Auction Catalogue: Great Central Railwayana, 2 December 2017
| Lot 51 | A cabside numberplate, J MARTIN & Co, 207, GAWLER, S.A. 1912, from a South Australian Railways 3ft 6ins gauge T class 4-8-0 built by James Martin of Gawler, Works No 209, in 1912. The class of 78 engines by four different Australian builders was designed at Islington workshops for the Broken Hill ore traffic, and were amongst the last S.A.R. steam engines in service. No 207 latterly worked on the very remote and isolated Eyre Peninsula system, withdrawn there in October 1968 and scrapped at Port Lincoln in June 1969. This type of plate carries the builder's details as well as the running number, which is in the S.A.R. narrow gauge sequence. Cast brass, 17¾"x9½", the front repainted. £250-400 |
| This lot sold for £950. |
