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#12 - Rare British Early 1900s - Railroad, Office Window Pane - LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Railroadiana, Trains Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 350.00 USD
#12 - Rare British Early 1900s - Railroad, Office Window Pane - LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY
Auction Information

“HORSESHOE COINS & ANTIQUES AUCTION"

Horseshoe Coins & Antiques, LLC

Location: Horseshoe Bldg., Blaine, Washington

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Old and very scarce office door window pane from the British Railroad Company, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway.

Possibly the only one known in existance.

Dates prior to 1922, see below brief history.

Large decal on window pane shows the coat of arms of the railway company.

One oval shows a Fluer De Lis above a Lion, right oval, shows a red cross on white background with five small Lions, below are two roses, one red the other white and Kings crown over all.

Pane of clear window glass measures about 5/32 in thickness, 17 in height and 14 in width, there is one ding, on edge, see pics, otherwise very minor edge issues, condition is very good for being at least 98 years old, decal is not flaking, but has some very minor areas of wear etc.

Some brief history from Wikipedia:

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L& YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways. It was the third-largest railway system based in northern England (after the Midland and North Eastern Railways).

The intensity of its service was reflected in the 1,650 locomotives it owned it was by far the most densely trafficked system in the British Isles with more locomotives per mile than any other company[citation needed and that one third of its 738 signal boxes controlled junctions averaging one every 3.5 miles (6 km).

No two adjacent stations were more than 5.5 miles (9 km) apart and its 1,904 passenger services occupied 57 pages in Bradshaw, a number exceeded only by the Great Western Railway, the London and North Western Railway, and the Midland Railway. It was the first mainline railway to introduce electrification of some of its lines, and it also ran steamboat services across the Irish Sea and North Sea, being a bigger ship-owner than any other British railway company.

It amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922. One year later, the merged company became the largest constituent of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

Not often you run across something special like this, would look great framed and put in the window.

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