Auction Catalogue: Great Central Railwayana, 3 September 2016
| Lot 80 | A nameplate, PITSFORD, from a standard gauge 0-6-0ST built by Avonside, Works No 1917, and new in December 1923 to Pitsford Ironstone Co at Pitsford Quarries, Northamptonshire. The company became part of Staveley Minerals Ltd in March 1961 and was taken over by Byfield Ironstone Co from September 1962. After the Quarries closed in August 1965 this loco was acquired for preservation by Mr E.E. Kimbell of Boughton in July 1966 and later went to the Fawley Hill Railway where it remained until 1972. It then went to the Nene Valley Railway and, following renaming as THE EARL FITZWILLIAM, it moved to the Elsecar Heritage Railway near Barnsley where it resides today, awaiting overhaul. Cast brass, 35"x6¼", the front repainted. £700-1000 |
| This lot sold for £3000. |
