Great Central Railwayana Auctions

Auction Catalogue: Great Central Railwayana, 3 December 2016

Great Central Railwayana Auction Sale 221, Auction Lot 374
Lot 374 A smokebox numberplate, 2871, from a GWR 2800 Class 2-8-0 built at Swindon in November 1918. At Banbury by January 1948, is later sheds were Croes Newydd, Westbury and Taunton from where it was withdrawn on 24 May 1963 and taken for scrap by Cashmores at Newport on 10 June 1964. Cast iron, in ex loco condition. £350-500
 This lot sold for £520.