A pair of GWR Waiting Room or Mess Room Chairs, unusually with wooden slatted seats, 32in tall, 16in wide. Both branded with company initials beneath. Buyer to collect from Hereford.

GWR cast iron Catch Points 500 Yards sign with pointing hand. A large, heavy sign approx 65.5in long and 22in, Buyer to collect from Hereford.

GWR 30 volt Hotplate Oven with brass handle and brass plate on front door showing GWR No 2788 V30 A25. An amazing survivor, possibly from an early restaurant car. Measures 17in tall x 8.5in wide x 10in deep. Behind the front lower panel are the 2 bat tery connectors, the connecting cable for which would have fed through the central hole. Inside is a circular hotplate at bottom and a separate warming shelf above. In extremely good condition although not tested in any way. Despite the high number, this is certainly the first seen.

Wagon Plates, quantity 8 to includeChas Roberts 1958; LMS Registration complete with lugs; Wagon Repairs Gloucester; matching pair Pressed Steel D types, one of which has been welded; Glo'ster C&W D type; Cambrian Cardiff; BR(M) Tanker. (8 items)

Wagon Plates, quantity 4, one of each from the Big 4 companies comprising LNER 21 Tons 1948 Darlington 306050; GWR 12 Tons 65041; LMS 13 Tons 477021; SR 14 Tons 39518. (4 items)

A substantial gunmetal Step tread embossed THE BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY CARRIAGE & WAGON Co LIMITED BUILDERS SMETHWICK and having the company pentagram each end. Measures 25in long and 4.25in wide.

BR(M) Tail Lamp complete with original reservoir and burner. Unrestored condition.

BR Guards Van Lamp complete with red slide-out lens, original reservoir and burner. Immaculate, ex stores condition.

GWR Signal Lamp complete with a GWR removable interior together with an SR Signal Lamp with integral burner and an Adlake Interior No 55 as stated on the affixed brass plate. (3 items)

Lamp collection including a BR(W) 3 aspect brass collared complete with reservoir and burner; a BR 3 aspect with no aspect glasses and a cracked front lens; a couple of smaller lamps, one embossed BR and complete; a Crossing Lamp with no interior; an incomplete Lucas King Of The Road; a pair of similar, smaller general purpose and an unidentified red lens lamp. (8 items)

Guards Whistles comprising Midland Railway Acme Thunderer Button Whistle (one side) with chain; GWR Acme Thunderer Button Whistle (one side) with chain; LMS Acme Thunderer Button Whistle (one side); GWR Acme Thunderer No 18878; GWR The Thunderer with small chain; BR black plastic Acme. (6 items)

BR(WR) enamel Poster Hoarding numberplate 3412 together with a GWR Bulldog Clip; quantity 11 GWR Paychecks and a number of Carriage Keys and ordinary keys, some marked with company initials.

BR(NE) enamel Totem Capbadges, quantity 3; gilt BRITISH RAILWAYS by Gauntwith rear lugs;gilt GUARD by Gaunt with rear lugs and clip; nickel PORTER by Gaunt with rear lugs and clip.

BR enamel Totem Capbadges, quantity 6 and one BR(W) nickel Fishtail PORTER by Gaunt with rear lugs but almost all enamel lost. comprising BR(W) nickel BRITISH RAILWAYS by Gaunt; BR(W) gilt GUARD by Pincher complete with rear lugs and clip; BR(W) nick el PORTER by Gaunt complete with rear lugs and clip; BR(M) nickel BRITISH RAILWAYS by Pincher with rear lugs; BR(S) nickel PORTES by Gaunt with rear lugs; BR(E) BRITISH RAILWAYS by Gaunt, one rear lug missing. (7 items)

Badge Collection to include a few earlier Capbadges, a quantity of ASLEF and NUR examples, Railway Service, sew on types and a few more modern including a reproduction totem BRITISH RAILWAYS.

Hereford area Breakdown Train brass Key Tags, quantity 10 engraved on one side GWR BREAKDOWN and a specific number. On the reverse with the name of the actual person and address of those presumably on emergency call out. Possibly used on tool boxes i ssued to individuals for emergency breakdown incidents, some noted as Reserves. Together with a small, oval token from Hereford station Return To Nearest Police Station 5/- Reward. (10 items)

GWR Swindon Works Notices, quantity 4 of which 2 are in original glazed wooden frames measuring 16in x 19in. (4 items)

Miscellany comprising ; x22 Platform Tickets and a few odds;x4 GWR whole Edmondson Tickets Borth to Aberystwyth; a Great Northern Railway Wax Seal and a similar for the Dublin, Belfast & Coleraine Railway; a Highland Railway 2d Parcel Stamp; a co mplete set of 50 WD&HO Wills Railway Equipment Cigarette Cards, some having less than pristine backs and a similar, although possibly incomplete, of Railway Engines; an ASLEF Member Contribution card issued at Hereford; x4 BR marked Drawing Pins; an L&NWR enamel Armband and a similar BR example, no straps; a few sleeper marker numbers etc. All in an old Highland scene tin biscuit box.

A miscellany of items, some from Hereford to includean interesting porcelain Telegraph Insulator from between Stretton Sugwas and Credenhill on the Hereford to Brecon line; Rights Of Way Act 1932 Private Roadway cast iron sign, ex Roadway to Watkins Flour Mill Sidings off Friar Street, Hereford, measures 12.5in x 6.5in; MR cast iron Stop Cock Cover from Moorfields Goods Yard Cattle Pens; some original window catches from Barton Yard Weighbridge; a small sign from the main switch box Barton Yard Weighbridge; GWR Insulators; Lamp Burners and Wicks; a small selection of GWR Cutlery; a GCR glass Whisky Flask with stopper; a small Flare Lamp; an oval cast iron BR Maintenance Ends plate; an LNE Axle Box Cover and a Gross Weight Plate; qty 22 L&NWR official Post Cards in a small album; x3 System Maps.

A large collection of mostly GWR Tools and Measurement devices. Many items, particularly Spanners, one of which is Bristol & Exeter Railway.

Cast brass Water Capacity plate, 3500 Gallons, face restored, rear untouched.

BR-M Fireman's Shovel by Bulldog dated 1959. Measures 43in long and is in very good condition overall.

GWR cast iron BEWARE OF TRAINS together with a cast iron SW sign, broken but lightly repaired. Also a L&NWR cast iron Bridgeplate No 7, unrestored and a GWR wooden triangular Milepost 140 II with original mounting bolts but replacement numbers. ( 4 items)

Selection of Chinaware to includeGWR and LMS Mugs and Cups, a couple of Saucers and a L&NWR 2 compartment Condiment Dish. Some have defects. (12 items)

BR(W) cast iron Signal Finial.

BR(W) enamel Posterboard Heading BRITISH RAILWAYS, 27in x 4in.

GWR half gallon Paint Kettle with handle. Nicely embossed with company initials on side.

A pair of British Railways Grease Top Caps, each with a BR(M) totem Capbadge. Both by Compton Sons & Webb but indiscernible size. Used. (2 items)

GWR brass Lever Leads, quantity 4 comprising No 2 UP MAIN HOME; No 3 DOWN MAIN DISTANT; No 27 DOWN MAIN START'G; No 29 UP RELIEF START'G. All ex box condition. (4 items)

Midland Railway brass Lever Plates, a pairDOWN DISTANT ( rear shows DISTANT TO WESTERN); DISC FROM UP TO DOWN LINE. (2 items)

Miscellany comprising a quantity of ASLEF Badges and others; a coupleof Acme Thunderer Guards Whistles, both with chains and a respective company button, one lip stamped GWR the other lip stamped LMS; an early Birmingham Police Whistle; an LMS Hotels small Pewter Measure with handle; Caledonian Railway Pay tin together with a similar LYR; a few Labels and a plastic Wagon ID plate Empty To Bury St. Edmunds.

Southern Railway Antimacassar together with a pair of First Class Pullman Antimacassars. (3 items)

Paychecks, an album containing 150 mixed company examples including GWR, LYR, Mid Rly, L&NWR etc.

BR(M) Loco Lamp lacking interior and red glass.

Wood cased Signal Box Block Bell with Cow Bell and tapper. Both knurled screws intact, a nice example.

Desilux brass Diesel Airhorn, ex Hymek D 7089. Measures 13.75in long and retains the end mesh.

BR Firemans Shovel by E&W Lucas. A fine example suitably stamped measuring 43.5in long.

Great Central Railway cast iron Trespass sign in original condition.

British Transport Commission cast iron sign (Scottish Pattern)

A trio of Handlamps to includeNER 3 aspect complete with reservoir and burner, stripped of paint; Howes & Burley 3 aspect Private Owner with reservoir and burner but only the red aspect glass; BR General Purpose with reservoir and burner, slight crack in one glass. (3 items)

GWR Platform Lamp Interior with glass chimney. A fine example, stamped with company initials on the side and also into the brass burner.

NER wall mounted oil lamp with glass chimney. Brass plated NER on the main tank and the reflector and the burner also stamped NER. A very nice example indeed.

BR(E) Loco Headlamp complete with red flip-over lens but no interior.

BR Upper Quadrant enamel Signal Arm in good condition.

BR-W Home Signal Finial.

GWR Home Signal Finial with square base.

GWR Home Signal Finial with square base, some repairs to base.

LSWR SWR 4 aspect Handlamp with a GWR reservoir and burner. SWR on a brass plate on the side and stamped the same on the body. The chimney is stamped S[E]R.

BR(M) fully flanged Doorplate PRIVATE.

LMS (LNWR pattern) 3 aspect Handlamp complete with reservoir and a LMS marked burner. Together with a C. Eastgate 1945 WD Handlamp complete with reservoir and burner. (2 items)

Midland Railway 4 aspect Handlamp, slatted glass with reservoir and burner. Brass plate number 12727B, unrestored.

BR Tail Lamp complete with reservoir and burner. Unrestored.