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Smokeboxes
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 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "45110" - the VERY LAST BR PASSENGER SERVICE NUMBERPLATE - as carried by a Stanier designed ex LMS Class 5MT 4-6-0 built at the Vulcan Foundry, Newton-Le-Willows, Lancs in June 1935. Allocations included Holyhead, Stafford, Bolton and Lostock Hall from where it was withdrawn in August 1968. This was the last BR owned standard gauge steam locomotive to haul a service on the national network. It took the first leg from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Victoria at the beginning of the famous 'FIFTEEN GUINEA SPECIAL' railtour on 11 August 1968, before running from Manchester Victoria to Liverpool Lime Street with the returning train at the end of the tour. The loco was purchased straight from service for preservation and was based at the nascent Ashford Steam Centre where it was named 'RAF Biggin Hill' and subsequently purchased by the Severn Valley Railway where it has been based since then. Ex-loco front and back. Complete with original BR receipt for £2 from Bolton MPD. Guide: £1000-2000 | ||
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40 |
 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "30750". As carried by a Urie/Maunsell designed ex LSWR/SR King Arthur class N15 4-6-0 named "MORGAN LE FAY", built at Eastleigh works in October 1922. Allocations included Bournemouth, Eastleigh, Nine Elms and Basingstoke from where it was withdrawn in July 1957. Cut up at Eastleigh works 08/57. Front and back ex-loco. Guide: £1200-1400 | ||
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41 |
 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "31480". As carried by a Wainwright designed C Class ex S.E & C.R /BR 0-6-0 built at Longhedge Works, London, in January 1904. Mainly allocated to the London Division, its early days being spent at Hither Green and latterly at Bricklayers Arms from where it was withdrawn in July 1961. Cut up at Ashford works in July 1961. Ex Loco condition. Guide: £500-600 | ||
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42 |
 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "31627". As carried by a Maunsell designed U class ex S.R 2-6-0 built at Ashford works in April 1929. Allocations include Basingstoke and Guildford from where it was withdrawn in October 1965. Cut up at Cashmore's Newport, South Wales 02/66. Ex-loco front and back. Guide: £700-1000 | ||
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43 |
 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "31828". As carried by a Maunsell designed ex LSWR/SR Class N1 2-6-0 built at Ashford works in July 1924. Allocations included Exmouth Jct, Stewarts Lane, Eastleigh, Bricklayers Arms, Brighton and Redhill from where it was withdrawn in September 1964. Cut up at Settle Speakman & Co Ltd, Queenborough, Kent 12/64. Front and back ex-loco. Guide: £800-1000 | ||
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44 |
 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "43309". As carried by a Johnson designed ex-LMS 3F 0-6-0 built by Kitson of Leeds in January 1892. Allocations included Staveley Barrow Hill, Toton and Saltley from where it was withdrawn in April 1961. Cut up at Cashmore's, Great Bridge 07/61. Ex-loco front and back. Guide: £350-500 | ||
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45 |
 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "43876". As carried by a Fowler designed ex LMS Class 4F 0-6-0 built at Derby Works in November 1918. Allocations included Wellingborough, Bedford, Cricklewood and Coalville, from where it was withdrawn in December 1962. Cut up at Derby works 12/62. Front restored, back Ex Loco Condition. Guide: £350-500 | ||
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46 |
 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "44802" as carried by a Stanier designed ex LMS class 5MT 4-6-0 built at Derby works in June 1944. Allocations included Belle Vue, Sheffield Grimesthorpe, Holyhead, Carlisle Upperby, Carlisle Kingmoor and Bolton from where it was withdrawn in June 1968. Cut up at Cohen's, Kettering 10/68. Front and back ex-loco. Guide: £500-600 | ||
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47 |
 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "44843" as carried by a Stanier designed ex LMS 5MT 4-6-0 built at Crewe Works in October 1944. Allocations include Bristol Bath Rd, Leeds Holbeck, Sheffield Grimesthorpe, Burton, Leicester Midland, Saltley, Oxley and Crewe South from where it was withdrawn in September 1967. Cut up at Cashmore's Great Bridge 06/68. Restored front and back. Guide: £400-500 | ||
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48 |
 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "44995". As carried by Stanier designed ex LMS Black 5MT 4-6-0 built at Horwich works in February 1947. Allocations included St. Rollox, Eastfield, Dumfries and Glasgow Corkerhill from where it was withdrawn in November 1966. Cut up at Motherwell Machinery & Scrap, Wishaw, Motherwell 06/67. Front restored, Ex-loco back. Guide: £500-600 | ||
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49 |
 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "45067" as carried by a Stanier designed ex LMS class 5MT 4-6-0 built at the Vulcan Foundry, Newton-Le-Willows, Lancs in January 1935. Allocations included Crewe South, Walsall, Crewe North, Bescot, Saltley and Heaton Mersey from where it was withdrawn in October 1967. Cut up at Buttigiegs, Newport, South Wales 06/68. Inscribed on reverse 'MNA' relating to the 'Master Neverers Association' - an informal title of a group of BR steam photographers that visited sheds in the last days of steam and befriended staff so they could clean restored engines for photographs and ask for 'smoke by arrangement!' Front and back ex-loco. Guide: £500-600 | ||
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50 |
 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "48282" as carried by a Stanier designed ex LMS Class 8F 2-8-0 built by the North British Locomotive Co Ltd, Glasgow in August 1942. Allocations included Nottingham, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Mansfield, Annesley and Patricroft from where it was withdrawn in June 1968. Cut up at Cohen's Kettering 02/69. Ex-loco front and back. Top right hand corner damage. Guide: £250-400 | ||
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51A |
 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "48360" as carried by a Stanier designed ex LMS Class 8F 2-8-0 built at Horwich works in July1944. Allocations included Northampton, Wellingborough, Toton and Bletchley from where it was withdrawn in July 1965. Cut up at Bird's Scrapyard, Long Marston 01/66. Front and back restored. Guide: £400-500 | ||
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51B |
 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "48380". As carried by a Stanier designed ex LMS Class 8F 2-8-0 built at Horwich works in December 1944. Allocations included Nottingham, Kettering, Coalville, Leicester Midland and Bolton from where it was withdrawn in May 1968. Cut up at Draper's, Neptune Yard, Hull 09/68. Ex-loco front and back. Guide: £400-500 | ||
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52 |
 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "51496" as carried by a Barton Wright/Aspinall designed ex LYR/LMS 0-6-0 built by Kitson of Leeds in March 1885. Allocated to only Newton Heath and Agecroft from where it was withdrawn in March 1961. Cut up at Horwich works 05/61. Comes with original BTC paperwork for sum of 4shillings in 1961. Ex-loco front and back. Guide: £500-600 | ||
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53 |
 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "55235". As carried by a Mcintosh designed ex CR/LMS Class 2P 0-4-4T built at St. Rollox works in October 1922. Seemingly only allocated to Glasgow Corkerhill throughout its working life it was withdrawn from there in May 1961. Cut up at BR Carriage & Wagon works, Heatheryknowe, Coatbridge, Scotland 08/61. Ex-loco front and back. Guide: £500-600 | ||
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54 |
 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "65885". As carried by a Wordsell/Raven designed ex NER/LNER class J27 0-6-0 built at Darlington works in June 1923. Allocations included Leeds Neville Hill, York North, Malton, Sunderland, Selby and North Blyth from where it was withdrawn in June 1967. Cut up at Hughes Bolckow, North Blyth 09/67. Front restored, back ex-loco. Guide: £400-500 | ||
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55 |
 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "67704" as carried by a Thompson designed ex LNER class L1 2-6-4T built at Darlington Works in February 1948. Allocations included Ipswich, Norwich Thorpe, Ipswich, Yarmouth South Town, Lowestoft and Stratford from where it was withdrawn in November 1960. Cut up at Stratford works 12/60. Comes with original BR paperwork for 7s/ 6d in July 1961. Ex-loco front and back. Guide: £500-600 | ||
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56 |
 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "75060". As carried by a Riddles designed BR Standard class 4 4-6-0 built at Swindon works in February 1957. Allocations included Leicester Midland, Derby, Walton-on-the-Hill, Aintree, Edge Hill, Heaton Mersey, Chester (MR) and Croes Newydd from where it was withdrawn in April 1967. Cut up at Hughes Bolckow, North Blyth 10/67. Front restored, back ex-loco. Guide: £600-700 | ||
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57 |
 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "75076" as carried by Riddles designed BR Standard Class 4 4-6-0 built at Swindon works in December 1955. Allocations included Exmouth Jct, Basingstoke, Nine Elms and Eastleigh from where it was withdrawn in July 1967. Cut up at Bird's Risca, South Wales 12/67. Front and back ex-loco. Guide: £600-800 | ||
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58 |
 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "90346". As carried by a Riddles designed Ministry of Supply WD 2-8-0 built by the North British Locomotive Co Ltd, Glasgow in June 1944. Allocations included New England, Immingham, Staveley GC, Toton, Woodford Halse, Newton Heath, Aintree, Rose Grove, Staveley Barrow Hill and Colwick from where it was withdrawn in October 1965. Cut up at Draper's Sculcoats yard, Hull 02/66. Front restored, back ex-loco. Guide: £500-600 | ||
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59 |
 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "90353". As carried by a Riddles designed Ministry of Supply WD 2-8-0 built at the North British Locomotive Co Ltd, Glasgow in August 1944 (originally numbered 77285 but changed in June 1949). Allocated to only Wakefield throughout its working life it was withdrawn from here in February 1965. Cut up at T.W. Ward. Beighton, Sheffield 06/65. Front and back restored. Guide: £400-600 | ||
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60 |
 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "92100". As carried by Riddles designed BR Standard class 9F 2-10-0 built at Crewe works in August 1956. Allocations included Toton, Westhouses, Leicester Midland and Birkenhead Mollington Street from where it was withdrawn in May 1967. Cut up at Cohen's, Kettering 12/67. Front and back ex-loco. Guide: £800-1000 | ||
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61 |
 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "92189". As carried by a Riddles designed BR Standard 9F 2-10-0 built at Swindon works in March 1958. Allocations included Mexborough, Sheffield Grimesthorpe, Sheffield Darnall, Doncaster, Frodingham, Langwith Jct and Colwick from where it was withdrawn in December 1965. Cut up at T.W. Ward, Beighton, Sheffield 04/66. Front and back restored. Guide: £500-700 | ||
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 | C/I Steam Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate "62712". As carried by Gresley designed ex LNER Class D49/1 4-4-0 named "MORAYSHIRE" built at Darlington Works in February 1928. Allocations included Perth, Edinburgh Haymarket, Edinburgh St. Margarets, Thornton Jct and Hawick from where it was withdrawn in July 1961. Prior to withdrawal it was used as a stationery boiler at Slateford Laundry in June 1961, subsequently stored at Hawick between 7/61 and 01/62 and Dalry Road between 02/62 and 12/63 it eventually moved for restoration to Inverurie works in August 1964. Before restoration it was purchased privately by Mr Ian N. Fraser of Arbroath who donated it to the National Museum of Scotland eventually moving to the Boness & Kinneil Railway in Scotland where it has remained since and is currently awaiting a further return to steam. This number plate was removed By Mr Fraser at the time the loco was purchased from BR and is being offered for sale by the group who are fundraising for the final stages of restoring his other ex-BR locomotive Ivatt 2MT No. 46464. In superb Ex-loco Condition as removed. Guide: £1000-1200 | ||
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