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    The mystery of a girl from Crewe, top-link nameplates, and a back room setting

    Apr 07, 2020 2 minutes
    By Geoff Courtney

    A MYSTERY photograph of a young lady surrounded by nameplates from top link express locomotives has baffled railwayana auction house principal Simon Turner, who found it in a collection of paperwork given to him by a client.

    The young blonde-haired woman is sitting on a stall with a Jubilee nameplate on her lap, four plates at her feet, and from No. 70000 and from an LMS Princess Coronation Pacific. All are in ex-locomotive condition, suggesting they were carried by the relevant engines.

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