British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books including the David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Books

Railways, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Gloucester and Cheltenham Railway, c. 1831, a bronze ticket or pass, unsigned, locomotive pulling train to right, barge in foreground, rev. royal william locomotive engine class no. 1, 41mm (D & W 326/20; E 1253; Moyaux 2; Holland p.30). Small stain in upper reverse field, otherwise about extremely fine
£100-150

Provenance: S.A. Holland Collection [bt Format December 1990].

The Gloucester & Cheltenham Railway originated as a tram road built in 1811 to carry stone from Leckhampton quarry to Gloucester docks, with coal the original return cargo. An attempt was made to introduce a passenger service on the route, with two classes, No. 1 and No. 2, but trials were unsuccessful and the scheme halted