Great Central Railwayana Auctions

Auction Catalogue: Great Central Railwayana, 2 December 2017

Great Central Railwayana Auction Sale 237, Auction Lot 219
Lot 219 A GWR cabside numberplate, 6651, from a 5600 Class 0-6-2T built by Armstrong Whitworth, Works No 939, in August 1928. Allocated to Pontypool Road by January 1948, it moved at the end of the year to Aberdare where it spent fourteen years before spending its final years at Pontypool Road and Croes Newydd from where it was withdrawn in the week ending 9 October 1965 and taken for scrap by Cashmores at Great Bridge on 6 February 1966. Cast brass, the front repainted. £450-700
 This lot sold for £480.