Auction Catalogue: Great Central Railwayana, 2 December 2017
| Lot 24 | A cabside numberplate from a Tasmanian Government Railways 3ft 6ins gauge 4-4-0 No B 15 built by Beyer Peacock, Works No 3131, in 1890. This was the last of 15 engines in a class of lightweight passenger locomotives, first built in 1884, for the Tasmanian Government initiative to bring the private Tasmanian companies up to date. The B class was effectively a 4-4-0 class of the very widely used Beyer Colonial Mogul. All B class were withdrawn and scrapped by 1960, most of them in the early 1950s. Cast brass, 12¾"x8", the front repainted. £300-500 |
| This lot sold for £1100. |
