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Railwayananet Auction September 2006

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Please place all bids for Lots 1 – 25 on 01306 502044 or 01306 500467.
Bidding finishes at 6.00pm on Monday 25th September 2006

Lot	Description	Picture	Result
1	BR(W) Flanged enamel Station Direction sign “BOWBRIDGE CROSSING HALT” with British Railways in totem, from the Stroud Valley station South of Gloucester. A tiny station and probably the only item you could get with the station name on from this sought after area. Good colour with some loss of shine and face repairs particularly to the top right corner – displays well 28” x 13”.		£2050
2	LNER Cast Iron SEATBACK “AIRDRIE” from the Lanarkshire station to the East of Glasgow. Totally ex seat condition with white letters on blue background – 25½” x 4¼”.		£260
3	Alloy single line KEY TOKEN “THORVERTON / STOKE CANON JCN”, a section of the ex GWR Devon line from Exeter to Tiverton that closed in 1963.		£490
4	SR TARGET “KIDBROOKE” from the South East London suburban station. Good colour and shine with a number of well-matched face and edge repairs and some staining.		£180
5	BR(S) ROYAL TRAIN NOTICE “Waterloo to Southampton New Docks on 5^th August 1961”. Four-sided booklet produced to inform all concerned of the changes necessary to facilitate this journey by Queen Elizabeth II. The loco was 34089 BB Class 602 Squadron.		£15
6	PAPERWEIGHT formed in solid silver around a piece of high-tension cable. The hall marked silver is engraved “Electrification of Suburban Railways High Tension Transmission Cable 20,000 volts Equivalent carrying capacity 6,000 Horse Power”. Very unusual heavy item – diameter 7” and stands 2” high.		£65
7	BR(M) Fully Flanged TOTEM “BLUNDELLSANDS & CROSBY” from the Lancashire station to the North of Liverpool. Good colour with some loss of shine and one small well-matched face chip repair. A rare totem last in auction in 1996.		£760
8	SR CARD BOOKLET for the naming ceremony of Merchant Navy Class loco “21C2 UNION CASTLE” at Victoria Station on 4th July 1941 by Mr R F Gigg. The booklets were given to invited guests. Good condition with a small tear on the fold. Comes with an official photo of the ceremony. (2)		£80
9	LNWR enamel LUNCHEON HAMPER PLATE “REFRESHMENT ROOMS ADDISON ROAD” in pretty good condition considering its age. Addison Road was on the GWR & LNWR West London line and was renamed Kensington Olympia in 1946, so this plate must predate the change – 7¾” x 3¾”.		£110
10	CRUCHLEYS Railway map of the County of LINCOLN - undated but about 1855. It folds out to 22” x 20” and shows all the railways and stations in the County. Good condition overall with slight browning on the folds.		£45
11	CARRIAGE PRINT “CROMER NORFOLK” by F Baldwin – an attractive view of the beach with the town in the background. In good condition and presented in an original type glazed frame – 21” x 11”.		£75
12	BR(W) 1968 Original unframed SIGNAL BOX DIAGRAM “JOHNSTON” from the Junction for Milford Haven and Neyland. Cloth backed with cutouts and in excellent condition – 120” x 26”.		£110
13	LNER Oval Brass WORKSPLATE “ London & North Eastern Railway 9207 Cowlairs Works 1923” .As carried by the ex NBR Class A 0-6-2 Tank, NBR 23, built at Cowlairs in November 1923. The loco finally ended up as Class N15 number 69207. It worked all over Scotland ending up at Polmadie from where it was withdrawn in February 1960 and was cut up the next month at Cowlairs. Face cleaned only –9” x 5”.		£180
14	Brass London Chatham & Dover Railway ARMBAND “TOWN RAILWAY PORTER No 5” ex Dover station. Hand Engraved and comes with its original leather straps. A rare survivor – convex with curved ends lightly face polished - 6½” x 4” overall.		£250
15	GWR rectangular copper PAY CHEQUE “GWR CARR & WAGON DEPT” stamped “9476”.		£5
16	GWR Brass CASH BAG PLATE on a small portion of leather bag “ GWR AUDIT OFFICE PADDINGTON” – 6” x 2½” overall.		£35
17	BR(E) Half Flanged TOTEM “MILLHOUSES & ECCLESALL” from the Yorkshire station just South of Sheffield. Very good colour & shine with a couple of face chips on the lower flange and a V shaped cutout to the centre of the top flange – presumably done to fit around a pipe. A rare totem.		£1250
18	SHEDPLATE 73D GILLINGHAM (Kent). This is the first of what must one of the best collections of Southern shedplates ever assembled in one auction. Unrestored with clear BR(S) Eastleigh triangle on the back.		£760
19	LNER Cast Iron DOORPLATE “PORTERS”. The sign has been very attractively face restored in brown and white – 17” x 3½”.		£90
20	SR fold over card programme for the Docks and Marine Dept second annual staff gathering. This being a Smoking Concert to be held at the Coliseum Southampton on February 10^th 1923. Good condition.		£12
21	LNER three aspect HANDLAMP with large brass plate “LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY SAFFRON WALDEN”. The lamp is in good unrestored condition and comes complete with BR vessel and burner. Saffron Walden is an ex GER station South of Cambridge.		£210
22	DAVID MACBRAYNE map of routes ARDRISHAIG to OBAN and GOUROCK to ARDRISHAIG. Folds out to 22” x 8½” – excellent condition.		£20
23	LT Underground FRIEZE PANEL end plate “PICCADILLY LINE” with Piccadilly Line in target and with blue border. A small screw hole chip otherwise very good condition – 24” x 9”.		£60
24	LT Underground enamel CAB DESTINATION BOARD with metal ends, double sided “HOUNSLOW / BOW ROAD”. A rather odd pairing with one on the Piccadilly line in the West and the other on the District/Metropolitan in the East. It is also longer than usual at 28½”.		£55
25	Industrial brass NAMEPLATE “VULCAN” from a Manning Wardle 0-6-0 inside cylinder Saddle Tank with works number 1577 which went new to Ackton Hall Colliery Co Ltd, Featherstone in 1902. It was still there in 1970 as Ackton Hall No.4 (by which time it was by far the oldest stock loco in the NCB's North Yorkshire area), when it was finally decommissioned. The Nameplate, which is in totally ex loco condition was purchased for £1.25 in 1971 and comes with receipts and a 7” x 5” b/w photo of the loco - 24” x 6½”.		£700

Please place all bids for Lots 26 – 50 on 01306 502044 or 01306 500467.
Bidding finishes at 6.30pm on Monday 25th September 2006

Lot	Description	Picture	Current Price
26	ADVERTISING ENAMEL “LYONS TEA” in red white and blue. Rectangular sign with good colour and shine and only minor edge chipping – 27” x 7”.		£35
27	LSWR bound GRADIENT MANUAL 1887, updated in 1897 covering all the tracks they owned. Worn condition with the contents starting to become detached – 6½” x 10”.		£16
28	GWR TEA TOWEL embroidered in the weave “This Towel is the Property of the Great Western Railway”. Good condition with some fading where it has been exposed to the sun – 14” x 16”.		£15
29	BR(M) Fully Flanged TOTEM “PITTS HILL” from the Staffordshire station to the North of Stoke. The totem has a couple of small face chip repairs & is rather mottled having lost some of its shine.		£430
30	GNR Brass PAY CHEQUE embossed “GNR ENGrs DEPt PAY No” and stamped “920” – 1¼” diameter.		£5
31	SR Fully Titled ENAMEL SIGN re propping up wagon doors. A popular sign – this one is in excellent condition having good shine and only minor edge chipping – 12” x 17½”.		£65
32	SR Brass SIGNALBOX PLUNGER complete with circular enamel plate “KINGSWOOD” – a Surrey suburban station on the line to Tattenham Corner. Excellent condition.		£100
33	LBSCR large four aspect HANDLAMP ex LONDON BRIDGE. This superb lamp is complete with its original vessel stamped “LB & SCR” and SR burner. The coloured glasses are intact and the body is stamped “LONDON B” “No 1012LB”. Under this marking is “LBSCR” and on the other side is a superb LBSCR oval brass plate. The top is also stamped “LB1012” and has a small circular brass plate “B”. A wonderful lamp that has been stripped of paint ready for restoration.		£820
34	NER TIMETABLE for Hull Paragon Street Station for arrivals and departures from July 1^st 1888. Good condition with some foxing and a very manageable 8½” x 14”.		£32
35	MR Cast Iron FIRE BUCKETS Sign “ Midland Railway Engineers Department Fire Buckets…..”. Just 14” x 9” and nicely face restored with black writing on a red background.		£140
36	LNER cloth RED CROSS ARMBAND marked “LNER No 165 YORK” and with a large red cross. Good condition with the red a little faded, complete with all four ties – 12½” x 4”.		£30
37	Enamel sign “POST NO BILLS”, curved in order to fit around a telegraph pole with “GR” around Crown at the top. Good colour and shine with some chipping – 6” x 8”.		£70
38	BR(Sc) Flanged enamel DOORPLATE “LADIES WAITING ROOM”. Good condition apart from a well matched repair to the bottom right corner which encroaches onto the bottom of the “M” – 18” x 6”.		£70
39	SHEDPLATE “88B” CARDIFF sheds – firstly East Dock, then Cathays and finally Radyr. Face only restored.		£150
40	Two Brass CAB PLATES from Bulleid West Country 34093 Saunton. One reads “ROCKING GRATE” and the other is braised together to read “INJECTOR”, GAUGE COCK” and “BOILER PRESSURE” and would have been mounted above the pressure gauge. Both in ex loco condition. (2)		£70
41	Oval Cast Iron Plates “PWM 5449” ex BR Track machine – 5” x 3”, and “PWM 4310” from a Wickham Trolley DX68057 allocated to Welshpool, Hanwood and then Llanbrynmair - 4” x 2½”. Both face restored. (2)		£30
42	BR(NE) Fully Flanged TOTEM “EAST BOLDON” from the Durham station across the Tyne to the South East of Newcastle. Very good colour and shine with a number of small well matched chip repairs in the centre panel and a couple of larger ones in the lower panel. Displays well and is a rare totem.		£3050
43	Enamel POST BOX COLLECTION PLATE “YELVERTON STATION 579” with times of collections. The top right corner is cut out to accommodate a “next collection” plate. Yelverton was a former GWR station on the Plymouth – Launceston line and junction for the Princetown branch. The post box was located just outside the front entrance. Good condition with slight edge chipping – 3½” x 7”.		£100
44	LT Underground CARRIAGE NUMBER “54041” in Target. Painted on aluminium 5½” x 2¾” overall.		£55
45	Alloy WORKSPLATE “British Railways Built 1985 Stratford Works” plus plywood pattern for the same plate but 1984. Both are sized 12” x 8”.		n/s
46	BR(S) three aspect HANDLAMP with brass plates “SR” and “2717” and embossed “BR”. Complete with its vessel and burner but lacking the internal coloured glasses - unrestored.		£20
47	BR(S) Flanged enamel STATION SIGN “PUBLIC TELEPHONE 100 YARDS ALONG HIGH STREET”. Excellent condition with very good colour and shine and a very manageable size being just 12” x 18”.		£180
48	GWR Wooden cased tombstone SIGNALING INSTRUMENT with long needle on large unmarked dial - 5½” x 7” overall.		£30
49	Wooden TARGET “LYDD TOWN” from the Kent station on the Appledore to Dungeness line. In ex station condition and on its original backing board. Wooden targets were often used to replace damaged enamel ones.		£450
50	Alloy HEADBOARD “THE BON ACCORD” from the express that ran from Glasgow Buchanan Street to Aberdeen. Originally the name was introduced by the LMS for the 10.05 Glasgow - Aberdeen and 15.20 return - the name was dropped on the outbreak of WW2. It was then re-introduced by British Railways in 1949 but as the 06.25 Aberdeen - Glasgow and 13.35 return, and from 1956 became the 06.20 ex Aberdeen and 17.30 return. The board has been repainted but bears the knocks of use and has the usual stampings on the back with the names of similar pattern headboards.		£4100

Please place all bids for Lots 51 – 75 on 01306 502044 or 01306 500467.
Bidding finishes at 7.00pm on Monday 25th September 2006

Lot	Description	Picture	Current Price
51	CUNARD MENU for the QUEEN ELIZABETH for Sunday June 2nd 1968 with an attractive picture of Eilean Donan Castle on the front – excellent condition		£16
52	CARRIAGE PRINT “ELY” by Cyril Barnard. An atmospheric evening view across the river. The print comes in its titled mount and is presented in an original type glazed frame – 21” x 11”.		£170
53	NER Cast Iron GATE NOTICE “SHUT THIS GATE”. Face restored only – 17” x 2½”.		£30
54	Rectangular Chromed Brass WORKSPLATE “The English Electric Company Ltd London No 2795/D510 1960 The Vulcan Foundry”. Ex-D273/40073 allocated new to Gateshead in May 1960. Withdrawn June 1983 from Longsight and cut up at Crewe Works by Autumn the following year. Rechromed and face repainted – 10” x 4½”.		n/s
55	BR(S) Fully Flanged TOTEM “KENLEY” from the Surrey suburban station famous for its WW2 aerodrome. The black edged totem is in totally ex station condition.		£480
56	SR enamel STATION SIGN “WAIT HERE FOR TAXIS”. Excellent condition with very good colour and shine and minor edge chipping only – 48” x12” – other than death the only thing you can rely on!! TBC		£90
57	GWR b/w CARRIAGE PRINT “THE BRIDGE BARMOUTH”. An attractive photographic picture showing three coaches and a van being double headed over the bridge with the rugged mountains in the background. Original glazed frame – 18¾” x 10½”.		£170
58	LMS Brass WORKSPLATE “LMS BUILT 1939 CREWE” reputedly ex 6236. Locos built that year were Princess Coronation Pacifics 6235 – 6239 and Class F 2-8-0 8098 – 8125. Front repainted at some time otherwise original patina front & back.		£360
59	Alloy single line KEY TOKEN ”PENWITHERS Jc / PERRANWELL” from a section on the ex GWR Cornish branch from Truro to Falmouth. Ex use condition with blue paint.		£160
60	BR(W) Fully Flanged TOTEM “DIDCOT” from the GWR station South of Oxford and home of the preservation society. The totem is in virtually mint condition with excellent colour & shine and only minor rusting on the very edges of the flange.		£800
61	LT Brass UNDERGROUND STEPTREAD “Built by Metropolitan Carriage Wagon & Finance Co Ltd Birmingham 1925” from Standard stock that went to the Isle of Wight from where it was recovered. Unrestored 58” x 4” – would look good polished up. TBC		£55
62	Pair of Bakelite SIGNAL REPEATERS - Home and Distant with miniature signal in each. Good ex box condition. (2)		£45
63	SHEDPLATE “2D” BANBURY preceded by Nuneaton & Coventry. Face repainted.		£110
64	Twenty North London Railway LUGGAGE LABELS. All are of the “TO” type with London locations such as “Wormwood Scrubbs” and other more distant Towns such as “Margate* and “Wolverhampton”. (20)		£20
65	BR(Sc) Fully Flanged TOTEM “BARRASSIE” from the Ayrshire station, near Troon, on the West coast of Scotland. Good colour but lacking shine with a couple of very small face chips.		£460
66	LBSCR CLOTHES BRUSH with “LBSCR” clearly defined by lighter coloured bristles. Full working order – 15” long.		£60
67	GW&GC Joint abbreviated title Cast Iron Railway Trespass. “ The London North Eastern Railway Company hereby give warning to all persons not to trespass………..”. Casting no 07. Front only repainted – 26” x 17”. Not a common sign. TBC		£120
68	SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE “3826” from GWR “2800” Class 2-8-0 loco built at Swindon in September 1940. Its first allocation was to Pontypool Road and it spent most of its later years there. It was finally withdrawn from Severn Tunnel Junction in December 1965 and was cut up at Cashmores Newport the following Spring. Ex loco condition.		n/s
69	BR(W) White on Black enamel SIGNALBOX DOOR NOTICE “ British Railways Western Region Notice No Unauthorized person allowed in this box By Order”. Very good condition with minor face scratches only – 11” x 8”.		£85
70	LT CAP BADGE “LONDON TRANSPORT TOUR GUIDE” as worn by Senior Tour guides on Central Bus Tours. A rare item, as few were issued, in excellent condition.		£110
71	Oval Cast Iron WORKSPLATE “BUILT 1960 DERBY”. Face restored only. Locos built that year were BR Class 08 diesel shunters Nos D3937-99 and D4000-10 – 10½” x 6”.		£60
72	Oval brass WORKSPLATE “JOHN FOWLER & CO LEEDS 4210002 1949” from 0-4-0 diesel mechanical loco No.2 belonging to CEGB based at Kirkstall Power Station Leeds. Ex loco condition – 12” x 8”.		£90
73	BR(M) Flanged Enamel STATION SIGN “NO SMOKING” with British Railways in totem above. Good colour and shine with an edge chip in the top right corner. Unusual as these signs are generally unflanged. Ex Crewe station – 24” x 12”.		£65
74	GWR Order of Service for the thirteenth anniversary of Armistice Day November 11th 1931 to be held at Paddington station. Good condition with one small hole near the top left corner – 5” x 8”.		£40
75	Brass NAMEPLATE “GREAT WESTERN” complete with all five of its complementary plates all in delightful ex-loco condition. The set consists of the nameplate, unique CABSIDE “47500”, BR double arrow logo in solid brass, GWR garter crest, London badge and Bristol badge. The locomotive, built by Brush Locomotive Co with works number 705, entered traffic as D1943. Its final number is 47770 and at the time of writing it is stored at Bescot MPD. “47500” was originally named in February 1979 when it was given alloy plates and a single badge. In May 1985 as part of the GWR 150 celebrations it was rededicated on the 125th anniversary of Paddington Station, at the station, and given a full set of brass name and number plates (the plates being made at Swindon works in GWR style). What a chance to obtain possibly the best diesel nameplate ever, plus all the extras. The nameplate is 58” x 8” and the Cabside 28” x 8”. (6) TBC		£16,500

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