ONE of the oldest steam locomotive nameplates ever to appear at auction will be going under the hammer at a Great Northern Railwayana sale on October 1.
It is from LNWR Newton class 2-4-0 No. 1488 Murdock, which was built at Crewe in May 1866 (works No. 928) to the design of locomotive superintendent John Ramsbottom and withdrawn in November 1888.
Built between 1866-73 for express passenger work on