Builder's plate

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

• Samples of builders' plates
• Schenectady Locomotive Works builder's plate
  Schenectady Locomotive Works builder's plate
• New South Wales Government Railways Locomotive No. 1. Builders plate 958
  New South Wales Government Railways Locomotive No. 1. Builders plate 958
• Kerr, Stuart and Company builder's plate
  Kerr, Stuart and Company builder's plate
• Baldwin Locomotive Works builders plate
  Baldwin Locomotive Works builders plate
• Lima Locomotive Works builder's plate
  Lima Locomotive Works builder's plate
• New South Wales AD60 class locomotive Beyer, Peacock and Company. builder's plate
  New South Wales AD60 class locomotive Beyer, Peacock and Company. builder's plate
• BP and NBL works plate off (South African Class GMA 4-8-2+2-8-4) No. 4140
  BP and NBL works plate off (South African Class GMA 4-8-2+2-8-4) No. 4140
• Rogers Locomotive Works builder's plate on a New Zealand Railways K class
  Rogers Locomotive Works builder's plate on a New Zealand Railways K class
• NBL builder's plate
  NBL builder's plate
• Nippon Sharyo builder's plate
  Nippon Sharyo builder's plate
• TS State of Maine shipbuilder's plate (as USNS Tanner)
  TS State of Maine shipbuilder's plate (as USNS Tanner)
• Builders Plate of the TSS Earnslaw
  Builders Plate of the TSS Earnslaw
• Leyland Motors builder's plate
  Leyland Motors builder's plate
• Clyde Engineering builder’s plate on Queensland Railways 1740 class
  Clyde Engineering builder’s plate on Queensland Railways 1740 class
• Montreal Locomotive Works builder's plate
  Montreal Locomotive Works builder's plate
• Builder's Plate of EMD F9(A) locomotive D&RGW 5771
  Builder's Plate of EMD F9(A) locomotive D&RGW 5771
• Builder's plate of Kinki Sharyo
  Builder's plate of Kinki Sharyo
• Kitson's manufacturer's plate dated 1904 from J.B.Earle displayed in the museum at Tywyn on the Talyllyn Railway
  Kitson's manufacturer's plate dated 1904 from J.B.Earle displayed in the museum at Tywyn on the Talyllyn Railway
• Charles Roberts & Co. builders plate on preserved wagon
  Charles Roberts & Co. builders plate on preserved wagon
• Berliner Maschinenbau builder's plate on a steam locomotive
  Berliner Maschinenbau builder's plate on a steam locomotive
• Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's plate, 1922
  Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's plate, 1922
• SLM Builder's Plate of Locomotive at the Finnish Railway Museum
  SLM Builder's Plate of Locomotive at the Finnish Railway Museum
• Vulcan Foundry Works plate No. 3977 of 1926 on LMS Fowler Class 3F No. 47406 in 2012
  Vulcan Foundry Works plate No. 3977 of 1926 on LMS Fowler Class 3F No. 47406 in 2012
• Toshiba, + Union Carriage & Wagon builders plate on South African Class 10E2 locomotive
  Toshiba, + Union Carriage & Wagon builders plate on South African Class 10E2 locomotive
• Builder's plates on Class 14E no. 14-001
  Builder's plates on Class 14E no. 14-001
• Builder's plate of EM-GG NR 4805
  Builder's plate of EM-GG NR 4805
• Kawasaki builder's plate on a Washington Metro 7000 series train
  Kawasaki builder's plate on a Washington Metro 7000 series train
• Pesa builder's plate on a Koleje Mazowieckie 316B series bilevel railcar
  Pesa builder's plate on a Koleje Mazowieckie 316B series bilevel railcar
• CRRC builder's plate
  CRRC builder's plate
• Mafersa builder's plate
  Mafersa builder's plate

See also

• Engine number
• Head badge
• Headboard (train)
• Nameplate
• Railroadiana
• VRP
• VIN

References

• Thompson, Keith (1 May 2006). "Builder's plates: A locomotive's birth certificate". Kalmbach Publishing. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2008.