Llangollen Railway plc assets go under the hammer

ROLLING stock, machine tools, plant and other equipment were the subject of a live online auction at the time this issue of The RM went to press, which would see the assets of Llangollen Railway plc disposed of.

The sale was being handled by Lambert

Smith Hampton by order of Cowgill Holloway Business Recovery LLP, the administrators of the defunct plc.

Sale catalogues were made available from April 23 and all online bids were to be in by May 12 at 14.00.

Items going under the hammer included 10 Mk1 coaches, a Mk3A function coach, a Class 08/10 hybrid diesel shunter, and a BR type ‘GUV’ bogie box van.

Plant included a Case/ Rexquote Superailer 988P-SP2 road/rail excavator, a Cowans Sheldon 56-ton rail mounted crane, a Plasser Thurer 12-tonne general purpose rail crane and Lowmac 25-tonne wagon fitted with Atlas Terex hydraulic crane.

Many of the machine tools that had been part of the Llangollen Railway Engineering business were also being sold, together with a selection of vans and other road vehicles.

Details were available at https://tinyurl.com/ LSHAuction