Great Central Railwayana Auctions

Auction Catalogue: Great Central Railwayana, 3 June 2017

Great Central Railwayana Auction Sale 229, Auction Lot 84
Lot 84 A GWR cabside numberplate, 8750, from the class leader of the modified version of the earlier 5700 Class 0-6-0PT, built at Swindon in September 1933. Allocated to Old Oak Common by January 1948, it moved at the end of 1952 to Southall where it spent nearly eight years, before departing for Swansea East Dock from where it was withdrawn on 7 May 1962 and sold for scrap to Central Wagon Co at Wigan on 25 June 1962. Cast iron, repainted. £300-500
 This lot sold for £460.