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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:362
Sale Title:A Treasure Chest of Toys, Trains and ModelsLots with images:355
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:258
Date:22-Mar-2020
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A circa 1872 no 100 steam locomotive (190 x 35 x 50 mm) built at the temporary Williamstown Workshops and destined to haul the Commissioner's train, dark green livery with gold trim, 2-4-0 wheel configuration, with rolling stock comprising four wagons, one open wagon containing a Bendigo baker's delivery cart, total size 480 x 35 x 50 mm. (6 items).
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A circa 1874 O Class (O41) steam locomotive (200 x 38 x 50 mm), dark green livery with gold plated trim, 0-6-0 wheel configuration, made Beyer, Peacock & Co (Manchester, England).
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A circa 1875 Q Class (Q83) steam locomotive (195 x 35 x 50 mm), green livery with gold trim, 0-6-0 wheel configuration, with rolling stock comprising two 'D' class guard Vans and four freight wagons containing aggregate, total size 700 x 35 x 50 mm. (8 items) (the Q Class locomotives were built circa 1875 at the phoenix foundry (Ballarat) to a standard British design with internal cylinders and six coupled wheels and were affectionately nicknamed 'Greenbacks' by their engine drivers. They saw much active…
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A circa 1875 L Class (L14) saddle tank locomotive (120 x 30 x 50 mm), pale green & dark green livery, 2-4-0 wheel configuration, intended for use on suburban lines.
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A circa 1877 D Class (D122) passenger steam locomotive (205 x 40 x 55 mm) built by Rogers (Paterson, Nj, USA), dark green livery with gold plate trim, 4-4-0 wheel configuration, with rolling stock comprising five goods carriages and a Yh guard passenger at the back, total size 735 x 40 x 55 mm. (8 items).
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An 1877 Rogers 'D' Class (D162) steam locomotive (200 x 35 x 55 mm), deep blue & brown livery with gold trim, 4-4-0 wheel configuration, manufactured by Rogers locomotive works of new jersey. (in 1876 New York consulting engineer Walton Evans arranged for the supply to Victoria Railways of two 4-4-0 locomotives manufactured by Rogers).
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An 1879 M Class (M40) tank steam locomotive (125 x 35 x 50 mm), pale green & dark green livery with gold plated trim, 4-4-0 wheel configuration, this example being the pattern engine supplied by Beyer, Peacock & Co . (twenty one further engines were built to this design at the phoenix foundry in Ballarat between 1884 and 1886. Their small coal bunker capacity proved inadequate for the rapidly expanding surburban network of the 1880s and so between 1901 and 1905 they were rebuilt at the Newport Workshops as…
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A circa early 1880s B Class (B50) steam locomotive (190 x 35 x 50 mm) built by Beyer, Peacock & Co in England, green livery with gold plated trim, 2-4-0 wheel configuration, with rolling stock comprising three passenger carriages and a 'Yz' guard van, total size 640 x 35 x 50 mm. (6 items) (B Class locomotives were a lighter weight engine ordered to operate on the more cheaply constructed railway lines which followed the expensively constructed lines built to connect Melbourne to the gold rush towns of…
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An 1880 W Class (W153) steam locomotive (195 x 36 x 50 mm), black, dark green & brown livery with gold trim, 4-6-0 wheel configuration, built by Baldwin locomotive works (Philadelphia). (the 'Yankee Ten Wheeler' were similar to the 4-4-0s but with an extra pair of driving wheels, with 4'3' diameter wheels they were able to deliver a 20% greater tractive effort than Meikle's 'Buzzwinkers').
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A circa 1880 F Class (F98) steam locomotive (170 x 35 x 55 mm) built at phoenix foundry (Ballarat), dark green livery with gold plated trim, 2-4-0 wheel configuration, with rolling stock comprising three goods wagons including oversized 40 tons timber wagon, plus an oil tank, total size 690 x 35 x 50 mm. (6 items) (F Class locomotives were normally used on passenger trains, one surviving F class is preserved at the Australian railway historical Society in Williamstown and is the oldest surviving Victorian…
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An 1889 a Class (A190) steam locomotive (200 x 40 x 55 mm) built by Beyer, Peacock & Co (name plate on wheel arch), pale green livery with gold plated trim, 4-4-0 wheel configuration, rolling stock configured for 1940s branch line use with five goods carriages including a Peters ice cream van and Z guard carriage at the back, total size 840 x 40 x 55 mm. (8 items).
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A circa 1890 Y Class (Y383) steam locomotive (200 x 35 x 50 mm), green livery and gold trim, 0-6-0 wheel configuration, with type Av & Ab passenger carriages, total size 695 x 35 x 50 mm. (4 items) (the first R Class locomotive was built by Kitson & Co (Leeds, England) and was exhibited at the Melbourne Centennial exhibition held in 1888. a further 30 examples were built at the phoenix foundry in 1888-89, and allocated (odd) road numbers between 383 (this example) and 441. They were the most powerful…
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A circa 1891 R Class (R239) steam locomotive (190 x 35 x 50 mm), green livery with gold plated trim, 0-6-0 wheel configuration, configured for branch line use with older rolling stock comprising three passenger carriages and a 'Yz' class guard Vans, total size 695 x 35 x 50 mm. (6 items) (R Class locomotives were built by Robison Bros, Campbell & Sloss (South Melbourne) between 1889 and 1891 breaking the virtual stranglehold that the phoenix foundry at Ballarat had held on Victorian locomotive contracts…
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Early 1890s P Class (P5) steam tender locomotive (180 x 34 x 50 mm) brown livery with white trim, 0-6-0 wheel setting, rolling stock configured for maintenance train use with 'QN91' & 'QN1' wagons (for ballast), '30Q' weed sprayer plus '1q2' guard van (total size 725 x 34 x 50 mm). (6 items).
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An 1893 a Class (A396) steam locomotive (205 x 40 x 55 mm) built at the Newport workshop (dated oval name plate on wheel arch), dark green livery with gold plated trim, 4-4-0 wheel configuration, rolling stock configured for 1940s branch line use with five goods carriages including cattle and sheep wagons and a Robinson Brothers (Pumping plant) car, plus passenger carriage, total size 830 x 40 x 55 mm. (8 items).
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An 1893 Z Class (Z526) tank engine (90 x 35 x 45 mm), pale green & dark green livery with gold trim, 2-4-0 wheel configuration, built at the Newport railway Workshops. (Z526 was rebuilt as a crane locomotive in 1903 and was known as No.3 steam crane, after spending many years at south Dynon locomotive Depot it was eventually withdrawn in 1978 before being restored at the Newport Workshops to its original 1893 side tank configuration and was donated to Museum Victoria in 1992).
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A circa 1894 G Class (G38) steam locomotive (185 x 35 x 50 mm) built at the Newport Workshops (name plate on cabin), pale green livery with gold plate trim, 4-4-0 wheel configuration, with rolling stock comprising six goods carriages including 2000 gallon water tank & horse van, total size 730 x 35 x 50 mm. (8 items).
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A circa 1895 U Class (U107) steam locomotive (170 x 35 x 50 mm) dark green livery with gold trim, 2-4-0 wheel configuration, with rolling stock comprising seven goods carriages including a flat wagon containing logs, total size 740 x 35 x 50 mm. (9 items).
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A circa 1900 type 3A tank locomotive 'Puffing Billy' with green livery, assembled at the Newport works, commencing service on 23rd April 1900, initially used in the construction of the upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook 'Puffing Billy' narrow gauge railway line. the locomotive is being carried on a 1926 'Q' class transporter wagon (Q129), a unique wagon used to transport 2ft 6ins narrow gauge rolling stock over Victorian broad gauge track to narrow gauge railway lines, total size (144 x 34 x 55 mm). (2…
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A circa 1907 AA Class (AA574) steam locomotive (255 x 40 x 57 mm) being the A2 version introduced in 1907 to be used on express/premier services hauling the heavier E type passenger carriages which came into service in 1906, red-brown livery with deep brown trim, 4-6-0 wheel configuration, with rolling stock comprising two E type passenger carriages, total size 840 x 40 x 60 mm. (4 items) (the A2 was the main express passenger locomotive on Victoria Railways for over 40 years, hauling both intrastate and…
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A circa 1905 Dd Class (Dd668) steam locomotive (235 x 40 x 55 mm) rebuilt with new larger boiler based on the K Class design (Nos 606-699), probably constructed at Newport railway Workshops, red-brown livery with deep brown trim, 4-6-0 wheel configuration, designed for both passenger and freight duties with rolling stock comprising four passenger carriages and a Class C guard van, total size 1120 x 40 x 55 mm. (7 items) (the Dd class was designed for both freight and passenger duties including fast…
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(190 x 35 x 55 mm) built at the Newport Workshops to designs supplied by Cowans, Sheldon & Co of Carlisle, England. 1911 mobile steam crane No.5 (190 x 35 x 55 mm, plus flat wagon) built at the Newport Workshops to designs supplied by Cowans, Sheldon & Co of Carlisle, England. (each of the cranes had an 80psi vertical steam boiler and a twin 8-inch x 14-inch cylinder winding engine, with a maximum load rating of 30 tons at an 18-feet radius to 14 tons at a 30-feet radius).
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A circa 1928 N Class (N110) 'Pacific' type steam locomotive (275 x 40 x 55 mm) built at the Newport Workshops, black livery, 2-8-2 wheel configuration, rolling stock configured for 1940s main line broad gauge use with five goods carriages including an Explosives van and Z guard carriage, total size 780 x 40 x 55 mm. (8 items) (twenty N Class locomotives were built at the Newport Workshops between 1925 and 1928, with a second batch of 10 following in 1930-31. They went into service with road numbers between…
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Group of 4 unfinished rolling stock items comprising 13C passenger/guard van, plus a flat wagon, covered wagon & coal wagon, plus a railway crossing signpost. (5 items).
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A circa 1947 K Class (N184) branch line steam locomotive (240 x 40 x 55 mm) built post World War II at the Newport Workshops, black livery, 2-8-0 wheel configuration, with rolling stock comprising five goods carriages and a Z guard carriage at the back, total size 840 x 40 x 55 mm.(8 items) (the K class locomotive proved to be a remarkably versatile model and outlasted every other class of steam locomotive in regular service with Victorian Railways, with 21 examples of the 53 originally built surviving…
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A circa 1954 J Class (J516) branch line steam locomotive (245 x 36 x 60 mm) operating between 1954 and 1972 carrying both passenger and goods traffic, built at the Vulcan foundry (Lancashire, England), black livery, 2-8-0 wheel configuration, with rolling stock comprising type Bw & type Ap passenger carriages, total size 715 x 36 x 60 mm. (4 items) (a total of 50 J Class locomotives were ordered from the Vulcan foundry, which was increased to 60 when VR opted to sell ten of its brand-new second generation…
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A 1956 'T' Class T336 'Flat Top' (low cab & roof) broad gauge diesel electric locomotive (200 x 39 x 50 mm), blue & gold livery, built by Clyde engineering of Granville (Sydney). (the 'T' Class were ordered by Victorian Railways with the intention of bringing diesel locomotives to country branch lines, however as branch lines began to close they were often used for main line services. in 1984 the T336 was rebuilt & converted into a 'P' Class locomotive).
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An 1881 X Class tender locomotive, road number '45' (180 x 36 x 50 mm) built by Baldwin locomotive works (Philadelphia), black & brown livery with gold plated trim, 2-6-0 wheel configuration, with rolling stock comprising four goods carriages. (6 items) (Entered service in 1882 at port Wakefield, transferred to port Pirie in 1884, scrapped in 1905).
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An 1886 Shunt engine (82 x 29 x 40 mm), road number '107', built at the Baldwin locomotive works (Philadelphia), black livery with gold plated trim, 0-4-0 wheel configuration, known colloquially as 'Sandfly', with rolling stock comprising four goods carriages. (5 items) (Entered service in 1887 to work on the the constuction of the Palmerston to pine creek railway, sold to Sar in 1890, tranferred to Commonwealth Railways in 1911 where it continued to work the Palmerston-Pine creek railway until 1950,…
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An 1890 Y Class tender locomotive 'Y92' (170 x 35 x 50 mm), built by Beyer, Peacock, black livery with gold plated trim, 2-6-0 wheel configuration, with rolling stock comprising two goods carriages plus passenger carriage and guard van, withdrawn from service in 1931 and scrapped in 1936. (6 items) (the Beyer Peacock 'Y Class' was nicknamed the 'Colonial Mogul' as the engine was supplied to many narrow gauge railways throughout the British Empire).
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A 1906 steam motor coach no 1 known as the 'Coffee Pot' (NJAB1) a combined steam locomotive and passenger coach on a single rigid frame (165 x 37 x 50), the locomotive unit built by Kitson & Co (Leeds, England) and the coach manufactured by Metropolitan Amalgamated railway carriage Co (Birmingham, England), supplied to Sar to provide a passenger service on light-traffic rural routes and was put into service at Quorn for a regular weekly service to Hawker. (the 'Coffee Pot' was acquired by the Pichi-Pichi…
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Group of four early 20th century narrow gauge goods wagons, two loaded with timber or with logs. (4 items).
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An 1856 no 1 'Adelaide' tank engine, modelled in its 1869 converted-to-tender-engine format (190 x 38 x 56 mm), being one of the three engines ordered from William Fairbairn (Manchester, England), yellow-green & red livery and gold plated trim, 2-4-0 wheel configuration. ('No 1' was the first locomotive to enter Adelaide station and was intitially employed on the Adelaide to Port Adelaide line, and later used on the Adelaide to Kapunda line. After the locomotive was scrapped in 1871 its coupling wheels…
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An 1862 E Class tank engine, road number '42' (135 x 37 x 50 mm) built by Avonside Engine Co, black livery with gold plated trim, 2-4-0 wheel configuration, rebuilt & renumbered '49' in 1889 (when bogie was added), condemned and scrapped in 1929. (E Class 2-4-0 locomotives were acquired to work passenger and goods train services, this example was purchased from the canterbury provincial railway of New Zealand having been previously been salvaged from the ship 'Hyderabad' which was wrecked during a gale…
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An 1877 H2 Class tender locomotive, road number 'H2' (195 x 34 x 55 mm) built by Robert Stephenson & Co (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England), black livery with gold plated trim, 4-4-0 wheel configuration, with rolling stock comprising a passenger/guard van plus five goods carriages including a sheep carriage filled with livestock, (total size with carriages 770 x 34 x 55). (8 items) (the H class 4-4-0 type locomotives were acquired by Sar to work goods train services).
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An 1880 L Class tender locomotive, road number '40' (200 x 37 x 50 mm) built by Beyer, Peacock, black livery with gold plated trim, 4-4-0 wheel configuration, rebuilt in 1901, seeing another 30+ years of service before being condemned in 1934. (four L Class locomotives were originally purchased to work on the port line as 4-4-0 tank engines but were found to have too high an axle load for the rails and bridges then in use. This issue was solved with purchase of six-wheeled tenders from Dubs & Co (Scotland)…
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An 1880 Gd Class well tank locomotive, road number '163' (122 x 35 x 50 mm) built by Beyer, Peacock, black livery, 0-4-4 wheel configuration, with six rolling stock carriages including guard van and loaded wagons of hay and wheat. (total size with carriages 580 x 35 x 50 mm). (7 items) (locomotive was sold to Glenelg railway in 1881 becoming their no '9' locomotive, acquired by Sar in 1899 when they purchased the Glenelg & Grange lines from private operators, rebranding the engine Gd '163 inches).
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An 1881 O Class tender locomotive, road number '54' (220 x 40 x 55 mm) built by Baldwin locomotive works (Philadelphia), deep blue & brown livery with gold plated trim, 2-8-0 wheel configuration, entered service in 1881, scrapped in 1904. (When introduced the 'O' Class were the largest locomotives in service on South Australia Railways and were initially used for goods services on the Adelaide hills line, however they did not perform well and were later transferred to work the north line).
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An 1885 Q Class tender locomotive, road number '78' (210 x 38 x 50 mm) built by Dubs & Co (Glasgow, England), livery in black with trim in red & in gold plate, 4-4-0 wheel configuration. (Q Class were purchased to work the Adelaide hills line and performed so well that a second batch was acquired locally from James Martin & Co. When the more powerful R Class engines were introduced, Qs were utilised in the interstate service between Murray bridge and Serviceton as well as working the Northern lines.).
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An 1893 P Class tank engine, road number '21' (120 x 35 x 50 mm) built by James Martin & Co (Adelaide), black livery, 2-4-0 wheel configuration, with rolling stock comprising an extended coal bunker plus four wagons one loaded with timber. (6 items).
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An 1879 I Class tank engine, road number '48' (80 x 33 x 40 mm) built by Neilson & Co (Glasgow, Scotland), yellow-brown livery with gold plated trim, 0-4-0 wheel configuration, also a wagon loaded with aggregate, and an unfinished wagon. (3 items) (originally built in 1873 for the Canterbury Provincial Railway (NZ) to work the broad gauge Christchurch to Lytttleton railway, it was purchased by SAR in 1878 and loaded onto the 'Hyderabad' for transit to Port Adelaide, however the ship was wrecked off North…
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A 1912 F Class tank locomotive, road number '180' (165 x 40 x 58 mm) built at the Islington railway Workshops (north Adelaide), black livery, 4-6-2 wheel configuration, with rolling stock comprising type DB1 and type 105 passenger carriages (total size with carriages 460 x 40 x 58 mm). (3 items) (the F Class was introduced to haul Adelaide suburban passenger trains, replacing the smaller P class 2-4-0 tank engines which were struggling with the increasing size and loads of suburban services).
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A 1914 G/Ga Class tender steam locomotive, road number '9' (235 x 38 x 58 mm) built at the Baldwin locomotive works (Philadelphia) black livery, 4-6-0 wheel configuration with three passenger carriages plus two guard vans (total size with carriages 780 x 38 x 58 mm). (7 items) (the G '9' entered service at the port Augusta in 1914. Many G Class locomotives were used as construction trains on the Trans-Australian railway until its 1917 completion; they later served on passenger services including the the…
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A 1926 500B Class tender steam locomotive, road number '504', named the 'Tom Barr Smith' (330 x 42 x 57 mm) designed by Fred Shea and built by Armstrong Whitworth (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England), black livery, 4-8-4 wheel configuration (the original 4-8-2 setting was rebuilt with a booster in 1929) with five carriages including 9000 gallon water tank, loaded wagon carrying pipes and a tarpaulin-covered wagon (total size with carriages 1150 x 42 x 57 mm). (7 items) (all the '500' class locomotives were named…
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A 1930 720B Class tender steam locomotive, road number '720' (325 x 43 x 60 mm) designed by Fred Shea and built at the Islington railway Workshops, black livery, 2-8-4 wheel configuration, with eight carriages including 9,000 gallon oil tank and a refrigerator car. Scrapped in 1960 after clocking-up over 729,000 miles in service. (total size with carriages 1230 x 43 x 60 mm). (10 items) (the 720s were intended to operate on lighter broad gauge lines, but after they began to spread rails they were confined…
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A 1937 620 Class tender steam locomotive, road number '624' (275 x 41 x 55 mm) designed by Fred Shea and built at Islington railway Workshops, black livery, 4-6-2 wheel configuration with three passenger carriages (total size with carriages 990 x 41 x 55 mm). (5 items) (the 620 series Pacific type locomotive was designed and introduced to fulfill the need for a fast and light passenger locomotive to work the recently completed broad gauge route between Adelaide and port Pirie. the '624' is preseved at the…
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India 1889 Darjeeling B Class (Dhr 778, originally no 19) steam locomotive (85 x 30 x 35 mm), deep blue livery with gold plate trim, built by sharp, Stewart & Co at the atlas works in Glasgow, nicknamed the 'Toy Train', assembled by Frank Kelly from a kit.
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Victoria circa 1906 Baldwin steam locomotive plus tender containing timber (total size 200 x 38 x 50 mm), black & brown livery with gold plated trim, 2-6-0 wheel configuration, built by Baldwin locomotive works (Philadelphia) for the McIvor timber and Firewood Company for use on their private 5ft 3in broad gauge tramway, which branched off the Wallan-Bendigo cross country line at Tooborac, near Heathcote, Victoria. (the Company commenced operations in 1906, their main product being firewood for the Bendigo…
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Tasmania 1909 Tasmanian Garratt 'K' Class (K1) compound steam locomotive (140 x 29 x 42 mm) operated by Tasmanian Government Railways, black livery with gold trim, 2ft gauge, 0-4-0+0-4-0 wheel configuration, built by Beyer, Peacock & Co in England. Assembled by Frank Kelly from a 4 mm model kit supplied from the UK by Backwoods miniatures. (the K1 operated on the north East Dundas Tramway, which operated on some of most rugged terrain served by a railway line at the time. the locomotive is currently…
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Victoria 1936-37 Q Class (no 199) tramcar (135 x 40 x 50 mm) being an obsolescent single truck tramcar modified for one-man operation on all-night services or on daytime services with light passenger loads where speed and capacity would not be an issue, this particular example, the '199', being used on the Elsternwick to port Ormond shuttle. (the Q199 is the only surviving converted tram still surviving in something like its original form and is currently undergoing restoration to its original condition at…
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Victoria 1957 'S' Class S300 'Matthew Flinders' & S302 'Edward Henty' broad gauge diesel locomotives (250 x 38 x 55 mm), blue & gold VR livery, originally built by Clyde engineering of Granville (Sydney), the former withdrawn, the latter still in operation for Southern Shorthaul Railroad, both models built by life like Products at HO scale of 3.55 mm to 1 foot with plastic molded bodies, weighing 720gr each. (2 items).
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Electric powered diorama depicting a South Australian scene created in three conjoining sections, featuring mainline station (similar in design to those at Strathalbyn & Mount Barker), branchline stations, workshop, bridges, viaduct, turntable, coal bunker, sidings, signalling plus scenic features including station furniture, trees, foliage, figures and horse & carts, plus track with broad gauge, narrow gauge & mixed gauge sections along with the power supply unit, adaptors & transformer (all untested);…
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Frank Kelly's spare parts, accessories & tools including soldering equipment, airbrush & cordless drill, plus templates, aluminium sheets & etching tools, plastic & copper piping, plastic storage boxes holding railway parts, and so much more; also a few unfinished projects, locomotive scale model drawings, model railway Association certificates awarded to Frank, photographs, etc; wonderful resource for the model railway enthusiast. (large quantity)
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Frank Kelly's magazines including largely complete runs of 1977-2015 'Australian Model Railway' & 1994-2012 'Newsrail', also small run of 1965-76 'Australasian Model Railroad' plus January 1966 and November 1972 copies of Victorian Railways Newsletter'. (100s)
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Early 20th century Weeden Manufacturing Co No.49 stationary toy steam engine comprising vertical brass boiler, with horizontal slide valve engine, dual flywheels and flyball governor. the engine is mounted on red metal stand and affixed to a plain metal base, 25 x 15 cm base, height 26 cm, weight 2.3kg.
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Early 1900s Falk Overtype stationary steam engine type JF521 (stamped on base), 10 cm diameter brass boiler, 10½ cm flywheel, catwalks on three sides of the boiler, mounted on cast iron base; 26 x 14½ cm base, height 39 cm, weight 3.6kg. Rare.
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A circa 1910 Falk Overtype stationary steam engine type JF450, with feed water pump, 7 cm diameter burnished brass boiler, 7½ cm flywheel, mounted on cast iron base painted red; 19½ x 12½ cm base, height 28 cm, weight 2kg.
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A circa 1910 Ernst Plank horizontal stationary steam engines (2), both missing parts (one with chimney that May not belong), both mounted on pressed metal bases with plank name plates on the boiler house wall. Possible restoration project(s). (2)
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A circa 1910 Bing vertical boiler and inverted brass steam engine, water gauge flywheel, steam whistle, safety valve; maker's plate on outer boiler wall, mounted on cast-iron base, base 11 x 11 cm height 28 cm, weight 1.40kg.
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A circa 1910s-20s Bing (?) vertical steam engine with brass boiler & inverted steam engine, water gauge, large flywheel (10½ cm diameter), steam whistle, safety valve, tall chimney with spark arrester, mounted on cast iron base painted green with orange trim, base 14½ x 14½ cm, weight 1.7kg.
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A circa 1915 Doll & Co vertical boiler & inverted steam engine, boiler with lower fire door, water gauge, flywheel and safety valve, mounted on cast-iron base painted in deep red, maker's plate on the fire door, detachable chimney is missing, base 11 x 11 cm, height 25 cm, weight 1.15kg.
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A circa 1920 Falk Overtype stationary steam engine, type 143F (stamped on base), burnished brass boiler, 10 cm diameter flywheel, mounted on cast iron base painted green; 23 ½ x 13½ cm base, height 29 cm, weight 2.66kg.
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A circa 1920 Falk Overtype stationary steam engine type 141F (stamped on base), 7½ cm diameter burnished brass boiler, 7½ cm flywheel, mounted on cast iron base painted red; 18½ x 12½ cm base, height 27 cm, weight, weight 1.86kg.
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A circa 1920 Falk Overtype stationary steam engine type 150FJ, 7 cm diameter burnished brass boiler, 7½ cm flywheel, mounted on cast iron base painted red; 18½ x 12½ cm base, height 27 cm, weight, weight 1.77kg.
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A circa 1920s high quality scratch built model of single cylinder horizontal mill engine, featuring 13 cm diameter flywheel, mounted on metal plate, screwed to a wooden plinth (33 x 17 cm) with a 20pf pneumatic power connector, height 15 cm, 3.85kg.
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A 1920s Bing steam engine with burnished brass vertical boiler and inverted steam engine, water gauge, flywheel, steam whistle & safety valve & tall chimney; maker's name plate on outer boiler wall, mounted on cast-iron base painted brown, base 10½ x 10½ cm height 44½ cm, weight 1.40kg.
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A circa 1925 Weeden model no. 14 horizontal steam engine, riveted brass boiler, cast iron base painted bright red, measures 14½ x 14½ cm at base, height 16 cm, weight 1.70kg.
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A circa 1925 Bing steam Traction engine, fixed cylinder, burnished brass boiler, 8 cm flywheel, complete with burner, 24 x 12 cm, height 29½ cm, weight 1.15kg.
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Late 1920s Doll & Co overtype stationary horizontal steam engine, ladders and boiler access platforms, on top of the boiler a single cylinder horizontal steam engine complete with two flywheels painted in red, detachable chimney with spark arrester, sits on coast iron base painted in maroon, base 25 x 12 ½ cm, height 30 cm, weight 1.1kg.
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Late 1920s Doll & Co overtype stationary horizontal steam engine with brass boiler, grooved flywheels, detachable chimney but without a spark arrester, the cast iron platform painted in red, base 28 x 14 ½ cm, height 29 cm, weight 1.25kg.
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A circa 1920s-30s Josef Falk vertical boiler & inverted steam engine, steel-blue boiler, brass cylinder, expansion slide-valve gear, weight overflow valve, water gauge, boiler feed pump, mounted on cast-iron base; of sturdy construction exhibiting quality workmanship, 11 x 11 x 36 cm, weight 2.05kg.
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A circa 1930 Weeden no. 647 horizontal steam engine, electric version with two pin socket at reverse, Company name plate on the cast iron base, missing drive chain;14½ x 14½ cm at base, height 16 cm, weight 2.03kg.
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A circa 1930 doll vertical marine type double cylinder steam engine, with whistle safety valve, catwalk and ladder, mounted on cast iron base painted dark green with red and pale green decal, 29 x 16 cm,base, height 34 cm, weight 1.9kg.
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Early 1930s Marklin composite steam plant with boiler, engine, large flywheel, electric dynamo powering a lamp, Marklin 'Gm & Cie' maker's plates on the boiler and on the dynamo, mounted on 33 x 26 cm cast iron base, height 30 cm, weight 2.4kg.
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A circa 1935 Bing horizontal stationary steam engine (similar in design to the Weeden no 14) with large grooved chrome-plated flywheel and heavy cast iron base painted black with red trim, measures 15 x 14 cm at base, height 15 cm, 1.73kg
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A similar example of circa 1935 Bing horizontal stationary steam engine, this one a little more aged, the engine repainted.
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A 1930s Marklin composite steam plant, comprising horizontal 7 cm diameter brass boiler with manometer above boiler house, engine with 12 cm flywheel connected to a dynamo, Marklin name plate on dynamo and impressed on the boiler door, mounted on a 34 x 27½ cm cast iron base, height 43 cm, weight 4.1kg.
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A 1930s Marklin composite steam toy comprising brass boiler with pressure gauge, pressed tin boiler house, engine with 8 cm diameter flywheel, Marklin name plate on the boiler door, all mounted on 30 cm square cast metal base, height 36 cm, weight 1.85kg
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A 1930s Marklin vertical boiler and inverted steam engine in brass, boiler with lower fire door, water gauge, flywheel, safety valve, mounted on molded metal base, Marklin name plate on boiler, 12½ x 12½ cm base, height 31 cm, weight 950gr.
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A 1930s vertical steam engine with large (9 cm diameter) boiler in brass (no burner), upright engine, 11 cm diameter flywheel at top, safety valve; base 10½ x 10½ cm, height 31 cm, weight 1.30kg.
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A 1930s Marklin (?) steam powered workshop with pulley system mounted on three cast iron masts relaying power to a circular saw, hammer, fan and lamp, all affixed to a wooden base (44 x 32½ cm), height 28 cm, weight 3.90kg. (please note this a workshop only, no steam engine included)
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A 1930s Doll & Co steam engine with double action cylinder, ethanol heater, stop valve, glass gauge, manometer, steam whistle, etc; all affixed to a green painted cast metal stand with 'DC/Made in Germany' maker's mark on the front face, base 28 x 23 cm, height 39 cm, weight 1.5kg.
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A 1930s-40s group of vintage model steamboats, two by Weeden (42 x 12 cm) & (37 x 11), another by unknown maker (32 x 9 cm); also late 1940s Victory Industries 'Miss England' twin-jet speed boat (35c x 9 cm), latter two items mounted on bespoke wooden stands. (4 items)
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Early 1950s rare Australian-made Renown toy steam windmill with vertical brass steam engine driving a water pump and windmill through a brass pulley, mounted on a cast iron base (19 x 12 cm), height 41 cm, weight 2.2kg.
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A circa 1950s scratch built model steam train (28 x 8 x 13 cm, weight 1.55kg) constructed from brass, copper & tin plate, mounted on track on a wooden stand, 'Anthony Hordern & Sons/Sydney' name plate on front of the engine, total weight, including stand, 2.20kg.
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A 1960s Fleischmann composite steam toy comprising brass boiler mounted on pressed tin boiler house, engine with 7 cm diameter flywheel, ladder & platform, all mounted on 34 x 26 cm cast metal base, height 26 cm, weight 1.56kg
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A 1960s scratch built stationary steam engine comprising ethanol burner, boiler, chimney and small engine all mounted on wooden stand (21 x 11 cm), height 25 cm, weight 600gr.
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A 1970s Mamod vintage steam powered tractor, stamped 'Mamod Tei', length 26 cm.
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Late 1970s Hornby model of G100 Stephenson's rocket, 3½inch gauge, gas fired through a small cylinder hidden inside the dummy water barrel on back of the tender; 41 x 13 cm, height 29 cm, weight 2.90kg.
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A 1970s Wilesco steam engine built from kit, nickel plated boiler, copper plated boiler house with embossed brick type walls, reversible brass cylinder with flywheel, safety valve, dome whistle, mounted on metal stand; base 26 x 21 cm, height 25 cm, weight 870gr, comes with original box with a few fuel tablets.
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Balance of a toy consignment with 1950s Visual toys (Australia) 'Cine Depth' 3-D projector with original box, Elmar Products clockwork musical monkey with cymbals and beating drum, German made spring-action puppet of Austrian man imbibing (drinking vessel missing), 1950s toy tow-truck, plus 1920s-50s stationary steam engines (3) comprising small Mamod engine on base, large (26 cm high) vertical steam engine witth brass boiler on a wooden base, plus a damaged horizontal engine on metal base; condition…
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Pages from a toy catalogue. a remarkable group of seven hand-coloured and varnished albumen paper photographs (each approx. 14.5 x 18.5 cm), laid down in a group of 4 and vertically in a group of 3 on two backing sheets. Circa 1880s, they appear to be illustrations for a catalogue of a range of toys and other amusements for children, probably as carried by a travelling salesman. the toys illustrated include dolls, puppets, musical instruments, soldiers, farmyard animals, horses and carts, trains, woven…
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German early tinplate clockwork toy chicken, late 19th century, 14 cm high
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Mamod vintage steam powered roadster coupe, labelled 'Mamod, Made in England', 39 cm long
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A pull along horse toy, painted and carved wood with horse hair tail and iron wheels, early 20th century, 54 cm high
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Poster Xmas Presents, circa 1925 colour lithograph, 55 x 45 cm. 'The Disabled Men's Association of Australia.' in lower margin at left. the Disabled men's Association of Australia, established in the wake of World War one had its' head office in the St. James building, little Collins Street, Melbourne. As well as establishing workshops for disabled veterans to make toys and other saleable items, the Association also published a very popular recipe book which ran to several editions during subsequent years.…
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Poster - French Driving school, circa 1925 Auto-Ecole de la Region Est colour lithograph, signed by the artist, a. Cahon, in image upper left, 117 x 77 cm. Linen-backed. '16, Rue De L'eglise. Vincennes. Telephone: Tremblay 20-51.' printed by Bedos & Cie, Paris. a very smiley driving instructor seems to be passing the time between students by playing with a delightful range of toy cars. What a lovely image!
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Golden arrow 'Kingsbury Motor Driven' racer with clockwork mechanism, circa 1927, 50 cm long
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Hubley group of four die cast racing cars, U.S.A. Circa 1930, the largest 19 cm long
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Eight assorted vintage die cast and tinplate toys, English and U.S.A. Circa 1930s and 1940s, two have been repainted, the longest 14 cm
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