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NAMEPLATE "HUNTINGDONSHIRE". This 57" curved,...

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NAMEPLATE  HUNTINGDONSHIRE . This 57  curved,...
NAMEPLATE "HUNTINGDONSHIRE". This 57" curved, cast brass nameplate was carried by the LNER Class D49 'Shire' 4-4-0, LNER 322, built at Darlington and emerging to traffic on 10th July 1928. It was renumbered 2722 on 23rd November 1946; BR 62722 on 28th May 1948. Latterly a Hull Botanic Gardens then Hull Dairycoates engine, it was withdrawn from the latter on 20th October 1959 and cut up at Darlington Works in December. The plate is lightly face-restored and mounted on a wooden backplate displaying a brass description plaque. It is accompanied by several photographs of the locomotives behind glass. A rare opportunity; 'Shires' do not appear very often.