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Tamping Machine, British Railways (Eastern Region), Matisa Ltd tamping machine, No DB74007, of 1949, formerly located at Boston, Lincolnshire.

Matisa tamping machine

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1949
Chaldron wagon, Seaham Harbour Tramway, Owned by Marquis of Londonderry (Vane-Tempest, George) from Seaham Harbour c.1870. No.31, wooden bucket design, painted black with "32 L 2.13.0" in white.

Seaham Harbour chaldron wagon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1865-1875
Platelayer's trolley, London & North Eastern Railway/British Railways, petrol driven, made by Wickham, permanent-way inspection trolley, No 960209, 1931.

Wickham platelayers trolley

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1931
Locomotive mounted steam crane by Thomas Smith & Son (Rodley) c1915 with jib, boiler, water tank and 3 pallets of assorted crane components. Length 18'; width 9'; height 50' (depending on angle of jib).

Locomotive mounted steam crane, c 1915

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1910-1920
Steam locomotive, Hetton Colliery, 0-4-0, built by G. Stephenson and N. Wood at Hetton Colliery, Durham, withdrawn in 1912.

Steam locomotive used at Hetton Colliery

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1822
Petrol locomotive, No 4217, built by Simplex in 1925.

Petrol locomotive, No 4217

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1925
Chaldron wagon, Stockton & Darlington Railway, tare weight 1-18-3, two wheels marked 'Darlington Wagon & Engineering Co.' and one wheel 'Blaydon'.

Chaldron wagon, Stockton & Darlington Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1815-1825
Locomotive and tender, 4-8-0, 3' 6" gauge, wood burning, with 8-wheel double-bogie tender, built by Sharp Stewart in 1896 for the Cape Government Railway, later South African Railways. Locomotive number 390, later SAR 993, order number E1073 and T1073. Subsequently operated by Zambezi Sawmills Railway (also known as the Mulobezi Railway). Operated on the Mulobezi to Livingstone line. Length 51 4"; width 8'; height 12'.

Cape Government locomotive and tender 4-8-0, 1896

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1896
Set of railway wagons, British Railways, 290-ton boiler wagon set, lettered Boiler EB, lot number 3527, consisting of four six-wheel vehicles, No DB902805, DB902806, DB902807, DB902808, built Ashford Works, 1965. [Built to diagram number BR 2/033, number built 6].

British Railways 290-ton boiler wagon set

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1965
Railway wagon, Great Western Railway, 12ton Motor Car Van, 'Mogo', No. 126438, built Swindon Works, date to traffic 6th April 1935. [Built to diagram number GWR Wagon G31, construction span 1934-1936, number built 350].

Great Western Railway Mogo

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1935
Diesel hydraulic shunting locomotive, 34 ton 4-wheeled "Hoo1", built by Sentinel in 1959.

Diesel hydraulic shunting locomotive, 34 ton 4-wheeled "HOO1

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1959
Inspection saloon, North London Railway, No 1032, built in 1872 at Bow Works.

Directors Saloon, North London Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1872
Railway carriage, Stockton & Darlington Railway, composite No 59, 1847, built by Tweed dale & Barton, Carlisle, at a cost of £245. It remained in service until 1872.

Stockton & Darlington Railway carriage

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1847
Electric multiple unit motor coach number 61275, Network South London Class 414 2 HAP electric multiple unit. The unit initially had the running number 6077 then 4308WD.

Class 414 motor coach number 61275

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1957 - 1958
Platform ticket machine, London & North Eastern Railway, wall-mounted, LNER ID Red.

Platform ticket machine, London & North Eastern Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1923-1948
Wagon, 23-ton bogie hopper wagon, No 19154, built by Charles Roberts & Co, Wakefield, 1953, refurbished and vacuum braked by ICI at Northwich, 1983, used to carry limestone, to and from Tunstead, Derbyshire.

Bogie hopper wagon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1953
Hopper Wagon, North Eastern Railway, Coal Hopper Wagon No 4551 20T of 1902.

Hopper wagon, North Eastern Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1902
Ashtray, silver plated brass, London & North Western Railway, by James Beresford and Sons, Birmingham, 1890-1914, marked "LNWR".

Silver plated ashtray, London & North Western Railway

Passenger Comforts

1890-1914
Steam locomotive, Bradyll, built for the South Hetton Coal Company, c.1837.

Steam locomotive, entitled Bradyll

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1832-1842
Section of bridge, Newcastle & North Shields Railway, laminated timber, designed by John and Benjamin Green, Engineers, from bridge over the Borough Road, North Shields, built 1839, demolished 1937.

Section of laminated timber bridge from Newcastle & North shields Railway, 1839

Railway Infrastructure

1839
Gas Turbine Train, experimental, British Railways, APT-E, Advanced Passenger Train, power car.

Gas Turbine Train, apt-e power car

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1972
Chaldron wagon, Cramlington Colliery, believed to have been built c1826, slatted wooden sides, floor and ends missing, painted black. Height: 6' 3"; width: 5'; length: 10'.

Cramlington Colliery chaldron wagon, c 1826

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1821-1831
Rail mounted independent snow plough, 6 wheels with staff accommodation compartment, air braked, painted black with yellow warning stripes. Ran in pairs and this was one of two based latterly at Peterborough. Type ZZA, number ADB 965232

Rail-mounted snow plough

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

c. 1966
Locomotive tender, Stockton & Darlington Railway, ex Collier Class Locomotive 'Etherley', built by William Lister, Darlington, 1840, ex Forcett Limestone Company Goods Station.

'Etherley' Locomotive tender

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1840
Waiting room seat, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, wooden bench with green leatherette seat, 'MS & LR' carved on back.

Waiting room seat, Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railw

Railway Furniture
Tricycle, Buda Velocipede, Platelayer's tricycle, wooden with flanged metal wheels.

Buda platelayer's velocipede

Locomotives and Rolling Stock
Hopper wagon made for domestic coal traffic; HEA coal hopper wagon 361000, built Shildon works 1977 and withdrawn from service c.2010

HEA coal hopper wagon 361000

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1977
Carriage, British Railways, Mark I BCK (1st and 2nd class brake composite corridor), No 21274, air-braked, mounted on Commonwealth bogies, fitted for electric train heat, built Derby, 1964. [Built to diagram no. 172, Lot number 30732].

British Railways Mark I BCK carriage

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1964
Electric multiple unit driving trailer number 75395, Network South London Class 414 2 HAP electric multiple unit. The unit initially had the running number 6077 then 4308WD

Class 414 driving trailer 75395

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1957 - 1958
Horse-drawn fire engine, North Eastern Railway, built by Merryweather, London, ex Gateshead Works. Probably the 'Montreal' model, c.1880.

Horse-drawn fire engine

Road Vehicles (Railway)

1875-1885
Model railway wagon, N gauge, North Eastern Railway, open 7-plank wagon, 12 ton, No 131457, boxed, by Graham Farish, England (No 2102).

Model railway wagon, North Eastern Railway open 7-plank wagon

Railway Models

1982
Model railway station, N gauge, wayside station halt, boxed, by Graham Farish, England (No 9003).

Model railway station halt

Railway Models

1982
Model steam locomotive, `O' gauge tinplate, live steam, Great Western Railway, 4-4-0 No.4073, locomotive model No.250, tender model No.234, boxed, by Bowman Models, Dereham, Norfolk, c.1938.

bowman model locomotive

Railway Models

1938
Model steam locomotive, OO gauge, London Midland & Scottish Railway 4-6-0, No 6103 "Royal Scots Fusilier", tender drive, c1980, by Airfix.

model steam locomotive

Railway Models

1980
Model electric locomotive, OO gauge, British Railways Co-Co, Class EM2, No 27002 "Aurora", green livery, by Tri-ang, England. Jack Wheeler Collection.

model electric locomotive

Railway Models

1970
Safety Valve, Hackworth's multi-leaf spring type, large, brass on circular base engraved 'Locomotive Spring Safety Valve Invented by Timothy Hackworth fitted to The Royal George 1827'.

Safety valve, Hackworth-type

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components
Motor coach, Southern Railway and British Railways Southern Region, electric motor open 3rd brake, No S11179S, 4-Cor, built 1937 for services between London and Portsmouth.

4 Cor electric motor coach

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1937
Hopper Wagon, London & North Eastern Railway, 20T steel hopper coal wagon, No E270919, built by Hurst Nelson & Co. Ltd, Motherwell, 1946. [Built to diagram number 100, construction span 1936-1948, number built c. 8000+].

Hopper wagon, London & North Eastern Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1946
Low machine wagon, London & South Western Railway, Lowmac, No DS563024, built 1921.

London & South Western Railway, Lowmac, No DS563024

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1921
Container, British Railways (London Midland Region), BA Type Container (light alloy), Speedfreight, No. BA4324B, built Earlestown Works, 1962. [Built to diagram BR Wagon 75, construction span 1962, number built 40].

BA type container

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1962
Shell-Mex & British Petroleum Limited Tank Wagon, rectangular in shape with a 10-12T capacity. No 3171, built in 1901, for carrying oil. Registered with Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, no. 12739 and claimed from Falmouth Docks.

BP tank wagon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1901
Railway wagon, Philips Petroleum 100T, GLW Petrol Tank Wagon, No PP85209, built by Charles Roberts & Company Limited, 1970. One of a fleet of 20 built in 1970 and leased from Lombard North Central plc.

Philips Petroleum 100T tank wagon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1970
Wagon, Great Central Railway, Single Bolster, built by Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage, Wagon & Finance Company Limited, Old Park Works, Wednesbury, 1920, Tyne Improvement Commission No. 14, North Yorkshire Moors Railway No. 110.

Great Central Railway single bolster

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1920
Ashtray, silver plated brass, London & North Western Railway, by James Beresford and Sons, Birmingham, 1890-1914, marked "LNWR".

Silver plated ashtray, London & North Western Railway

Passenger Comforts

1890-1914
Ashtray, silver plated brass, London & North Western Railway, by James Beresford and Sons, Birmingham, 1890-1914, marked "LNWR".

Silver plated ashtray, London & North Western Railway

Passenger Comforts

1890-1914
Gas Turbine Train, experimental, British Railways, APT-E, Advanced Passenger Train, trailer car.

Gas turbine train apt-e trailer car

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1972
Oil pad, Armstrong oiler, worsted wool and spring steel, for lubricating plain bearing axles.

Armstrong oiler

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components
Station Seat, LYR & GCR, ex-Barnsley Joint Station. Wooden frame with brown leatherette seat and back. "B.J.S." engraved in wood, Dimensions: 9'9"x35"x20"

Station bench, Barnsley Joint Station

Railway Furniture
Brass plaque, engraved, 'From Shildon near this site, the Stockton & Darlington Railway Company, on the 27th September 1825, ran the first passenger train drawn by a steam engine'.

Plaque, first passenger train drawn by a steam engine

Railway Infrastructure

1840
Waiting room seat, Midland & North Eastern Joint, Wooden bench with green leatherette seat, M & NE carved on back. Overall: 925 mm x 3055 mm x 545 mm.

Wooden station seat, Midland & North Eastern Joint Railway

Railway Furniture