Railwayana

GREAT NORTHERN recently held its popular phone/email sale, which generated some tidy sums, notably the £7,100 for the nameplate Nigeria, worn by LMS Jubilee 45619.

Steam nameplates: Nigeria (45619) £7,100, Lord Nelson Class-Sir Richard Grenville (30853) £6,000, Lord Rutherford of Nelson (45665) n/s and The Loyal Regiment (46158) n/s.

Diesel and electric works plates: Gorton No 1055 1952 (76048 Hector) £2,900 and BREL Doncaster 1980 (56084) £550.

Diesel and electric emblems: Inter-City Swallow (91024) £550, Toton-Cooling Towers small

(58) £430, Margam- Red Kite (displayed on depot wall) £270 and Double Arrow small (08) £220.

SR Targets: Bagshot £1,300, Penge East £800 and Vauxhall £400.

Totems:

BR (M) Maroon: Pear Tree & Normanton £2,900, Knutsford £2,700, Oldham Mumps £2,100, Gatley £1,500, Leyland £1,050, Guide Bridge £500 and Denton £420.

BR (S) Green: Loughborough Junction £1,000 and Elmstead Woods £350.

BR (Sc) Light Blue: Nairn £1,350.

(Rail Photoprints/the late Alan H Bryant ARPS) 45619 Nigeria and 45594 wait at Chinley with trains for St. Pancras and Sheffield respectively, circa 1960.