Cardington Street?

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Collectors Corner?

From Rail Magazine

DB^» (Deutsche Bahn - German State Railway - about) Cargo (DBC) has put a further 12 Class 60s up for sale, with a deadline of registrations to receive tender documents on January 20.

The operator has previously sold 36 of the class, some of which are now operated by DC^▸ (Direct Current) Rail and GB^▸ (Great Britain) Railfreight.

If all 12 are bought, it will mean that DBC has sold 48 of the 100-strong class, all of which passed to the company via its EWS^▸ (English Welsh & Scottish Railway Ltd, now known as DB Schenker Rail (UK^▸ (United Kingdom))) predecessor.

To be ‘sold as seen’, all 12 have been out of service for more than a decade. They are among 35 of the class currently stored in long lines in Toton yard.

An unspecified reserve price has been set by DBC, with the winners being the highest-value bids. None of those offered for sale have been refurbished.

and from Ozark Mountain Railcar

SEABOARD COAST LINE OBSERVATION CAR #775004

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I don't know if other members ever visited Collectors Corner at Cardington Street, Euston, some 50 to 60 years ago (goodness) and bought railway memorabilia for a song.  It came up "on this day" for 18th December (1982) which is the timestamp on the top two pictures; search as I might I could not come up with a picture of the inside as a whole.



I have a few - very few / far too few things that my pocket money let me buy ...

From the Science Museum

The idea for a shop which could sell off British Rail’s (BR^▸ (British Rail(ways))) collectable items commonly known as relics arose from a staff suggestion after it was noticed that a former BR Fireman who had been made redundant had set up a business buying and selling railway relics which in the late 1960s mainly comprised of items from steam locomotives such as name and number plates. Collectors Corner opened in November 1969 in a building on Cardington Street, Euston which had originally been a harness room for horses which were used for the delivery and collection of parcels in the local area of London. Starting from a small staff of two which was part of the London Midland Region`s Stores Controller organisation, a sweep of various stores around the Region had brought together all sorts of items from lamps to station signs, out of date copies of rule books, timetables, labels, signalling equipment, old uniform clothing etc. Initially the shop was open on three days a week from Wednesday to Friday ...

[bradshaw]

I called in there one late afternoon many years ago. Bought the running in board for Oxenholme for £5!
Too big to get into a taxi, I had to unscrew it into its two halve and carry them to Paddington. It was fun meeting a friend at a pub in Marylebone at rush hour!
Then caught the HST^▸ (High Speed Train) to Castle Cary and on to Maiden Newton.
I kept it for many years, eventually selling it with a green totem for Maiden Newton and a sign from Cattistock Halt in order to buy a new MacBook!

[RichardB]

I was a regular visitor to Collectors' Corner from around 1980.  Knew it in all three of its Euston locations and well remember the pile of running-in boards at the bottom of the steps to the first one.  Bought a doublesided Forres running-in board for £20 when the large amount of enamel signage that had survived in Scotland until the early 80s was being replaced with the emergence of Scotrail under Chris Green.  That was in its second location, at ground level just along from the first.

Much missed.

[RichardB]

Around five years before Collectors Corner opened at Euston, the Western set up its own place selling railwayana in a room at Newton Abbot station.  No idea how long it lasted - I certainly never saw it.

[1st fan]

No because I’m too young to have gone 50 or 60 years ago but I would have loved to have gone there. Looks amazing.

[PhilWakely]

As a youngster, I would try to visit Collector's Corner whenever I was in London. I only ever purchased two items - a Warship plaque made from remnants of a scrapped (original) class 43 and a BR^▸ (British Rail(ways))(W) noticeboard header.