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A WORKSPLATE "Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns L...

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A WORKSPLATE  Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns L...
A WORKSPLATE "Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns Ltd 7631 Newcastle Works 1952". As carried by the (GWR) '9400 Class' 0-6-0PT 9480 that emerged from Works in August 1952 under Lot 383 at a cost of £11,970. A Worcester engine until 1959; she moved to Newton Abbot until 1962; Swansea East Dock until withdrawal in April 1965 after running 207,583 miles in service. She went to The Steel Supply Company (Western) Ltd of Swansea and Briton Ferry who used her for dismantling part of the Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway in 1966 before finally breaking her up. Oval cast brass, 13"x8 1/2", polished and repainted. Supplied with a polished wood display plaque.