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‘Astonishing’ says school head as A4 nameplate sells for £52k in aid of family project

EIGHT months after nameplate Flying Scotsman made headlines by selling for a railwayana world record price, a plate from another Pacific designed by Nigel Gresley has scaled the heights at auction.

The plate from No. 60103 received widespread publicity last November when it sold at a GW Railwayana auction in Pershore for £64,500, so setting a global record. On July 13 it was from A4 No. 60024 to go under the hammer, the plate being on the market for the first time following the decision by the school that had owned it since the A4’s withdrawal to sell in aid of funds for a family education project.

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