Great Central Railwayana Auctions

Auction Catalogue: Great Central Railwayana, 2 September 2017

Great Central Railwayana Auction Sale 234, Auction Lot 110
Lot 110 A (GWR) cabside numberplate, 4179, from a 5101 Class 2-6-2T, the last of the class, built at Swindon and allocated new to Newton Abbot on 2 December 1949. Its later sheds were all in the West Midlands, Stafford Road, Oxley and Tyseley from where it was withdrawn in the week ending 27 February 1965 and sold for scrap to George Cohen at Kingsbury on 4 May 1965. Cast brass, the front repainted. £400-600
 This lot sold for £780.