Great Central Railwayana Auctions

Auction Catalogue: Great Central Railwayana, 7 September 2019

Great Central Railwayana Auction Sale 267, Auction Lot 261
Lot 261 A smokebox numberplate, 44814, from a LMS Class 5 4-6-0 No 4814 built at Derby in 1944, becoming BR 44814. Allocated new to Saltley on 28 October 1944 where it spent most of its working life before moving to Rugby in April 1964 and later Woodford Halse, Holyhead, Shrewsbury and Crewe South from where it was withdrawn in the week ending 16 September 1967 and sold for scrap to T.W. Ward at Beighton on 20 November 1967. The front repainted. £300-500
 This lot sold for £700.