Auction For : April 2009

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385 Great Northern Railway Locomotive Cab Pressure Gauge. The original dial graduated to 60 psi is lettered “GNR Schaffer & Budenberg Ltd. Manchester London & Glasgow. Small edge crack to glass. Connected to a small piece of original copper pipe. 397 “LMS 4” oval cast iron Bridge Numberplate. Face restored only.
386 Three BR(NE) painted wooden Station Signs “Tickets”, “Reservations” and “Information” all with directional arrows. Unusual signs made to resemble flanged enamel signs of the period with rounded corners. All are in very good condition and measure 910x305mm. (36x12in). (3). 398 Great Northern Refreshment Rooms Sandwich Tongs by Walker & Hall. Crisply top marked “G.N.R.R.” v.g.c. 190mm. (7.5in) long.
387 Permanent Way Sleeper Lifting Tool comprising a turned wooden shaft with a pair of hanging iron claws with barbed ends. This appliance was used at March P.W. Depot, but could have been equally at home on the battlefield of Agincourt!! v.g.c. and 1340mm. long (52.75in). 399 LMS Platform wooden double sided Station Finger Board. Both faces letterd “Most Stations to Leicester & Kettering” with feathered arrows. A quality made board in fine original condition with top and bottom lipped edges and a metal end strap. 1225mm. (48.2in) long.
388 BR(M) fully flanged enamel Station Totem Sign “Ormskirk”. Two restored chips to top and bottom panels each plus general minor edge wear. Good colour and shine. A former LYR station between Liverpool and Preston opened in April 1849. 400 Pair of LNER Welch Patent Signal Lamp Interiors plated “Surfleet” and “Helpringham” with all glasses, burners and other fittings. Unrestored. Nice Lincs. locations. These stations closed in Sept. 1961 and July 1955 respectively. The latter on the GN & GE Joint Line. (2).
389 An Album of Locomotive Photographs and Postcards including some officials. 247 subjects covering approx. 20 British Railway Companies. Many are pre-grouping period and all except five are loose mounted. Must be viewed. 401 Great Northern Railway Passenger Time Tables Oct. 1st 1914 to June 30th. 1915. In original matching board covers with rope tie. All covers featuring GNR Atlantic Loco No. 275. Generally good condition throughout and unfaded.
390 Leather Pouch and Hoop by Tyers for carrying single line key tokens. v.g.c. 402 BR(M) fully flanged enamel Station Totem Sign “Rawtenstall”. General flange wear and some re-touched chipping to white perimeter edge in two or three places. The main area is in v.g.c. with very good colour and shine. A former LYR station on the East Lancs Rly. opened in Sept. 1846 and closed in June 1972.
391 Oval cast iron Locomotive Builders Plate “LMS Built 1947 Derby”. Locos built at Derby that year were 2-6-4T Nos. 2265-2299 & 2187-2189, 0-6-0 DE Shunters 7126-7129 and the Co-Co Main Line Diesel Electric Loco No. 10000. Face restored 264x152mm. (10.4x6in). 403 Cast aluminium “Rolls - Royce” Plate as recovered from an eight cylinder Brewery Generator. Face restored only and polished. 515mm. (20.25in) long.
392 LNER double sided enamel Station Lamp Sign “Elmswell”. One face is in v.g.c. the other has a largish chip to part of the “W”. A former GER station on the Bury St. Edmunds - Ipswich line opened in Dec. 1846. 404 LNWR hand engraved brass Signal Box Instrument or Shelf Plate “Burnside to Kendal”. From the Windermere Branch. v.g.c. 114mm. (4.5in) long.
393 Carriage Print “London, Kensington Palace” by Kenneth Steel. A fine rendering of the Royal House from the LNER 1945-47 series in v.g.c. and in an original type glazed frame. 405 Cast aluminium Diesel Depot Plaque featuring the West Highland Terrier of Eastfield Depot, Glasgow. Very good ex-loco condition with plenty of crud to back.
394 GCR Tyers Permissive Single Needle mahogany cased Block Instrument. Cast brass plate below commutator “Tyer & Co. Ltd. Train Signalling Patents Electrical & Mechanical London”. The roof is clearly stamped “G.C.Ry”. Part of the commutator is missing inside but a very nice instrument non the less in v.g.c. 406 “GW & L&NW Jt. Rlys.” cast iron Gate Notice. Always a popular sign, this example is in nice ex-lineside condition.
395 Rectangular cast brass Wagon Plate “Constructeur C - F - M - F 42510 Balbigny (France) 289 1978”. As carried by a vinegar tank wagon operating in the U.K. 161X81mm. (6.3x3.2in). 407 “Pullman Car Company Limited” silver plated two handled Sugar Bowl with an ornate top rim by Joseph Westby and a matching silver plated spoon by M.H. & Co. Both pieces nicely top marked with the full title around the earlier style coat of arms. v.g.c. (2).
396 “The Highland Railway Co.” cast brass Toilet Roll Holder. The company title embossed in three ornate panels each retaining most of the original black wax infill. Complete with original brass wire hanger and wooden roller. v.g.c. and mounted on a wooden panel. Very scarce. 408 BR(M) fully flanged enamel Station Sign “Waiting Room” with directional arrow. A few chips but very good colour and shine. 1800x455mm. (72x18in).