Western Rules
GREAT CENTRAL Railwayana Auction held its latest live internet and email sale on May 15. A whopping £12,000 was paid for the nameplate from D1050 Western Ruler.
Steam nameplates: Draycott Manor (7800) £9,600 and Gwalior (45589) £9,400.
GWR cabside number plates: 7820 (Dinmore Manor) £2,600 and 9401 £980.
Diesel nameplates: Western Ruler with cabside numberplate (£12,000), Cader Idris (60011) £6,000 and Didcot Power Station (58014) £4,500.
Diesel works plates: BR Derby Sulzer/crompton Parkinson
1961 (45021) £2,100, English Electric Vulcan No 2871/D587 1960 (37008/352) £1,800, English Electric Vulcan No 2803/D518 1960 (40081) £1,250, Brush Sulzer No 614 1966 (47508 Great Britain/ss Great Britain) £960, General Motors Alstom Valencia, Spain No 968742-13 01/00 (67013) £820, BREL Doncaster 1984 (58014 Didcot Power Station) £760 and General Motors London, Canada No 968702-131 05/99 (66131) £250.
Electric cabside number plate: E3028 £2,200.
Electric works plate: BR English Electric Doncaster 1959 (E5001-13) £980.
Diesel and electric emblems: Inter-city Swallow £760, Ripple Lane-torch £650 and BR Double Arrow £200.
LMS Hawkseye: Oxenholme £440.
Totems:
BR (E) Blue: Cavendish £1,350. BR (M) Maroon: Church & Oswaldtwistle £1,550, Codnor Park & Ironville £740, Prestwich £720 and Mostyn £640.
BR (S) Green: Hove £1,250, Surbiton £980, Whitstable & Tankerton £980, Angmering
£700, Rochester £620 and Margate £600.
BR (Sc) Light Blue: Strichen £800. BR (W) Chocolate & Cream: Machynlleth £3,500, Portishead £980, Oldbury & Langley Green £960 and Solihull £880.