From Miniature to BIG

Now the individual items...

Signal box, this was ironically unboxed, couple of minor chips, but no major issues;



The separate carriage



A rail side passenger footbridge



A set of buffer stops and yes they are sprung working buffers!



Three sets of mint condition boxed points



A boxed (box is a bit tatty) 'through station' like the signal box a couple of small chips to the paint, but mostly good







A couple of boxes of 'people' one are passengers, the other station staff, on the back of the boxes are prices, each 'full set' was a total 2s,11d (2 shillings 11 pennies of old pre-decimal currency) equivalent of around 14p in current currency (20c?!?) which gives you a clue to the age of the items in the collection.  One passenger is unfortunately broken and missing its base, but otherwise all the models are un-chipped and in good condition.







A locomotive water pipe, this would normally have been trackside next to a water tower or standalone and plumbed into the mains water supply, this one is probably the latter).



A small catalogue and 'track plans' booklet, the latter has some extra bits inside including the original guarantee slips etc...



The centre piece, the train set (EDP12), featuring the Duchess class loco 'Duchess of Montrose' and tender along with two carriages, one a full passenger carriage like the additional one above, plus a 'brake' carriage.  Other items include the track that would have been supplied with the set (this is not included in the 'loose track' picture it is in addition to).  Also 3 packs of still sealed and unused 'insulating connectors'.





Brake carriage



Passenger carriage



Duchess class 'Duchess of Montrose'





Underside showing the third rail power pick up mechanism.



I should add all the items shown above are made of either diecast metal or in the case of the carriages and tender tin-plate, even the trackside buildings are diecast metal items and the track is tinplate with metal rails.  There are a few other little items I've not shown such as a small box of original, brand new/unused track pins, the original 'spanner' provided for the loco so you can carry out maintenance as well as some other trackside accessories like milk churns, although I suspect they are newer as they are plastic.

Anyway, in my opinion this was a stupendous score to add to my collection, at this rate one day I'll maybe get to open a museum lol!