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Cast iron notice, Great Western Railway, Trespass notice in English & Welsh.

Cast iron notice, Great Western Railway

Railway Infrastructure
Cast iron notice, Great Western Railway, relating to safety and propping doors open, signed Ames C Inclis General Manager, white letters on black background.

Cast iron notice, Great Western Railway

Railway Infrastructure
Notice in wooden frame, Great Western Railway, Locomotive Carriage and Wagon Dept. Notice regarding wearing Eye Protectors.

Notice, Great Western Railway, eye protection

Railway Infrastructure
Wooden sign, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, 'UPPER GOODS', black wooden sign with white metal letters. ex signalbox at Brighton. 56"x8"

London Brighton & South Coast Railway sign - upper goods

Railway Infrastructure
Notice, Southern Railway, (SR Private Road): RAILWAY EXECUTIVE.

Notice, Southern Railway

Railway Infrastructure
Grape scissors, silver plated, Great Northern Railway - Dining Cars, made by Lee & Wigfull, Sheffield; plain, GNR DC in script lettering on one handle. Overall: 27 mm x 165 mm x 50 mm.

Silver plated grape scissors, Great Northern Railway - Dining Cars

Passenger Comforts
Trackside sign, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, cast iron, conductor rail warning and trespass, from a level crossing north of Tottingham Viaduct (grid ref SD778 138) on the Bury-Holcombe Brook branch.

Cast iron trackside sign, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

Railway Infrastructure
Ashtray, ceramic, 'CCPR Lilleshall', made by Dunn Bennett & Co, blue.

Ceramic ashtray, CCPR Lilleshall

Passenger Comforts
Projector, no provenance, possibly ex Mutual Improvement Class.

Projector, possibly ex Mutual Improvement Class

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories
Headboard, British Railways (Eastern Region),"The Capitals Limited", polished letters on navy blue background with crests of London & Edinburgh, between London Kings Cross, Edinburgh Waverley and Aberdeen 1949-1953, renamed "The Elizabethan".

headboard - capitals limited

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components
Headboard, British Railways (Western Region), "The Inter-City", London Paddington to Birmingham and Wolverhampton, 1950-1963.

headboard - the inter-city

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components
Wash basin, for corner mounting, white ceramic, Southern Railway, c. 1924, ex Selhurst Station.

Wash basin, Southern Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1924
Plaster Bust, Great Western Railway, I.K. Brunel, hollow plaster cast.

Portrait bust of Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings
Notice, North Eastern Railway, Instructions to Pointsmen, on wooden board, 1871, chessboard carved on back.

Station sign, North Eastern Railway - Instructions to Pointsmen

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1871
Carriage window glass, Garstang & Knott End Railway, engraved G&KER monogram.

Carriage window glass, Garstang & Knott End Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components
Chair, Cheshire Lines Committee, interlocking initials carved on back with red leatherette seat, no provenance.

cheshire lines committee chair

Railway Furniture
Safety valve, Ramsbottom type.

Safety valve, Ramsbottom type

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components
Locomotive nameplate, 'Driver Brian Cooper 15 June 1947 - 5 October 1999', duplicate-mounted plate as fitted to No. 43033 in 2003 in memory of the driver of the High Speed Train killed in the Ladbroke Grove disaster, 5th October 1999.

Locomotive nameplate - Driver Brian Cooper 15 June 1947 - 5 October 1999

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1999-2003
Ticket issuing machine, British Rail, PORTIS (portable ticket issuing system), serial number 6010, in carrying case, non-working prototype, manufactured by Thorn EMI Electronics, c1983

PORTIS ticket issuing machine, British Rail

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1983
Motor coach, London & North Western Railway and London Midland & Scottish Railway, electric motor open 3rd brake, No 28249, built 1915, by Metropolitan Carriage Wagon & Finance Co., electrical equipment by Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon.

London & North Western Railway motor coach

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1915
Cast iron sign, Hull & Barnsley Railway, Public Warning not to trespass sec. George Scaum.

Cast iron sign, Hull & Barnsley Railway

Railway Infrastructure
Bust of Joseph Locke (1805-60), 'Model by E.W. Wyon S.C., Marble by C.H. Mabey S.C. 1902'.,

Portrait bust of Joseph Locke

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1902
Water carafe, glass, Great Northern Railway, three bands round neck, 'G.N.R.' etched in serif lettering on front. Overall: 225 mm 115 mm.

Glass carafe, Great Northern Railway

Passenger Comforts
Notice, enamel, Weston Clevedon & Portishead Railway, Trespass, H F Stephens.

Enamel notice, Weston Clevedon & Portishead Railway

Railway Infrastructure
Cast iron sign, Cheshire Lines Committee, re Private property.

Cast iron notice, Cheshire Lines Committee

Railway Infrastructure
Metal fragments, two pieces of metal mounted on wooden board, pieces of wrought iron torn from the "Milly" overbridge near Twyford by the barrel of an anti-aircraft gun becoming elevated whilst in transit by rail from Great Western Railway Goods Depot at South Lambeth to Watchet. 24 August 1925.

metal fragments from the "Milly" overbridge

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1925
Two specimens of Thermit welding.

Two specimens of Thermit welding

Railway Infrastructure
Signal lever frame board, originally 45 levers, wood with painted inscription and bakelite plates.

Signal lever frame board, originally 45 levers, wood with pa

Signalling & Telecommunications
Enamel notice, North British Railway, Warning to trespassers. Edinburgh October 1894, white lettering on blue background, wooden frame

Enamel notice, North British Railway, Warning to trespassers

Railway Infrastructure
Cast iron sign, West Riding & Grimsby Railway. Public warning not to trespass, 1896.

Cast iron notice, West Riding & Grimsby Railway

Railway Infrastructure

1896
Cast iron notice, North Eastern Railway, public warning not to trespass, white letters on black background.

North Eastern Railway trespassing notice

Railway Infrastructure
Cast iron sign, Somerset & Dorset Joint Line, 'Trespassing on the railway' (white on green).

Cast iron sign, Somerset & Dorset Joint Line

Railway Infrastructure
Metal notice, Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway, "S & DJR Drinking Water" Chrome letters on oval ground, painted black ex Highbridge Works, Dimensions: 5 1/4"x3 1/2"

Metal notice, Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway, "S & DJR Drin

Railway Infrastructure
Cast iron sign, North Eastern Railway, Warehouse notice. (White on black),

Cast iron sign, North Eastern Railway

Railway Infrastructure
Cast iron sign, NER, Electrification Caution, from Shildon-Newport electrification, c. 1922, originally mounted on signal gantry at Bowersfield Junction, Stockton.

Cast iron sign, North Eastern Railway

Railway Infrastructure
Single pneumatic ground disc signal, Southern Railway, by Westinghouse Brake & Signal Co, England.

Single pneumatic ground disc signal, Southern Railway, by We

Signalling & Telecommunications
Cast iron sign, South Eastern & Chatham Railway, Warning. Trespassing. 1901. C. Sheath.

Cast iron notice, South Eastern & Chatham Railway

Railway Infrastructure

1901
Cast iron notice, South Eastern & Chatham Railway, 'Farmers and their servants etc'. re crossing the line with traction engines.

Cast iron notice, South Eastern & Chatham Railway

Railway Infrastructure
Keystone from a decorative arch at South Stockton station on the Stockton & Darlington Railway, about 1842. The face of the stone depicts the head of an old, bearded man surrounded by vines and ivy, probably a Green Man or perhaps the Greek and Roman god Dionysus/Bacchus. On the reverse of the stone are bunches of grapes and vine leaves.

Decorated keystone from South Stockton arch, Thornaby station

Railway Infrastructure

1842
Cast iron sign, Great Eastern Railway, Caution regarding bridge limitations, white letters (faded) on red background.

Cast iron sign, Great Eastern Railway

Railway Infrastructure
Cast iron sign, London & North Eastern Railway, Petrol Store. Danger... (painted blue). Dimensions: 310mm x 490mm.

Cast iron sign, London & North Eastern Railway

Railway Infrastructure
Cast iron notice, London & North Western Railway relating to weight restrictions on bridge, unpainted metal

Cast iron notice, London & North Western Railway

Railway Infrastructure
Trespass notice, Midland Railway, signed Alexis Charles 1899, white letters on red background

Notice, Midland Railway

Railway Infrastructure

1899
Notice, enamel, Public warning not to trespass, black on white, Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland, 1909, from Linfoot Collection.

Enamel trespass notice, Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland

Railway Infrastructure

1909
Pattern for smoothing tool, used for white metal axle boxes, recovered from British Rail Engineering Ltd., Swindon.

Pattern for a smoothing tool, British Rail Engineering Ltd

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories
Bridge plate "28", Great Northern Railway.

Bridge plate "28", Great Northern Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings
Steam locomotive, No 2700, ‘Crab’, 2-6-0, London Midland & Scottish Railway, designed by George Hughes, built at Horwich Railway Works in 1926, withdrawn in 1966. Length over buffers: 59' 8"; width: 8' 11"; weight: 66 tons; driving wheel diameter 5' 6".

London Midland & Scottish Railway 'Crab' 2-6-0 steam locomotive, No 2700, 1926

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1926
Industrial 0-4-0ST locomotive "Bauxite", built by Black, Hawthorn & Co Ltd, 1874.

Steam locomotive, 'Bauxite'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1874
Steam locomotive, ‘Pet’, 0-4-0ST, 18" gauge works locomotive, London & North Western Railway, built at Crewe Railway Works in 1865, withdrawn in 1929.

London & North Western Railway steam locomotive 'Pet' 0-4-0ST

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1865
LSWR dining car no.72 was built in 1907 renumbered 4134 in 1912. It was in use as a Diner until 1923 when ‘Ironclad’ Dining Cars came into service. It was then relegated to secondary service and gained the Southern Railway number of 7834 remaining in service to 1930. In 1931 it was rebuilt, losing its clerestory roof and became a ‘Nondescript’ saloon. In 1943 it was sold to the USATC and rebuilt as an Ambulance Car and given the number 201. At the end of the Second World War this saloon along with USATC 202 and 204-7 went to the Longmoor Military Railway and from there to the Bicester Military Railway where it acquired the Army number 3018. Here it was converted to an Inspection Saloon, losing its gangway along with rebuilding inside and gaining end windows 16th May 1978 it was used to convey HM. the Queen around the Bicester site

Inspection Saloon ex. Bicester Military Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1907