The gordon howell collection of model steam - Thimbleby & Shorland

THE GORDON HOWELL COLLECTION 

OF MODEL STEAM ENGINES and 

LOCOMOTIVES 

DISPERSAL 

SATURDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER 2012 

10am

SALE NOTES 

Place of Sale: 

Reading Auction Market, Great Knollys St., Reading, RG1 7HU 

Parking: 

There is a pay & display car park adjoining the market which is owned and operated by Reading 

Borough Council who alone are responsible for the charges levied. 

Viewing: 

Friday 28 th September 12 noon until 4pm and on the day of sale from 8am. 

Conditions of Sale: 

The auction will be conducted under the auctioneer’s usual Conditions of Sale which are to be 

found at the end of this catalogue. In particular, descriptions and opinions are not guaranteed, 

whether made verbally or in writing, including in this catalogue, before or during the day of 

sale. 

Registration: 

All prospective purchasers must register at the auction office on arrival and obtain a bidding 

number. Customers unknown to the auctioneers should be prepared to provide satisfactory 

proof of identity, ie driving licence/passport. 

Payment: 

Payment for all lots must be made on the day of sale. Our terms are strictly cash, bank transfer 

or debit card, credit cards (subject to a 2% plus VAT surcharge), cheques only accepted from 

customers known to us. Our bankers are: 

Nat West, Reading, Market Place, sort code 60:17:21, account no 67642977 (telephone 0845 

6013399). No clearance of goods will be allowed until such arrangements have been made. 

VAT: 

VAT is not applicable 

Clearance: 

All lots should be paid for on the day of sale and removed as soon as possible thereafter. 

Purchasers are reminded that while the premises are alarmed, all lots remain at their risk from 

the fall of the hammer. 

Refreshments: 

There is a market café on site. 

Commissions to Purchase: 

The auctioneers will be please to execute commission bids on receipt of full written instructions 

providing prospective purchasers have previously inspected the goods in question. 

Buyers Premium: 

This sale is run in conjunction with the Reading Monthly General Auction and a buyers’ premium 

at the standard rate of 10% plus VAT will apply.

READING AUCTION MARKET 

GREAT KNOLLYS ST., READING, RG1 7HU 

Catalogue of the important dispersal sale of 

THE GORDON HOWELL COLLECTION 

Of 

MODEL STEAM ENGINES 

LOCOMOTIVES 

BOOKS & OTHER PRINTED EPHEMERA 

RALLY PLAQUES, BADGES 

and SOME TOOLS 

(with additional lots included by permission) 

FOR SALE BY AUCTION 

SATURDAY 29 th SEPTEMBER 2012 

Commencing at 10am 

Auctioneers: 

Front cover: Gordon Howell in full steam driving ‘Gillian’ lot 1644 on his 90 th birthday, November 2010 

Picture courtesy Peter Hammond 

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FOREWORD 

Gordon Howell 1920-2012 

Hampshire born in November 1920, Gordon Howell witnessed much during his lifetime, from 

his first pull along wooden engine as a toddler, hitching lifts as an eight year old on the local mill 

steam wagons delivering flour, operating portable engines during the war, the owner of a Foden 

steam wagon, with exploits of moving engines in the very earliest days of preservation. 

Gordon had a natural aptitude for mechanical engineering, initially building stationary engines, 

moving onto a miniature Burrell steam tractor, various railway locos, not to mention his Yorkshire 

and Atkinson steam wagons. 

Starting work at Andover Timber Co in 1935 he found a big Marshall portable engine powering the 

plant, through various stages of modernisation he worked there for over 50 years overseeing many 

of the changes as the company engineer. In a reserve occupation during the war he proudly served 

in the local Home Guard, becoming the Weapons Training Instructor for firearms and grenades. 

Marrying his wife Gladys in 1946, there was soon a Merryweather steam engine and boiler 

installed in the small garden workshop, that by way of line shafting drove his machine tools at 

the new marital home. Living here until his sad passing in May of this year, the output from the 

workshop was a credit to his engineering ability, where he would not only construct new engines 

for himself but take on projects others had shunned or left unfinished. 

Gordon’s involvement with full size steam almost came about in 1948 when showman Albert Arnold 

offered him the smaller of the two engines he’d used on the fairgrounds. With nowhere to keep the 

engine, the offer was reluctantly declined. An association with a full size steam engine wasn’t long in 

coming as in 1952, initially in partnership he took control of the Foden timber tractor Mighty Atom. 

In his element, Gordon undertook a series of adventures, hauling engines which were destined 

for preservation, attending carnivals and fetes and many early rallies. He relished the invitation 

to appear on television with the Foden, but 1967 saw the need of a new fire box and while the 

work was completed he now returned to the world of miniature engineering. 

With a group of like minded friends Gordon had been instrumental in 1945 in forming the 

Andover & District Model Engineering Society, and following a club visit to Appleford traction 

engine race in 1952 it was through Gordon that the Andover club initiated the first ever traction 

engine rally the following year. 

He entered the 21 st century winning awards throughout the first decade, a cup at the Guildford 

Model Engineering Society 40 th Miniature Rally in 2007, and a year later Robert Herring, chairman 

of the National Traction Engine Trust presented Gordon with a prestigious award in recognition of 

his input to the preservation movement. 

His 90 th birthday saw Gordon in his capacity as Club President officially open the new raised 

railway track of the Andover & District Model Engineering Society. Continuing in fine spirits until 

only a week or so before his sad passing Gordon carried an interest in steam to the very end. 

Peter Hammond 

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Lots 1 – 1600 are allocated to the monthly 

general auction for which a separate catalogue 

is available on line 2 days prior to the sale 

1601 GBN (Bing) vertical double acting 

model steam engine. 

1602 Vertical double acting model steam 

engine 39cm. 

1603 Horizontal under type twin cylinder 

double acting model steam engine 

40cm and 32cm. 

1604 Twin cylinder oscillating model 

steam engine 12cm x 8cm x 5cm 

1605 Stuart BB vertical single cylinder 

double acting enclosed crank model 

steam engine 13cm. 

1606 Vertical single cylinder double acting 

open crank model steam engine 

15cm. 

1607 Vertical compound double acting 

steam engine 13cm. 

1608 Vertical single cylinder model steam 

engine with ‘banjo’ value gear 10cm. 


model steam engine 22cm. 


model steam pump 17cm. 

1611 Horizontal semi portable model 

steam engine 18cm x 26cm. 

1612 Burnac Vulcan vertical model steam 

engine c1946/49. 

1613 BW (Bing) vertical single cylinder 

model steam engine 22cm. 

1614 Mamod single cylinder model steam 

engine. 

1615 SEL 1550 Major twin cylinder model 

steam engine. 

1616 SEL 1540 Standard single cylinder 


1617 Bowman twin cylinder model steam 

engine. 

1618 Mamod bailer mounted single 

cylinder model steam engine. 

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1619 SEL 1530 Junior single cylinder 


1620 Mamod line shaft pulley. 

1621 Mamod model traction engine. 

1622 Freelance 4 cylinder oscillating 

model steam engine 

33cm x 20cm x 18cm. 

1623 Invictas Manio horizontal single 

cylinder double acting model steam 

engine with vertical boiler, regulator, 

water tank with steam and hand 

driven feed pumps and dynamo 


1624 Bowman single cylinder model 

steam engine with geared drive. 

1625 M+G Co D 5½ horizontal single 

cylinder model steam engine with 

piston valve, governor and dynamo 

on wooden base. 


1626 M+G Co D 5½ horizontal single 

cylinder model steam engine with 

piston valve, governor and dynamo 

on pressed steel base. 


1627 Mamod twin cylinder model steam 

engine. 

1628 Freeland horizontal single cylinder 

double acting mill engine with 

governor. 

1629 Ernest Plank vertical single cylinder 

double acting model steam engine 

with governor plated EP DRR No 

111931. 

1630 Vertical copper steam boiler (25cm 

diameter, 98cm high) with steam 

driven pump feed, water gauge, 

pressure gauge, test cocks, blow 

down valve and manhole. Solid fuel 

fired. 

1631 MG & Co Wurttemer vertical single 

cylinder double acting model steam 

engine 43cm. 

1632 A similar model but with water 

pump

Lot 1601 

Lot 1602 

Lot 1603 

Lot 1604 

Lot 1605 

Lot 1606 

Lot 1607 

Lot 1608 

Lot 1609 

Lot 1610 

Lot 1611 

Lot 1612 

Lot 1613 

Lot 1614 

Lot 1615 

Lot 1616 

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Lot 1617 

Lot 1618 

Lot 1619 

Lot 1620 

Lot 1621 

Lot 1622 

Lot 1623 

Lot 1624 

Lot 1625 

Lot 1626 

Lot 1627 

Lot 1628 

Lot 1629 

Lot 1630 

Lot 1631 

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1641 

1644 

5 inch gauge model of a Southern 

4.6.0 locomotive and tender ‘Lord 

Howe’ no 857. 4 year hydraulic 

test to 11.5.2014. Last steam test 

expired 1.1.2011. 

5 inch gauge model of Southern 0.6.0 

tank engine ‘Gillian’ no 17. Last 

hydraulic and steam tests expired 

1.5.2011. 

1642 

1645 

5 inch gauge model of a Canadian 

4.8.4 locomotive and tender 

‘Dominion of Canada’ No 233. Last 

hydraulic test expired 6.5.2010. Last 

steam test expired 22.10.2010. 

5 inch gauge model of Southern 

0.6.0 tank engine no 18. 

1643 

1646 


4.4.0 locomotive ‘Princess Diana’ no 

1784. 


0.6.0 tank engine ‘Jo Jo’ no 1 

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1647 

1649 

A 2in scale model of a Burrell 

compound road loco ‘Little Demon’ 

complete with four wheel showmans 

box van tender seat 

1648 

A 2.5 in freelance model of a 

Yorkshire 6 wheel flat bed steam 

wagon. 4 year hydraulic test expired 

8.6.2011. Last steam test expired 

15.6.2011. 

A 7.25 in scale freelance model of 

an Atkinson/Sentinel four wheel 

ballast tractor having vertical boiler, 

complete with four wheel trailer and 

interchangeable 0.6.0 locomotive 

body. Last hydraulic test expired 

11.4.2012 and last steam test expired 

11.6.2011. 

1650 

A 5in gauge Southern Railway guards 

van with interchangeable bogy seat 

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Books and Literature 

1661 Bag of photographs 

1662 British Steam Railways: The Best of 

the Last Days of Steam Locomotives 

by A M Bell, vol 1 

1663 Railways in Camera 1860-1913, The Big 

Four Remembered, Arthur’s, Nelsons 

and Schools at work 

1664 Model Steam Locomotors by Henry 

Greenly: Building Maisie: Railway 

Marvels 

1665 British Steam Railways: A Century 

of Steam Trains: East Coast Pacific at 

Work 

1666 Traction Engines in Retirement by G J 

Romanes 

1667 Waterloo Iron Works by L Rolt 

1668 Model Boilers & Boilermaking by K 

N Harris: Steam Engines by Howard 

Jones: Old Steam Cars by John Bently 

1669 English Editions of La Locomotive a 

Vapeur – Limited Edition 

1670 4 catalogues: Wessex Machinery 

Museum Sale: Mamod catalogue: 

Bassett Lowke: Bonds Model & 

Experimental Handbook 1936-7 

1671 9 assorted steam engine books 

1672 Steam Traction engines 

1673 Lost Upon the Roundabouts by Mike 

Wall – very rare only 300 printed 

1674 Commercial Vehicles by E L Cornwell: 

The Foden Story by Pat Kennett: British 

Lorries 1900-45 by C F Clapper 

1675 A Rally of Traction Engines by Barry 

Finch: The Age of the Traction Engine 

by Whitehead 

1676 Simple Model Locomotive Building by 

LVSC: Chromer White Ltd – Miniature 

Railway Engineers: Railroads and 

Cowboys in the American West: Steam 

Engines 

1677 Model Engineering by henry Greenly: 

The Countrymans Steam Manual by 

John Haining 

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1678 The Over-tight Steam Road Waggon: 

The under-tight Steam Road Waggon 

both by Morris Kelly: Steam on the 

Road by Hamlyn 

1679 Toy Trains by Ron McCrindell 

1680 Showmen’s Engines at War by K 

Townsend: Ransomes Steam Engines 

and illustrated history by Beaumont 

1681 2 reproduction catalogues – Fodens 

Ltd and W Tasker & Sons Ltd 

1682 1929 Locomotive Magazine: Harvey’s 

Hayle Foundry Catalogue 1884 

(repro) 

1683 The GWR Stars Castles & Kings Bullied 

Pacifics at Work 

1684 The Great Battles of WW2: The Second 

World War – The complete illustrated 

history 

1685 The Specialist Gayle Rivers: The SAS in 

Action 

1686 The Sentinel Volume 1 1875-1930 by 

W J Hughes & Thomas 

1687 The Sentinel Volume 2 1875-1930 by 

W J Hughes & Thomas 

1688 Fred Dibnah’s Made in Britain 

1689 Not by Strength by Guile: SBS The 

Invisible Raiders 

1690 Engines Today: Garretts Leiston 

1691 Chronicles of a Country Works by R H 

Clark 

1692 Development of the English Steam 

Waggon by R H Clark 

1693 Cassell’s Railways of the World vol 1 

by Fred A Talbot 

1694 Cassell’s Railways of the World vol 2 

by Fred A Talbot 

1695 3 Stuart Turner catalogues, July 1920, 

April 1926, 1940,1941 

1696 Traction Engines worth modelling by 

W J Hughes: I Worked with Traction 

Engines by Jack Hampshire: More of 

my Life in Steam by K Judkins 

1697 Railway Relics and Regalia by Country 

Life: British Steam Railways by David 

Ross

1698 The Steam Scene vols 3 and 4 

1699 Traction Engines worth Modelling: A 

Century of Traction Engines by W J 

Hughes 

1700 Traction Engines in Focus by J Cranley, 

Traction engine Steam Vehicles in 

Pictures by Beaumont 

1701 Traction Engines worth Modelling 

by Hughes: Traction Engines worth 

Modelling by Philip Wright 

1702 The Age of The Traction Engine by 

Whitehead: Steam in the Village by 

Whitehead 

1703 100 years of Road Rollers: A Rally of 

Traction Engines by Barry Finch 

1704 Historic Fairground Scenes by Michael 

Ward: Traction Engines in close up by 

Bradford Barton 

1705 Steam Waggons in colour: Modern 

Steam Waggons 1906: Steam Road 

Vehicles 

1706 Preserved Steam Traction: Traction 

Engines and Story of Bressingham 

1707 Traction Engines in Review: Traction 

Engines in Colour by Finch 

1708 Traction Engines Past & Present: Steam 

on the Road 

1709 Saga of the Steam Plough: Traction 

Engines in the North by A Bloom 

1710 Steam at Work: Road and Farm Engines: 

Steam Traction Engines by Bonnett: 

Farming with Steam by Bonnett 

1711 A Century of Service: Mechanical 

Tractions in War 

1712 Garrett 200 History 1778-1978 by Bob 

Whitehead 

1713 Kaleidoscope of Steam Waggons: 

Kaleidoscope of Traction Engines both 

by Bob Whitehead 

1714 Fairground Engines in Focus: Ploughing 

engines in Focus by Crawley 

1715 Six Traction Engine picture books 

1716 Six Traction Engine picture books 

1717 Four Shire books plus 2 others 

1718 Three picture books and three others 

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Tools & Equipment 

1731 Tool box and contents 

1732 Half inch square drive socket 

1733 Set of BFS taps and dies 

1734 Box of measuring instruments & ¼ in 

square drive socket set 

1735 Carpentry tools 

1736 Box of tools 

1737 Air Master compressor 

1738 Box of files 

1739 Tray of tools 

1740 Box of drills and reamers 

1741 Tools 

1742 Small vertical sander 

1743 Box of decorating & building tools 

1744 Box of sundries 

1745 Small chest of drawers & contents 

1746 ½ in Black & Decker drill 

1747 Pistol drill with attachments 

1748 Two pistol drills 

1749 Box of BA taps and dies, box of stamps, 

box of spanners 

1750 Drill and jig saw 

1751 4in angle grinder and discs 

1752 2 machine vices 

1753 Box of rally plaques 

1754 Electric chain saw 

1755 2 sash cramps 

1756 Box of tools & sundries for model 

steam engines 

1757 Vice 

1758 Jig saw 110v 

1759 Box of drills and box of reamers 

1760 ME drilling machine 

1761 Filing machine 

1762 Black & Decker Workmate 

1763 Brazing equipment 

1764 Electric planer 

1765 Boiler test pump 0-300lbs 

1766 Box of small files

The following lots 1781 to 1823 are sold on 

behalf of the family of the late Peter Fry of 

Three Mile Cross near Reading. Peter was a 

former engineer with the railway at Reading 

and was a founder member of Reading 

Society of Model Engineers and like Gordon 

Howell’s locomotives, they were all made to 

use rather than just exhibition pieces. 

1784 Part built chassis, wheels, piston 

castings and other parts for a 3.5in 

gauge tank engine, the drawings 

for which were serialised in ‘Model 

Engineer 1961’ complete with 

relevant copies of the publication. 

1781 A 3.5 in gauge London Midland 

Scottish Class 5 (Black 5) 4.6.0 

locomotive and tender ‘Liz’ no 4859. 

Complete with transport box. 

1785 A Stuart BB enclosed single cylinder 


1782 A 7.25in gauge Great Western 0.6.0 

tank engine no 1369 complete with 

transport trolley and box cover 

1786 A Stuart Turner twin cylinder model 

steam engine 

1783 Part built chassis, wheels, pistons 

and valve gear for a 3.5in gauge 2.6.2 

locomotive 

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1787 A freelance rotary triple cylinder 


1791 A GWR cast iron notice 

1792 A GWR cast iron notice 

1788 29 no commemorative Knowle Hill 

Rally brasses 1971 to 2001 (missing 

1975 and 1976) 

1789 2 no twin plate plaques of a Canadian 

Pacific Trans Canada train and 1,000 

horse power Sunbeam racing car 

c1928 given away with ‘Modern Boy’ 

magazine of that year 

1790 A cast iron signal post pinnacle 

1793 A GWR wooden case pendulum clock 

no 3126 Kay Maker with movement 

by Lenzkirch no 567451 

1794 A GWR signal department seal stamp 

1795 An LNER whistle ‘The Acme Thunderer’ 

1796 A GWR whistle signal department no 

1754 

1797 A GWR railway service badge 

1798 A GWR badge 

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1799 A GWR engine drivers jacket with 4 

no GWR buttons 

1800 A Lucas Silver King bicycle oil lamp 

1801 A Miller bicycle oil lamp 

1802 A presentation signal bell ‘presented 

to WFC Fry in recognition of 50 years’ 

service with CS and TE workshops 

BR/WR Reading’ 

1803 A GWR Rabone Rigida tape measure 

in leather case 

Books & Magazines 

1810 48 copies of ‘History of Railways’ nos 

1-48 

1811 24 copies of ‘Great Trains’ nos 1-24 

1812 Stuart Models 196-64 

1813 The ‘Locomotive Simply Explained’ – 

illustrated (Model Engineer series No 

17) 

1814 ‘Machinery for Model Steam 

Engines’ (Model Engineer series) 

1815 Bassett-Lowke Section B Scale 

Models 

1816 ‘The Model Locomotive’ by Percival 

Marshall & Co 

1817 ‘GWR Locos of The Royal Road’ 

published in 1936 by The Great 

Western Railway 

1818 Caerphilly Castle ‘A book of Railway 

Locomotives for Boys of All Ages’ 

published in 1924 by The Great 

Western Railway 

1819 ‘The Development of the 

Locomotive Popular History 1803- 

1903’ by Clement E Sheltard 

1820 ‘The Locomotive of Today’ 7 th edition 

1920, published by The Locomotive 

Publishing Co Ltd 

1821 ‘Model Steam Locomotives’ by Harry 

Greenly 

1822 ‘Model Railway News’ handbook no 

3 Walschaerts Valve Gear 

1823 ‘The Model Locomotive Engineer’, 

Fireman and Engine Boy’ by Michael 

Reynolds. Historical notice of the 

pioneer locomotive engines and 

their inventors, first published 1896 

1825 A 3.5in gauge Canadian Pacific Royal 

Hudson 4.6.4 locomotive and tender 

no 2823 boiler copper silver soldered 

construction throughout with bronze 

bushes, 5 litre capacity with twin 

super heaters. Working pressure 

100lbs sqr in. Certified steam test 

9/2013. Hydraulic test to 11/2014. 

Water feed by mechanical pump via 

preheater, one injector and double 

action hand pump. Removable 

section fire grate and fire arch through 

fire hold door assembly. Stainless 

steel ash pan with ejector steam 

pipes and pivoting bump doors. Two 

cylinders, Walschaerts valve gear, 

screw reverser, twin ram cylinder, oil 

pump and steam brake. Removable 

extended driving controls, coal 

fired, fitted spark arrestor, working 

headlight, cab light and number box 

The chassis, boiler and tender for 

this superb model were built by the 

late Roy Dusfrene of Sandcote, Kent. 

Ray sadly died before completion but 

left it in his will to Eddy Wilkinson of 

Folkestone to do so and for whom we 

are selling it in todays’ auction. 

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1826 A Single Stage ‘Geryk’ Hand Cranked 

Vacuum Pump manufactured by the 

Pulsometer Engineering Company, 

Reading, this particular pump was 

part of an order supplied new to 

a Glasgow company of scientific 

instrument suppliers in June 1953. 

Single stage pumps of this nature 

are capable of giving a vacuum up to 

1/50 th of a millimetre of barometric 

reading and were generally used 

in schools and laboratories for 

experimental work. 

1827 An Eddison road roller steam regulator 

1828 Southern Railway cast sign 

1829 Pair of tractor engine front lamps 

1830 Brass World War 1 tank sight 

1831 Locomotive builder’s works plate 

‘Andrew Barclay & Sons Co Ltd, 

Caledonia Works, Kilmarnock’, 

no 1609 1908 – 10x7in, may be 

reproduction 

1832 Leather single line token pouch and 

loop 

1833 BR London Midland Region working 

timetable of passenger trains, Banbury, 

Birmingham, Wolverhampton and 

Wellington, Hartlebury, Stourbridge 

Junction, Wolverhampton and 

branches. 17 th June to 8 th September 

inclusive, 1963 

1834 BR Western Region working timetable 

of passenger and freight lines, London 

division 17 th June to 8 th September 

inclusive, 1963 

1835 ‘Bradshaw’s British Railways Guide’ 

9 th June to 3 rd August 1958 (minus 

front cover, some pages loose) 


2 nd January to 5 th February 1961 (front 

cover detached). Plus supplement 

‘Late Alterations’ (some pages loose) 


1 st May to 11 th June 1961 plus 

supplement ‘Late Alterations’ 

1838 ‘The ABC Railway Guide & Hotel 

Guide’ March 1955 (front cover 

detached, internal map torn out) 


Guide’ April 1966 


Guide’ July 1966 

1841 ‘The Twilight of World Steam’, 

National Railway Museum on Tour 

Swindon 1990’, ‘Pictorial History of 

Trains’ 

1842 ‘Western Region Diesel Pictorial’ by 

John Vaughan 

‘The Fifty Fifties’ by M Oakley, R Tiller, 

‘The Story of Merseyrail’ 

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1843 ‘Great Western Pictorial’ by G J 

Jefferson, ‘Steam in the West Midlands 

and Wales’ by B J Ashworth 

1844 ‘Images of Steam’, Fenman 

1845 ‘Great Western Album’ by R C Riley 

1846 ‘Great Western Album No 2’ by R C 

Riley 

1847 ‘LNER Album’ volume 1 by B Stephenson 



1850 ‘Cambrian Railways’ CC Green 

1851 ‘The Romance of Metroland’ by D 

Edwards, R Pilgram 

1852 ‘Railways of the World’, ‘Railways in 

Britain’ G Freeman Allen 

1853 ‘Garden Railways’ R E Tustin 

1854 Airfix Museum Model series no 621 

construction kit – Beam Engine 

1855 Airfix Museum Model Series no 622 

construction kit – 1804 Locomotive 

1856 Airfix R9 construction kit - L&Y 0-40ST 

Locomotive 

1857 Great British Lorries framed print by 

P J Davies 

Atkinson of Gwynne Bowen Transport 

heading south out of the Mersey 

Tunnel 


P J Davies AEC Mammoth Major of 

Silver Roadways approaching Barnet 

Hill 


P J Davies 

BRS Leyland Octopus prepares to 

unload steel at a Luton car factory 

Lots 1861 to 1870 are consigned by the family 

of the late John Snook 

1861 Bamford 6hp horizontal open crank 

stationary engine water hopper with 

twin 28in spoked flywheels with Wico 

magneto and fuel tank, mounted on 

4 wheel trolley. 150 rpm, SN 20098 

1862 Lister Type 2L 5hp stationary engine 

with twin 24in spoked flywheels and 

Lucas magneto, mounted on 4 wheel 

trolley with fuel tank and water tank. 

Spec 75L, SN 37345 

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1863 Lister ‘Junior’ type 2L 5hp stationary 

engine with twin 17.5in spoked 

flywheel and Lucas magneto complete 

with 4 wheel trolley for mounting on 

650 rpm. SN 290BHZ7 (new transfers 

included) 

1887 Matchbox Models of Yesteryear – 

1905 Fowler Showmans engine 


Boxed Set Connoisseurs Collection 

limited edition of 6 cars - No B 1479 

ADDENDUM 

1864 Lister D stationary engine on stand 

spec 26DH, SN 191630 complete with 

instruction book 

1865 Loadmore heavy duty auto truck with 

twin cylinder horizontally opposed 

air cooled petrol engine believed to 

be an ABC 350cc 

1866 Engine trolley 



1869 Hand pallet platform 

1870 Quantity of assorted drive belts 

1872 Internal micrometer 

1873 Clarke workshop compressor 

1874/ 

1882 Box of assorted tools (8 lots) 


Stephensons Rocket 


1894 Aveling-Porter steam roller 


1929 Scammell 100 ton truck trailer 

with GER class E4 2-4-0 locomotive 


1905 Busch self propelled fire engine 

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1719 Golden Years of the Metropolitan 

Railway & Country Railway 

1720 The London Midland & Scottish 

Railway, A Century and a Half of 

Progress and Treacy’s British Rail 

1721 L.N.E.R. 150 and Steam Power 

1722 The Great Western Railway and Metro 

Memories 

1723 Crewe Works and The Call of Steam 

1724 Great Western Stations Volumes Two 

and Three 

1725 The Romance of Metro-Land and The 

L.M.S Pacifics 

1726 Echoes of the Big Four and All Change 

at Singleton 

1727 Echoes of The Great Western and 

Shadows of The Great Western 

1728 Silhouettes of The Great Western and 

Reflections of The Great Western 

1729 L.N.E.R. 

1730 British Railway Companies and 

Pictorial History of Trains

Notes 

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CONDITIONS OF SALE 

1. The highest bidder for each lot shall be the Purchaser, and in the event of any dispute the Auctioneers shall 

have absolute discretion either to settle such dispute or to re-offer the lot immediately. 

2. No person may advance less at a bid than a sum to be named from time to time by the Auctioneer, nor shall 

any bidding be retracted. The Auctioneer may, without giving any reason therefore, refuse to accept the bidding 

of any person or persons. 

3. All lots are put up for sale subject to any reserve price placed by the Vendors, who may bid for any lot or lots, 

and may withdraw any lot or lots, either personally or through the Auctioneer or through any other person, as 

many times as they respectively may think fit. 

4. Each Purchaser shall give his or her name and address in writing (if required) to the Auctioneer at the Sale, 

and pay the full purchase money at the close of the Sale, or, if required, the whole or a portion of the purchase 

money, as the Auctioneer may determine, during the course of the Sale. If any Purchaser fails to comply with 

any of these conditions the lot or lots in respect of which such failure is made may, if the Auctioneer thinks fit, 

be put up again and resold. If upon such resale a lower price is obtained for any of such lots than was obtained 

on the first sale the difference in price shall be a debt due from the Purchaser in default upon the first sale. 

5. No lot or lots shall be removed from the premises until paid for, but each and every lot shall immediately 

at the fall of the hammer be considered as delivered, and be and remain in every respect at the absolute risk 

of the respective Purchaser or Purchasers thereof, and shall be removed at the Purchaser’s expense after the 

conclusion of the Sale and taken with all faults or errors of description. 

6. The Auctioneers act only as agents for the Vendor(s) and are not responsible for any default by either 

Vendor(s) or Purchaser. In particular, they shall not be liable to pay the Vendor until payment is received from 

the Purchaser. 

7. No undertaking of the Auctioneers or their employees to take charge of any lots after the sale or to forward 

them to their destination shall be held to impose,upon the Auctioneers any legal obligation or vitiate any of the 

foregoing conditions. 

8. Purchasers paying by cheque must be prepared, if required, to produce a banker’s reference. The Auctioneers 

reserve the right in their sole discretion to refuse payment by cheque. 

9. In all cases of transfer the original Purchaser shall be held responsible for the purchase money. 

10. The Auctioneer reserves the right to withdraw or divide any lot or to combine any two or more lots at his 

sole discretion and to sell in such order as he may think fit. 

11. The Auctioneers have described the lots to the best of their ability and belief from information furnished by 

the Vendors who shall be alone responsible for any error or mis-statement which there may be. The Auctioneers 

undertake no liability whatever in respect of any faults, deficiencies and errors of any description, oral or 

printed, nor do they accept responsibility for the authenticity, genuineness, origin, age, condition or quality of 

any lot and all statements as to these matters whether contained in the catalogue or made orally are statements 

of opinion only and are not to be taken as being or implying a statement or representation of fact. Any intending 

Purchaser must satisfy himself by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each such statement. The 

Vendor does not make or give and neither the Auctioneers, nor any person in their employ have any authority 

to make or give any representation or warranty in relation to any of the lots without the express instructions of 

the Vendor(s). 

12. The Auctioneers accept no responsibility in connection with the commissioning of their staff to bid for 

any lots. Reserves and commissions given verbally or by telephone are accepted at sender’s risk and must be 

confirmed in writing before the Sale. 

13. THIRD PARTY LlABlLlTY. All persons on the Auctioneers’ premises before, during or after the Sale shall be 

deemed to be there at their own risk and with notice of the condition of the premises and of the method of 

arranging lots and shall have no claim against the Auctioneers in respect of any in jury or accident which may 

occur from any cause whatsoever. 

14. If any Purchaser shall fail to comply with the above conditions or any of them, the Auctioneers shall be at 

Iiberty to recover in full I the amount of the purchase money of the lot or lots bought by such Purchaser together 

with all interest, costs, charges and expenses, without reference to any delivery or acceptance of the lot or lots, 

other than the first delivery by the fall of the hammer, or to resell any lot or lots bought by such Purchasers, 

either by public or private sale, and the full amount of the purchase money at the present sale, or the deficiency 

(if any) arising from the second sale, together with all interest, costs, charges and expenses, shall be made good 

by the defaulter, and be recoverable as and for liquidated damages. 

Auctioneers: THIMBLEBY & SHORLAND, READING 

NOTE - Purchasers or their agents are requested to obtain accounts and delivery orders at the Auctioneers’ 

Office before leaving the place of sale and carefully to examine same. The Auctioneers cannot be held 

responsible for any errors in accounts or delivery orders unless they are notified of such errors on the 

day of sale and before the lots are removed from the premises. 

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