Over 5,000 Photographs & Postcards of Locomotives Come to Unique Auctions


A fantastic collection of over 5,000 photographs and postcards collected over a 50-year period (mainly 6″ x 4″) from a solo owner is being sold, as one Lot at Unique Auctions, Lincoln 3-Day Antiques, Collectors and General Auction – Friday 27th, Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th August. This Lot will be sold in our Sunday sale.

This extensive collection of mainly British steam engine and railway locomotives, includes some postcards is catalogued in 17 albums with no duplicates according to vendor, a steam engine and locomotive enthusiast.

The collection includes the following albums:

  1. Great Western Railway (300 Locomotives)
  2. Great Western Railway – (Album No. 2) NL; FR; AD; CAM; RR; L&MM; SHT; B&M; PT; S. Devon; BPGV; S&W; N&B; P&M; BARRY; R&SB; MERS> TV; MSWJ; Cardiff; CMDP; M&C
    (296 Locomotives)
  3. LBSC (299 Locomotives)
  4. LBSC (Album 2) IOW; SEC; PDSWJ; LSW; L&B (299 Locomotives)
  5. LSWR (2)  Midland (1) (300 Locomotives)
  6. Great Eastern (1) (300 Locomotives and trains)
  7. Great Eastern (2) North Eastern (297 Locomotives and Trains)
  8. North Eastern (2) NB; H&B; M&GN; S7 DJ (300 Locomotives)
  9. Caledonian LT & S (300 Locomotives and Trains)
  10. LMS (296 Locomotives)
  11. LNW – Midland (2) N. Staffordshire; LDEC; S&M; WC & P (299 Locomotives)
  12. Great Northern Railway (GNR); Met & LT; CV & H; GN of S; plus others (300 Cards)
  13. Stations; Junctions; Colour Cards; Painting Foreign (262 Cards)
  14. British Railways (300 Cards)
  15. Unnumbered (Red) SEC; London & North Eastern Railway (LNER); Lancashire & Yorkshire
    (L & Y); K & ES Southern – (300 Cards)
  16. London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) – Miscellaneous Unsorted (300 Cards)
  17. Unnumbered (Grey) BR; Great Central; Great Northern of Scotland (GN of S); Great Northern & South Western Railway (GN of SWR); (300 Cards)

There is also a small collection of various uncatalogued loose photographs and cards.

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