Great Central Railwayana Auctions

Auction Catalogue: Great Central Railwayana, 1 September 2018

Great Central Railwayana Auction Sale 249, Auction Lot 383
Lot 383 A worksplate, LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY, 5068, DARLINGTON, 1890, from a North Eastern Railway Class C 0-6-0 No 300 built at Darlington in December 1890. It became LNER J21 Class, still as No 300, and was renumbered 5068 in 1946, becoming BR 65068. Allocated to York North by January 1948, it moved later that year to Selby and the following year to Darlington from where it was withdrawn on 21 June 1954 and cut up at Darlington Works. Cast iron, 9"x5", cleaned and the front repainted. £200-350
 This lot sold for £600.