Christmas comes early for train and travel enthusiasts with huge two-day trains sale

Day one of the sale comprises 518 lots and day two has 678 lots of locomotives and railwayana with estimates ranging from £60 to £7000. The auction takes place on December 17-18.

According to SAS the top lot is a 5" gauge LB&SCR Stroudley A1 Class 0-6-0 tank Locomotive 'Brighton', of the famous 'Terrier' class, which carries an estimate of £6000-7000.

Another highlight in the sale is a collection comprising 121 lots of Gauge I locomotives and rolling stock which were intended for use on a Garden railway using battery power, many built by the vendor. The collection is expected to fetch £60,000.

Examples include a Gauge I Finescale Battery-electric LMS 4-6-2 'Princess' Class Locomotive and Tender estimated at £400-600.

This Gauge I Finescale Battery-electric LMS 4-6-2 'Princess' Class Locomotive and Tender carries an estimate of £400-600 at the Trains Galore sale at Special Auction Services.

The sale also includes railwayana such as posters advertising railway lines and train journeys. A poster printed by The Liverpool Printing & Stationery Co promising 'Unrivalled Views of Dockland and Shipping' carries an estimate of £400-600.

This poster promoting The Liverpool Overhead Railway carries an estimate of £400-600 on day two of the Trains Galore sale at Special Auction Services on December 18.

The Liverpool Overhead Railway (known locally as the ‘Dockers’ Umbrella’) operated along the Liverpool Docks from 1893-1956. It was the first electric elevated railway and the first to use automatic colour light signals, and was home to one of the first passenger escalators at a railway station.

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