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A builder's plate is usually a
metal A metal (from ancient Greek, Greek μέταλλον ''métallon'', "mine, quarry, metal") is a material that, when freshly prepared, polished, or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electrical resistivity and conductivity, e ...
plate that is attached to railway locomotives and
rolling stock The term rolling stock in the rail transport industry refers to railway vehicles, including both powered and unpowered vehicles: for example, locomotives, freight and passenger cars (or coaches), and non-revenue cars. Passenger vehicles ca ...
,
bogie A bogie ( ) (in some senses called a truck in North American English) is a chassis or framework that carries a wheelset, attached to a vehicle—a modular subassembly of wheels and axles. Bogies take various forms in various modes of transp ...
s, construction equipment,
truck A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo, carry specialized payloads, or perform other utilitarian work. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration, but the vast majority feature body-on-frame constructi ...
s,
automobile A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goods. The year 1886 is regarded ...
s, large
household appliance A home appliance, also referred to as a domestic appliance, an electric appliance or a household appliance, is a machine which assists in household functions such as cooking, cleaning and food preservation. Appliances are divided into three ...
s,
bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually someth ...
s,
ship A ship is a large watercraft that travels the world's oceans and other sufficiently deep waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research, and fishing. Ships are generally distinguished ...
s and more. It gives such information as the name of the
manufacturer Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to ...
, the place and country of manufacture, the model number, the serial number, as well as the date of manufacture or date of fabrication of the item or unit.


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New South Wales Government Railways Locomotive No. 1. Builders plate 958 File:Kerr Stuart Builder's plate 1327.jpg,
Kerr, Stuart and Company Kerr, Stuart and Company Ltd was a locomotive manufacturer in Stoke-on-Trent, England. History It was founded in 1881 by James Kerr as "James Kerr & Company", and became "Kerr, Stuart & Company" from 1883 when John Stuart was taken on as a p ...
File:Lima builder's plate.jpg, Lima Locomotive Works File:NSWGR AD60 Class Locomotive 6040 d.jpg, New South Wales AD60 class locomotive Beyer, Peacock and Company. builder's plate. File:SAR Class GMAM 4140 (4-8-2+2-8-4) BP.jpg, BP and NBL works plate off ( South African Class GMA 4-8-2+2-8-4) no. 4140. File:GNR 1744 constructors plate.jpg, NBL builder's plate. File:Nippon Sharyo builder's plate.jpg, Nippon Sharyo builder's plate. File:TS State of Maine shipbuilder's plate (as USNS Tanner) 1990.jpg, TS State of Maine shipbuilder's plate (as USNS Tanner). File:Builders Plate TSS Earnslaw.jpg, Builders Plate of the TSS Earnslaw. File:Barnsley & District ET bus 5 (HE 12), 1913 Leyland S3 Brush, Crystal Palace Park, 6 May 2006 (10).jpg, Leyland Motors builder's plate. File:Builders plate on QR loco 1740.jpg, Clyde Engineering builder’s plate on Queensland Railways 1740 class File:Montreal builder's plate.jpg,
Montreal Locomotive Works Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) was a Canadian railway locomotive manufacturer which existed under several names from 1883 to 1985, producing both steam and diesel locomotives. For a number of years it was a subsidiary of the American Locomot ...
builder's plate File:BuildersPlate-473.jpg, Builder's Plate of EMD F9(A) locomotive D&RGW 5771 File:Builder's plate of Kinki Sharyo 001.JPG, Builder's plate of Kinki Sharyo Image:Rly Leek & Manifold J.B.Earle No.2 1904 edited-3.jpg, Kitson's manufacturer's plate dated 1904 from ''J.B.Earle'' displayed in the museum at Tywyn on the
Talyllyn Railway The Talyllyn Railway ( cy, Rheilffordd Talyllyn) is a narrow gauge preserved railway in Wales running for from Tywyn on the Mid-Wales coast to Nant Gwernol near the village of Abergynolwyn. The line was opened in 1865Drummond 2015, page 17 ...
File:Horbury Wagon (1).jpg, Charles Roberts & Co. builders plate on preserved wagon File:BMAG.jpg,
Berliner Maschinenbau Berliner Maschinenbau AG was a German manufacturer of locomotives. The factory was founded by Louis Victor Robert Schwartzkopff on 3 October 1852 as ''Eisengießerei und Maschinen-Fabrik von L. Schwartzkopff'' in Berlin. History The fact ...
builder's plate on a
steam locomotive A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the loco ...
File:Baldwin builder's plate.jpg,
Baldwin Locomotive Works The Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) was an American manufacturer of railroad locomotives from 1825 to 1951. Originally located in Philadelphia, it moved to nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania, in the early 20th century. The company was for decades ...
builder's plate, 1922 File:LMS 3F 47406 Vulcan Foundry 3177.1926 edited-2.jpg, Vulcan Foundry Works plate No. 3977 of 1926 on LMS Fowler Class 3F No. 47406 in 2012 File:Plate Toshiba 10E2 (10-125).JPG,
Toshiba , commonly known as Toshiba and stylized as TOSHIBA, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Its diversified products and services include power, industrial and social infrastructure systems, ...
, + Union Carriage & Wagon builders plate on South African Class 10E2 locomotive File:50 c-s Group 14E (14-001).JPG, Builder's plates on no. 14-001 File:Plaque Elsaessische Maschinenbau Gesellschaft NR 4805.jpg, Builder's plate of EM-GG NR 4805.


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Engine number Engine number may refer to an identification number marked on the engine of a vehicle or, in the case of locomotives, to the road number of the locomotive. The engine number is separate from the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). Automobiles E ...
* Head badge *
Nameplate A nameplate identifies and displays a person or product's name. Nameplates are usually shaped as rectangles but are also seen in other shapes, sometimes taking on the shape of someone's written name. Nameplates primarily serve an informat ...
* Railroadiana * VRP *
VIN Vin or VIN may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Vîn TV, a Kurdish language satellite television channel founded in 2007 * ''Vos Iz Neias?'', an American Jewish online news site * Coastal radio station VIN Geraldton (callsign), a statio ...


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