SHEFFIELD RAILWAYANA POSTAL AUCTION

MARCH 2002

 

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551   LAYSON J.F: “The Stephensons and Other Railway Pioneers” No. 6 in the series of Memorable Men of the 19th Century, Tyne Publishing Co., 304pp.  Casebound original cloth boards with gilt titling.  Otley 2438. Minor rubbing on cover, minor foxing on end papers and tear along spine on end paper, VGC otherwise.  (1)      £15

552   STAUFER A: “Pennsy Power” and “Pennsy Power 2.”  Two volume set of this definitive guide to steam and electric locomotives of the Pennsylvania Railroad. 320 and 352pp, first editions pub by the author in 1962 and 1968.  (2)

553   DENDY MARSHALL C.F: “History of The Southern Railway.”  708pp, hardback, pub. by SR in 1936.  Book in excellent condition, but no dust wrapper.  (1)        £20

554   AHRONS: “Locomotive & Train Working in The 19th Century” Vols. 1-6 in VGC complete with dust wrappers.  (6)              £20

555   THE RAILWAY GAZETTE reprinted articles: “Feltham Concentration Yard L&SWR” and “Main Line Control North Eastern Area LNER.”  Both in paperback covers published in 1922 and 1923.  (2)         £10

556   MARSHALL L.G: “Steam on the RENFE.”  Hardback with dust wrapper, 195pp, pub. by Macmillan in 1965.  (1)   £25

557   SMITH, DAWN: Softback book “A Genealogy of the LNER and A Chronology of it’s Antecedents.”  257pp, pub. by the author in 1988.  Slight spine fading.  (1)           £10

558   DAVID & CHARLES published hardback books with dust wrappers in the “Railway Holiday” series: Italy (1967); Northern Norway & Sweden (1964), Switzerland (1965), France (1964).  (4)   £20

559   LEWIS COZENS compiled booklets comprising Aberayron Transport (1957), The Llanfyllin Railway (1959), The Vale of Rheidol Railway (1950), The Plynlimon & Hafan Tramway (1955), The Van and Kerry Railways with The Kerry Tramway (1953), The Mawddwy Railway (1954).  (6)       £20

560   RAILWAY YEAR BOOK FOR 1900.  Paperback, 235pp, detailing historical and financial information on each railway company.  (1)   £15

561   HOLCROFT H: “The Armstrongs of The Great Western” hardback with dust wrapper.  140pp pub. by Railway World in 1953.  Small cover stain, good otherwise.  (1)      £10

562   FAYLE H: “Narrow Gauge Railways of Ireland” by H. Fayle.  Hardback complete with dust wrapper, 204pp plus fold out diagram, published by Greenlake Publications in 1946. Cover worn, book good.  (1)       £15

563   THE NORTH CENTRAL WAGON CO. Ltd (Rotherham) ‘Report and Accounts’ dated February 1911.  40+pp, card covers, including photos of directors.  (1)           £15

564   LOCOMOTIVE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION handbook.  Soft covers, 464pp plus several fold out diagrams, published by the LMA, first edition dated 1949.  Contains lots of info regarding the British locomotive manufacturing business.  VGC.  (1)  £20

565   SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE published landscape format hardback book “The Book of the Great Western.”  100+pp published in 1970 as number 1700 in a limited edition of 3000.  A must for any GWR enthusiast.  (1)       £20

566   TREACY ERIC: Hardback Book “Steam Up.”  80pp pub. by Ian Allan c.1950.  VGC.  (1)        £15

567      An AGREEMENT between North Staffordshire Railway and Florence Coal & Iron Company regarding a siding and coal wharf near Stoke-on-Trent station.  4 typescript pages, plus plan, dated 1903.  (1)  £25

568      PRESTON & LONGTON GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY 1pp notice/handbill regarding a Special Train Calling at Longton to Allow People to Witness the Ceremony of Electing a Lord Mayor for the Borough of Tarleton.  Dated April 1850.  A rare title.  (1)          £25

569   VICTORIAN RAILWAYS (AUSTRALIA) hardback book ‘Jolimont Electric Car Workshops’. Album containing approx 30 half plate photographs mounted on linen showing view of the workshops and vehicles.  Also has views of steam locomotives and technical information. Circa 1920’s.  VGC.  (1)           £20

570   NORTH BRITISH STATION HOTEL, Edinburgh, Souvenir of the Opening of the Hotel, dated October 1902.  90pp plus advertisements and fold out map.  Maroon coloured boards with black/gilt crest.  Some staining to rear cover.  (1)    £30

571   HARDBACK BOOK: “Railway Posters and The War.”  Bound vol. of the 6 “Railway Gazette” pub. booklets showing wartime posters of the railway executive dated 1939.  (1)          £30

572   LPC PUBLISHED HARDBACK BOOK: “The Locomotives of the London Brighton & South Coast Railway 1839 – 1903 and 1903 – 1923” bound into one 400pp volume.  Published in 1928.  (1)      £10

573   CASSELL’S OFFICIAL GUIDE to the London & South Western Railway, 11th edition, dated 1912.  Red clothbound hardback covers.  426pp, plus maps.  Small mark on cover.  (1)          £25

574   CASSELL’S OFFICIAL GUIDE to the Midland Railway, 17th edition dated 1912.  Red clothbound hardback covers.  474pp, plus maps.  (1)          £25

575   NER: Distance Tables 1892. This is a modern rebinding in superb black full calf with gilt titling and marbled end papers in maroon slip case. There is some staining on the early pages and the index and Northern Division title page are torn for about 2in in the middle close to the spine (no loss). A few pages have minor edge nicks - obtained during use in original binding. A number of amendments have been made with new sheets being tipped in. There are many distance diagrams as well as tables. A very good reference copy. (NB: page numbering is not in sequence and not all page numbers are used).  (1)  £25

576   SOUTHERN RAILWAY.  Three bound volumes of the General Manager Board’s Reports for 1941 (items 844 to 1484), 1944 (2530 to 2911) and 1945 (2912 to 3276).  Each volume is in good condition in official binding.  (3)      £40

577   ROTHER VALLEY/KENT & EAST SUSSEX RAILWAY selection of booklets including “Rails to Tenterden” by J.L. Smith (Lens of Sutton), “The K&ESR” by S.R. Garratt (Oakwood), “Rother Valley Late K&ESR” by M. Lawson Finch, etc.  (7)         £5

578   GRAMAPHONE RECORDS: “Coronation Scot” by Queen’s Hall Light Orchestra; “The Runaway Train” by Vernon Dalhart; “Trains” by Reginald Gardner.  78rpm.  VGC.  (3)          £10

579   EARLY RAILWAY PAPERWORK ITEMS:

          (i)           Lincoln & Harefield Railway: 8th April 1844

          (ii)          London & York Railway: Notice to Shareholders 29th April 1846

          (iii)         Gt Northern & E. Lincolnshire Railways: Special Order 13th December 1849

          Plus BR (E) Signal Box Diagram from Whetstone Station. (4)      £10

 

580   GWR.  Three reports, each foolscap size and disbound from a larger volume:

          (i)           Report by James Walker on the proposed Northern Railway 1835 (18pp)

          (ii)          Mr Gibbs reply to Mr Walker’s report on a Gt Northern Railway 1835 (13pp)

          (iii)         Report by Joseph Gibbs on the Gt Northern Railway 1835 (23pp) (3)   £10

581   INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS Minutes of proceedings 1900-1901 which includes a 76pp paper “The Metropolitan Terminus of The Great Central Railway” by G.A. Hobson and Edmund Wragg, with fold out plates at rear: Illustrations of Marylebone Station Buildings and Layout.  (1)       £40

582   GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY STAFF MAGAZINE bound volumes complete from Vol. 1 commencing July 1905 through to Vol. 7 ending June 1912 (Vol. 6 includes fold out supplement illustration of Immingham Docks).  From the library of Sir Sam Fay.  (7)     £50

583   MEASOM’S OFFICIAL ILLUSTRATED GUIDE to the Gt Northern, MR and MS&LR June 1861 (544pp) bound with NER, NBR, Edinburgh & Glasgow, Scottish Central etc. (448pp), bound with The Official Advertiser (224pp).  All bound in one volume.  Ex GCR library copy – recently rebound and VGC.  (1)         £30

584   MEASOM’S OFFICIAL GUIDE to the GWR published c.1860s.  Leather bound hardback covers, 872pp.  Front cover and first few pages detached from this somewhat worn, although early, publication.  (1)        £10

585   RCH OFFICIAL HANDBOOK of Railway Stations, 1925 edition, 715pp in green clothbound, hardback covers, with title in gilt on front.  (1)          £40

586   MACCLESFIELD BOLLINGTON & MARPLE RAILWAY.  Approx 50 paperwork items including letters, agreements, legal documents, etc.  (Qty)          £20

587   NSR and area railways:  Approx 50 disbound Acts of Parliament.  (Qty)            £25

588   LEEK CALDON LOW & HARTINGTON RAILWAY paperwork items including letters, Notice to Treat, Acts of Parliament, etc.  (9)   £15

589   LEEK & MANIFOLD RAILWAY paperwork items including leaflets, agreements and director’s reports.  (12)        £25

590   NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.  Approx. 100 pieces of paperwork including some interesting items.  Variable condition.  (Qty) £50

591   RAILWAY EXECUTIVE Report of The Locomotive Testing Committee on The Locomotive Interchange Trials of 1948.  Foolscap size, 131 typescipt pages.  (1)        £15

592   LNER souvenir publication of the company’s exhibit of a Pacific type locomotive at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924.  Foolscap size, plus several fold out diagrams.  Cover a little dusty.  (1)   £20

593   Set of six LPC published PAPERBACK BOOKLETS “Railway Views” each containing 11 B&W plates showing pre-Grouping locos c.1900.  (6)       £10

594   GWR internal publication: “Report on Electrification Taunton – Penzance Section” 16pp plus fold out map in clothbound hardback covers with title in gilt on front.  Dated February 1939.  (1)             £10

595   WALKER, THOMAS: “The Severn Tunnel – It’s Construction and Difficulties 1872-1887.”  Hardback, 188pp, plus many fold out diagrams (some loose) and plates.  (1) £15

596   NORTHUMBERLAND CENTRAL RAILWAY: Five items comprising Share Call (1866), Headed letter from Secretary’s Office (1867), Minutes of Meeting (1862), ½-yearly Meeting Report (1865), coloured map (with tape repairs) (1862).  Mostly VGC.  (5)   £15

597   CARD COVERED BOOKLET: “The Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway” by “Manifold”.  66pp pub. by Henstock Ltd in 1955.  (1)   £10

598   HARDBACK BOOK: “Highland Engines and Their Work” by C. Hamilton Ellis.  117pp pub. by LPC in 1930.  Slight foxing.  (1)   £10

599   GWR “Special Timetable Booklet in Consequence of Labour troubles.”  54pp foolscap size, dated October 1920.  (1)      £10

600   BENNETT A.R: “Historic Locomotives and Moving Accidents by Steam and Rail.”  15pp plus full set of 10 coloured plates by E.W. Twining.  Green clothbound hardback covers with a small scuff on front.  Pub. By Cassell in 1906.  (1)

601   GALTON, DOUGLAS: 1857 Report presented to Parliament regarding the railways of the United States.  Foolscap size, part leather trimmed hardback covers, rubbed on edges and some spine damage.  40pp plus many pull out diagrams and maps.  (1)            £50

602   TREDGOLD T: “Locomotive and Stationary Engines – The Principles and Practice of Their Construction.”  326pp plus many fold out plates, some a little worn.  Undated, rebound library copy.  (1)      £50

603   SOMERSET & DORSET JOINT LINE: Engine Tender & Wagon Tyres. Instructions for turning tyres signed by Samuel Johnson, Derby, March 1893. 10”x15”. Title page, index and eight drawings (four colour tinted) have been bound at some stage - now loose. Some fading and stain marks but all is clear and intact with no folds or creases.  (1)   £10

604   BR (S) Book of Locomotive Diagrams.  Clothbound hardback covers, landscape format, containing 47 blueprint drawings of ex-SR (and pre-Grouping constituents) locomotives issued c.1950.     £15

605   RAILWAY PICTORIAL: Bound volumes 1, 2 and 3 Winter 1946/7 – August 1950 in publisher’s bindings.  VGC.  (3)        £30

606   GWR TAFF VALE SECTION Bible for use in Waiting Rooms – bequest of the late T.W. Hill.  Stamped in faded gilt on front cover of a standard bible. Casebound with a little rubbing at edges, VGC otherwise.  (1)  £18

607   RCH OFFICIAL HANDBOOK of Railway Stations, 1904 edition, 600pp in good condition, but 1 page loose.  (1)             £30

608   AHRONS: The British Steam Locomotive 1825 – 1925, pub. 1927.  391pp hardback.  Good condition.  (1)           £20

609   ACCIDENT REPORTS: 10 all in MOT blue covers, dated 1966/67 and housed within an “LMS” springback binder.  VGC.  (10) £10

610   LM&SR Engine Diagrams for the L&YR section.  45 blueprint drawings of ex L&YR locomotives in official binding.  (1)     £30

611   LM&SR General Arrangement drawings of many main line locomotive types including Coronations, Princess Royals, Jubilees, Royal Scots, 8Fs, etc.  VGC.  (20)   £15

612   BR (S) Eastern Section Locomotive Diagrams comprising 33 disbound examples, all ex SE&CR engines.  (33)   £10

613   GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY.  Selection of rolling stock diagrams including coaches, vans and horse boxes dating from 1880s – 1890s.  A little duplication.  (150)      £30

614   BR MENU CARDS for named expresses: “The Inter-City Express” (1958); “The Royal Duchy” (1950); “The Mayflower” (1958); “Capitals United Express” (1958).  All 6¼” x 9” in good condition.  (4)          £10

615   GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY programme of events “Opening of the New Dock at Immingham By His Majesty The King…” on Monday 22nd July 1912.  6pp booklet printed in purple on white.  VGC.  (1)           £20

616   STOCKTON & DARLINGTON RAILWAY 50TH ANNIVERSARY 1875.  Six items relating to this event:

          (i)           Programme of arrangements with plan of Darlington

          (ii)          Ticket and counterfoil for the Banquet in the Cricket Field, Darlington.

          (iii)         Menu and Programme of Music

          (iv)         Banquet – Toast List (split at seam)

          (v)          Ticket to Admit to Exhibition of Locomotive Engines at North Road Engine Works

          (vi)         Ticket to travel free from stations on the NER to and from Darlington etc.

All in good/VGC.  (6)            £100

617   WEST LONDON RAILWAY Accident Report which occurred at Kensington Station on January 24th 1897.  3pp.  (1)        £20

618   BODMIN & WADEBRIDGE RAILWAY.  “Notice.  In consequence of Christmas Day falling on Monday next, trains will not run on that day, but they will run on Tuesday December 26th as usually on a Monday” dated December 21st 1876.  13” x 9” repaired, but scarce.  (1)   £25

619   MANCHESTER SHEFFIELD & LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY and Joint Lines 8pp booklet “Maximum Tolls on the Various Portions of the MS&L and Joint Lines.”  Lists the maximum fares payable by passengers, livestock, parcels etc. on the various sections and quotes the appropriate act of Parliament authorising the fares.  Undated but probably c.1890’s.   £10

620   SCOTTISH RAILWAYS PAPERWORK: 25 items comprising share receipts and correspondence from the AYR & MAYBOLE RAILWAY dating from the 1850s/60s and G&SWR 1870s/90s with duplication.  (25)         £10

621   SCOTTISH RAILWAYS PAPERWORK comprising 58 share receipts headed GREENOCK & AYRSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY dated 1869/70 with duplication.  (58)           £10

622   SCOTTISH RAILWAYS PAPERWORK comprising 64 share receipts headed CITY OF GLASGOW UNION RAILWAY COMPANY dated 1876/77 with duplication.  (64)           £10

623   PEEL RAILWAY CO. Prospectus for a short line of some 1½ miles from Peel Road Station to a new station on the north side of town.  The scheme failed due to lack of finance despite local interest.  (1)         £25

624   LONDON & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY 4pp programme for the 6th Annual Evening Concert in Aid of the L&SWR Servants Orphanage dated April 1891.  Some staining inside page.  (1)    £10

625   GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY Instructions for GNR Staff Working Over GER, L&SWR, LB&SCR, Met., LNWR and SE&CR.  Card covers, 31pp, dated November 1922.  (1)   £10

626   GNR Tender Form and Specification for a 6-wheeled coupled goods engine.  Foolscap size, 14pp printed on blue paper, dated 1866, unused disbound.  (1)             £10

627   MARYPORT & CARLISLE RAILWAY Rate Book.  172pp handwritten pages of rates between stations and notes c.1860s.  Good for age.  (1)            £12

628   MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY Companion dated 1840.  Part of map missing and spine repaired some time ago and showing signs of age, but thought to be quite rare.  (1)        £40

629   A quarter leather bound set of MORTON & CO. railway guides.  Titles on spine “Our Iron Roads” includes in order of binding: Metropolitan, GER, LB&SCR, LC&DR, LNWR, LSWR, GWR, SER, GNR and Midland railways.  Has a N.N. Meinertzhagen Collection bookplate.  The corners of the binding are a little worn, but contents excellent.  (1)        £300

630   CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY official publication: “Through The Canadian Pacific Rockies.”  Yapp edged card covers with 24pp of illustrations, some in colour.  Undated, but probably c.1920s.  (1)            £10

631   GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY official bound volume “Platelayer’s Rates of Pay” containing 5 RCH type maps (Southern, Western, Eastern, Northern, GN&GE Divisions) each dmf, showing rates of pay for each section of the company’s system, dated April 1914.  (1)   £30

632   NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY bound volume of “Programme of Signalling Alterations and Permanent Way Notices” dated January to December 1921.  805pp in slightly worn hardback covers.  (1)     £30

633   LNER (GN SECTION) bound volume of “Excursion and Special Train Arrangement” notices dated January – June 1936.  Approx 1000pp in clothbound hardback covers with title in gilt on spine.  (1)         £50

634   LNER SOUTHERN AREA.  Two Painting Contract Tender Forms for external elevations on the Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool Street (1936) and Liverpool Street Station (1937).  Each is foolscap sized showing breakdown of costs involved.  (2)       £10

635   LNER SOUTHERN SCOTTISH AREA “Maximum Loads of Engines” booklet dated 1st March 1928 with supplements 4 and 5; “Routes Running Powers Etc and Jointly Owned Railways” 1923 (possibly 1929 reprint); Map of LNER and Connecting Railways; 4 items of paperwork and Regulations for Train Signalling by the Permissive Block System.  (10)           £20

636   W.H. SMITH & SON: A Presentation Copy of “The Official Illustrated Guides South Eastern & Northern of France Railways,” pub. 1858.  Two copiously illustrated guides of the areas covered by the SER in England and the Chemin de Fer du Nord in France officially bound together.  Some damage commensurate with age, including front cover detached, but contents clean and tight.  (1)           £30

637   SHIPPING EPHEMERA.  Abstract of logs for SS “Celtic” and SS “Cedric” (White Star Line) Liverpool – New York 1924 and 1928 (details on the back of sepia photo of the liners); five card menus for “Celtic” (1924); 2 White Star envelopes; P&O folding letter card for “Viceroy of India”; entertainment list for SS “Mashobra”; 5 P&O illustrated list of passengers for SS “Rhanchi” and SS Mashobra (1927-30); 4 P&O card menus for RMS “Norkunda” and “Rhanchi”; card advertising the Hairdressing Saloon and Shop aboard SS “Rnanchi”; 6 Union Castle Line coloured card menus (1950s).  Mostly VGC.  (26)      £20

638   LNWR Gradient Tables Book dated January 1914.  127pp clothbound covers.  Inside front cover re-taped.  (1)      £10

639   GWR “Diagrams of Special Wagons”.  Foolscap size, card covered 28pp booklet showing drawings of the more unusual GWR wagons dated June 1926. A little damp stained. (1) £10

640   GWR “Diagrams of Special Wagons” as previous lot 639, but revised, 35pp and dated September 1932.  Slightly worn.  (1)       £15

641   CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS.  Two folders of paperwork much relating to events surrounding a Mr John Hood and circumstances relating to the Western Australian Government Railway attempts at poaching Cambrian Railways staff.  Mostly from 1890s.  (2)        £10

642   Three PAPERBACK BOOKS: “The Flying Scotsman” pub. 1925 by the LNER; “Locomotive Engineers of the LNER” by Ben Webb, IA 1946; “The King Haul – Life & Times of The Railway Horse” by B. Holden 1985 (ex-libris).  (3)           £10

643   NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY Goods Department “Advice of Under or Overcharges” form dated 1867 (used).  Printed black on blue and framed and glazed (9¾” x 7¾”) (1)            £10

644   MANX NORTHERN RAILWAY £5 Ordinary Share Certificate issued in 1894.  VGC.  (1)      £25

645   EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY Share Certificate for 3 shares for the extension from Cambridge to York and Tottenham to Farringdon Street.  No date but c.1845/6.  VGC. (1)      £25

646   MISTLEY THORPE & WALTON RAILWAY COMPANY Share Certificate for 1 share dated 1863.  Small stain, but scarce item.  (1)   £25

647   STAMFORD & ESSENDINE RAILWAY COMPANY (WANSFORD & SIBSON BRANCH) unused Cheque.  Very unusual and VGC.  (1)          £25

648   GWR.  Two handbills for the Deeside Section: “Alteration of Ordinary Trains, November 20th 1891” (black print on brown paper); “Special Notice of Train Alterations, 29th August 1893” (blue on white).  Both 8¾” x 11¼” mounted on paper with some edge wear.  Together with “Special Notice Train from Ballater 20th June 1890 (blue on white same size).  (3)        £10

649   GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY “Weekly Zone Tickets Sheffield District” dated 13th September 1920.  Single sheet handbill lettered in blue with four central vignettes illustrating the zones.  Centre longitudinal fold with minor loss to top right corner and minor edge wear.  (1)   £10

650   MIXED RAILWAY HANDBILLS: LMS to Oban (1930s); LMS to Kent County Show (1923); BR “Golden Arrow” (1958); SR “Golden Arrow” (1947); SR “French Riviera” (1938); SR “Silver Jubilee” (1935).  (6)       £15

 

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651   LMSR & LNER 4pp coloured leaflet “Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition Kelvin Hall (Glasgow)” with colour artwork cover by Frank Newbould.  Rear cover details travel facilities by LMS and LNER.  C.1930s.  (1)          £10

652   SOUTHWOLD RAILWAY Handbill “Cheap Trips to Lowestoft and Yarmouth Every Weekday” printed on yellow paper, dated June 1928.  VGC.  (1)          £10

653   CHESHIRE LINES RAILWAY handbill for Summer Excursions from the Manchester Area to Delamere, Mouldsworth and Chester, dated July 1887.  (1)  £10

 

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Lots 654-680: PARLIAMENTARY REPORTS, BILLS, ORDERS, ETC.

 

654   Hardback bound volume of Parliamentary Bills in connection with the Railway and Canal Traffic Act (1888) concerning amendments to Rates and Charges in the 1890 session.  Vol. 25 of 51.  Good condition.  (1)    £20

655   Hardback bound volume of Parliamentary Bills in connection with the Railway and Canal Traffic Act (1888) concerning amendments to Rates and Charges in the 1890 session.  Vol. 23 of 51.  Spine torn and front page loose, good otherwise.  (1)       £20

656   Hardback bound volume of Parliamentary Bills in connection with the Railway and Canal Traffic Act (1888) concerning amendments to Rates and Charges in the 1892 session.  Vol. 24 of 51.  Good condition.  (1)    £20

657   Report from the Joint Select Committee of the House of Lords and Commons on Railway Rates & Charges Provisional Order Bills with the Proceedings of the Committee dated May 1892.  715pp hardback bound volume in good condition.  (1)           £20

658   Reports from Committees concerning Railway Rates & Charges Session 31st January 1893 – 5th March 1894.  Bound volume No. 6 of 7.  Spine torn, good otherwise.  (1)        £20

659   Bound volume of Sessional Papers by Order of The House of Lords in the sessions of 1892 – Public Bills amending The Railway & Canal Traffic Act 1888: Rates & Charges.  Good condition.  (1)  £20

 

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Lots 660-669 are all late 19th/early 20th Century official Returns of Accidents and Casualties with Reports of The Inspecting Officers of the Railway Department to the Board of Trade as presented to both Houses of Parliament for the period stated.  All are paperback with blue covers and complete with pull out diagrams where these were included.  Each issue is in good condition with the odd nick, crease or small tear, commensurate with age and use (except where stated otherwise).

 

660   Returns Year Ending 31/12/1893 and Summary 3 months ending 31/3/1913.  (2)                                 £25

661   Returns 3 months ending 31/3/1894 and 3 months ending 31/12/1894 (cover loose). (2)                     £25

662   Returns 9 months ending 30/9/1893 and 9 months ending 30/9/1900.  (2)                                              £25

663   Returns 3 months ending 31/3/1901 and Summary 3 months ending 31/3/1912.  (2)                            £25

664   Returns 3 months ending 31/3 1895 and 31/12/1904.  (2)                                                                         £25

665   Returns 6 months ending 30/6/1895 and 3 months ending 30/9/1907.  (2)                                              £25

666   Returns 3 months ending 31/3/1893 and 3 months ending 30/9/1904.  (2)                                              £25

667   General Report for the Year 1900.  42pp.  (1)                                                                                              £15

668   General Report for the Year 1907.  66pp.  (1)                                                                                              £15

669   General Report for the Year 1898 (cover detached) and Summary 3 months ending 31/3/1915.  (2)  £25

 

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Lots 670-680 are in a similar format to lots 660-669 in blue paperback covers,

 but are reports covering a range of different subjects in similar condition.

 

670   Railway Conciliation Scheme. Statement of Settlements Regarding Questions as to Rates of Wages, Hours, etc. as Amended by Railway Conference Agreement of 11th December 1911 dated 1913.  288pp.  (1)          £20

671   Railway Returns.  Returns of The Capital, Traffic Receipts and Working Expenditure of the Railway Companies of the United Kingdom for Year 1920 issued in 1921.  280pp.  (1)        £20

672   Railways (Signal Arrangements and Systems of Working) Return by The Railway Companies of the UK:- (1) Interlocking and Concentrating of Signal and Point Levers & C. and (2) System or Systems upon which the Lines of Railway Under Their Control Were Worked.  Two parts in one volume.  102pp dated 31/12/1890.  (1)

673   East India (Railways) Administration Report for Calendar Year 1901.  396pp.  (1)        £20

674   Railway Rates & Charges.  Correspondence Between The Board of Trade and Railway Companies regarding Revised Rates for Conveyance of Merchandise Traffic 2nd January 1893 – 10th May 1893.  72pp, foxed and cover loose.  (1)  £20

675   Railways in India.  Administration Report for 1886 – 1887 by L. Conway-Gorton.  120pp with a little foxing and staining to front cover.  (1)   £20

676   Report of The Departmental Committee Appointed by The Board of Agriculture & Fisheries to Inquire into Report Whether Preferential Treatment is Given by The Railway Companies in Great Britain fated 1906.  41pp.  (1)           £20

677   Railway Servants (Hours of Labour) Return in Pursuance of Section 4 of the Regulation of Railways Act 1889, dated 1905.  57pp.  (1)      £20

678   Railways (Continuous Brakes).  Two Returns by The Railway Companies of the UK for 6 months ending 31/12/1895 and 6 months ending 30/6/1896.  (2)             £30

679   Ministry of Transport Departmental Committee on Railway Agreements dated 1921.  (1)        £20

680   Royal Commission on Railways. Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Commissioners between March 1865 and May 1866, published in 1867.  889pp, plus end papers in official blue binding a little worn, but tight, clean and in good condition.  (1)      £35

 

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LOTS 681-696: RAILWAY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS

 

681   A. HOWARD LIGHT RAILWAY EQUIPMENT, Bedford, brochure of railway locomotives, wagons, sleepers, points and crossings etc., issued c.1920s.  Rather tatty cover, but internally good and an interesting range of products.  (1)       £15

682   W.G. BAGNALL Ltd. Catalogue No. 18 “Steam, Electric and Internal Combustion Locomotives.”  Clothbound hardback covers, 72pp, fully illustrated, pub. c.1910.  (1)    £30

683   BRITISH WESTINGHOUSE Co. promotional booklet “Petrol-Electric Auto-Cars For Railway Service.”  Slightly faded card covers, 18pp, issued c.1910.  Rusty staples removed.  (1)            £10

684   SENTINEL-CAMMELL Gear Driven Steam Railcar “Instructions to Drivers & Firemen” for 100 hp and 200 hp engined vehicles.  24pp card covers, dated June 1930.  (1)   £10

685   ROBERT STEPHENSON & HAWTHORNS LTD. official publication “The Rocket.”  9pp reprint of an article in The Engineer Magazine dated May 1929.  (1)   £10

686   MANNING WARDLE & CO. Catalogue of Locomotives manufactured by the company.  53pp fully illustrated text in three languages issued c.1920s.  Somewhat worn.  (1)          £10

687   BRITISH TIMKEN LIMITED “Railway Service Manual.”  Ring binder containing 200+pp fully illustrated guide to axle box servicing and repair.  C.1950s.  (1)   £10

688   ROBERT STEPHENSON & CO. Catalogue of Locomotives.  Photographic card covers containing 12 B&W plates of locos built by the company with technical details of each on the facing page.  Issued c.1930s.  Covers worn.  (1)          £10

689   BEYER-PEACOCK & CO. Ltd. published booklet “Garratt Patent Articulated Locomotives – Some Recent Notable Types.”  24pp, fully illustrated with examples of company products each with technical details.  Published c.1920s.  Small tear on front cover.  (1)      £15

690   BEYER-PEACOCK & CO. Ltd. official publication “The Garratt Patent Locomotive.”  Slightly worn card covers, 26pp plus plates, published c.1920s.  (1)           £10

691   BEYER-PEACOCK & CO. Ltd. official publication “The Second World War.”  Hardback, 40+pp.  Fully illustrated story of the company’s wartime effort.  Pub. 1945.  VGC.  (1)           £15

692   BEYER-PEACOCK & CO. Ltd. hardback book “Locomotives Constructed in 1912.”  20pp each with B&W plates of locomotives with handwritten technical details below.  Clothbound covers with title in gilt on front.  VGC.  (1)      £50

693   WORKINGTON IRON & STEEL CO. official booklet containing 22 B&W photographs documenting the production of flat bottom rails from the arrival of the iron ore at the port through to despatch of the rails from the works.  C.1950s.  (1)        £10

694   AMERICAN RAILROADS: Card covered booklet “Photographic Impressions of Lima Locomotive Works.”  24pp, fully illustrated guide to the activities of the works in Ohio, USA.  Pub. c.1940s.  (1)          £10

695   BRUSH ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CO.  Manufacturer’s publication “The Brush Budget” dated September 1905 – a periodical record of the progress of the company.  14pp paper covers.  Tear to font cover, but VGC overall.  (1)           £10

696   NORTH BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE CO. official account of the company efforts in WW1 and a history of the company.  Hardback, clothbound covers with coloured design, 123pp, fully illustrated, pub. c.1920.  (1)          £25

 

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Lots 697-728: MAPS PLANS AND DIAGRAMS

(dmf = dissected, mounted and folded)

 

697   BR (M) Line and Gradient Diagrams.  Over 50 line diagrams, plus over 40 enlarged diagrams, issued in 1971 with 1972 amendments.  Filed in horizontal black boards in good condition.  (1)      £30

698   METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY map “The District Map of Greater London & Environs” 1st edition 1902.  Dmf coloured map on linen with illustrated red board covers 5½” x 7½” with a little wear to cover.  (1)  £10

699   LNER (GE SECTION) official map of the system dated 1928 showing all lines in detail, dmf on linen and bound in boards.  (1)   £55

700   Large scale OS MAP OF LOWESTOFT (approx 60’:1”), dmf into clothbound soft covers. Hand coloured to show railways and docks area. Circa 1900. Probably from a railway engineers office but not marked.  (1)           £30

701   PORTPATRICK & WIGTOWNSHIRE JOINT RAILWAY plan of Newton Stewart Station. Scale 50’:1” highly detailed plan of the station and lines in the immediate area.  Part coloured, linen backed, dated 1896.  (1)            £25

702   Book of fold out Signalling Plans of the EUSTON – CARLISLE MAIN LINE showing track layout and signalling for the whole line with amendments up to 1955.  (1)             £15

703   LB&SCR plan of Newhaven Harbour.  Scale 200’:1” highly detailed plan showing railways in the area, dated 1916.  (1)   £25

704   GLASGOW & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY plan of Ayr Station.  Scale 50’:1” highly detailed plan showing station area and proposed connection to up line siding.  Part coloured, linen backed, dated 1899.  (1)        £25

705   H.M. GOVERNMENT METROPOLITAN RAILWAY COMMISSION report “Maps, Plans and Sections of Metropolitan Railways and Termini.”  Blue paperback covers, foolscap size, containing over 30 well drawn hand coloured maps and diagrams of the proposed and actual railways in London dated 1846.  An early and important historical archive.  Fragile.  (1)            £500

706   MIDLAND RAILWAY Map of Lines and Stations.  Mounted on linen 21” x 26” stamped “General Superintendent’s Office 11th May 1916 M.R.Co.”  VGC.  (1)     £30

707   MIDLAND RAILWAY – LONDON TILBURY & SOUTHEND SECTION diagram 30” x 13” stamped “General Superintendent’s Office 18th October 1919 M.R.Co.” and “ M.R. CME Dept 28th August 1919 Photographer’s Office.”  VGC.  (1)      £20

708   DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY London to York by Lincoln.  Map of projected railway 1844.  16” x 10”.  Sent by post from London to Newark with 1d red stamp.  (1)          £25

709   OSWESTRY STATION YARD.  A 100’:1” track diagram, part coloured to show Cambrian and GWR lines, also works area.  Linen backed, approx. 36”x24” and stamped “GWR Engineers Office Paddington 1879.”  Rolled.  VGC.  (1)         £30

710   LONDON GEOGRAPHICAL SUPPLY CO. Map of The Railway Systems and Canals of England & Wales.  Dmf into clothbound covers.  Map part coloured to show individual companies.  Issued c.1900s.  (1)  £10

711   BRADSHAW’S MAP  and Sections of Railways of Great Britain.  Dmf, part coloured map dated 1839.  Some separation of sections from linen, front cover missing.  (1)            £15

712   W & AK JOHNSTON’S “Railway Map Of Great Britain showing new railway groups.” Cloth bound coloured map in card covers.  Probably produced just after the grouping.  (1)        £10

713   CHEFFIN’S MAP OF RAILWAYS IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND 5th Edition (c.1850) Shows existing, proposed and lines under construction (colour coded). Size 23” x 28” dmf into green cloth covered thin card book-type covers 5”x7¼”. Covers show normal marks of use for age: map in good condition (one or two pencil endorsements noted).  (1)          £10

714   RCH MAP Staffordshire District 1913 dmf in black leather case tape repaired on spine and rubbed edges. One minor ink smear in margin otherwise map clean and VGC.  (1) £20

715   AIREY’S MAP OF SCOTLAND 1886 dmf with non-standard marbled end panels and a ”Geographia” label. The map has been trimmed such there are much narrower margins than normal and there is small loss of map information in S W corner. A little grubby along the centre horizontal joint otherwise the map is in good condition with no endorsements noted.  (1)          £10

716   BLACK’S ROAD & RAILWAY TRAVELLING MAP of England c.1860s, 33”x25” dmf into 4½”x6” cloth bound case with decorative gilt title on cover.  Covers poor, map OK.  (1)    £10

717   BLACK’S ROAD & RAILWAY TRAVELLING MAP: A similar lot to 716.  (1)  £10

718   BLACK’S ROAD & RAILWAY TRAVELLING MAP of Scotland c.1860s, 33” x 25” scale 10 miles to 1” dmf into green clothbound hardback covers with title in gilt on cover.  Some damp staining to rear of map.  (1)     £10

719   BLACK’S ROAD & RAILWAY TRAVELLING MAP: A similar lot to 718.  (1)              £10

720   BLACK’S ROAD & RAILWAY TRAVELLING MAP: A similar lot to 718.  (1)              £10

721   CALEDONIAN RAILWAY Scottish Tourist Map of Clyde Coast and Arran Resorts.  Coloured map with company adverts on the reverse side contained in red coloured leather bound covers with title and view of Caledonian vessel “ Duchess of Argyll” in gilt. Spine a little rubbed, generally good. (1)    £10

722   LNER folded map issued in 1930 with orange card covers.  One tear in map at fold, good otherwise.  (1)   £25

 

Lots 723 – 728 are Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway large scale coloured Junction

 Diagrams showing ownership of lines with connecting railways.  All measure 33”x18”

 disbound from large volume, but in general VGC.  Where condition differs, this is noted.

 

723   Euxton Junction North Union Joint Railway (LNWR and L&YR) dated August 1912.  (1)£25

724   Cherry Tree Junction Lancashire Union Joint Railway (L&YR and LNWR) January 1908 and an earlier edition dated 1904 (still attached).  Slight tearing at one edge.  (2)                                                                                              £40

725   Methley Junction (Midland Railway) dated July 1902.  Small tear to top edge.  (1)         £25

726   Hellifield South Junction (Midland Railway) dated January 1908.  (1)                               £25

727   Normanton – Goose Hill Junction (Midland Railway) dated August 1909.  (1)                 £25

728   Mirfield Midland Junction (MR) dated August 1912.  (1)                                                     £25

 

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Lots 729-770: TIMETABLES, TIMETABLE SHEETS/CARDS AND WORKING BOOKLETS

(PTT – Passenger Timetable  WTT – Working Timetable  UFN – Until Further Notice)

 

729   SHROPSHIRE & MONTGOMERYSHIRE RAILWAY small size timetable poster for Shrewsbury – Llanymynech Junction services dated 1928.  Green print.  (1)            £20

730   JERSEY RAILWAYS & TRAMWAYS LTD hanging card timetable 1 Oct 1914 - 31 May 1915. Small piece of one corner missing (text not affected) good otherwise.  (1)      £50

731   ISLE OF MAN RAILWAY hanging card display timetable dated 1st October 1915 complete with original string.  VGC.  (1)           £20

732   WESTON CLEVEDON & PORTISHEAD RAILWAY small sized poster timetable dated September 1938.  9” x 15” printed black and green on white.  Folded.  (1)  £20

733   WESTON CLEVEDON & PORTISHEAD RAILWAY hanging card timetable dated September 1938.  9” x 15” black and green on white.  Top edge neatly trimmed.  (1)            £20

734   WESTON CLEVEDON & PORTISHEAD RAILWAY hanging card poster for Cheap Return Excursion Tickets dated September 1938.  9” x 15” black and green on white.  Top edge neatly trimmed.  (1)            £20

735   KENT & EAST SUSSEX RAILWAY small sized timetable poster dated September 1937 11½” x 17” with photo illustration of Bodiam Castle at top.  VGC.  (1)         £20

736   KENT & EAST SUSSEX RAILWAY 11½” x 17” letterpress timetable poster for Christmas  Holiday Services 1936.  Printed in green on white.  VGC.  (1)          £20

737   KENT & EAST SUSSEX RAILWAY 11½” x 17” letterpress timetable poster dated July 1931.  VGC.  (1)   £20

738   KENT & EAST SUSSEX RAILWAY hanging card timetable poster dated July 1938. 11” x 17” with photo illustration of Bodiam Castle at top.  VGC.  (1)              £20

739   BR(S) 11” x 17” timetable poster for Robertsbridge, Tenterden and Headcorn services dated September 1953.  (1)         £10

740   GWR PTT “Great Western Railway & Other Railways in Connection” for October, November and December 1894.  160pp with folding maps and adverts.  A4 size.  Some detachment from the spine.  (1)        £15

741   LNWR PTT dated January 1914 – UFN.  Coloured pictorial paper covers.  204pp with maps in good condition (binding strengthened).  (1)          £20

742   GWR PTT dated October 1904 – UFN.  234pp plus folding maps and adverts.  Coloured pictorial cover with two handbills stuck to left edge.  A4 size.  Good condition.  (1)            £20

743   GWR PTT October, November and December 1900.  180pp and folding map.  Colour pictorial paper covers, A4 size.  Covers detached but present and some edge wear, contents good.  (1)       £15

744   LNER (GE SECTION) bound volume of WTTs dated 1947.  Approx. 1000pp in hardback covers with title on spine.  Handwritten index pages added at front.  (1)       £50

745   GWR.  Two PTTs dated July 1932 and September 1932 bound into one hardback volume for use in the LNER Southern Area Timetable Office.  Each timetable 280+pp, plus maps with original card covers bound in.  Hardback covers have LNER label and stamp.  Covers OK, timetables VGC.  (1)       £30

746   LMS PTT for all the company’s services, 656pp with red covers and dated May 1939.  Some damp staining.  Plus an LNER Superannuation Fund Rules booklet dated 1946.  (2)        £12

747   LB&SCR Appendix to the Service Timetable and Book of Rules & Regulations dated August 1922.  Green clothbound covers, 280pp, slightly worn.  (1)          £15

748   GWR PTT dated March 1859.  40pp disbound from larger volume hence no covers, good condition otherwise.  (1)           £15

749