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Everton settotop the
league at Stoneleigh
THE footballclub maynot betopof
the tree–although eighth placeinl ast
season’s PremierLeague campaignisf ar
from shabby–but nameplateEverton
will surely finish ahead of therest at
Grea tCentral’s sale onSeptember 7.
Theplate,with its brassfootball,
comes from LNER B17 No.61663,
built by RobertStephenson &Co
of Da rlingtoninFebruar y1937and
withdrawnfromStratford (30A)in
February1960.Thecurrent record
pric efor a‘Footballer’nameplate is
£43,000, achievedby GW Railwayanain
November 2007forNottinghamForest
from No.61666.
A12th cent uryFrenchabbot,
aCheshirecountryhouse,a
Gloucestershire grange ,atop
independent school, an LNWR director,
afavourit eRoyalNavyname,anAdmiral
of theFleet, andtworacehorses, will also
be in the nameplate spotlight.
From the GWRcome three
representatives,includingSaintBernard,
carried by No.2917 thatemerged
from Swindon inAugust 1907 andwas
withdrawninOctober 1934, nearly
twodecades beforethe lastmember
of the classwastaken outofs ervic e. In
supportthereisHinderton Hallfrom
preservedNo. 5900(built March1931
and withdrawnfromStPhilip’s Marsh,
Bristol (82B) inDecember 1963)–and
AylburtonGrangefrom No.6801, which
wasoutshoppedby Swindon inAugust
1936 and became the first member
of the classto be withdrawn, from
Penzance(83G) in October 1960.
TheSouthernRailwayoffers
Shrewsbury(Sch oolsclassNo. 30921
built at Eastleigh in November 1933
and withdrawnfromNine Elms (70A)
in December 1962), while the LMS
provides aPatriot andtwoJubilees,the
former beingE.Tootal Broadhurstfrom
No.45534, anApril1933Derby product
thatwas withdrawninMay 1964 when
allocatedtoCreweNorth(5A).
TheJubilees areMadden,from
No.45668,namedafter Admiral of the
Fleet Sir CharlesMadden (builtCrewe
December 1935 and withdrawnfrom
Burton(17B) in December 1963), andKnightsbridge
is fa vourite
destinationfor
Underground
collectors
UNDERGROUNDplatform
roundelsigns dominatedthe
railwayana selectionatTransport
Auctions ofLondon’s (TAL) salein
Croydon on June 29, with thebest
sellerbeing Knightsbridge on the
PiccadillyLine at £1500,followed
in se cond placebyOxfor dCircus
(£950).
Theseenamelsignsdidn’t
have everythingtheirownway,
howeve r, ascabdestinationplates
gave themagoodrunfortheir
money, this categorybeingled
by astandardTubestockplate for
AlexandraPalace/Moorgate via
FinsburyParkthatwentfor£870.
AlexandraPalace andMoorga te
wouldhave beentheterminalsof
aNorthernLineextensionthatwas
plannedbefor etheSecondWorld
Warbutneverbuilt ,meaningTube
trainsneverranto thePalace.
Behind at £820 cameaQ-stock
destination plate forAddisonRd/
Neasden, the latterremembered
by many1950s’London
trainspotters as the location of
BR depot 34E thatwas hometo
an armyofLNERL1class 2-6-4Ts.
AddisonRoad wasanother
‘casualty’of theSecondWorld
War, as the station wasclosed
to passengers dueto bomb
damageinOctober 1940 andwas
renamedKensington(Olympia)
when itreopened in 1946.Prices
exclude buyer’s premium of 16%.
TALdirec torMichaelWickham
said:“Whenaframedroundel
forarelatively unusual name like
Knightsbridge turns up it can
attrac tsubstantial interest,and
amajorhighlightoft he salewas
the smallcollection of uncommon
Underground cab destination
plates. Ibelieveweset some
recordsinthis category.”Meteor–anameused by the RoyalNavy
on nineships –fromNo. 45734,also
buil tatC rewe, in November 1936 and
pensioned off fromCarlisleKingmoor
(12A)inD ecember 1963.
Finally come thetworacehorses, the
first beingIsinglasscarried by LNER
A3 No.60063 andthe secondKing’s
Courierfrom A1 No.60144.TheA3was
named afterthe winner of the 1893
Triple Crown(2000 Guineas,Derby and
St Leger)and wasbuilt at Doncaster in
June 1925 and withdrawnfromNew
England,Peterborough (34E)inJ une
1964 afteramain line lif eofnearly
40 years.
Thehorse afterwhich No.60144was
namedwasrather less su ccessful ,its
main victorybeingthe 1900Doncaster
Cup, whilethe Darlington-builtPacific
thatcarried its name hadamain lif eof
just 14years,fromMarch 1949to April
1963,at which time itwasshedded at
Doncaster (36A).
Thecabside numberplate from
No.6801,smokeboxnumberplate
from No.30921,and worksplate from
No.60063, will also begoingunder
Mike Soden’s hammer,all separately
from their nameplates. Other GWR
cabsides arefromNos.5070SirDaniel
Gooch,5955GarthHall,and 6854
RoundhillGrange.
Another smokeboxis6 800fromGWR
ArlingtonGrange,meaningthe firsttwo
members of the classwill featureint he
auction, while this categorywill also
offer 7815 fromFritwell Manor.
Memories ofaBR(M) express will
be revivedby aheadboardfrom‘The
Manxman’LondonEuston-Liverpool
LimeStreet train, whichIrecorded
twiceonAugust6,1 960, at Lichfield
TrentValley .The Down working camethroughat 12.49pmhauledby the
then-unnamed Class 40 D222, and the
Up trainat 4.17pmheadedbyClass 44
‘Pea k’D9Snowdon.
TheMetropolitanRailwaywill make
its presencefelt withaselection
thatincludesaVerney Junction/
Moorga te St steamlocomotiveenamel
destination sign,acast iron signalbox
doornotice, andan‘IckenhamMetro
Stat ion’direction sign, while another
signalboxitemisanLNER Glenfinnan
woodennameboard.
Other Scottishmemorabilia are
Galashielsand Heriottote mstation
signs from theWaverley route,
and from the other end
of thecountr ycomes a
Lynton&Barnstaple
RailwayWooda Bay-
Lyntonsignalling tablet
thatsurvived the line’s
1935 closurebybeing
used, as wereother such
tablets ,asapaperweight
at Eastleighworks.
Another castiron
item isaForest ofDean
Centra lRailway mile
marker from the line that
opened inMay1868and
closed inAugust 1949–the
marker in factcarries the
erroneous initialsCFDR–
whilearailwayman’s jac ket
from theLondonNorth
Western/MidlandRailway-
owned Ashby&Nuneaton
Jointline maybeauseful
acquisition if theweather
turnsunexpectedly cold
during proceedings.The
auction,atS toneleighPark
startsat1 0am.➜SOUTHERNRailway0-4-4T No.E508
wasthe topselle rata Vectis model
train saleatThornabyonJune 21, with
arealisation of £500.TheO-gauge
model wasbuilt by Leeds Model
Company, whichwasfounded in 1912
and continued production until 1966.
Akitbuilt OO-gauge model of
preservedMetropolitanRailwayClass
A4-4-0T No.23sold for£480, aprice
matched by an HO-gauge SBB (Swiss
FederalRailways)five-car EMUby
Roco of Austria. Prices excludebuyer’s
premium of25%(incVAT).
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