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

Steam locomotive, entitled Bradyll

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1832-1842
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
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
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
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
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
Gas Turbine Train, experimental, British Railways, APT-E, Advanced Passenger Train, power car.

BR gas turbine train, APT-E, power car

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1972
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
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
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
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
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
Hopper Wagon, North Eastern Railway, Coal Hopper Wagon No 4551 20T of 1902.

Hopper wagon, North Eastern Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1902
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
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
Tricycle, Buda Velocipede, Platelayer's tricycle, wooden with moving handlebar and flanged metal wheels.

Buda platelayer's velocipede

Locomotives and Rolling Stock
Tricycle, Buda Velocipede, Platelayer's tricycle, wooden with flanged metal wheels.

Buda platelayer's velocipede

Locomotives and Rolling Stock
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
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
Railway wagon, British Railways, 30T Bogie Bolster "C", No B943139, built by Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage & Wagon Company Limited, 1952. [Built to diagram number BR Wagon 471, construction span 1951-1953, number built 1398].

British Railways 30 ton Bogie Bolster C

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1952
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
Mining locomotive, 3 foot gauge, Fleet No. 14, Hudswell Clark No DM1274, 0-6-0 diesel mechanical, used at Ellington Colliery until April 2005.

Ellington mining loco No. DM1274

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1964
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
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
Coal hopper wagon, Prototype HAA 'Merry-Go-Round' wagon No 350000, 32.5 ton, built by British Railways, Darlington Works, 1964. Length over buffers: 29' 8"; width 9'.

Prototype British Railways 'Merry-go-Round' hopper coal wagon, 1964

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1964
Railway wagon, No 161042, 50-ton bogie flat wagon, Warflat WC, used by the War Department and British Railways built by Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage & Wagon Company Limited, 1940. Built to diagram number BR Wagon 73, number built 60. Length over buffers: 43' 10 1/2"; width 7' 10"; height 5'.

'Warflat' 50-ton bogie flat wagon, 1940

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1940
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
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
Road/rail removals van made by Zadock Spence of Hinckley, Leicestershire, 1910-1912. Used by removals firm of B. Ridgeway and Sons, Hinckley until 1948. Horsedrawn with wooden wheels. Body of waggon designed to be loaded onto a flat bed railway wagon. Curved profile to conform to railway loading gauge. Complete, original condition, including tool box containing some tools. Owner's name lettered on both sides. Detachable tailboard.

Road/rail removals van, c 1911

Road Vehicles (Railway)

1910-1912
Electric Multiple Unit. Three Car. Class 306 overhead Unit with set number 306 017 and vehicle numbers 65217, 65417 and 65617. Built 1949.

Class 306

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1949
Set of standard lubrication trimmings, worsted wool, for steam locomotives, in glazed case, for British Rail Mutual Improvement Class use.

Set of standard lubrication trimmings

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components
Petrol locomotive, No 4217, built by Simplex in 1925.

Petrol locomotive, No 4217

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1925
Locomotive nameplate, London & North Eastern Railway, 'City of Newcastle', ex A2 Class, Raven Pacific, No. 2400, built December 1922, Darlington, withdrawn April 1937.

City of Newcastle

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1922
Railway carriage, Great Western Railway, tri-composite, six-wheeled, No 820, built in 1887.

Tri-composite railway carriage

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1887
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
Container wagon, British Railways, 13 ton Container flat wagon, Conflat A, No. B737725, built Ashford, 1959. [Built to diagram BR Wagon 69, number built 7700].

Container flat wagon,conflat A

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1959
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
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
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
Model steam locomotive, OO gauge, Midland Railway, 4-2-2 "Spinner", by Tri-ang, England. Jack Wheeler Collection.

Model steam locomotive, Midland Railway

Railway Models

1970
Model railway wagon, N gauge, private owner, Esso, 10 tons, boxed, by Graham Farish, England (No 2814).

Model private owner wagon, Esso

Railway Models

1982
Model railway wagon, N gauge, private owner, single vent van, Zeflora, concentrated floral disinfectant, boxed, by Graham Farish, England (No 2315).

Model private owner wagon, Zeflora

Railway Models

1982
Model wagon `S' gauge, Southern Railway 6-wheeled horsebox No 3316

Model wagon `S' gauge, Southern Railway 6-wheeled horsebox N

Railway Models
Model railway coach, N gauge, British Railways, 75ft Mk III first class intercity bogie coach, No W41015, boxed, by Graham Farish, England (No 0725).

model first class intercity bogie coach

Railway Models

1982
Model steam locomotive, 'O' Gauge 2-rail electric, London & North Eastern Railway, G5 0-4-4 No. 1319.

Model steam locomotive, 'O' Gauge 2-rail electric, London &

Railway Models