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    Most expensive loco nameplates

    In the early 1960s GWR nameplates were £7 10 shillings and cabside numberplates half that!. Due to high demand Swindon increased its prices by 100%... nameplates now being £15! Even taking this into consideration that's a hell of a lot of plates for £600!!!!!
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    Most expensive loco nameplates

    The two on the loco are replicas.....the original recently sold went to Canada or USA I believe and the other original resides here in the UK. These two originals are in fact the second plates carried by 4472 from around the late 1920s....the first plates were shorter and thinner castings with...
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    Shed Stickers

    Quorn on the GCR have them and there is a new one scheduled for Crewe Heritage Centre in 2020. Also Stalls at railwayana auctions at Stoneleigh (GCRA), Pershore (GWRA), Newark (TALISMAN) and Poynton (GNRA). Plenty of choice there!
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    Shed Stickers

    Look on eBay...there are usually a lot but the vast majority are modern reprints.....you can occasionally get originals turn up at swopmeets; railwayana auctions and the like.
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    Most expensive loco nameplates

    There is a regularly updated guide book printed and available on a stall at Railwayana auctions including Great Central RA, GWRA, Talisman and GNRA. Heritage diesel and Modern Traction as well as Steam list are included....A3 FLYING SCOTSMAN made £64,500 plus BP and VAT at GWRA.

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