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Auction House:
Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)
Number of lots recorded:28
Lots with images:28
Prices available:28
Category:
Transport - Railways and Tramways
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** Dubs & Co, Glasgow, locomotive plate 2803, 1891. Diamond-shaped, 14 x 34 cm. ***
*** Hobart Tram: width 46 cm. Destination roll in very good condition. Electric trams operated in Hobart 1893-1960. ***
*** Melbourne Trams - Destination Blind - Melbourne - South Melbourne (Hannah St) Depot circa 1960s, with destinations including Football, Racecourse, Carnegie, Chapel St via Toorak Rd, Flinders St, Domain Rd, St Kilda Junction, St Kilda Beach, East Coburg,… ***
*** Emu Bay Railway, Tasmania: plate for Garrat loco 13. Large, oval, 24.5 x 47 cm, made by Beyer, peacock & Co. Ltd, Manchester, 1929. Builder's number 6581 - ran as Ebr 13. ***
*** South Australia: plate for 400 Class narrow-gauge Garrat no. 403. Built by Societe Franco-Belge under licence from Beyer, peacock, 1953. 403 operated heavy ore trains port Pirie-broken Hill, and was condemned in 1969. Oval, 17 x 34 cm. ***
*** Sydney Trams: a white on black roll for the Eastern Suburbs. A very long roll. Width 51 cm. A little worn, no dirt. Electric trams operated in Sydney 1898-1961, with the last Eastern Suburbs tram running in 1959. ***
*** Victorian Railways silver gelatin photograph captioned 'Interior of Parlor Car, On Express Trains between Melbourne & Albury', framed and glazed, photo 31 x 44 cm ***
*** Melbourne Tram Destination Blind - Malvern Line - circa 1950s, Destinations include Football, Racecourse, Elsternwick, St Kilda Beach, St Kilda Rd, Malvern Town Hall, Chapel Street, University, Camberwell Junction, etc. Over 8 meters long. ***
*** Emu Bay Railway, Tasmania: plate from Garrat 4-8-2+2-8-4 loco no.20, built by Clyde Engineering Co, Granville, NSW, 1943. Oval, 10.5 x 20 cm. ***
*** V.R Tram (St Kilda-Brighton) rotating, circular destination sign, showing: St Kilda, Dickens St, Vaultier St, Elwood Dpt, Md Brighton, Brighton Bch. This sign was in the driver's cab to indicate the position on the destination roll. Black on painted white… ***
*** Blackburn: station sign. Iconic Melbourne suburban enamel metal sign in black & white. 81 x 51 cm ***
*** Victorian Railways 9ct gold rail pass issue to State Parliamentarians. 9.1 grams ***
*** Adelaide Tram: width 50.5 cm. A little dirt but good condition. Electric trams begun operating in Adelaide in 1909 and by 1963, the only line left was to Glenelg, but for the next decade or so Glenelg trams continued to use full destination rolls like… ***
*** New Zealand : plate from Ja.1259 (builder's no.382): 'New Zealand Government Railways. Built at the Hillside Workshops (Dunedin). No.382, 1952'. Ja.1259 was written-off in 1969. ***
*** Balance of collection, noted 1950s vintage Pez dispenser full body red robot space trooper; World War I ephemera from signal woman Eva Carter. ***
*** Sydney Trams: an early roll from Enfield Depot, in wide (86 cm) format. A few tears at top of roll, and dirty - will benefit from Tlc .This wide size, designed for earlier tram classes is rare! ***
*** Sydney Bus Destination Roll: 'East No.1A Box' which includes Airport, Anzac Parade Moore Park, Aust Papermills, Bellevue Hill School, Bondi Beach, Bondi Junction Station, Botany Cemetery, Botany Shops, Bronte Beach, Circular Quay, Coogee Beach, Cricket… ***
*** Ballarat Tramway Ticket: souvenir ticket no.189, for the opening of the electric system, August 18th 1905, in postcard format. 'The Electric Supply Coy. of Victoria Ltd'. Ticket used, with punched hole, soiled but fair condition. Very rare! ***
*** Queensland Railways: plate from BB18¼ 4-6-2 loco no.1037 (builder's no.5963) built at Vulcan foundry, Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, 1950. Plate is worn and repainted all over in red. Oval, 13 x 22.5 cm. Loco 1037 spent many years on a plinth in a Mackay… ***
*** Railway Signs, collection of Australian & world signs, noted various Toilet signs (12) with several versions of not using toilet whilst at station, Stop the Train/Alarm (6 types), 'Emergency Telephone...', 'Smoking Permitted In This Compartment Only By… ***
*** One side worded 'Free Pass'/ Crown/Not Transferable/The. Hon. C.J. Jenner Mlc'. The reverse 'Victorian Railways' above and below a scene with a prospector, a kangaroo and a sheep in front of a viaduct with a steam train. C.J. Jenner was a member of the… ***
*** U.S.S.R. Locomotive head-plate showing a large 'Hammer & Sickle' logo and with the name C.C.C.P. (U.S.S.R.) to the top. Raw metal, oval, 32 x 27 cm. Needs a good clean but good condition. Also: U.S.S.R. Builder's plate, marked in part: 'No.5 1937', 22 x… ***
*** SA & WA Railways: Signs, noted ' South Australia: 'S.A.R./ Locomotive, Carriage & Wagon Department. Builders - Islington', 'Car No.106/ W.A.G.R.', 'W.A.G.R./ Makers 1943/ Midland Junction', 'Mothers Travelling Thro Adelaide...'. ***
*** Residue of a large collection of rail builder's plates and railway signs. Includes some reproductions but also a lot of original material. Many pickings here! (22 plates & signs) ***
*** Sydney Tram sign: 'Do Not Spit in the Car Penalty £2'. Embossed red on silver aluminium, 3.5 x 74 cm. Minor paint scuffing but still good condition. ***
*** Door furniture: set of 3 cast iron lion mask features in gold finish ex. Melbourne mint; silver plated antique carriage handle. (4 items) ***
*** Victorian Railways: Signs, noted 'VR. Manufactured Newport Workshops 1909', 'Warning - Do not Stand in Doorway or Lean Against Door', 'Penalty £20. Do Not Throw Anything Out of Windows...' (4). ***
*** 'Tramways - Their Construction and Working' by Clark [London, 1878], 472pp with numerous fold-out illustrations. ***