Army to play major role as Longmoor railwayana goes under the hammer
THE Army will play a major role in a railwayana auction on March 12, with the Longmoor Military Railway leading the charge and supported in the ranks by the Bicester Military Railway and the Admiralty.
From the standard gauge Longmoor line come two nameplates from 2-8-0s, a worksplate from an 0-6-0ST, a cabside flame-cut numberplate from an 0-6-0T and a single line staff, while the Bicester Military railway and the Admiralty both also contribute worksplates.
The Longmoor nameplates are and , each of which were carried by locomotives developed from the LMS 8F 2-8-0s by Robert Riddles for the War Department. The former was carried by the railway’s No. 400, built by North British of Glasgow in 1943 (works No. 25205) and scrapped in 1967, and the latter by No. 401, which was outshopped by Vulcan Foundry in 1945 (works No. 5193) and cut up in 1957.
