29th Feb, 2024 10:00
The Collectors' Auction
A late Victorian steam engine locomotive name-plate 'Bamburgh'
Sold for £1,500
A late Victorian steam engine locomotive nameplate 'Bamburgh', cast brass and red painted, the 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotive was built by Manning Wardle and was used on The North Sunderland Railway from 1898 to 1941, 103 x 17cms.
The North Sunderland Railway was a railway line in Northumberland, England. It was opened in 1898, and ran from Chathill to Seahouses, with an intermediate station at North Sunderland. Chathill was on the main line of the North Eastern Railway between Morpeth and Berwick. The branch was four miles in length and a single track with standard gauge track.
The North Eastern Railway made it plain that they were not interested in building a branch line, and the trustees of Lord Crewe decided that a locally promoted independent branch line was the way forward. A public meeting was held on 11 April 1891 and support for the scheme was expressed.
There were five passenger trains each way weekdays, and the journey time was 15 minutes. Branch trains used a bay platform at Chathill NER station. An 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotive was obtained from Manning Wardle on hire purchase as no money was available for an outright purchase. The locomotive was given the name Bamburgh. It was derailed at Chathill before the opening of the branch line. The locomotive Bamburgh worked until 16 December 1902, when a NER locomotive took over. However, Bamburgh was back on the line on 9 January 1903, and was still at work in 1941.
Traffic on the impecunious line declined steeply in the 1930s, and following the establishment of British Railways on nationalisation of the railways, the decision was taken to close the line: it closed on 27 October 1951.
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Auction: The Collectors' Auction, 29th Feb, 2024
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