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Auction House:
Davidson Auctions
Number of lots recorded:45
Lots with images:45
Prices available:45
Category:
Transport - Railways and Tramways
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** Wynyard double sided station sign. Porcelain enamel right angle Mountted. Both faces generally in good condition, some chips and rust to edges and corners. 71 x 47 cm ***
*** Town hall station sign. Small original 1932 porcelain enamel on heavy gauge steel. 47 x 71 cm ***
*** NSW Railways cast iron station sign. Early c.1870, ornate cast iron frame with porcelain enamel 'Station Masters Office' insert. Original multi-layered cracking paint, enamel losses to top edge of one side. Height 95 cm, width 81 cm ***
*** 2 column station destination board. Earlier style with external turning knobs. Large white porcelain enamel clock faces with correct brass hands. Selection of southern and western lines, though paint has weathered with many losses. Structural condition… ***
*** Full size NSWGR locomotive model. Yes, full size. Imposing front cut of uniquely numbered 3392 on display in the Leuralla garden as it emerges from the tunnel. Constructed almost entirely from wood by apprentices at Chullora workshop as an exercise in… ***
*** St James Sydney city circle porcelain sign. Cream and green enamelled steel, monogrammed to bottom edge Kfb Sydney (Kfb foundry Waterloo). Station opened December 1926. (183 x 122 cm ***
*** NSW Railways cast iron station sign. Early, c.1870, ornate floral cast iron frame with porcelain enamel 'General Waiting Room' insert. Oxidisation, crack to frame surround, major losses to enamel. Height 95 cm, width 81 cm ***
*** City circle St. James station sign. Original platform three quarter porcelain enamel sign which had a Way out rectangular sign placed on top. Station opened in 1926. 84 x 181 cm ***
*** Glenbrook signal box track diagram. Pine case with removable glass front, displaying up and down trackers with a loop and siding, dated 1958. Most lenses intact. Height 54 cm, width 120 cm, depth 18 cm ***
*** Wynyard large city circle sign, 1932. Porcelain enamel single sided sign plus two signs for 3 and 4 platforms. Opened in February of 1932, 20 days before the harbour bridge, these signs were styled on the London Underground. Chips to edges and losses to… ***
*** Railway level crossing warning signs. Cast iron circular crossing X sign and triangle Mountted under. White and red cats eyes, all present, some with chips, but all are reflective. Diameter 61 cm (X-ing sign) ***
*** Museum Sydney city circle porcelain sign. Cream and brown enamelled steel, monogrammed to bottom edge Kfb Sydney (Kfb foundry Waterloo). Station opened December 1926. (183 x 122 cm ***
*** Original Sydney tram destination roll. Long roll of various city to west routes - Balmain, Newtown, University, Earlwood and Canterbury combinations. Approx. 20 metres ***
*** Original Sydney tram destination roll. Long roll of various City to Showground, Racecourse, Mascot, Maroubra, Bondi, Coogee, and La Perouse combinations. Approx 20 metres ***
*** Royal visit 1927 railway ticket (for Mrs T.J. Ley), NSW Railways Royal train 1954. Black leather wallet with gold embossing. Establishment of the seat of Government at Canberra by his Royal Highness the Duke of York May1927 beneath the Australian coat of… ***
*** Omega pocket watch. Nickel cased, enamel dial with Arabic numerals 24hr) marked Omega NSWGR. Back of case engraved Gr.12158. Clean 15 jewel movement. Running. ***
*** City circle destination board header. Wynyard station, 1932, in decorative Queensland maple with gilt lettering. 21 x 169 cm (Grill Rm) ***
*** Proposed city of Sydney & Suburban railway extension, 1877. 'Illustrated Sydney News,' supplement map June, 1877 showing the railway extension proposed by Mr John young Gibbs, Shallard & Co. Lithographers, 108 Pitt St Sydney (54.5 x 90.5 cm). Enclosed in… ***
*** Trackside sign 'Beware of Trains', cast iron, mounted on a wood post. 23 x 39 cm ***
*** Midland railway Permanent Way photo album. Early 20th century engineering photos of bridge, viaduct and tunnel construction in Yorkshire, many with detailed ink captions, some named in the negative. Most 12 x 20 cm, and 12 photos larger 20 x 28 cm . Some… ***
*** Sydney Harbour Bridge railway ticket, 1932. Dark blue leather folder with gold embossing New South Wales Government Railways. Official opening Sydney Harbour Bridge. Saturday, 19th March, 1932. A multi coloured oval insert on both sides, one showing the… ***
*** NSWGR porcelain enamel sign. Reward sign for information regarding interfering with signals. Also porcelain enamel pole climbing danger sign. Both good condition for age. ***
*** Book, 'Atlas of engravings to the Rudimentary Treatise on locomotive Engines.' Dempsey, G Drysdale, fourteen copper-plate illustrations (single page, double page & folding), London, John Weale,1856 first edition. Oval ink stamps of railway Department New… ***
*** Cold war USSR Railways banner. Double sided fringed sateen with embroidered steam train and text to one side. Patriotic emblem verso., 8 x 180 cm ***
*** NSWGR workshop Direction sign. 'Signal and Telegraph Branch, Fitters - Signwriters' executed in the signwriter's best manner, around a pointing hand 41 x 50 cm ***
*** Panoramic view of the Mall, Leura. Four assembled half tone photo reproductions looking up towards the railway. Scene from c.1890. 14 x 82 cm (image only) ***
*** Carriage sign. 'Men are Requested not to Loiter at this end of the Car', printed transfer on section of cedar trim. Length 29 cm ***
*** Blue Mountains railway cartoon. Depicts the Sydney bound 'Fish' at Springwood station. Explanatory caption, drawn by George Finey (1895-1987) Bulletin cartoonist, died Lawson 1987. Condition is, with creases and water staining to the bottom half. 28 x 36… ***
*** Five Victorian railway Tourism Brochures, maps & booklets. Victorian Railways Tourist's handbook 'Where to Go.' soft illustrated covers, 368 pages, 1931-1932; Victorian Govt tourist bureau, brochure. The Mt buffalo National park (Northfield) 1929; three… ***
*** NSW Railways photo album. Royal Easter show c.1958, hall of Industries railway Exhibit photos. Fifty 20 x 25 cm black and white professional views of the exhibit stand, advertising, layout, and crowds. A wonderful record of the railways prior to… ***
*** New South Wales Government Railways. Passenger Fares & coaching Rates, J S Cargill Esq. Solicitor for Railways. Govt Printer, Sydney, 1st July, 1907. Government Tramways of New South Wales - Rules, Regulations & By-laws. Govt. Printer, Sydney, 1898. ***
*** Photograph, railway Workers breaking through the mountains zig zag Deviation (blue mountains NSW). The image is 10.5 x 15.5 cm, mounted on board 20 x 24.5 cm. Imprint on lower left of board Henry T Mellor, Lithgow Photographer. ***
*** Original Sydney Tram Destination roll. City & Eastern suburbs destinations. Commencing Bondi, circular Quay, opera house, Racecourse, University etc. Marked 'Last no 1A box.' ***
*** Railway station Sydney. Two framed versions of the first terminus at Redfern, includes original 1871 photograph (possibly more correctly workshops at Redfern) and a later steel engraving c.1890 which shows the Prince Alfred park exhibition building in the… ***
*** New South Wales Government Railways. Military fortnightly ticket, second class for soldiers in uniform only, expires 5 June, 1941. Including. Queensland Railways, returned soldier, first class pass. All stations available until Dec 13, 1919; Government… ***
*** Three South Australia travel & Tourism Brochures. Bastin's Adelaide tourist office. Australian scenic Tours a travel & tourist Annual. Soft illustrated covers, 56 pages, 1935. 1st edition; Barossa Annual show, 1910. Booklet/Programme. Soft illustrated… ***
*** New South Wales Government Railways & Tramways, ambulance Corps' handbook. Issued by the Chief Commissioner of Tramways & Railways 6th edition, Govt Printer, Sydney, 1910; New South Wales Government Railways Rules & Regulations, Govt Printer, Sydney, 1907… ***
*** Ten various Union & War Services badges. 'Amalgamated Postal Workers Union of Australia' in enamel with clip back; 'Victorian Railways Union' 8911 on reverse. Enamelled for 'Trolley Draymen & Carters Union 2203. 1920; Amalgamated Road Transport Workers… ***
*** Four Victorian Road guides 1930-1950. Broadbent's Road & railway map of Victoria Melbourne, 1950; Broadbent's Road guide, Melbourne to Sydney & Canberra, & reverse. 160 pages, Melbourne, 8th edition, c1935; the Herald Road guide 1930. Motor Roads of… ***
*** Five Trans-Australian railway time tables. Commonwealth Railways Trans-Australian railway time tables 1924 & 1937; 2 Victorian Railways, spirit of progress time-tables 1937; & NSW Railways, excursion trains booklet with timetables, c1935. Including. NSW… ***
*** 10 various diecast vehicles. 10 various diecast vehicles, including 9 M.O.Y. Matchbox including Y-23 'c bus; Atkinson steam lorry (2); Y-27 Foden and wagon; Y-8 Yorkshire steam wagon; Y-15 Preston tram (2); Y-27 Foden lorry; Hong Kong made Grace Bros van;… ***
*** NSW Railways 1880s Timetables. Three various wall poster size timetable and fare charts folded as issued in the Government Gazette for 1880, 1882 and 1887, incl. Early chest with NSW Railways parcel records pasted inside ***
*** Photograph, Sydney railway station also known as 'Redfern' because it was at the Redfern end of town. A very busy scene. Trams with Baldwin steam locos, single horse Hansom cabs & two & four horse buses. The building with the curved roof in the left… ***
*** Two press photographs, Railways, Tramways. Press photo of tram outside Kings cross Theatre (Sydney), c1920; & of an Earlwood (Sydney) bound tram caught in floodwaters at Undercliffe, c1955; including. 2 6d. B NSW Govt Tramways cardboard tickets Quay or… ***
*** Brass NSW Railways Luggage rack. Probable reproduction. Length 72 cm ***