A builder's plate is usually a metal plate that is attached to railway locomotives and rolling stock, bogies, construction equipment, trucks, automobiles, large household appliances, bridges, ships and more.
It gives such information as the name of the manufacturer, 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.
Gallery
File:Schenectady builder's plate.jpg, Schenectady Locomotive Works builder's plate
File:New South Wales Government Locomotive No. 1c.jpg, New South Wales Government Railways Locomotive No. 1. Builders plate 958
File:Kerr Stuart Builder's plate 1327.jpg, Kerr, Stuart and Company
File:T? Baldwin plate.jpg, Baldwin Locomotive Works builders plate
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, Beyer, Peacock and Company, BP and North British Locomotive Company, NBL works plate off (South African Class GMA 4-8-2+2-8-4) no. 4140
File:Rogers locomotive K88 (4) (8720060364).jpg, Rogers Locomotive Works builder's plate on a New Zealand Railways NZR K class (1877), K class
File:GNR 1744 constructors plate.jpg, North British Locomotive Company, 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 builder's plate
File:BuildersPlate-473.jpg, Builder's Plate of EMD F9(A) locomotive :File:Crm_california_zephyr.jpg, D&RGW 5771
File:Builder's plate of Kinki Sharyo 001.JPG, Builder's plate of Kinki Sharyo
File:Rly Leek & Manifold J.B.Earle No.2 1904 edited-3.jpg, Kitson and Company, Kitson's manufacturer's plate dated 1904 from ''J.B.Earle'' displayed in the museum at Tywyn on the Talyllyn Railway
File:Horbury Wagon (1).jpg, Horbury railway works, Charles Roberts & Co. builders plate on preserved wagon
File:BMAG.jpg, Berliner Maschinenbau builder's plate on a steam locomotive
File:Baldwin builder's plate.jpg, Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's plate, 1922
File:Finland SocieteSuisse2.JPG, Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works, SLM Builder's Plate of Locomotive at the Finnish Railway Museum
File:LMS 3F 47406 Vulcan Foundry 3177.1926 edited-2.jpg, Vulcan Foundry, 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, + Union Carriage & Wagon builders plate on South African Class 10E2 locomotive
File:50 c-s Group 14E (14-001).JPG, Builder's plates on Class 14E no. South African Class 14E, 14-001
File:Plaque Elsaessische Maschinenbau Gesellschaft NR 4805.jpg, Builder's plate of Elsässische Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Grafenstaden, EM-GG NR 4805
File:WMATA Kawasaki 7000 series builder's plate.jpg, Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing, Kawasaki builder's plate on a Washington Metro 7000 series train
See also
* Engine number
* Head badge
* Headboard (train)
* Nameplate
* Railroadiana
* Vehicle registration plate, VRP
* Vehicle Identification Number, VIN
References
* {{Cite web , author=Thompson , first=Keith , date=1 May 2006 , title=Builder's plates: A locomotive's birth certificate , url=https://trn.trains.com/railroads/abcs-of-railroading/2006/05/builders-plates , publisher=Kalmbach Publishing , access-date=February 8, 2008
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