DNGR cabside.
Source: SRA312
DNGR cabside.
Source: SRA312
First quarter 2014
On 11 January Cotswold (previously Stafford) Auctions had: Webb & Thompson brass staff 'Victoria Bridge-Newtown Stewart' minus end key £200, Webb & Thompson brass staff 'Dungannon-Trew & Moy' £ns, Webb & Thompson brass staff 'Strabane-St Johnston' £ns, Webb & Thompson brass staff 'Irvinestown-Kesh' £350, Brass Webb & Thompson brass staff 'Strabane-Victoria Bridge' £ns, (and of personal interest, since I have a number of similar items: Double-sided continental carriage destination board. 'Oostende/Milano' £60. 30x20cm, Double-sided continental carriage destination board. 'Holland-Skandinavien-Express London-Hoek van Holland. 30x20cm £60).
On 18 January GCR had: Baile Ata Cliath-Corcaigh, (Dublin-Cork), carriage board , in gaelic script, cast aluminium, 102cm long in original condition £400, MV Cambria carriage print, by Claude Buckle, from the LMR (D) series £110, RSCo 'Carrowduff-Ballinasloe' miniature staff £160, enamel lamp tablet, Wicklow, 46x9cm, some chipping to each side £100, MGWR guard's bandolier clasp, silver plated, 7x5cm, with decorative company initials £210, BR(M) double royal poster, Bangor N.I., by Claude Buckle (LM17557) £80 and worksplate T.Green & Son No 200/1893 ex-Cork & Muskerry Light Railway £2000.
The SRA Postal Auction on 24 January had: The Irish Commercial and Railway Gazetteer compiled by J Leggatt, dated 1914. Hardback, 98pp, spine and edges of covers faded, £35, GNR(I) TT booklet 'Tours by Road and Rail from Dublin and other centres-season 1956', blue, black and white illustrated paperback covers showing single decker in country. 26pp, plus similar for 1958 season showing view from carriage window (2) £12, SLNCR PTT booklet, photo illustrated covers showing steam loco and railcar, 28pp dated June 1957, plus CDRJC (including Strabane and Letterkenny Railway) timetable booklet, red print on yellow coloured covers showing railcar, dated October 1957, plus seven Irish luggage labels including 4 Ballycastle Railway and 3 LMSR-NCC (duplication), £18, BCDR 'Official Guide to County Down Tourist District', green clothbound card covers illustrated with views of Bangor and company loco, 232pp plus adverts and fold-out map, dated 1898, gc. £20, DSER first class all stations free pass, leather covers with coat of arms in gold on front, issued to SC Little of the SLNCR and dated 1924 £65, CLR first class all stations free pass, leather covers with coat of arms in gold on front, issued to Col Campbell of the SLNCR and dated 1921 £70, SL&NCR first class free pass, leather covers with coat of arms in gold on front, issued to T. Richardson chairman of the BCDR and dated 1922 £55, BCDR official advertising card for the Slieve Donard Hotel (BCD002), vertical format showing B&W photo view of exterior of hotel, not postally used £20, Approx 40 B&W postcard sized photos (a few with postcard backs) showing Irish railway loco views, railways include WLWR, GNR(I), BCDR, CBSCR, etc. reasonable quality (40) £16, Approx 14 various sized photos and a few postcards mostly showing views from narrow gauge railways in Ireland, varying quality (14) £26, GWR 22x17cm coloured photographic type card carriage print: Gap of Dunloe, Killarney £22.
On 25 January the Thirsk Railwayana Auction had a GNRI coa mounted £15.
The Justaclick (not looked at for some time) January auction had a GSR Free Pass 1st Class dated 18/4/35 available until 31st May 1935 for journeys between Dublin, Killarney and Rosslare JAC114 £8, coa mounted on a wooden backing board, 43x41cm 'Great Southern Railways', vgc £20, coa mounted on a wooden backing board, 30x36cm 'Great Northern Railway Ireland', vgc £20, coa mounted on a wooden backing board, 30x33cm 'Great Northern Railway Board' vgc £20.
Solent on 15 February had: Carriage Print 'Travel in 1860 London & North Western Railway, Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire (Kingstown), Paddle steamer Cumbria' by C. Hamilton Ellis from the LMR Series, depicts side elevation of twin-funnelled ship, c/w original frame £55, L&NWR Co 1' oval c/i bridgeplate, repainted, 45x30cm (similar to DNGR) £60.
GCR on 22 February had: GNR Ireland, large coa £14, Box telephone, Belfast-Larne-Ballymena circuit £30, D wagon plate, CIE 24070, 12T £4, Bridgeplate, MGWR 488 £8, Bridgeplate, GNR(I) 59 £9, Great Southern Railway, Ireland coa £15, Coats of arms, DNGR + GNR Board (2) £20, Coats of arms, Great Southern Rly & GNR(I) (2) £12, Carriage prints, original frames MV Cambria & SS Duke of Lancaster(2) £95.
Whytes on 9 March had: 4 horse brasses comprising of CIE, GNRI (2), and GSR, mounted on a board as a display piece €220, 3 brass Londonderry and Lough Swilly railway buttons (est€100-€150) €100, Railway items including 1939 GSR poster, Isle of Man Railways posters, GNR 1949 Rule Book, GSR general tt 1943, 1819 Act of Parliament authorising construction of Railway to Shillelagh, Co. Wicklow etc. est€120-150 €ns, large collection of Irish railway ephemera including GNRB coa, 'All season tickets must be shown' sign, 'The booking office is closed...' sign, unused signalman tablets book Irish government publication 'Great Northern Railway Act 1953' Ulster Railways pamphlet by R. Leslie A. McIlmoye UTA best kept station 3rd prize awarded to Greenisland, 1934 and 1939 NCC calendars, 1952 UTA Regulations for Train Signalling booklets, 1940s GNR reports of directors and accounts reports, unused ticket books, postcards, advertisement pamphlets, Union Steam Ship Co. RMS Mauka concert programme, posters etc. (100 approx.) €360, 1930s: GSR Blarney Castle poster, colour lithograph by Hely's, Dublin. Ireland Land of Romance with artwork showing Blarney Castle Co. Cork (est€300-€500) €600, BR Fishguard to Rosslare poster 75x100cm, original BR poster advertising the 'Fishguard to Rosslare route Shortest Sea Route To Southern Ireland' with artwork showing Fishguard Harbour by John S. Smith, framed (est€400-€600), €380.
Railwayana.net on 16 March had: GNR(I) titled oval brass tenderplate '123 D2 Dundalk 1929' from a 3500 gallon tender that was attached to a GNR(I) Class Q 4-4-0 Loco, unrestored, 21x11cm £160 and a miniature staff 'Rosslare Strand-Ballygeary' 'B' version, undamaged condition £50.
Talisman on 29 March had: MRNCC miniature lower quadrant Distant Signal Arm with wooden blade and cast iron spectacle plate and back blinder both embossed 'MR&NCC' 61cm long £60, GSR cast iron axle box cover, restored £20, BCDR miniature Lower Quadrant Signal Arm with combined metal blade and spectacle embossed 'B&CDR', complete with spindle and back blinder. 53cm long £160, Lower Quadrant Signal Arm believed to be from the Cavan and Leitrim Railway, a wooden home blade with cast iron spectacle and back blinder, 127cm long £140, 'Great Northern Railway Company (Ireland)' fully titled enamel trespass notice, some chipping but very good colour and shine 51x30cm £60, a small but substantial crossing gate Lamp from the Schull & Skibbereen Railway, features four bullseye glass lenses (2 red and 2 blue), lacking vessel but very good unrestored condition and rare £250, SLNCR cast iron axle box cover face restored only £130, BCDR (I think GNRI!) unusual and uncommon double sided cast iron warning notice 'Caution before crossing look out for trains both ways / Notice Penalty for omission to shut and fasten gates forty shillings' £45, GSR (narrow gauge) 'To the Railway Station' £580.
Second quarter 2014
GCR on 12 April 2014 had: a CIE carriage board, Dublin-Cork, 116cm long, in original condition £400, A B&I & City of Cork S.P. double royal poster, Fishguard-Cork, The Innisfallen Way, by Derrick Smoothy, rolled £130, GNRI 'Cross/overbridge' £320, a worksplate, Beyer Peacock, 1902, loco unidentified but in 1902 BP built locos for Argentina, Australia, Holland, Ireland, Japan, Tasmania and the UK, cast brass, 25x15cm, £170, a RSCo. miniature train staff, 'Pomeroy-Dungannon', est£200-250 £ns, 'Glenties' nameplate from a CDRJC 2-6-4T No 17 built by Nasmyth Wilson, Works No 829, in 1907, renumbered and renamed to No 5 'Drumboe' in 1937, withdrawn in 1959, cast brass, 55cm long, the front repainted, £2650, a Beyer Peacock, 1920, worksplate of unknown origin, locos built in 1920 for Argentina, Australia, China, Ireland and South Africa, cast brass, 25x14cm, the front repainted, est£80, a LNWR Webb locomotive whistle, 25cm high, 7cm diameter, the top stamped LMS, a copy of a drawing of this type of whistle accompanies this lot £400 (similar to DNGR?), a Tyers No 6 single line tablet, Bellarena-Limavady Jct., (alloy), from the Coleraine to Derry section of the LMSNCC, £110, a GNRI(I) cast iron overbridge notice. 56x33cm, the front repainted, £320, an LMSNCC Tyers key release instrument, 25cm diameter, only a handful used on NCC lines, £250, a qr poster, 'Ireland by LMS', featuring the steamers Duke of Lancaster and Hibernia, 1934. (AD943) £500.
Crewe on 26 April had: a cast iron trespass sign 'Dundalk Newry & Greenore Railway' in restored condition £800, an early enamel trespass sign 'Clogher Valley Railway Trespassers will be Prosecuted Penalty 40/-' with makers name 'Falkirk Iron Co.' to the bottom right hand edge, white on blue with several large face chips & edge rusting, size 69x38cm £600, a cast iron poster board heading 'Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland' mounted on a board with embossed letters on a back plate 110x17cm £ns, a cast iron poster board heading 'Great Northern Railway Ireland' cast in four sections and mounted on a backboard, in restored condition 116x30cm £300.
GWRA on 17 May had: BR 'Fishguard to Rosslare' poster by Arthur G. Mills, dr size 102x64cms, published by the Railway Executive Western Region, printed by Waterlow & Sons, linen backed £320, City of Cork Steam Packet Company poster 'Fishguard - Cork The Innisfallen Way' by Harry Hudson Rodmell, dr size 102x64cms gc £440, BR 'Northern Ireland - The Giants Causeway' poster by Lander, dr size 102x64cms, published by the Railway Executive London Midland Region, printed by Waterlow fold and some tape marks mostly around the edge £60, BR(M) enamel station fascia sign in two halves measuring 259x72 and 259x53cms. Top half is 'British Railways Provide The Premier Routes Between Eire & England Via Rosslare - Fishguard And Via Dun Laoghaire - Holyhead'. Bottom half is 'Tickets Issued Accommodation Reserved and Full Information Supplied at Enquiry Office, 98 St Patrick Street Cork Tel Cork 20043'. Originated from Cobh station Cork £380, GWR pictorial enamel map 'To Ireland by the New Fishguard Route', small version measuring approximately 30x25cms, small amount of edge restoration £360, CIE poster 'Dublin by CIE Rail and Motor Coach Tours', dr size 102x64cms, depicts a policeman keeping a watchful eye over Dublin Castle. Lithographed by Hely's Ltd, Eastwall, Dublin, printed in the Republic of Ireland £160, BR poster 'Londonderry - Travel there in comfort by Rail & Sea' by Kerry Lee, dr size 102x64cms, published by BR LM Region, printed by Waterlow, folds otherwise vgc £60.
Railwayana.net at its June auction had: a CIE dual language white on black rectangular enamel occupation crossing notice with a number of chips and some pellet holes but overall in pretty good condition and is presented on a wooden backing board – 91x76cm est£60-80 £ns and a CIE alloy miniature staff 'Enfield-Kilcock' with a little chipping and marking from use - 24cm long est£60-80 £ns.
Great Northern on 7 June had: a GNRI bridgeplate No. 59 £30, a BR(M) LM16357 Northern Ireland poster by Wilcox £120, a Belfast Steamship Company small crystal sherry glass £ns and a restored GNRI 'Messengers' corrugated handlamp £1300.
Thirsk on 14 June had a GSR 3-aspect Clonmel lamp £70.
Solent on 21 June had: an LMSNCC '1895' wagonplate with non-standard lettering, rectangular c/i, repainted front, 36x18cm £50, a wagonplate CIE 40 tons 30115 repainted £35, GSR Appendix to WTT 1935 cover wear and slightly loose, GSR 1933 rule book vgc., and GNRI 1949 rule book slight cover wear, £15, an Irish enamel coach sign 'Please do not spit in the carriages. It is offensive to other passengers and is stated by the medical profession to be a source of serious disease', dark blue lettering/ornate inner borderline on white background with light blue outer edge, minor edge/face chipping 41x11cm £70.
Third quarter 2014
TRA on 5 July had: a GWR official Jigsaw Puzzle 'Mountains of Killarney' vgc apart from one side split in box £35.
GCR on 12 July 2014 had: a Railway Signal Company single line staff, Hill of Down-Killucan £50, a Tyers No 6 single line 'Castlerock-Bellarena' alloy tablet £40, Royal Irish Fusilier nameplate from BR Class 45 D77, later 45004, built at Crewe Works in December 1960 and allocated to Crewe North, named in September 1965, cast resin with integral badge as fitted in 1965, the front repainted £5800.
GCR on 16 August had: GSWR Irish gate notice £50, C.I.E. large enamel gate notice, dual language £50, Irish single line staff, Kilcock-Enfield, alloy £20, GSWR c/i gate notice £40.
TRA on 23 August had: Great Southern Rly of Ireland 3 aspect handlamp stamped 'G.S.R. Tuam 10' and brass plated 'Sligo', complete with 'CIE' vessel, burner, reflector and all glasses, restored, £110, Great Northern Rly. of Ireland 3 aspect guards handlamp, stamped 'GNR(I)' and 'Dundalk Jct.' vgc, complete and restored, £85, Bessbrook & Newry Electric Rly. 3 aspect handlamp, body is stamped 'BNER' and plated 'G. Polkey Limited manufacturers Birmingham 1911', the body and aspect drum are also stamped 'MR Co.', perhaps purchased by the Midland because of an order cancellation by the BNER, a scarce lamp in vgc., complete and unrestored, £ns ofs@£200, 'L&NW Ry. Co. Greenore Railway Hotel' china dessert plate by Coupland, excellent condition, 21cm dia., £75, GSWR oval cast iron wagon plate 'GSWR 946 Inchicore Works'. 32x22cm, restored a while ago, £60, Midland Great Western Rly. of Ireland oval cast iron bridge numberplate 'MGWR 568', face restored only, £60, pair of Irish 3 aspect handlamps: one is brass plated 'Newberry East X Mallow' (complete); the other 'CIE' and brass plated 'Lombardstown X' (with no vessel), both unrestored, £100.
A GCR ticket auction on 12 September had: BNCR Portrush-Glasgow £70, a CLR Drumshanbo-Dromod £70, DWWR Westland Row-Blackrock £6, GNRI Ardrossan-Glasgow £50, GNRI Fintona-Fintona Jct. £12, GNRI/LMSNCC Rosapenna and Donegal Highlands Tour £12, GSR Dublin-Curragh £5 and WLR Laffan's Bridge-Clonmel return £9.
Thirsk on 20 September had a Slieve Donard lifeboat name £55.
Whytes on 20 September had: 1890 sheet of 24 two pence West Clare Railway letter stamps, unused €130, West Clare Railway coa 42x36cm est€150-200 €ns, South Clare Railway coa 42x36cm est€200-300 €ns, Ireland Land of Beauty, Great Southern Railway poster Mono lithograph poster printed by Helys Ltd. Dublin, framed, 100x63cm) (est€150-200) €140, 1932 GNR travel poster, designed by Margaret Horder, promoting the Great Northern Hotel, Bundoran for golf, fishing, sea-bathing & tennis 104x66cm, (est€300-500) €520, 1950s Great Northern Railway Poster, Bundoran & Rostrevor 104x66cm Printed by R. Carswell & Son, Belfast (est€400-600) €750, Paul Henry, Wicklow Ireland for Holidays poster, Printed by S. C. Allen & Co., London, after a painting by Paul Henry, for London, Midland & Scottish Railways 106x69cm (est €300-500) €340.
Railwayana.net on 28 September had: Rectangular brass on steel backplate loco numberplate '21' from a Guinness Brewery 0-4-0 steam loco that ran on the 2' 3'' Gauge internal Railway on the Guinness site in Dublin, one of 24 built between 1875 and 1921 with the last 17 being built by William Spence at the Cork Street Foundry Dublin, No 21 was delivered in 1905 and had been scrapped by the mid 1950's unrestored 15x11cm £180, CDRJC fully titled crest transfer mounted on a red wooden backboard, exc. condition 33x36cms £30, alloy rectangular single line tablet 'Derry-Lisahally' ex use condition 5x11cm £110, alloy rectangular single line tablet 'Lisahally-Eglinton' ex use condition 5x11cm £110.
Fourth quarter 2014
SRA on 17 October had: RCH map of Ireland dated 1918, dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front, covers rubbed and worn, faults and wear to map £24, Signal Box Diagrams: GNR(I) signalbox diagram from 'East Bridge Street Junction' showing the lines from Central Junction towards Quays and Ballymacarrett, approx 122x61cm, dated 1915 with amendments to 1958, good ex box condition £380, CIE WTT dated September 1958, brown, paperback covers, 94pp. £35, BNCR rule book, clothbound hardback covers, 382pp dated 1902 £18, CDRJC rule book, clothbound hardback covers, 216pp dated 1908, minor cover and spine wear £12, Schull & Skibbereen TLR train staff ticket for use from Schull to Ballydehob, unissued, est£10.00 £ns, SLNCR second class 'Commercial Traveller's Luggage and Samples Ticket' season ticket type pass, leather covers with title in gold on front, issued 1904, some wear, label added to front £45, GNR(I) first class free pass, leather covers with title in gold on front, issued 1907 £110, DSER first class free pass, leather covers with title in gold on front, issued 1924 £35, Lot 516 BCDR first class free pass, leather covers with title and garter design in gold on front, issued to SC Little of the SLNCR in 1946, stamp cancellation est£10.00, Lot 517 GNR(I) first class free pass, oval shape, leather covers with title in gold on front, issued to WR Lawson of the Donegal Railway in 1902 est£10.00, Lot 524 CVR all stations free pass, card type with name on front, issued 1929, plus another similar est£10.00, Lot 525 Three different SLNCR first class free passes, two with leather covers with title in gold on front, one card type, issued 1913, 1918, 1954 (3) est£10.00, Lot 527 WLR Locomotive Department first class free ticket for one journey, printed on pink paper, unused, dated 189x, plus smaller sized, card type WTR first class free pass, unissued, grubby (2) est£10.00, Lot 541 Approx 200 SLNCR whole Edmondson tickets, good variety, unissued. (Qty) est£10.00, Lot 616 LMSNCC teaspoon manufactured by Walker & Hall, initials stamped at top of handle, very tarnished est£10.00, Lot 657 Approx 38 GNR(I) luggage labels. Various types, no apparent duplication. (38) est£10.00, Lot 831 CTAC d/r coloured poster advertising all-in holidays to Ireland via Fishguard from Western Region stations, blue, yellow and green colour showing illustrations of train, ship and bus, dated 1960 £50.00.
Great Central Railwayana on 11 October 2014 had: an LMS, NCC cabside numberplate, 50, from a WT Class 2-6-4T, one of the last Class ordered for the NCC and built for the newly formed UTA in April 1949 at Derby under the auspices of the Railway Executive of BR to a design which was basically an LMS Fowler 2-6-4T and generally known in Ireland as Jeeps, cast brass, 43x25cm, the front repainted £800, an Irish pre grouping enamel carriage notice, concerning spitting, 41x11cms £280, a BNCR branding iron. 68cm long, used to brand furniture etc. £260, a BR(M) double royal poster, Heysham for Belfast and Northern Ireland, by Claude Buckle (LM19558) £290 [and, of personal interest, a French locomotive numberplate, BB-338, from a SNCF 1500 volt DC electric built by Alsthom and which entered service in February 1947 at Tours-Saint-Pierre, withdrawn in December 1985, cast aluminium, 66x20cm, in ex loco condition. £210], an aluminium tablet Annaghmore-Portadown £340.
SRA on 17 October had: RCH map of Ireland dated 1918, dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front, covers rubbed and worn, faults and wear to map £24, Signal Box Diagrams: GNR(I) signalbox diagram from 'East Bridge Street Junction' showing the lines from Central Junction towards Quays and Ballymacarrett, approx 122x61cm, dated 1915 with amendments to 1958, good ex box condition £380, CIE WTT dated September 1958, brown, paperback covers, 94pp. £35, BNCR rule book, clothbound hardback covers, 382pp dated 1902 £18, CDRJC rule book, clothbound hardback covers, 216pp dated 1908, minor cover and spine wear £12, Schull & Skibbereen TLR train staff ticket for use from Schull to Ballydehob, unissued, est£10 £ns, SLNCR second class 'Commercial Traveller's Luggage and Samples Ticket' season ticket type pass, leather covers with title in gold on front, issued 1904, some wear, label added to front £45, GNR(I) first class free pass, leather covers with title in gold on front, issued 1907 £110, DSER first class free pass, leather covers with title in gold on front, issued 1924 £35, BCDR first class free pass, leather covers with title and garter design in gold on front, issued to SC Little of the SLNCR in 1946, stamp cancellation £45, GNR(I) first class free pass, oval shape, leather covers with title in gold on front, issued to WR Lawson of the Donegal Railway in 1902 £110, CVR all stations free pass, card type with name on front, issued 1929, plus another similar £60, Three different SLNCR first class free passes, two with leather covers with title in gold on front, one card type, issued 1913, 1918, 1954 (3) £110, WLR Locomotive Department first class free ticket for one journey, printed on pink paper, unused, dated 189x, plus smaller sized, card type WTR first class free pass, unissued, grubby (2) £50, Approx 200 SLNCR whole Edmondson tickets, good variety, unissued. (Qty) £14, LMSNCC teaspoon manufactured by Walker & Hall, initials stamped at top of handle, very tarnished £10, Approx 38 GNR(I) luggage labels. Various types, no apparent duplication. (38) £30, CTAC d/r coloured poster advertising all-in holidays to Ireland via Fishguard from Western Region stations, blue, yellow and green colour showing illustrations of train, ship and bus, dated 1960 £50.
Crewe on 18 October had: a Webb & Thompson large staff 'Wexford Nth-Enniscorthy' with Annett's key, in good ex-service condition £170, a cast iron sign 'Midland Railway Co. NCC (Northern Counties Committee) Any person trespassing will without further notice be prosecuted pursuant to 62 and 63 Vic.C.H. 64 Sec 32. Penalty 40/-', in unrestored condition £140, a cast iron sign 'Great Northern Railway Co. (I) Hereby give public warning to all persons not to trespass upon this railway. Trespassers will be prosecuted' in good unrestored condition £130, an alloy Tyers No.6 single line tablet 'Castlerock-Bellarena', in good ex service condition £50.
Solent on 25 October 2014 had: a cast iron trackside sign GNRI, 'Hereby give public notice to all persons not to trespass upon this railway. Trespassers will be prosecuted', repainted front, 57x29cms, £60, an MRNCC Trespass £85,an LMSNCC wagonplate 'LMS NCC 358', rectangular c/i, repainted front 35x18cm £80, a 'D' Wagonplate CIE 12 tons 17528, repainted £30, a BR(M) d/r Poster British Railways Door to Door container services to and from Heysham Belfast, Anon, published 1960, depicts a container being lowered onto a flat wagon from a ship, fold marks, rolled condition £125. [Also on the stalls at that event was a Harper's block instrument of Irish origins]
GWR auctions on 8 November had: Poster LMS 'Northern Ireland' by Hubbard £480, Poster 'Portrush' by Ronald Lampitt, dr size, birdseye view of the beach with the town beyond and the mountains in the distance, published by BR LMR and printed by Jordison, mounted on thin rice paper, £320 Poster 'Ireland Overnight - Dublin via Holyhead, Belfast via Heysham' by Claude Buckle, qr size, depicts a lone ferry sailing across the Irish Sea, published by BR LM Region, printed by Haycock Press, some crinkling but reasonable £70, GSWR poster 'Liverpool Overhead Lines 1898 to 1908 - Visitors to Liverpool Should Not Fail To Take A Trip', a colourful poster with several, colour vignettes randomly spaced around vgc £220, Poster, British Railways 'Northern Ireland - Where the Mountains of Mourne Sweep down to the Sea' by David Cobb c.1954, dr size, depicts an open fishing boat and a masted fishing boat within the estuary, with dark mountains as a backdrop. Published by BR LMR and printed by Waterlow & Sons. No folds, overall extremely good with some minor edge damage, £180. Poster British Railways 'Holidays In Ireland' by Wolstenholm, dr size. Semi -pictorial with an image of a ship within a green shamrock top left, the rest is text regarding sailings in 1956 within a complete border of small shamrocks. Published by the British Transport Commission, printed by Ernest J. Day, some edge crinkling otherwise extremely good. Together with another poster advertising direct links to the Continent and Ireland, semi-pictorial with a large ship at top, by Wolstenholme. This one is somewhat ragged £40, Irish Railways LMSR Heppers Key Machine complete with steel key and brass plated 202 POINTS. Stands approximately 33cm high and has a 5cm diameter glass faced indicator at the top with a small lock and key beneath where it is embossed 'Patented No. 343035'. At the bottom where the Key Token fits, it is embossed 'WB & SC Co. London- Heppers Patent'. The original key is in place. Nice condition, painted red with black operating key £100, GNR(I) Saxby & Farmer all copper signal Lamp with a lens on all sides. There is a large blue lens with a small similar to the left and a large red lens with a small clear lens to the right. A large oval brass plate is affixed to the chimney cone 'Saxby & Farmer Signalling Engineers London W' £140, (of personal interest is GW & LNW Jt Rys Cast iron Forty Shillings Gate Notice. Face restored, rear original £160).
TRA on 15 November had: GSWR copper platform lamp interior clearly marked 'G.S. & W.R. and 'John Levick Birmingham' under the base, complete with brass burner and glass chimney, vgc £80, MGWR cast iron fireplace fender from Ballinasloe station Co. Galway, large 'MGWR' plate to face, vgc, 104x25cms £160, GSWR station platform wall lamp complete with glass panels, 54cms tall, restored £210, CVR enamel Sign 'Enquiries', with 'C.V.R.' initials to corner, very light edge wear only, very good colour & shine 61x15cms £460, GNRI 3 aspect handlamp, top and lens cone stamped 'GNRI', top also plated 'Thomas Knight & Co. Highgate Works Birmingham', complete with vessel, burner, reflector and all glasses, vgc and unrestored £60, 'Ulster Transport Hotels' china milk jug by Dunn Bennett & Co., the title base marked, vgc, 10cms tall £45.
ebay ending December has an MRNCC 858 wagon plate of@£119.99.
Onslows on 18 December has: Arthur G Mills 'Fishguard - Rosslare', (Ferry St David) original poster PR30 printed for RE(WR) by Waterlow c 1950 - 102x63cm, condition - Grade B losses, est £100-150 £ns, L A Wilcox (Leslie Arthur 1904-1982) 'Fishguard- Rosslare', (Steamer St David) original poster PR52 printed for BR(WR) by Jordison c 1950 - 102x63 cm, condition - Grade A folds small tear, £210.
First quarter 2015
Stafford on 10 January had: an Enamel Station Sign 'B.N.C.R. Notice-Any person found writing on the walls or in anyway injuring the company's property will be prosecuted By order', black on white, 15x10cm £250.
The GCR postal ticket auction ending 16 January had tickets from CVR(2), CBPR, CBSCR, DSER, DWWR, DNGR, FVR, GNRI(2), GSR(2), LLSR(2), LMSNCC(2), MRNCC, Pullman Limerick-Dublin, SST, WLR, WTR. All have £2 reserves.
Justaclick Auctions in January (closing dates from 12th to 16th) had: GNR(I) cast iron bridgeplate No 37 £50, 350 medium format railway negatives of Irish Railways including CDRJC, GNR(I), GSWR, MGWR, DSER, CBSC, NCC etc. many locos and infrastructure, taken between 1952 and 1964, quality varies, nothing captioned, sold with copyright £880, approx 300 medium format railway negatives, of Irish rail tours in 1964 in Johnson wallet storage albums (some appear missing), includes Pomeroy-Warrenpoint; Limerick-Galway; Sligo, Dublin, Belfast, Guinness Brewery, Dublin-Wexford and more, plenty of locos but mostly carriage window shots, each negative is indexed with location but no date, probably late 1950's through to the early 1960's, sold with copyright £150, Qty 4 Coats of Arms:- GNRI; BCDR; MGWR; CDRJC, all mounted on wood £250, approx 280 railway slides, in 6 slide boxes of Bord Na Mona taken 1990's and early 2000's, sold with copyright £130, approx 125 railway slides taken on an Irish rail tour in 1964, amixed bag but plenty of the loco used and others, comes with an unchecked index, sold with copyright £100, 59 railway slides, qty 59 of Irish modern traction from 1980 onwards, sold with copyright £70, 35 railway slides taken on a 1963 Rail Tour of Ireland, sold with copyright £85.
Thirsk on 24 January had a GNRI cream tot £100.
GNR auctions on 31 January had: dr poster 'Door to Door, Heysham-Belfast' vgc, folded, £80, CIE 3 aspect handlamp, plated Lismore No. 7, g restored c, complete with vessel & burner, all glasses £220.
GCR on 7 February had: a Tyers No 6 single line tablet, Bellarena-Limavady Junction, (brass/steel), from the Derry to Coleraine section of the BNCR £360, an Ulster Railway Company cast iron fender, 102x28cm £230, an RSCo miniature train staff, Dungannon Junction-Pomeroy, from the GNR Portadown to Omagh route £160, a Tyers key token instrument for single line working. The machine is currently set to hold tokens of any configuration. The part to convert back to accepting blue tokens only is included £850, an RSCo miniature train staff, Cork-Crossbarry, 'E', from the CBSCR route. Crossbarry, formerly Kinsale Junction, was renamed in 1938 £80, an LMS double royal poster, The Antrim Coast, by Norman Wilkinson, edge nicks repaired, a one inch strip removed from the base, image and title unaffected £100, a W&T large train staff, Trew & Moy-Dungannon, from the GNR Portadown to Omagh route £210, a BR(M) double royal poster, Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire, by John Barker (LM12155) £60, a W&T large train staff, Ballyhaise & Belturbet, from the GNR branch from Clones to Belturbet £320, an Irish Railway Clearing House china soup bowl, by White and Sons of Dublin, 25cm diameter, an attractive design featuring a locomotive £40, a BR(M) quad royal poster, Ireland Overnight, by Claude Buckle, rolled, loss to lower left corner (LM28062) £100, a BCDR enamel sign, 15x10cm, stating that the fence is within the company's boundary, £60, a worksplate, G.S.R 673, Inchicore Works, 1933, from a GSR Class 670 0-6-2T built at the Company's Inchicore Works at Dublin in 1933, taken into Coras Iompair Eireann stock in 1945 and scrapped in 1962, cast brass, 18x11cm, the front repainted £1000, a W & T large train staff, Clonmany-Carndonagh, from the LLSR, the final section of the Carndonagh Extension and the most northerly line in Ireland £280, a carriage roof board, The Irish Mail, for the Euston to Holyhead service which had been called this, unofficially, since 1848, the earliest known title of any UK train, the title became official in 1927 when carriage roof boards were also introduced. The service, which connected with sailings to Dun Laoghaire, had its last titled run in May 1985, original condition, 335cm long £150, a GSR tail lamp with brass plate, Maryboro 16, the side stamped G.S.R., complete with interior fittings. The station was on the Dublin to Limerick Junction route and was the junction for the short branch to Mountmellick and the W & C.I route to Waterford, hence the allocation of tail lamps £230, a BR(W) double royal poster, Southern Ireland, by Jack Merriott, repairs to top left corner (PR42) £210 [and of personal interest: Lot 266 a French locomotive numberplate, BB 17004, SNCF, from a 25kv electric loco built by Alsthom in 1965 and in service at Acheres. Probably withdrawn by 2008 but re-liveried earlier when it would have lost its cast plates. cast aluminium, 56x52cm, in ex loco condition £360]. AN MRNCC accomodation gate crossing was on offer at the stalls of this event.
ebay in February had a pair of GNRI small jugs £na.
SRA on 13 February had: 10 Share Certificates: Fishguard & Rosslare Railways and Harbour share certificate for £100 of 'Guaranteed Preference Stock'. dated 1931, ornate scrolled title, pen cancellations, folded, plus company cheque dated 1904 (2) £10, Ulster Railway directors' report dated 1849, large size, 4pp on blue paper, postally used with attached Victorian 'penny red' stamp £20, Clogher Valley Railway, six items of paperwork dated 1907-1934 issued at Aughnacloy, County Tyrone (6) £22, DNGR agreement for the rent of Bungalow No.4 at Greenore, foolscap sized, 2pp, dated 1903 folded £14, Cork and Bandon Railway Company, approx 50 paperwork items including headed letters, share call slips, allotment letter, etc dated 1846-61 (Qty) £110, Belfast & Ballymena Railway, approx 23 paperwork items including share call requests and headed letters, dated 1846-48, plus one Belfast, Ballymena & Carrickfergus Railway share call slip dated April 1847 (Qty) £160, LMSNCC menu for the civic visit of the Lord Mayor of London to Londonderry, 18th July 1933, 1pp thin card with coa at top vgc £10, BNCR rule book, clothbound hardback covers, 382pp dated 1902, minor cover wear £18, GNR(I) rule book, leather bound hardback covers, 252pp dated 1890, covers rubbed, some wear £16, GNR(I) signalbox instrument brass description plate 'Trew & Moy', engraved lettering, 11.4x1.3cm, plus similar 'Coleraine', ex box condition (2) £130, Two brass name plates from single line train staffs, curved design, 10.2x3.8cm with engraved lettering 'Ballybay' plus smaller example 'Tynan' both well used condition (2) £120, Two brass name plates from single line train staffs, curved design, 12.7x2.5cm with engraved lettering 'Maguiresbridge', plus slightly smaller examples with embossed lettering 'Carrickmore' and 'Edward St', all well used condition (3) £160.
Solent on 14 February had: BCDR 555 wagonplate, rectangular c/i, repainted front, 28x18cm £280, a pair of Heraldic Devices GNRI in full garter with five segment shield to centre and red hand of Ulster superimposed, mounted on coaching stock dark wood backing. 47x46cm + GWR twin shield device £40, carriage print TSS Duke of Lancaster British Railways Heysham-Belfast service by Claude Buckle from the LMR series dark wood glazed frame £35 and a second example with border creasing and original frame £35.
GCR on 21 February at Bloxham had: GNR(I) c/i trespass notice £70, LMS, NCC Belfast axle box cover £4, LMS, NCC Track circuit plate £44, Wagonplate, LMSNCC, 2646 £22, Wagonplate, LMSNCC, 2518 £24, GNR(I) 1/2 mile post, diamond shape £13, GNR(I) small c/i trespass sign £38, Bridgeplate, MGWR, 281 £34, UTA saltglaze ashtray, by Coalisland Pottery £10, CIE Flare lamp + vessels & burners (8) £40, GNR(I) loco headlamp, initials on interior, 171 on side £65, Irish, Polkey tail lamp & a van lamp (2) £80, Irish headlamps (2) £90, Irish inspection lamp + signal lamp (2) £30, NIR, painted Irish loco headboard £14, Wagon plate LMS, NCC, 3076, Gaelic style numbers £44, GNR(I) cash bag with brass plate, Derriaghy £10, CDRJC coa £28, Ulster Transport coa £3, DNGR coa £85.
TRA on 7 March had: a group of items relating to the crash of the Holyhead to London 'Irish Mail' at Penmaenmawr on 27 August 1950. Included were a copy of the official accident report, newspaper photograph and a fragment of a splintered carriage board recovered from the crash site. The express hauled by 'Royal Scot' loco no. 46119 'Lancashire Fusilier' collided with a light engine no. 42885, £10, cast iron wagon numberplate 'LMSNCC 2062', unrestored, £50, cast iron wagon numberplate 'MRNCC 1006' unrestored £50, MGWR 3 aspect handlamp, brass plate to body 'Ballaghdereen' complete with 'MGWR' vessel, all fittings and glasses, unrestored £260.
Second quarter 2015
The GWR Auction on 11 April had: GNR(I) ex-tender worksplate built at Dundalk No 119 B2 dated 1924 as either a replacement or as a spare, no further details known, oval brass 21x11cm, ex loco condition £220, Poster 'Shortest Sea Passage To Ireland via Stranraer and Larne - Royal Mail Route' circa 1912 double royal 64x102cm, depicts a central image of the steamship Princess Victoria, printed by McCorquodale, London, the poster is in vgc and professionally mounted on linen £240, Worksplate 'Nasmyth Wilson & Co Limited No 831 - 1907 Patricroft Manchester' triangular brass, ex CDRJC 2-6-4T class 5 Locomotive No 19 Letterkenny later Finn, withdrawn in 1940 this loco was one of two scrapped out of only 5 built, three being preserved £2100, Poster inside the Guinness Brewery by Gilroy, 76x97cm, depicts copper vat number 4 being inspected by a Guinness brewer, minor edge defects and one acid free tape repair bottom left, otherwise extremely vibrant and very good £80, Carriage prints, a pair unframed comprising:- M.V.Swan, British Railways Lake Windermere Service by Claude Buckle from the LMR D series; M.V. Cambria, British Railways Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire Service by Claude Buckle from the LMR D series £50, Irish Railway wooden Carriage Board, one side shows Enniskillen the other side Londonderry, 66x8cm, black lettering with red shadow on an off white ground £380, Enamel Sign 'To Railway Station' with right pointing finger. White on black with makers name bottom right 'Imperial Enamel Co Birmingham, excellent colour and shine, minor chips only, company unknown £220, wooden carriage board, one side shows Donabate the other side Dublin, 66x8cm, black lettering with red shadow on an off white ground £280, a miscellany of builder's plates to include a small oval brass boiler plate W.G. Bagnall 'LMS' number 2751 and stamped 'tested 22-8-44, ex 0-6-0ST Army Number 2751 used at the Longmoor Military Railway; an oval alloy AEI with written on face 'Ex 38 (prev 36)'; a couple of RH Ruston Hornsby alloy plates, one narrow gauge the other standard gauge; a chromed English Electric plate; a pair of painted Dutch 'Nederlandsche Spoorwegen' shedplates, one Fijnoord the other Gravenage; mining machine worksplate, Walker Brothers (Wigan) Pagefield Ironworks Est 1866, circular engraved brass 20cm diameter [and possibly CDRJC!] £280.
ebay in April had a Saltley oil box WCR 1911 axle box cover £na.
Crewe on 25 April had an cast iron sleeper plate 'L.M.S - NCC TRACK CIRCUIT No.64' with arrow. The plate is in face restored only condition £40, a CIE Ballina handlamp £150 and a cast iron poster board heading 'Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland' mounted on a board with embossed letters on a back plate, size 110x16.5cm £270.
Railwayana.net in the second half of May had a GNRI titled oval brass tenderplate '131 D2 Dundalk 1932'. As no new locos were built at Dundalk in 1932, presumably the tender was built as a replacement or spare, the plate has been cleaned and repainted - 21x11cm £330, General Motors Locomotives alloy builders plate 'Class 0-4-4-0 No 31248 Built 9-66' from a Diesel Electric Loco built by General Motors in North America [For CIE]. Thin alloy sheet in as removed condition - 38x11cm £140, BR carriage print 'TSS Duke of Lancaster-BR Heysham-Belfast service' by Claude Buckle, excellent condition and presented in an original style glazed frame - 53x28cm £50.
ebay had several GS Hotels ashtrays fot sale at €24 in May.
Stafford on 30 May had LMSNCC Antrim Castle nameplate £3500 (which I missed on my review of the catalogue for this auction).
GCR on 6 June had: a Webb and Thompson large train staff, 'Wicklow-Greystones' complete with key for an intermediate siding at Kilcoole £80, a GSWR landmine style inkwell, 11cm diameter, the side marked with the company initials, £65, an LNWR brass plate, 'Irish Traffic Manager' plate, from Holyhead Station, 51x38cm, curved to fit a pillar, the engraved lettering repainted. £280, a Webb and Thompson large train staff, 'Ballyhaise Junction-Cavan' £260, a BR(M) double royal poster, Londonderry, by Kerry Lee, edge nicks repaired, minor corner loss, top right, (LM9453) £80, a worksplate, GNR (I), 1925, Dundalk, from a locomotive rebuilt at Dundalk Works in 1925, no other details, cast brass, 21x11cm, the front repainted, £1000, a Webb and Thompson large train staff, 'Virginia Road-Oldcastle', £420, a Webb and Thompson large train staff, 'Clara-Streamstown', £310, A Sykes signal box indicator showing Tillysburn-Sydenham Up Section, Occupied/Clear, from the BCDR route to Bangor, 16.5x28cm £380.
Thirsk on 14 June had GSR 3 aspect fluted top headlamp with brass plate on the back handle 'Clonmel 10' complete with all glasses original GSR reservoir and unmarked burner £70.
Solent on 20 June had: a GSWR 'Notice Any person Leaving this gate open is Liable to a penalty of forty shillings', totally unrestored condition 27x29cm £45 and a 'GNR(I) 153' cast iron bridgeplate, oval, front repainted, 34x25cm £40.
Third quarter 2015
Victor Mee's Cloverhill Auction in July had Lot 297 GNRI plaque [i.e. small trespass] 14x20 cm est@€60-80, Lot 717 two GNRI plaques [ditto] est@€60-100.
Thirsk on 11 July had Lot 130 Irish railways paperwork and ephemera £na, Lot 290 Waterford and Central Ireland cast iron gate notice £na, Lot 787 CIE Inspector's handlamp brass plated 'CORK CH40' complete with matching items, burner, top etc. £125.
GWR on 25 July had: a GNRI wooden carriage board, one side shows Bundoran the other side Enniskillen, 66x8cm, black lettering with red shadow on an off white ground, complete with original metal ends £180, a poster 'The Royal Mail Route To Ireland-Heysham-Belfast-Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire' by Shearing, dr 64x102cm, published by BR(LMR) and printed by Stafford & Co. gc, few small edge tears, £60, a GSWR cast brass toilet roll Holder, measuring 18x13cm £90, a GNRI wooden carriage board, one side shows Omagh the other side Londonderry, 66x8cm, black lettering with red shadow on an off white ground, complete with original metal ends £650, a single line brass tablet Crossgar-Downpatrick North Junc number 23, ex-BCDR railway section, ex box condition £1800, W&T electric train staff from the Clonmel to Thurles line, retains one of its brass plates 'Fethard', 58cm long £50.
Talisman on 1 August had: GNRI 4 aspect handlamp, the rear handle box stamped 'GNRI' complete with vessel, all fittings and glasses, unrestored £45, CIE 3 aspect handlamp brass plated 'Kilkee 2' complete with original fittings and glasses vgc £140.
Victor Mee's Cloverhill auction on 3 August had: Lot 81 Three framed GNRI posters (Kells Races, Irish Artisans' exhibition Dublin, Sunday trains to Drogheda and Laytown) est@€75-100, Lot 770 NIR tinplate trespass notice est@€30-50.
GCR at Bloxham (i.e. many lots of often less wanted items, with no pictures and limited descriptions) on 8 August had: GSR mounted coa £28, 1/2 mile post, GSWR, Inchicore 1892, complete £95, 3/4 mile post, GSWR, Inchicore 1892, complete £180, CDRJC mounted coa £20, UTA coa £24, GNRI coa £20, GNRI coa, large £24, LMS(NCC) monogram £20, GNRI coa, small £.
GCR on 5 September had: an LMS dr poster, Connemara, by Paul Henry; a few edge repairs, otherwise fine (ERO53350) £340, a Webb and Thompson large train staff, Glasslough-Monaghan £360, a Webb and Thompson large train staff, Newtownstewart-Victoria Bridge £170.
SRA postal auction on 11 September had: Londonderry Railway small sized letterpress poster 'Any passenger entering or leaving whilst train is in motion etc.' 25x20cm , red print, dated January 1899. Folded. £16, GSR foolscap sized booklet 'Arrangements for Travel at Reduced Fares', green paperback covers, 11pp plus many added amendments, dated 1937, rusty staples removed, not sold, WLWR 'Notice of special trains and other arrangements', 22pp dated April 21st 1900, plus small end of collection selection of Irish and UK paperwork items including GNR(I) WTT August 1941 (Qty) £35, WLR share certificate for one £50 share dated 1845, ornate scrolled title, coat of arms top centre, red attached embossed seal, printed on blue paper, not cancelled £24, LMS-NCC PTT booklet, pocket size, red covers, 28pp dated May 1923, staples removed, some spine wear £65, LLSR WTT. 6pp dated September 1924 £28, GSWR rule book, brown clothbound hardback covers with title on front, 174pp dated 1904 £14, CVR first class free pass, oval shaped, leather covers with coat of arms in gold on front, issued to WR Gill of the BNCR and dated 1899 £120, DSER second class season ticket for travel between Harcourt Street and Dundrum or Westland Row and Booterstown, clothbound card covers with route in gold on front, issued 1920, clipped, slight wear £14, Four different BCDR season tickets, first, second and third class, all from Belfast (first class example unissued), dated 1940s, plus GNR(I) third class traders ticket (unissued). (5) £60, GNR(I) chromed metal type ashtray, carriage type with company initials stamped into front, plus another similar, gc (2) £55, GNR(I) earthenware type ashtray. 11cm diameter with company name in full around edge, good used condition £85, Smaller type brass key token for the NY-BY section, good used condition, £75, Smaller type brass key token for the BY-NY section, good used condition £80, approx 60 Irish railway wagon labels including xamples from GNR(I), GSR, CIE, SLNCR, used and unused, (Qty) £90, Approx 150 B&W postcard sized photos showing Irish narrow gauge railway loco views circa 1930s-1950s varying quality (150) £340, Approx 200 B&W postcard sized photos showing Irish railway loco views circa 1900s-1950s, reasonable quality (200) £420, Approx 170 B&W postcard sized photos showing ex GSWR loco views circa 1900s-1950s, varying quality (170) £210, Approx 180 B&W postcard sized photos showing Northern Ireland loco views circa 1930s-1960s, reasonable quality (180) £240, B&I Steam Packet Company, dr coloured pictorial poster 'Fishguard-Cork direct service-the Innisfallen Way' showing Derrick Smoothy view of ship, circa late 1960s, some creasing £60.
Stafford on 19 September had brass rectangular diesel worksplate 'Metropolitan Vickers 1956', as carried by an Irish Locomotive class loco, front restored £400.
Thirsk on 26 September had a SLNCR bus timetable £8.
Fourth quarter 2015
Great Northern Railwayana auctions on 3 October had: Hand lamp - fogging,'GNR(I)' stamped on the back box, complete with all glasses, vessel, burner & reflector, devoid of paint, vgc £ns, LLSR double sided trespass sign 'L&LSR Trespassers Prosecuted', heavy gauge cast iron, 53x38cm £400, Fireplace hearth fender, cast iron 'G.N.R.(I)' cast into the face, 102x24cm, vgc, £60, Carriage print - Travel in 1860 Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire M V Cambria by Hamilton-Ellis from L.M.R. Travel In series 1950, original type f&g, vgc, £ns, Enamel carriage compartment sign 'Please do not spit in this apartment It is an offence to others and stated by the medical profession to be a source of serious disease', some face chips and hole nibbles, gc for age, 37x10cm, £85.
Bristol Railwayana auctions on 4 October had nothing Irish.
Crewe on 17 October had: a CIE Three Aspect Hand Lamp brass plated to trigger boxes 'Waterford Nth' and 'Abbey Jm 1 Cabin', the lamp is also marked 'CIE' to the top and side, in restored condition £200, a tin advertising ashtray 'L&Y and LNW Rlys to the North of Ireland via Fleetwood', this features crests of both companies and one of their steam ships, in lovely condition £275, a cast iron poster board heading 'Great Northern Railway Ireland' cast in four sections and mounted on a backboard, in restored condition 167x30cm £ns, a GWR enamel advertising sign 'To Ireland by the new Fishguard route shortest sea passage 2 3/4 hours magnificent turbine steamers 22 1/2 knotts' etc with some restoration to make a fine example £540 an ornate cast iron milepost embossed 'GSWR Inchicore works with '3/4' to the top, vgc £150.
Solent on 24 October had: a MGWR bridgeplate 'MGWR 134', oval c/i, repainted front, 30x20cm, £30, a dr poster LMS London Midland & Scottish Railway Lough Derg 'Ireland this year' By Paul Henry depicts view across water to mountain scape in silhouette to rear, Small areas of edge loss/body damage, mounted on linen backing to conserve, rolled condition, £130.
Railwayana.net on 15 November had: a steel miniature single line staff with brass end engraved 'Tuam-Ballyglunin' gc 23cm long £100, a pair of enamel station direction signs with white lettering on black, which could be Irish, 'To Railway Station' with pointing hand emblem, in gc but with some minor chipping 36x18cm £140, an LMSNCC '358' rectangular c/i wagonplate possibly repainted, front only, some time ago, 36x18cm, £20, a Dublin and Blessington Tramway Co fully titled coa mounted on a green painted wooden backboard, gc, 48x48cm £ns, GNR(I) oval brass tenderplate 'GNR, Dundalk, 82B, 1905' In 1905 two Class PS 4-4-0s were built at Dundalk – Nos. 104 Avoca and 105 Foyle. This plate is therefore from one of their tenders or a replacement tender for another loco, front only has been cleaned and some scoring to the characters and rim – 25x15cm, £150 (estimate was £200-350).
GWR on 21 November had: a British Railways poster 'Bangor Northern Ireland' by Claude Buckle, dr 102x64cm, view of the small harbour with sailboat preparing the sails, woman and child looking on and the old customs house behind, published by BR LM Region (LM17557) in 1957 and printed by the Baynard Press, extremely good condition with only minor edge defects £200, Belfast & County Down Railway BCDR Slieve Donard Hotel silverplate two handled sugar bowl by Elkington, gc £110, Railway Coats of Arms, qty 5 comprising Talyllyn Railway; Great Northern Ireland; GWR twin shield; LMS in frame; an unnamed example, all mounted on wooden panels £90, Worksplate Midland Ry. Built 1923 Derby, oval brass, ex Northern Ireland NCC 0-6-0 Class 'V' locomotive, later rebuilt to Class 'V1', either No 71, 72 or 73 as only these three were built that particular year., all were withdrawn in 1961, face lightly cleaned rear ex loco £1000, Poster LMS 'Dingle Peninsular Kerry Ireland' by Paul Henry dr 102x64cm, view of ruined castle and the bay, ERO 53350 and printed by Staffords, mounted on thin conservation paper, some staining and a small repair to the left hand margin £320, Brass oval Builders Plate GNR(I) 1918 Dundalk, ex steam locomotive £300, Cavan Leitrim & Roscommon Light Railway & Tramway cast iron axle box cover inscribed 'CL&R RY' £ns, reserve £100, Irish Wagon Plate LMS NCC 1831, rectangular cast iron, totally unrestored £30, Poster 'Belfast Steamship Company Ltd 'Liverpool- Belfast Nightly Passenger Service' by Nevin dr 102x127cms, gc, mounted on linen £160, Poster 'Ulster Northern Ireland-Sunshine, Leisure and Sport' by Nevin dr 102x127cm, printed by McCorquodale, excellent condition £50.
Talisman on 28 November had: Great Northern Railway (Ireland) dr pictorial Poster 'Dublin Horse Show 1955', artwork by Olive Whitmore depicting horses above a world globe, light folds, some minor foxing spots and three tiny corner losses £320, GWR official Jigsaw Puzzle 'Mountains of Killarney', complete and in vgc, the original box is excellent £20, 'Midland Railway Co. NCC' cast iron Notice, seven lines of text regarding accommodation crossing gates, vgc, face restored only £60, GSWR oval cast iron wagon plate 'G.S.W.R 867 Inchicore Works', unrestored. 32x17cm £70, GNRI copper signal lamp case, with brass fittings, vgc, and complete with front and rear bullseye lenses £55.
GCR on 5 December had: a worksplate, Beyer Peacock 1896, from an unidentified loco or tender. In 1896 Beyer Peacock supplied locos to, amongst others, the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Japan, Java, Malta, Portugal and Uruguay, cast brass, 17x11cm, the front repainted £180, a BR(M) dr poster, Bangor, NI, by Frank Sherwin, rolled, laid down on linen (LM2350) £310, a CVR axle box cover, cast iron, 15x13cm, the front repainted £250, a Tyers No. 6 single line tablet, Annaghmore-Portadown Jct., (alloy), £280, a Webb and Thompson large train staff, Donaghmore-Dungannon Junction £300, a Webb and Thompson large train staff, Ballymaggarett-East B.Jc, £70.
Dreweatts and Bloombury on 11 December had: Lot 138 Come to Ulster, Travel by Cunard Line lithographic poster in colours, c.1930, printed by S. C. Allen & Company Ltd. London, not backed, cond.B+ 102x64cm £380, Lot 142 Brandt, 'Ireland, Land of Legend', lithographic poster in colours, printed by Hely's Ltd., Dublin, cond.A., backed on linen 100x64cm £240.
An SRA postal auction on 11 December had: Livesey R M 'Rolling Stock of the Principal Irish Narrow Gauge Railways'. Published paper of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, dated 30th July 1912, paperback, 54pp plus plates £12, Parry's Railway Companion from Chester to Holyhead and guide to Dublin, clothbound boards with title in gold on front 158pp plus fold out map, dated 1848, front and back covers detached £40, W H LIZARS published map 'Ireland with the Railways', part coloured paper map folding into card covers circa 1840s £110, CBSCR PTT booklet dated May 1903, lilac and red coloured artwork covers, 60pp including tourist programme and information, staining to rear cover £130, DSER PTT dated June 1912 foolscap sized with photo illustrated covers showing Carlisle Pier, Kingstown and Westland Row station. 53pp, spine taped £50, GWR published guide book 'Southern Ireland' by Maxwell Fraser 72pp plus fold-out map, coloured pictorial paperback covers, published 1932 £14, BCDR 'Official Tourist Guide to County Down and Mourne Mountains', green hardback covers, 203pp plus adverts and fold-out map, 3rd edition dated 1924, spine discoloured, otherwise OK £10, MR NCC bound volume of PTTs for 1920, part leather bound hardback covers containing four pocket sized issues dated October 1919, May 1920, July 1920, October 1920, each with brown and cream pictorial covers showing local scenic views, vgc £220, GSWR first class free pass, oval shape, leather covers with title and coa in gold on front. Issued 1913 £80, SLNCR first class free pass, leather covers with garter type coa in gold on front, issued to T.Elliott of the MGWR and dated 1920 £40, BCDR bicycle season ticket, clothbound card covers with title and bicycle illustration in gold on front, unissued, overwritten 'Specimen' £ns, Schull & Skibbereen Tramway and Light Railway train staff ticket for use from Schull to Ballydehob, unissued £ns, MRNCC brass uniform button. 24mm diameter showing griffin design surrounded by title, Froggatt 61/4 £14, LLSR 16mm nickel button showing locomotive design surrounded by name, Froggatt 61/12 £26, Smaller type brass key token for the CK-LJ section, well used condition, slightly bent at top of handle £35, Commercial Card 'Portrush, the Station' showing B&W view of the station approaches, published by Tuck, postally used 1904 £ns, Commercial Card 'Mallow Railway Station' showing colour view of platform, published by Milton, postally used 1910 £8, Approx 140 B&W postcard sized photos showing Irish steam loco views circa 1950s, reasonable quality (100) £140, Approx 100 B&W postcard sized photos showing Irish railway loco views circa 1950s, reasonable quality (100) £85, Big 4 published d/r letterpress poster 'Reduction in Sea Surcharges' re charges for merchandise and live stock between Britain and the IOM & Ireland, dated August 1946, damp staining, thin in parts, folded, fragile £10, Big 4 published d/r letterpress poster 'Reduction in Sea Surcharges' re charges for journeys between Britain and Ireland, dated August 1946, damp staining, folded, fragile £10.
Irish sea surcharge posters. Source: SRA1215
NCC CK-LJ small brass key token. Source: SRA1215
Portrush Station postcard. Source: SRA1215
LLSR uniform button. Source: SRA1215
MRNCC uniform button. Source: SRA1215
Schull and Skibbereen Tramway and Light Railway train staff ticket. Source: SRA1215
BCDR bicycle season ticket. Source: SRA1215
SLNCR free pass 1920. Source: SRA1215
GSWR free pass 1912. Source: SRA1215
BCDR Tourist Guide to Co. Down. Source: SRA1215
GWR Southern Ireland guide. Source: SRA1215
CBSCR PTT booklet May 1903. Source: SRA1215
'Irish Narrow Gauge Rolling Stock' book 1912. Source: SRA1215
'Ireland with Rail' map 1840's. Source: SRA1215
Clogher Valley Railway axlebox cover. Source: GCR1215
NCC tablet 'Annaghmore-Portadown Jct.'. Source: GCR1215
Webb staff 'E.B[elfast]-Ballymacarrett'. Source: GCR1215
Webb staff 'Dungannon Jc-Donaghmore'. Source: GCR1215
Beyer Peacock 1896 makers plate (less than 1 in 11 chance Irish). Source: GCR1215
GNRI Horse Show poster. Source: TRA1115
MRNCC Accomodation gate notice. Source: TRA1115
'GSWR 867' wagonplate. Source: TRA1115
GNRI signal lamp. Source: TRA1115
MRNCC loco worksplate. Source: GWR1115
GNRI 1918 tenderplate. Source: GWR1115
BCDR (Slieve Donard) sugar bowl. Source: GWR1115
Cavan & Leitrim axlebox cover. Source: GWR1115
LMSNCC wagonplate (non-standard pattern for numbers 18xx). Source: GWR1115
Ulster N.I. poster. Source: GWR1115
Belfast Steamship 'Belfast-Liverpool' poster. Source: GWR1115
BR 'Bangor' poster. Source: GWR1115
'GNR 1905 82B Dundalk' tenderplate. Source: RNT1115
Dublin 7amp; Blessington Tramway armorial device. Source: RNT1115
'LMSNCC 358' wagonplate. Source: RNT1115
'To the Railway' enamel signs (possibly Irish NG). Source: RNT1115
'Ballyglunin-Tuam' miniature staff. Source: RNT1115
BCDR 'no spitting' (apartment variant). Source: GNR1015
LLSR trespass notice. Source: GNR1015
GNRI fender. Source: GNR1015
GNRI handlamp. Source: GNR1015
BR 'Cambria' carriage print. Source: GNR1015
CIE diesel plate. Source: STA915
Clogher Valley Railway pass. Source: SRA915
DSER season ticket. Source: SRA915
BCDR season tickets +1 GNRI trader's ticket. Source: SRA915
NCC small signal token. Source: SRA915
NCC small signal token. Source: SRA915
GNRI pottery ashtray. Source: SRA915
GNRI chrome ashtrays. Source: SRA915
LLSR Working Time Table. Source: SRA915
LMSNCC Time Table. Source: SRA915
GSWR Rule Book. Source: SRA915
Waterford and Limerick share certificate. Source: SRA915
GSR arrangements for reduced fares. Source: SRA915
Londonderry Railway 1899 notice. Source: SRA915
GNRI two sided carriage board (obverse Omagh). Source: GWR715
GNRI two sided carriage board (obverse Enniskillen). Source: GWR715
BCDR tablet 'Crossgar-Downpatrick North Junc.' No. 23. Source: GWR715
GSWR toilet roll holder. Source: GWR715
BCDR Sykes block repeater. Source: GCR615
GNRI worksplate. Source: GCR615
'Wicklow-Greystones' staff. Source: GCR615
'Cavan-Ballyhaise Junction' staff. Source: GCR615
'Virginia Rd.-Oldcastle' staff. Source: GCR615
'Clara-Streamstown' staff. Source: GCR615
Holyhead brass plate. Source: GCR615
GSWR landmine inkwell. Source: GCR615
GS Hotels ashtray. Source: ebay615
LMSNCC 'Antrim Castle' nameplate. Source: STA515
GNRI worksplate. Source: RNT515
CIE GM worksplate. Source: RNT515
CIE Ballina handlamp. Source: CRE415
LMSNCC track circuit plate. Source: CRE415
GNRI two sided carriage board (obverse Londonderry). Source: GWR415
GNRI two sided carriage board (obverse Donabate). Source: GWR415
To Railway Station enamel (probably either CDRJC or CLR). Source: GWR415
BR 'M.V. Cambria' carriage print. Source: GWR415
'Larne-Stranraer' poster. Source: GWR415
GNRI 1924 worksplate. Source: GWR415
Probably a CDRJC railcar worksplate. Source: GWR415
WCR axlebox cover 1911. Source: ebay415
MGWR 'Ballaghdereen' 3 aspect handlamp. Source: TRA315
MRNCC wagonplate '1006'. Source: TRA315
LMSNCC wagonplate '2067'. Source: TRA315
Pair of GNRI jugs (two views). Source: ebay215
Separated station names 'Maguiresbridge', 'Carrickmore' & ' Edward St.'. Source: SRA215
Separated station names 'Coleraine' 'Trew & Moy'. Source: SRA215
Separated station names 'Ballybay' 'Tynan'. Source: SRA215
UTA/BR Northern Ireland poster. Source: SRA215
GNRI 1890 rule book. Source: SRA215
BNCR 1902 rule book. Source: SRA215
LMSNCC 1933 menu. Source: SRA215
DNGR: lease of No.4 The Bungalows. Source: SRA215
Cork & Bandon Railway documents. Source: SRA215
Clogher Valley Railway documents. Source: SRA215
Fishguard Rosslare stock. Source: SRA215
Old Belfast railway documents. Source: SRA215
Ulster Rail document. Source: SRA215
CIE Lismore handlamp. Source: GNR0115
BR 'door to door' poster. Source: GNR0115
GSR 0-6-2T worksplate. Source: GCR0215
'Bellarena-Limavady Jct' Tyres tablet. Source: GCR0215
Ulster Railway Co. fender. Source: GCR0215
'Ballyhaise-Belturbet' staff. Source: GCR0215
'Dungannon-Pomeroy' staff. Source: GCR0215
'Cork-Crossbarry' staff. Source: GCR0215
Irish Railway Clearing House soup plate. Source: GCR0215
BR Irish mail carriage board. Source: GCR0215
LMS Antrim poster. Source: GCR0215
Holyhead crossing poster. Source: GCR0215
BR Ireland overnight poster. Source: GCR0215
4 Irish coats of arms. Source: JAC0115
GNRI bridge number. Source: JAC0115
BNCR enamel walls notice. Source: STA0115
GSWR copper platform lamp. Source: TRA1114
MGWR fender. Source: TRA1114
GSWR station platform lamp. Source: TRA1114
Clogher Valley Railway enquiries sign. Source: TRA1114
UTA hotels' milk jug. Source: TRA1114
GNRI 3 aspect handlamp. Source: TRA1114
BR poster 'Portrush'. Source: GWR1114
BR poster 'Ireland overnight'. Source: GWR1114
GSWR Liverpool Overhead Railway poster. Source: GWR1114
BR poster 'Northern Ireland - Mourne'. Source: GWR1114
BR poster 'Holidays in Ireland'. Source: GWR1114
Irish LMS Hepper's key machine. Source: GWR1114
GNRI copper signal lamp. Source: GWR1114
LMSNCC loco cabside '50'. Source: GCR1014
BCDR carriage spitting enamel. Source: GCR1014
BNCR branding iron. Source: GCR1014
BR Heysham poster. Source: GCR1014
Guinness loco numberplate. Source: RNT0914
CDRJC coa. Source: RNT0914
NCC 'Derry-Lisahally' token. Source: RNT0914
NCC 'Lisahally-Eglinton' token. Source: RNT0914
GSWR wagon plate '946'. Source: TRA0814
MGWR bridge plate '568'. Source: TRA0814
Greenore hotel plate. Source: TRA0814
Bessbrook and Newry lamp. Source: TRA0814
GNRI Dundalk lamp. Source: TRA0814
GSR 'Tuam' lamp. Source: TRA0814
CIE lamps. Source: TRA0814
RSCo staff 'Hill of Down-Killucan'. Source: GCR0714
'Bellarena-Castlerock' Tyers single line tablet. Source: GCR0714
GWR jigsaw puzzle. Source: TRA714
CIE 30155 wagonplate. Source: SOL0614
LMSNCC, non-standard, wagonplate. Source: SOL0614
GNRI 'Messengers' handlamp. Source: GNR0614
Belfast Steamship Co. crystal sherry glass. Source: GNR0614
Northern Ireland joint railway poster. Source: GNR0614
GNRI bridge No. 59. Source: GNR0614
Miniature staff 'Enfield-Kilcock'. Source: RNT0614
CIE enamel gate. Source: RNT0614
BR Cork address. Source: GWR0514
BR Londonderry poster. Source: GWR0514
CDRJC locomotive nameplate. Source: GCR0414
GNRI overbridge sign. Source: GCR0414
CIE 'Dublin-Cork' carriage board. Source: GCR0414
NCC Tyers key release instrument. Source: GCR0414
NCC Tyers tablet. Source: GCR0414
'Pomeroy-Dungannon' staff. Source: GCR0414
'Ireland by LMS' poster. Source: GCR0414
'Fishguard-Cork' poster. Source: GCR0414
BP 1920 makers' plate possibly Irish. Source: GCR0414
BP 1902 makers' plate possibly Irish. Source: GCR0414
Schull & Skibbereen Light Railway gate lamp. Source: TRA0314
GNRI (stated BCDR) double sided gate notice. Source: TRA0314
GNRI enamel trespass notice. Source: TRA0314
SLNCR axlebox cover. Source: TRA0314
GSR axlebox cover. Source: TRA0314
CLR (believed) lower quadrant signal arm. Source: TRA0314
BCDR miniature lower quadrant signal arm. Source: TRA0314
MRNCC miniature lower quadrant distant signal arm. Source: TRA0314
'Ballygeary-Rosslare Strand' staff. Source: RNT0314
GNRI tender plate. Source: RNT0314
GNRB coa. Source: WHY0314
Horse brasses. Source: WHY0314
GSR pass coa. Source: JAC0114
GSR coa. Source: JAC0114
GNRB coa. Source: JAC0114
GNRI coa. Source: JAC0114
MGWR guard's silver clasp. Source: GCR0114
Bangor N.I poster. Source: GCR0114
CIE Dublin-Cork carriage board. Source: GCR0114
BR Cambria carriage print. Source: GCR0114
Wicklow station enamel. Source: GCR0114
CLR free pass. Source: SRA0114
CMDR free pass. Source: SRA0114
DSER free pass. Source: SRA0114
GNRI 1956 timetable. Source: SRA0114
CIE 1959 timetable. Source: SRA0114
GNRI 1958 tour brochure. Source: SRA0114
SLNCR free pass. Source: SRA0114
Slieve Donard Hotel brochure. Source: SRA0114
GWR Gap of Dunloe carriage print. Source: SRA0114
Leggatts guide. Source: SRA0114
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