Date: 22/11/2010

A NAMEPLATE from a 1930s Great Western Railway steam locomotive is set to fetch up to £18,000 at auction. Torquay Manor was built at the Swindon Works in about 1937.

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Piece of railway memorabilia set to fetch £18k

Swindon Advertiser

A NAMEPLATE from a 1930s Great Western Railway steam locomotive is set to fetch up to £18,000 at auction.

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The shed yard at Aberystwyth in the summer of 1962. 7823 Hook Norton Manor carries the headboard of the Cambrian Coast Express, during a period when the locomotive's home shed was at Machynlleth. Standing alongside is no 3200, a long term Cambrian lines locomotive.
Location: Aberystwyth
Company: Aberystwyth and Welch Coast Railway
14/08/1962 K A Gray

Ex-GWR 4-6-0 no 7807 Compton Manor photographed on shed at Chester (West) thought to be in the late 1950s. The Swindon built 4-6-0 was eventually withdrawn from 89C Machynlleth in November 1964 and cut up at Cashmore's, Great Bridge, three months later.
Location: Chester (West) MPD
Company: Chester and Crewe Railway
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Location: Barry
Company: Barry Dock and Railways
14/03/1970 Bill Jamieson