King takes the crown, but Midland Railway 4-4-0 isn’t far behind

LIVE steam models in 5in gauge headed Dreweatts' transport sale on September 21, with the leading realisation of £11,000 being achieved by GWR No. 6019 King Henry V, as reported in the news section of this issue.

Behind came Midland Railway 990 class 4-4-0 No. 999, which went under the hammer for £7000. The locomotive on which the model was based emerged from Derby in 1909 and was a regular on the challenging Settle-Carlisle route before its withdrawal by the LMS as No. 809 in 1929.

The 5in gauge leaders were followed by two gauge 1 models and a pair of 3½in gauge examples, the former being Royal Bavarian State Railways' Gt 2x4/4 class 0-8-8-0T No. 5772 at £3000 and LMS Princess Coronation Pacific No. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland (£2800).

First of the 3½in gauge representatives was LNER Ivatt Atlantic C1 class No. 3298 which fetched £2000, while Canadian National Railway 2-8-0 No. 8342 went for £1500, a price matched by a set of four 5in gauge BR Western Region coaches.

The final four-figure realisations were both of BR models, comprising a part-built 5in gauge Class 9F 2-10-0 (£1400) and WD class 2-8-0 No. 90567 in 2½in gauge (£1300). Prices exclude buyer's premium of 25% (+ VAT).