Railwayana

A GWR Spagnoletti double-line signalbox block instrument. A Two-Needle Absolute instrument complete with its flaps, tappers etc. In very good, origina

A Highland/Sutherland & Caithness Railway 3-aspect HANDLAMP. The body, stamped “H Ry”, bears a large brass plate stamped “S & C. SEC. 40”. T...

A WORKSPLATE “Great Northern Railway Co. Makers No. 1408. 1913 Doncaster”. As carried by the GNR J22 class 0-6-0, GNR 573, that emerged from Works in

A Bombay Baroda & Central India Railway original gold leaf garter transfer mounted on board. 13” square. Mint.

A GWR glass inkwell clearly embossed “GWR” on the side, and complete with its glass stopper with a pen-aperture. A little wear to the top otherwise ve

A LNER silver-plated circular 3-compartment hors d’oeuvres dish with a top handle. By Walker & Hall. The top clearly displays the “Royal Victori...

A BR(M) maroon enamel DOORPLATE “Commercial Advertising Depot” (on 3 lines and with a blank totem device at the top). Flanged, 15”x9”, minor corner ch

A WORKSPLATE “Built 1961 Doncaster”. As carried by a British Railways 03 Class 204 H.P. 0-6-0 diesel mechanical in the series D2385-D2399. Oval cast-i

An aluminium single-line key token “Manton-Corby”. An ex Midland Railway Rutland section. In original condition, painted red.

A SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE “63587”. As carried by the ex GCR 8K Class 2-8-0, GCR 1240, built by the North British Locomotive’s Hyde Park Works as Works No

A magnificent Scottish Central Railway cast-iron lamp post with its ladder bars clearly cast on both sides “Bridge of Allan Stn”. A fluted post 9’2” t

A similar Lot. This second, identical lamp-post will be offered initially to the purchaser of Lot 211 at the same price (as the two would make a magni

A WORKSPLATE “Beyer Peacock & Co Gorton Foundry Manchester 1881”. This rare style of plate was probably carried by a steam tram. Oval cast brass...

A SHEDPLATE 10A (Springs Branch Wigan 1935-April 1958, Carnforth September 1963-August 1968). Face repainted only. This shedplate was carried by 48519

A TOTEM “BOAT OF GARTEN”. BR(Sc) light blue, fully-flanged. Virtually mint. An ex Highland Railway station, between Aviemore and Grantown-On-Spey on t

A North Staffordshire Railway WAGONPLATE lettered “Registered By The North Staff Ry Co To Carry 10 Tons. 7471. 1904”. 6” diameter. Complete and repain

A Great Central Railway wood-cased small switch-out box, with two trafolite plates engraved ‘Open’ and ‘Through’. Complete with brass front handle, an

A WORKSPLATE “North British Locomotive Company Ltd No. 26875 Glasgow 1952”. As carried by the South African Railways 3’6” gauge Class 4E 1CoCo1 3030 H

A Southern Railway (LSWR Drummond design) locomotive brass bell whistle. The side of the spigot ball is cast ‘A’ in a triangle, “YM3” in a rectangle,

A GWR brass CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE “2879”. As carried by the 2800 Class 2-8-0 built at Swindon as Works No. 2785 in March 1919 under Lot 210 at a cost of

A CARRIAGE-PRINT “Ben Loyal, Sutherland” by W Douglas Macleod. An attractive mountain and loch scene, from the Scottish series. In an original type gl

A Mersey Railway full title enamel sign from Birkenhead Central signal cabin. “Mersey Railway. SAFETY FIRST. Many Accidents Would Not Occur If The Sta

A WORKSPLATE “Societe Alsacienne De Constructions Mecaniques No. 5225 Graffenstaden 1901”. As carried by the Piraeus-Athens-Peloponnes Railway (Greece

A Great Northern Railway circular silver-plated sugar/soup bowl. The side is clearly impressed “GNR. Dining Car”. 5¾” diameter, 3” tall on a pe...

A HEADBOARD “THE CALEDONIAN” displaying the two shields of Scotland and England. A painted wooden board with metal back bracket, 36” wide. In fine, or

A Cheshire Lines Railway cast-iron sign “Cheshire Lines Rly Entrance To Platform. Exit Only” (with embossed pointing hand). Rectangular with rounded c

A TOTEM “BERKSWELL & BALSALL COMMON”. BR(M) maroon, fully-flanged. A central 1” chip and very minor flange chipping otherwise very good. An ex L...

A Great Central Railway Signalbox Board “KIRK SANDALL.JC”. A signalbox on the Doncaster to Thorne line, junction for the South Yorkshire Joint line to

A WORKSPLATE “Peckett & Sons No. 1171 Bristol 1910”. As carried by a Peckett Type W5 0-4-0ST with outside cylinders that emerged from Works in N...

A BR(M) maroon enamel STATION DIRECTION sign “MANSFIELD TOWN STATION” with a feathered directional arrow and “British Railways” totem motif. Flanged,

A Southern Railway enamel TARGET station sign “CALLINGTON”. An ex Plymouth Devonport and South Western Junction Railway station at the end of the Bran

A SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE “42126”. As carried by the (LMS) Class 4P (later Class 4) 2-6-4T built at Derby in 1949 under Lot 202. A Fairburn design first

A London Brighton & South Coast Railway 3-aspect HANDLAMP. The body, clearly stamped “LB & SCR” and “B.795. CROWBOROUGH”, carries a large ov...

A WORKSPLATE “London North Eastern Railway Co. No. 1703 Doncaster 1928”. As carried by the LNER A3 Class 4-6-2 built at Doncaster as Works No. 1703, e

A Southern Railway Sykes signalbox three-position block indicator. A circular brass description face bezel; a curved enamel white plate above lettered

A SHEDPLATE 41E (Staveley Barrow Hill February 1958-October 1965). Face-restored only. This shedplate was removed from 47221, the ex Midland Railway 2

A TOTEM “RAINHAM”. BR(S) dark green, fully-flanged. VGC. An ex LC & DR station, between Chatham and Faversham, opened as “Rainham and Newington”...

A GWR policeman’s decorated wooden truncheon displaying the Queen’s Crown and “GWR” letters. 18¼”. In good, original condition.

A WORKSPLATE “Beyer Peacock & Co Ld 1921 Manchester”. This plate was carried by a Great Northern Railway of Ireland 5’3” gauge locomotive, eithe...

An Industrial Nameplate “SIR CHARLES ALLEN”, as carried by the Peckett Type E 0-4-0ST with outside cylinders Works No. 1465 of 1917. It went new to th

The tall brass ‘organ-pipe’ whistle from “Sir Charles Allen” (see Lot 240). 18” tall. Polished. VGC. Likely to be of a pattern used by the Ebbw Vale

A Midland Railway design ‘candlestick’ signalbox block shelf telephone with a brass post, mahogany base, and old type bakelite mouthpiece. 19” tall. V

A Great Northern Railway signal lamp brass-plated “Great Northern Railway No. 24432”; “Spare” and “WALTHAM”. No top handle. Complete with a GNR interi

A WORKSPLATE “LMS Built 1944 Horwich”. As carried by a LMS Class 8F 2-8-0 in the series 8338 to 8381 which became BR 48338 to 48381. Oval cast-iron, 1

A South African Railways brass CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE “3092. 15F”. As carried by the SAR 3’6” gauge 15F Class 4-8-2 built by the North British Locomotive

A LMS marine department liqueur glass. A delicate glass on a pedestal foot, with a facetted bowl clearly etched “LMS. MD”. 3½” tall. Mint.

A TOTEM “BATLEY” BR(NE) tangerine, half-flanged. A left side crease repair and the usual edge chips all very professionally restored. A fine deep colo

A CARRIAGE-PRINT “Yarm, Yorkshire” by S.R. Badmin from the LNER series. A very attractive view of the stone railway viaduct and ancient stone road bri

A slatted wooden seat with cast-iron end supports ornately decorated with a rose, thistle and shamrock design. Reputedly from Styal station (ex LNWR/L

NAMEPLATE “MERRIE CARLISLE”. This curved 60“ engraved brass nameplate was carried by the LNWR Precedent Class 2-4-0, LNWR 860, built at Crewe in May 1

A White Star Line china dessert plate in the enamelled turquoise and brown pattern with the “White Star Line” brown scroll and red House-flag on the t

Four White Star Line items - a pack of playing cards in its original slip-case box, each card and the box displaying the red House-flag on a gold and

A White Star Line silver-plated oval sugar bowl on a pedestal foot, by Elkington. The side clearly displays the House-flag, and the base is stamped “W

A White Star Line glass tankard. The vertical, facetted sides display the blue House flag and script lettering in white “White Star”. 5½” tall....

A ship’s brass electric table lamp. The hexagonal brass column is supported on three legs one of which has a hole for securing to a table. Complete wi

A set of 5 large and 5 small enamelled circular brass buttons lettered around the circumference “Liverpool & North Wales S.S. Co”, and displayin...

A Great Northern Railway cast-iron DOORPLATE “Checkers”. 18¾”x3½”, face-repainted only. “GNR” is impressed into the top left corner.

A South Eastern & Chatham Railway Sykes One-Wire, Two-Position Lock & Block signalbox sending block instrument, the description face painted...

A GWR full title cast iron sign - “Great Western Railway……….Private Path”. 25”x16”. Face-repainted only.

A TOTEM “DUNBRIDGE”. BR(S) dark green, fully-flanged. Virtually mint. An ex LSWR station, between Romsey and Salisbury, opened in 1847; renamed “Motti

A pair of German locomotive metal lamps - a large headlamp with a 10” diameter front lens and fitted for electricity; a tail lamp with a 7¼” di...

A WORKSPLATE “Henschel Nr. 29609. Henschel & Sohn Kassel 1957”. As carried by the SAR 3’6” gauge GMAM Class 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt 4150. The most n...

A LNER large pocket watch by Smiths. The back case, engraved “LNER 2523”, unscrews to reveal a fine, jewelled movement. In very good condition and ful

A GWR silver-plated 2-pint teapot, by Elkington. The side clearly displays the “GWR Hotels” roundel motif. Replated to very good condition.

A magnificent and rare Southern Railway front NUMBERPLATE “21C2”. As carried by the ‘Merchant Navy’ class 4-6-2 Pacific “UNION CASTLE” built at Eastle

A SHEDPLATE 25C (Goole 1935-September 1956). Repainted but not the rim and the face of the numerals/letter. Rare.

A WORKSPLATE “Kerr Stuart & Co Ltd No. 3071. 1917 London & Stoke”. As carried by an 0-6-0T ‘Victory’ class with outside cylinders that emerg...

A CARRIAGE-PRINT “Stirling Bridge. Stirlingshire” by Jack Merriott. An attractive print of the ancient stone river bridge. In a polished wood, glazed

A SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE “6819”. As carried by the ex GWR ‘6800 Grange’ class 4-6-0 “HIGHNAM GRANGE” built at Swindon in December 1936 under Lot 308 at

A TOTEM “KENSINGTON (OLYMPIA)”. This name, in what I can only assume is an experimental black on cream, is painted over a “WILLESDEN JUNCTION” totem.

A GWR Thompson 1947 wood-cased single-needle permissive block instrument in very good condition except for a small chip at the top front of the case;

A “London & North Westn. & Great Westn. Joint Railys” cast-iron Propping-Up Doors sign. J. Williams Joint Superintendent. 14” square. Face-r...

A WORKSPLATE “Andrew Barclay Sons & Co Ltd Caledonia Works No. 2259. 1949 Kilmarnock”. As carried by an 0-4-0ST with outside cylinders that went...

A GWR enamel posterboard-heading in the rare blue on white design. 35”x4”. Some major chips but a scarce sign worthy of restoration.

NAMEPLATE “QUEEN ELIZABETH II”. This nameplate was carried by the British Railways Class 91 BoBo 6300 H.P. OHWE 91029 built at GEC and Crewe as Lot 15

A LOCOMOTIVE MAKER’S PLATE “Supplied by GEC Alsthom”. As carried by Class 91 locomotives like “Queen Elizabeth II”. Rectangular 10½”x4¼”, ...

A LMS ‘rose’ pattern china milk jug base-marked in black “LMS Dining Cars”. 3½” tall. Mint.

A TOTEM “CHARING CROSS”. BR(S) dark green, fully-flanged. A couple of repaired flange chips only, otherwise very good. The ex LC & DR London ter...

A brass-faced single line Tablet “Oxspring Tunnel West - Oxspring Tunnel East.8”. An ex GCR section on the much loved “Woodhead” route between Sheffie

An original Great Eastern Railway locomotive crest from the ‘Claud Hamilton’ class S46 4-4-0, GER 1893. It was mounted on the leading left-hand splash

A SHEDPLATE 61B (Aberdeen Ferryhill 1950-May 1973). In ex-loco condition.

A WORKSPLATE “Hudswell Clarke & Co Ltd No. 1812 Railway Foundry 1948 Leeds England”. As carried by an 0-4-0ST with outside cylinders that emerge...

A BR(M) maroon enamel Signalbox Board “ALSAGER”. Flanged, 54”x12”, vgc. An ex NSR signalbox, between Crewe and Kidsgrove. (See Lot 417).

A Central Uraguay Railway original gold leaf garter arms transfer mounted on board. Lettered “Ferro Carril Central Del Uraguay Lima” around the circum

A GWR brass CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE “5033”. As carried by the GWR ‘4073 Castle’ class 4-6-0 “BROUGHTON CASTLE” built at Swindon in May 1935 at a cost of...

A BR(Sc) enamel light blue DOORPLATE “Tickets”. Flanged, 18”x3½”, virtually mint.

A Southern Railway enamel station TARGET “NEW MILTON”. In very good condition with very minor, restored, edge-chipping only and still fixed to its ori

A GWR silver-plated oyster dish, by Mappin & Webb. The top clearly displays the pre-grouping “GWR. Tregenna Castle Hotel” garter crest. Overall ...

A Great Eastern Railway enamel ‘Running-In’ board “FOXTON”. White on blue, 84”x15”. Some edge restoration. A station, on the Cambridge-Hitchin line, o

A WORKSPLATE “Sharp Stewart & Co Limited Atlas Works 3466-1889 Glasgow”. As carried by the Barry Railway Class B 0-6-2T, Barry 18, that emerged ...

A GWR 12” drop-dial fusee movement wall clock with a quadrant base. An original GWR face, and with its “GWR 1476” ivorine numberplate. A superb clock

A LNER (GNR pattern) 4-aspect HANDLAMP. The body, clearly stamped “LNER”, bears a brass plate lettered “London & North Eastern Railway FIRSBY”. ...

A TOTEM “KIRKBY”. BR(M) maroon, fully-flanged. A few repaired face chips but a good colour and gloss. An ex LYR station on the Liverpool-Wigan line. I

A CARRIAGE-PRINT “Flatford Mill, (near Manningtree) Suffolk” by Kenneth Steel, from the LNER series. The mill made famous of course by Constable. In a

A SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE “30930”. As carried by the SR ‘Schools’ Class V 4-4-0 930 “RADLEY” built at Eastleigh in December 1934 under Order E496. It was

Two ticket-dating machines - an early GNR cast-iron ‘skeleton’ type with its brass fittings and its original BR label “B.O. Louth ER ex Firsby ER”.(wo

A “Great Westn. & Great Centl. Rys Joint Committee” cast-iron gate notice. 4 lines of text. GC pattern. Rectangular with scalloped corners 20”x1...

A LMS TENDERPLATE “LMS No. 10403. 1943”. This tender was built for the Class 8F 2-8-0, LMS 8676. It carried 4000 gallons, and 9 tons of coal. The loco

A SHEDPLATE 55G (Huddersfield February 1957-January 1967; Knottingley December 1967-May 1973). In ex-loco condition. This shedplate was carried by 903

NAMEPLATE “BONAVENTURA”. This GWR ‘combined name and numberplate’ (often known as “Ringers”) was carried by the ‘3300 Bulldog’ class 4-4-0 3354 built