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# Model train found in Lichfield on track to fetch a big sum at auction
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/model-train-found-in-lichfield-on-track-to-fetch-a-big-sum-at-auction/
- Published: 2021-04-07T06:36:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-04-06T14:25:32.000Z
- Description: A model train found by experts in Lichfield is on track to fetch around £30,000 at auction.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:14, News

A model train found by experts in Lichfield is on track to fetch around £30,000 at auction.

The apple green live steam locomotive will be sold by Hansons Auctioneers on 22nd April.

![David Wilson-Turner with the model loco. Picture: Mark Laban/Hansons](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/live-steam-loco-in-april-22-auction-est-24000-credit-mark-laban-hansons.jpg)

David Wilson-Turner with the model loco. Picture: Mark Laban/Hansons

Completed in September 2020, the Gemsbok London North Eastern Railway Company 7 ¼ gauge B1 live steam loco 4-6-0, engine number 1020, has been built by two Midlands-based engineers.

David Wilson-Turner, head of the toy and railwayana department at Hansons, said:

> “The attention to detail and quality of engineering is extraordinary.  
>  
> “For example, the boiler has been professionally made and silver soldered in copper by Kingswood Copper Boilers of Reading.  
>  
> “The original engine was built in 1947 at the London North East Company in Darlington.  
>  
> “We have guided the engine at £24,000 with the hope of it making above £30,000.  
>  
> “In my experience of working at Hansons, I have not seen a better example in this size – it is spectacular.”  
>  
> David Wilson-Turner

Auctioneer Charles Hansons said:

> “This train is an extraordinary example of quality workmanship and a feast for the eyes for any rail enthusiast.  
>  
> “We discovered it at a home on the outskirts of Lichfield. It’s currently taking pride of place in our saleroom.”  
>  
> Charles Hanson