in Feb. 1849 and closed in Jan. 1969. 210 Loco Shedplate “65F” Grangemouth with small numerals. Face restored only a while ago.
199 Pullman silver plated half pint Teapot by Walker & Hall. Very nicely face incised with the later style “Pullman” coat of arms. A particularly nice example. 211 “Great Central Ry. Trespassers on this property will be prosecuted” cast iron Notice. Face restored.
200 “London & North Western Ry. fully titled Beware of the Trains etc” cast iron Notice. Face restored only. 212 GNR miniature Somersault Signal Lamp Case. Oval brass plate “Great Northern Railway No. 26069” and copper plate “Leeds Central”. Complete with a good bullseye lens, rear lens, “GNR” brass hinge and copper lens adjustment tracks. Front clip missing. Leeds Central station was GNR, LYR, LNWR and NER Joint and closed in May 1967.
201 Oval cast brass Locomotive Tender Plate “734” as attached to Peppercorn Class A1 Pacific No. 60116 “Hal O’ The Wynd”. The loco & tender were built at Doncaster and went into Traffic Oct. 1948 to Heaton MPD. Then followed a two year period at Tweedmouth. Withdrawal came in June 1965 from Gateshead to be cut up by Hughes Bolckow, Blyth. The plate is unrestored with the left bolt hole enlarged. 129x78mm. (5x3in). 213 Great Eastern Railway tin lined leather Detonators Pouch retaining its original cast white metal script “GER” badge and leather carrying handle. A scarce item in v.g.c.
202 Midland Rly. mother of pearl Free Pass engraved “Free Ticket J. Radcliffe Esq” and “Midland Railway” with armorial wyvern device. Fine condition and suspended on its decorative silver chain with twists and coils. 214 Rolled coloured office copy Signal Box Diagram “Park Hill Colliery Siding” dated 1957 with cut-outs for electric lights. Still includes plenty of semaphore signals at this location between Wakefield and Normanton. Good condition generally. 921x390mm. (36.25x15.3in).
203 BR(M) fully flanged enamel Station Sign “Way Out”. Minor face and edge chips only and with very good colour and shine. 610x455mm. (24x18in). 215 LNWR / LMS mahogany cased Signal Box Block Bell from Brock. With brass plate “Brock”, brass mushroom bell and tapper. Brock was a small LNWR signal box on the West Coast Main Line near Garstang. The bell is in fine condition.
204 GNR engraved brass Locomotive Builder’s Plate “Great Northern Railway Co. Makers Doncaster No. 1492 1919” as carried by Class J23 0-6-0T Loco No. 211 ex works in June 1919. It became LNER Class J51 No. 3211 in Nov. 1925 and Class J50 in March 1929. Renumbered 8910 in May 1946 and BR 68910 in March 1949. A West Riding engine it was w/d from Wakefield in Nov. 1962, cut up at Doncaster. The plate is in fine condition lightly face polished only with the number “3211” clearly chiselled in the back. 312x187mm. (12.25x7.4in) 216 Brass Single Line Key Token, the head engraved “Llandrindod Wells - Craven Arms”. A section on the former LNWR Central Wales Line opened in Oct. 1865. Ex-service condition.