Great Central Railwayana Auctions

Auction Catalogue: Great Central Railwayana, 3 June 2017

Great Central Railwayana Auction Sale 229, Auction Lot 247
Lot 247 A smokebox numberplate, 3846, from a GWR 2884 Class 2-8-0 built at Swindon in May 1942. Allocated to Reading by January 1948 and later Oxford, Cardiff Canton, Stourbridge, Banbury and Croes Newydd from where it was withdrawn on 1 November 1963 and despatched for scrap to T.W. Ward at Broughton Lane on 9 April 1964. Ex loco condition. £350-500
 This lot sold for £350.