AUCTION INFORMATION

Alloy Diesel Locomotive Worksplate BEYER PEACOCK GORTON LTD SERIAL No. 8028 MANCHESTER 1964. As carried by Class 17 Clayton D8611. New to 41A Tinsley 12/64 and withdrawn from 64B Haymarket 10/68. Cut up by J. McWilliam, Shettleston, Glasgow 6/69. Front repainted, rear ex-loco. See supplementary plate (below).

Diesel Locomotive Licence Plate MANUFACTURED BY BEYER PEACOCK GORTON LTD. UNDER LICENCE FROM THE CLAYTON EQUIPMENT CO. LTD. As carried by Class 17 Clayton D8611. New to 41A Tinsley 12/64 and withdrawn from 64B Haymarket 10/68. Cut up by J. McWilliam, Shettleston, Glasgow 6/69. These plates were fitted below the main worksplate. Rectangular alloy in ex loco condition.

Oval Alloy Electric Locomotive Worksplate MANUFACTURED AT CREWE 1987 BR E BRITISH RAIL ENGINEERING LIMITED. As carried by Class 90 90001. Released from Crewe Works 10/87 and on test until taken into stock at Willesden 4/88. It was named BBC MIDLANDS TODAY from 9/89 to 7/04 and CROWN POINT from 5/14 to 4/20 whilst working in East Anglia. Currently owned by Locomotive Services Limited and named ROYAL SCOT. Front repainted, back ex-loco.

Alloy Oval Diesel Locomotive Builders' Plate FRAGONSET DERBY REBUILT. These plates were fitted to Fragonset locomotives purchased when the company was formed in 1997 and based at The Railway Technical Centre, Derby. In 2005 the company merged with Merlin Rail to form FM Rail which went into administration in December 2006. Front repainted.

Stainless Steel Diesel Locomotive Cab Plate BRUSH ELECTRICAL MACHINES, HAWKER SIDDELEY from a Class 60. As removed condition.

Diesel Locomotive Worksplate THE ENGLISH ELECTRIC COMPANY LTD. THE VULCAN FOUNDRY LTD. LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, ENGLAND No. 2776/D471 1959. As carried by Class 40 D254 becoming 40054 02/74. New to 50A York 12/59 and withdrawn from there 12/77 due to collision damage sustained at Birkenhead Mollington Street depot. Moved to Crewe Works and cut up there 09/78. Chromed brass, front repainted.

Diesel Locomotive Worksplate THE ENGLISH ELECTRIC COMPANY LTD. THE VULCAN FOUNDRY LTD. LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, ENGLAND No. 2822/D537 1960. As carried by Class 40 D300 becoming 40100 2/74. New to 5A Crewe North 10/60 and withdrawn from Healey Mills 10/80. Moved to Swindon Works and cut up 6/81. Rectangular chromed brass, face cleaned, back ex loco.

Electric Locomotive Worksplate THE ENGLISH ELECTRIC COMPANY LTD. THE VULCAN FOUNDRY LTD. LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, ENGLAND No. 2928/E264 1960. As carried by Class 83 E3024 becoming 83001 1/73. New to 9A Longsight 7/60. Stored at Bury steam shed from 9/68 until moved to Doncaster Works for refurbishment 6/72 and reallocated to ACL 1/73. Withdrawn from Longsight 8/83 and stored at Crewe Works until moved to Vic Berry, Leicester 9/84 and broken up by 1/85. Rectangular chromed brass, face cleaned, rear ex-loco.

Diesel Locomotive Worksplate THE ENGLISH ELECTRIC COMPANY LTD, No. 3006/8258 1961, ROBERT STEPHENSON & HAWTHORNS LTD. LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, ENGLAND. As carried by Class 20 D8100 becoming 20100 2/74. New to 65A Eastfield 11/61 and withdrawn from Toton 05/89. Stored at Toton, Stanton Gate and Carlisle until moved to M.C Metals, Glasgow 12/90 and cut up there 2/91. Cast brass in ex-loco condition.

Diamond Alloy Diesel Locomotive Worksplate NORTH BRITISH Co LTD, THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY LTD No. 27958 1960. As carried by Class 21 D6154. New to 61A Kittybrewster 7/60. Stored at Kittybrewster 4/66, Elgin 7/67 until withdrawn from 61B Aberdeen Ferryhill 12/67. Cut up at J McWilliam, Shettleston 8/68. Front repainted, rear ex-loco.

Diamond Alloy Diesel Hydraulic Locomotive Worksplate NORTH BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY LTD GLASGOW No. 27968 1960. As carried by Class 43 Warship D839 RELENTLESS. New to 83D Plymouth Laira 11/60. Stored and then re-instated in Mar/April 1969. Withdrawn from 83A Newton Abbot 10/71 and stored at Bristol Marsh Junction until moved to Swindon Works 1/72 and cut up there 8/72. Ex loco condition as cut on site for the vendor from the loco, complete with pipe still attached to the rear!

Electric Locomotive Worksplate "BRUSH TRACTION LOCOMOTIVE No. 1045 1993". As carried by a Class 9 Tri-Bo Euro Tunnel Shuttle Loco 9018. Delivered in November 1993 and allocated to Coquelles depot in France. It was named 'Wilhelmenia Fernandez', an opera singer, at Coquelles on 19/12/96. Still in service. Rectangular alloy in ex loco condition front and back.

Diesel Locomotive Worksplate "BUILT BY BRITISH RAIL ENGINEERING LIMITED. DONCASTER WORKS. 1981". As carried by Class 56 56099. Allocated new to Tinsley 11/81. It was named 'Fiddlers Ferry Power Station' from 7/89 until 5/99. Withdrawn from Immingham 11/03, it was scrapped at European Metal Recycling, Attercliffe 10/10. Rectangular alloy, front repainted, back ex loco.

Oval alloy Diesel Locomotive Worksplate "BRUSH SULZER No. 598 1965". As carried by Class 47 D1836 becoming 47355 3/74, 47391 4/94 whilst allocated to Tinsley, and back to 47355 9/95. New to D16 Nottingham Division 4/65. Stored from Bescot 3/98 and sold to Fragonset Railways 11/01. It was named 'Avocet' at Fragonset Workshops Derby on 21/11/02, a name it carried until 01/07 when it was sold to West Coast Railway Company. Loco remains stored at Carnforth. Front repainted, back ex loco.

Cast brass Class 50 leasing plate "THIS LOCOMOTIVE IS THE PROPERTY OF ENGLISH ELECTRIC LEASINGS LIMITED". As carried by D404 which later became 50004 and named 'St. Vincent'. A label on the reverse states the plate was removed in 1972. Ex loco condition.

Electric Locomotive Worksplate "BRUSH TRACTION LOCOMOTIVE No. 1072 1994". As carried by Class 92 92008. Allocated new to HQ 6/94 and had the name 'Jules Verne' applied before it left Brush Works. Used for crew training and an exhibition in Switzerland before returning to Brush and was finally taken into stock at Crewe Electric 7/96. Currently owned by DB Cargo, it has been stored at Crewe Electric TMD since 12/06. Rectangular alloy in ex loco condition front and back.

Diesel Locomotive Worksplate "THE ENGLISH ELECTRIC Co. LTD, VULCAN WORKS, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, ENGLAND No. 3503/D934 1964". As carried by Class 37 D6946 later becoming 37246 3/74 and 37698 2/86. New to 86A Cardiff Canton 10/64. It was named 'Coedbach' from 9/88 until 3/93. Withdrawn from Toton 9/07 and stored at Margam until sold to CF Booth, Rotherham and cut up 1/10. Rectangular chromed brass, the front cleaned, back ex loco and the bottom two corners damaged.

Brass Cabside Numberplate "Southern Railway 2051". As fitted to an LBSCR Billinton 4-4-0c locomotive, withdrawn from Horsham shed in March 1949.

30C - Bishops Stortford - Rare

Midland Railway pegging block instrument in mahogany case. In pretty good original condition with a couple of minor dinks. Original enamel faceplate in perfect condition. Fitted with trafolyte 'Up Line' plate.

G.W.R Spagnoletti double-line block instrument in nice, original condition complete with both coloured pegging buttons. This is an intermediate pattern instrument with the later, less ornate style of mahogany case but with early pattern flags and separate brass castings for the reminder flaps.

G.W.R 1947 pattern double-line block instrument. Probably the best designed block instrument ever used on a British railway. Good, original condition with free-swinging needles and both reminder flaps present. Dials are undamaged but could do with a wipe over with a damp cloth.

Midland Railway Rotary Block Instrument. Nice original condition with all the cast-brass description plates in place. Looks like a later 'train waiting' warning light has been subsequently removed and the hole neatly plugged with a small brass plate. The sealed-release label is still present over the 'Train On Line Cancel' button.

LNER double-line block instrument with Tyer's rotary commutator and cast-brass description plate. Pretty good overall condition; both needles appear to swing OK. These instruments are always popular.

Great Central Railway single-needle pegging block instrument in superb condition. Lovely mahogany case with brass fittings. Unusually, the completely original dial is lettered 'G.C.R' in ornate serifed characters.

LNER double-line block instrument with Tyer's rotary commutator and cast-brass description plate. This is a particularly nice, clean example with dials in excellent condition and free-swinging needles.

Midland Railway single-needle pegging block instrument in mahogany case with brass fittings. Well marked with the company initials. Pretty good overall condition except that the white dial could do with a clean.

North Eastern Railway Tyer's rotary tell-tale block instrument. The original dial, with its attractive shadowed lettering is in nice condition. This is a very early example with wood, rather than brass, beading around the tell-tale window. The glass over the tell-tale is cracked but is easily replaced should you want to.

Midland Railway non-tapper block bell, fitted with a small sheep-dome. Case is in fairly good condition with both brass knurled securing screws in place.

Tyer's block bell in very nice original condition with lots of patina. These large-cased relay bells were usually used with the various types of Tyer's one-wire block instruments. A particularly nice example.

North Eastern Railway split-case pattern tapper block bell. Excellent condition with unusual, small church-bell pattern dome.

G.W.R tapper block bell in a very unusual oak and plywood case with nickel plated cow-bell dome and cast cruciform stand. Quite a rare wartime production I think.

LMS/BR(M) bakelite-cased 'universal' distant signal repeater with Midland Region pattern engraved plastic lever number plate '93'. Reasonably good condition with working needle and both knurled securing screws present.

North Eastern Railway split-case tapper block gong, with spiral steel gong instead of the usual bell dome. In excellent, totally ex-box condition.

Tyer's mahogany-cased gong in excellent, untouched original condition. This is one of the smaller-cased Tyer's bells and was probably used in conjunction with a single-line tablet instrument.

North British Railway split-cased block bell with small brass mushroom bell dome. In good original condition with all the case fittings present. North British bells have a very distinctive brass stop beneath the front of the tapper key.

Oak-cased 'D'-type two-button telephone complete with bakelite handset, both call buttons and engraved ivorine instruction plate. A nice example with a well-polished brass bell.

Siemens Type EA power-frame home signal lever mounted on home-made mahogany base. Very few Siemens EA frames were manufactured and the only UK installations were in Edinburgh Waverley East & West boxes (total of 434 levers), Fenchurch Street (140 levers) and a small frame in Reading East Box of 36 levers. This example pretty definitely comes from one of the Edinburgh boxes.

Midland Railway mahogany cased track circuit repeater in good, original condition. Dial reads 'Up Starter Track Circuit No.828'.

Midland Railway Rotary Block Instrument. Nice, mahogany cased instrument in original, well-patinated condition. All the cast-brass description plates are present, the enamel dial is in excellent order and it still has its glazed sealed release label over the Train On Line Cancel plunger.

Midland Railway pegging block instrument in excellent original condition, in mahogany case with nickel-plated brass fittings. A bit special in that it is fitted with an engraved brass plaque, obviously fitted when the instrument was presented to a signalman on his retirement from Beeston signalbox.

Midland Railway non-pegging block instrument with enamel dial. Typically, this instrument has been converted from an earlier telegraph instrument or peg & chain block instrument. Probably the latter as the screw-hole where the chain was attached to the case can be seen on the right-hand front of the instrument.

G.W.R 1947 pattern double-line block instrument. Probably the best designed block instrument ever used on a British railway. Good, original condition with free-swinging needles and both reminder flaps present. Dials are undamaged but could do with a wipe over with a damp cloth. A slightly later example than the other example in this auction, in a comb-jointed case with a single screw securing the lid.

Great Central Railway needle-pattern home signal repeater in curved-top mahogany case. A very rare, early instrument in pretty good condition considering its age. A small age-related split in the front of the case on the right hand side, but nothing serious. The dial appears to be silvered, and the top of the case is stamped 'G.C.Ry'. Engraved ivorine description plate reading 'Up Main Home No.7'.

G.W.R later pattern Thompson block bell in oak case. Originally, grubby but perfectly intact condition. Just needs a good clean. Nickel-plated mushroom pattern bell dome. One knurled side screw is missing.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway tapper block bell in a typically austere LYR pattern mahogany case. Quite unusual in that most LYR bells were non-tapper, the bell codes being given by plungers on the block instruments. Condition appears to be pretty good but may need a little fettling to get everything to fit together again properly.

Midland Railway lineman's resistance box. Nice early example made by the Silvertown Telegraph Works, in mahogany case with lacquered brass fittings. The case stamped with the company initials and date 1899.

Doncaster Plant Works 150th anniversary LNER style worksplate. 1853-2003 ONLY TEN MADE, by Procast.

C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "63421" as carried by a Raven designed 2cylinder ex NER/LNER Q6 0-8-0 built by Armstrong Whitworth, Scotswood, Newcastle-upon Tyne in March1920. Allocations included Tyne Dock, Hull Dairycoates, Hull Springhead, Neville Hill, Darlington and West Hartlepool from where it was withdrawn in June 1966. Cut up at Hughes Bolckow Ltd, North Blyth 10/67. Ex-loco condition.

C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "70019" as carried by a Riddles designed BR Standard 'Britannia' class 7P6F 4-6-2 named 'LIGHTNING' built at Crewe works in June 1951. Allocations included Newton Abbot, Plymouth Laira, Cardiff Canton, Longsight, Crewe North, Aston, Crewe South and Carlisle Upperby from where it was withdrawn in March 1966. Cut up at Arnott, Young, West of Scotland Shipbreaking, Troon 05/67. Ex-loco condition.

C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "73060" as carried by a Riddles designed BR Standard class 5MT 4-6-0 built at Derby works in August 1954. Allocations included only Motherwell and Glasgow Polmadie from where it was withdrawn in May 1967. Cut up at Campbell's, Airdrie 09/67. Ex-loco condition.

C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "90113" as carried by a Riddles designed Ministry of Supply Austerity (WD) 2-8-0-built by the North British Locomotive Co Ltd Glasgow in March 1943. Allocations included Old Oak Common, Shrewsbury, Birkenhead Mollington St, Newton Heath, Sowerby Bridge and Wakefield from where it was withdrawn in September 1966. Cut up at Cashmore's, Great Bridge 12/66. Ex-loco condition.

C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "35015" (21C15). As carried by a Bulleid designed SR 'Merchant Navy' class 4-6-2 named "ROTTERDAM LLOYD". Built at Eastleigh Works in March 1945. Allocations included only Stewarts Lane and Nine Elms from where it was withdrawn in February 1964. Cut up at Slag Reduction, Peach & Tozer, Holmes Yard, Rotherham 12/64. BR (S) Eastleigh casting triangle to rear. Restored front and rear.

C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "31244" as carried by a Wainwright ex SECR/SR class C 0-6-0 built at Ashford works in April 1902. Allocations included Hither Green, Dover Marine, Ramsgate and Tonbridge from where it was withdrawn in October 1961. Cut up at Ashford works 10/61.

C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Number plate "45599" as carried by a Stanier designed ex LMS class 6P 4-6-0 named "BECHUANALAND" built by the North British Locomotive Co, Glasgow in January 1935. Allocations included Chester (MR), Carlisle Upperby, Preston, Camden, Willesden, Rugby (stored for a while in Coventry MPD) and Nuneaton from where it was withdrawn in August 1964. Cut up at Cashmore's, Great Bridge 11/64. Front and back restored.

GER Broxbourne

GER Clapton

GER Felixstowe Pier

GER 'Loco Stratford'

GER March

GER Bridge Plate 888 - From bridge between Chappel and Bures

GER Bridge Plate 93 - From bridge between Chadwell Heath and Romford (Footbridge)

LNER Bridge Plate 1455 - From bridge between Burnt Mill and Harlow (Occupation Crossing)

LNER Bridge Plate 1454A - From bridge between Burnt Mill and Harlow (Stream)

GER Bridge Plate 82 - From bridge between Ilford and Seven Kings (Aldborough Road)

GER Bridge Plate 1478 - From bridge between Sawbridgeworth and Bishop’s Stortford (Twyford Bridge)

GER Bridge Plate 154 - From bridge between Chelmsford and Hatfield Peverel (River Chelmer)

GER Bridge Plate 1331 - From bridge between Reepham and Foulsham

GER Bridge Plate 2065 - From bridge between Braughing and West Mill (Puckeridge to Hay Street Road)

GER Bridge Plate 30 - From bridge between Bethnal Green and Globe Road (Braintree Street)

GER Bridge Plate 1467 - From bridge between Harlow and Sawbridgeworth (Mill Lane)

GER Bridge Plate 1458 - From bridge between Burnt Mill and Harlow (Stream)

GER Bridge Plate 1466 - From bridge between Harlow and Sawbridgeworth (Cattle Creep)

GER Bridge Plate 1451 - From bridge between Roydon and Burnt Mill (Parndon Mill Occupation Crossing)

GER-LNER 8 Inch Dial

London, Chatham & Dover Railway 18in Fusee Drop Dial Clock No. 1296.S.E. Mahogany case with chisel base. Supplied just prior to 1900 and the time of the merger with the South Eastern Railway to Sittingbourne station. Remarkably the clock escaped the attentions of receiving a new BR(S) dial by John Walker on nationalisation and has thus retained its S.R lettered dial received at the time of the Grouping - now something of a rarity. The back of the case is also stamped '1296 SE'. The clock comes with a letter sent by John Walker to the vendor's father in 1973, confirming that the clock 'was last repaired by me in 1965'. Further annotation relates to the clock being fully overhauled and with a new spring fitted in March 1985. Not tested. Complete with pendulum and key. A large and impressive clock.

Bronze Model Deltic