Great Central Railwayana Auctions

Auction Catalogue: Great Central Railwayana, 3 December 2016

Great Central Railwayana Auction Sale 221, Auction Lot 443
Lot 443 A worksplate, London & North Eastern Railway, 5445, REBUILT STRATFORD 1913, from a Great Eastern Railway Class Y14 0-6-0 No 645 built at Stratford in 1899. The extent of the rebuilding when this plate was fitted appears to have been the installation of a new boiler. It became LNER J15 Class No 7645 and was renumbered 5445 in 1946, becoming BR 65445. A long time Colchester engine, it moved to Parkeston in 1959 and then to Stratford from where it was withdrawn on 1 August 1962 and sold for scrap to A. King at Canning Town. Cast brass, 9"x5", the front repainted. £350-500
 This lot sold for £520.