A bumper month for collectors

Results

GW Railwayana Auctions held its latest live internet and email sale of 860 lots over two days on July 23-24. Modern traction railwayana continues to perform strongly, with a ‘Western’ and Class 40 nameplate both achieving five figures.

Steam Nameplates: Gladiator (5076) £18,200, Robert Blake (30855) £11,100, Portland Bill (32038) £9900, Taw Valley (34027) £9500, Cornwallis (45666) £7200, Blackwell Grange (6806) £6800, Lambton Castle (61623) £3600 and Hart Hall (7907) £3150.

GWR Cabside Numberplates

(brass unless stated): 5002 (Ludlow Castle) £4000, 5004 (Llanstephan Castle) £4000, 6806 (Blackwell Grange) £3500, 5045 (Earl of Dudley) £3000, 5009 (Shrewsbury Castle) £2700, 5658 (CI) £2,700, 4655 (CI) £1600, 7907 (Hart Hall) £1300, 8466 £1300, 4283 £1050, 3720 (CI) £1000, 3848 (CI) £800, 8488 £800, 4651 (CI) £700, 8478 £700, 6685 £550, 8761 (CI) £550, 4693 (CI) £500, 5697 (CI) £500, 8441 £500, 9464 £500, 8449 £480, 8482 (CI) £480, 3725 (CI) £460, 4674 (CI) £440, 3738 (CI) £400, 3781 (CI) £400, 9645 (CI) £400, 3635 (CI) £340 and 6641 (CI) £240.

Diesel Nameplates: Western Monarch with cabside numberplate (D1049) £11,000, Ivernia (40021) £10,600, Northumbria (47405)

£7800, The Geordie (47403) £7600, Spirit of Sunderland (43274) £4600, Lincolnshire Echo (43208) £4000, Bounds Green (43257) £3700, Western Star (67025) £2800, Royal Mail Tyneside (47756) £2600, Eastern (60048) £2300, Restormel (47732) £2000, Transfesa (47293) £1700 and County of Nottingham (43077) £1300.

Diesel Badges: Queen’s Own Highlander (55004) £8100,

HST 40 Years 1976-2016 (43300 Craigentinny) £4200, MIC British Rail (56101) £800, Craftsman (47501) £480, Transrail Freight (37/4) £320 and Gefco (47049) £320.

Diesel Cabside Numbers: 1015 (Western Champion) £550 and 5222 (25072) £220.

Diesel Worksplates: Beyer Peacock Gorton Aei/sulzer No 8034 1965 (25274) £3800, BR Derby Brush/ Sulzer 1961 (46016) £1800, BR

Crewe Sulzer/crompton Parkinson 1960 (D68-D84) £1500, English

Electric Vulcan No 3622/D1021

1966 (20151) £1300, Beyer Peacock Gorton Clayton (D8588-616)

£1200, English Electric Stephenson No 3364/8407 1963 (37186/898

Cwmbargoed DP) £1200, English Electric Vulcan No 3515/D946 1964 (37258/384) £1150, North British No 27990 1962 (D861 Vigilant) £1100, English Electric Vulcan No 3529/ D958 1965 (37269/417 Highland Region/rail Magazine/richard Trevithick) £1000, Brush Traction No 165 1959 (31148/448/548)

£950, Brush Traction No 437 1963 (47015) £950, English Electric

Vulcan No 3418/D876 1963 (37232

The Institution of Railway Signal Engineers) £900, English Electric Vulcan No 3078/D628 1960 (40132) £850, BR Crewe Brush/sulzer

1965 (47211/394 Johnson Stevens Agencies) £800, BR Crewe Sulzer/ Crompton Parkinson 1960 (D68D84) £750, North British GEC 1958 Cab plate (D8400-09) £700, BR

Derby Aei/sulzer 1963 (D5186-222, D5223-43, D7568-77) £700, English Electric Vulcan No 3410/D868 1963 (37224/680) £700, BR Crewe Brush/ Sulzer 1965 (47516/708 Waverley/ Templecombe) £650, General Motors Alstom Valencia, Spain No 96874211 01/00 (67011) £650, Drewry RSH No 2681 1960 (D2300) £600, Hunslet Leeds No 4998 1957 (D2560) £600, English Electric RSH No 3019/8271 1962 (20113) £600, BR Crewe Brush/ Sulzer 1964 (47535 University of Leicester/saint Aidan) £600, General Motors London, Canada No 20018342-17 11-02 (66564) £550, English Electric Vulcan No 2774/ D469 1959 (40052) £500, English Electric RSH No 2988/8240 1961 (20082) £480, Brush Sulzer No 528 1964 (47171/592 County of Avon/738 Bristol Barton Hill) £480, BR Derby Aei/sulzer 1964 (25139) £460, BRCW No Del 96 1960 Cab plate (33004) £440, Andrew Barclay No 471 1960 (D2444) £420, General Motors London, Canada No 998145-12

07-00 (66517) £380, Built 1951 Derby (12088-97) £360, Brush Traction Cab plate (57008 Freightliner Explorer/ Telford International Railfreight

Park June 2009) £320, BREL Crewe 1983 (56129) £260, General Motors London, Canada No 968702-143 07-99 (66143) £260, Built Crewe 1959 (D3728-62) £200, Brush Traction

Cab plate (57313 Tracy Island) £200, North British Bogie plate 6306/75 1960 (22) £170, Alstom/ews 2000 Bogie plates (67018 Rapid) £160 and Built Horwich 1962 (08906) £150. Electric Nameplates: Pendolinovirgin Pathfinder (390040) £5100, Lord Nelson (87018) £4500, Spirit of Dagenham with Ford Badge (90037) £4000 and Collingwood (90020).

Electric Cabside Numberplate: E3033 £3000.

Electric Worksplates: Gorton No 1018 1951 (76011) £1600, BR Doncaster AEI/EE No 3733/E393 1966 (86023/86323/86423/86623) £1100, BR Doncaster AEI/EE 1965 (86038/438/638) £800, Brush Traction No 1097 1995 (92040 Goethe) £800, AEI 1023 Cab plate (82002) £750, 92025 No1 End Cab plate (92025 Oscar Wilde) £220 and E5014 No 1 End Cab plate (71014) £200.

Diesel & Electric Emblems: Intercity Swallow (LH) (43) £1100, Intercity Swallow (LH) (43) £1100, Westbury-white Horse £850,

Virgin Pendolino 390 nose badge (390) £800, Tinsley-yorkshire Rose (47157) £700, Toton-cooling Towers £600, Cardiff Canton-goat £480, Immingham-star & Garter £440, Toton-cooling Towers £400, Virgin Voyager nose badge (220) £380, Double Arrow (85) £340, Virgin Super Voyager 221 nose badge (221) £300 and Double Arrow (Small) £200.

LMS Hawkseyes: Peak Forest £2000, Meols Cop £420 and Ford £340.

LT Targets: Paddington £4000, Holborn £2000, Swiss Cottage £900 and Oxford Circus £460.

SR Targets: Waterloo £600.

Totems:

BR (E) Blue: Oakleigh Park £1700, Forncett £1400, Flordon £1200, New Southgate £850 and Althorpe £800.

BR (M) Maroon: Highbury & Islington £2900, Whitefield £2800, Narborough £1500, Hoylake £1400, Oxenholme £1200, Bolton Trinity Street £1100, Harpenden Central £950, Whitchurch £950, Bangor £900, Canley Halt £900, Hartford £900, Wallasey Grove Road £900, Rugeley Town £850, Codnor

Park & Ironville £750, Kingsbury £750, Lidlington £750, South Hampstead £750, Foleshill £700, Castle Bromwich £650, Wigan £650, Lostock Junction £600, Heaton Park £550, Radcliffe Central £550 and Bowker Vale £500.

BR (NE) Tangerine: Marske £2200 and Halifax £1400.

BR (S) Green: Crowborough &

Jarvis Brook £4300, Tunbridge Wells Central £2000, Salisbury £1650, Mortlake £1600, Pluckley £1600, Hove £1500, Warnham £1300, Folkestone East £1200, Maiden Newton £1150, Dorchester South £900, Epsom Downs £850, Margate £800, Elmstead Woods £550, Strood £550, Grove Park £400 and Halling £400.

BR (Sc) Light Blue: Aviemore

£2700, Dumbarton Central £1700, Markinch £1100, Kilpatrick £1000, Bowling £900, Queen’s Park £650, Williamwood £500, Cardenden £460 and Barrhead £400.

BR (W) Chocolate & Cream: St.

Ives £10,500, Bath Spa £6300, Tenby £2800, Bristol Stapleton Road £2700, Leamington Spa General £2700, Bristol Temple Meads (roundel) £2500, Dawlish £1900, Nailsea & Backwell £1350, Avonmouth Dock £1300, Kemble £1300, Honeybourne £1200, Shrewsbury £1200, Lapworth £1100, Lawrence Hill £1100, Maidenhead £1100, Tilehurst £1100, Parson Street £1000, Horfield £850, Evesham £750, Gobowen £750, Weston Milton £750 and Gwersyllt £700.

On September 4, Great Central Railwayana Auctions held its live internet and email sale consisting of some 200 lots. The modern traction highlight of the sale was another Class 60 nameplate that achieved a respectable £3900, although still some way short of the nameplate prices achieved by some of the more ‘classic’ locomotive designs.

Steam Nameplates: School Classwinchester (30901) £9400, City of Liverpool (B2 5428) £7600 and Princess Augusta (4058) £5000.

GWR Cabside Numberplates

(brass unless stated): 5958

(Knolton Hall) £3100, 1016 (County of Hants) £1850, GWR 3028 £1500 and 7231 (CI) £580.

Diesel Nameplates: Great Whernside (60020) £3900 and BBC East Midlands Today (43076) £780.

Diesel Worksplates: English

Electric Vulcan No 3623/D1022 1966 (20152) £920, English Electric RSH No 3011/8263 1961 (20105) £580 and BREL Doncaster 1980 (56083) £520.

Electric Worksplate: Brush Traction No 1085 1994 (92025 Oscar Wilde) £900

Diesel & Electric Emblems: BR Double Arrow £210 and BR Double Arrow £170.

LMS Hawkseye: Prees £300

SR Targets: Orpington £800, Horsham £520 and Sydenham £320.

Totems:

BR (M) Maroon: Bourneville £1900, Kings Langley & Abbots Langley £1450, Flitwick £780, Leyland £760, Hartford £600 and Bramhall £420.

BR (S) Green: Maidstone Barracks £920, Vauxhall £900, Guildford £800, Ramsgate £760, Ewell East £560, Lingfield £560 and Oxted £520.

BR (W) Chocolate & Cream: Leamington Spa General £2900, Yatton £1300, and West Ealing £680.

Future Events

Between Saturday, September 26 and Tuesday, October 12, Great Northern Railwayana Auctions is holding its next email/telephone sale. More information to be found at https://gnrauctions.co.uk/

Steam Nameplate: Princess Alexandra (46224).

GWR Cabside Numberplates

(brass unless stated): 1618, 1625.

Diesel Worksplates: English Electric Vulcan No 3519/D948 1965 (37259/380).

Diesel & Electric Emblems: BR Double Arrow (small), BR Double Arrow (47), BR Double Arrow (47281), BR Double Arrow (56069), BR Double Arrow (56114 Maltby Colliery) and Intercity Swallow (2).

Totems:

BR (M) Maroon: Bollington, Kirby Muxloe and Patricroft.

BR (Sc) Light Blue: Polmont.

BR (S) Green: Hurst Green and Upper Warlingham.

Crewe Heritage Railwayana Auctions will hold its next email/telephone sale between October 29 and November 1. Full details can be found online by visiting the website http://ukrailwayana. com/

Steam Nameplate: Clan Macgregor (72005).

Diesel Nameplates: Heaton

(43095), Triumph (50042) and Quality Approved.

Diesel Worksplates: Hunslet Leeds No 5653 1960 (D2604), Clayton Hatton 1963 (D8564), Clayton Hatton, English Electric RSH No 3006/8258 1961 (20100), North British GE No 27958 1960 (D6154), English Electric Vulcan No 2718/ D460 1959 (40043) and English Electric Vulcan No 3115/D665 1961 (40169).

Electric Worksplates: BR Doncaster EE/AEI 1965 (850xx) and English Electric AEI No 3484/E330 1965 (86247 Abraham Derby).

SR Targets: Blackheath and Sherborne.

Totems:

BR (M) Maroon: Adlington, Ashburys, Fairfield for Droylsden, Glazebrook, Godley Junction, Guide Bridge, Hyde Central, Hyde North, Kenton, Squires Gate and Walsall.

BR (S) Green: Bellingham, Hackbridge and Maiden Newton.

BR (Sc) Light Blue: Barassie, Cupar, Easterhouse, Hamilton West, Piershill, Shawlands and Tynehead.

BR (W) Chocolate & Cream: Burnham (Bucks) and