Great Central Railwayana Auctions

Auction Catalogue: Great Central Railwayana, 1 September 2018

Great Central Railwayana Auction Sale 249, Auction Lot 259
Lot 259 A smokebox numberplate, 65862, from a North Eastern Railway Class P3, LNER J27 Class, 0-6-0 No 2340, built at Darlington in December 1921. It retained its NER number until renumbered 5862 in 1946, becoming BR 65862. Allocated to Heaton by January 1948, it moved in July 1951 to South Blyth from where it was withdrawn on 4 October 1965 and sold for scrap to Ellis Metals at Swalwell. The front repainted, a weld repair between the five and eight. £300-500
 This lot sold for £600 to commission or postal bidder number 4592.

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