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1920s main line contenders set for head-to-head at Great Central sale

AIN line steam nameplates from two of the Big Four will take centre stage in Great Central’s 200-lot auction on February 5, and . The former is from SR King Arthur 4-6-0 No. 30452, built at Eastleigh in July 1925 and withdrawn from Salisbury (72B) in August 1959, and the latter from LNER D49 class 4-4-0 No. 62702, a November 1927 Darlington product that ended its days in November 1958 when a resident of Leeds Neville Hill (50B).

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