Builder's plate

Short description: Metal identification 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.

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Samples of builders' plates
New South Wales Government Railways Locomotive No. 1. Builders plate 958
Kerr, Stuart and Company
Lima Locomotive Works
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.
NBL builder's plate.
Nippon Sharyo builder's plate.
TS State of Maine shipbuilder's plate (as USNS Tanner).
Builders Plate of the TSS Earnslaw.
Leyland Motors builder's plate.
Clyde Engineering builder’s plate on Queensland Railways 1740 class
Montreal Locomotive Works builder's plate
Builder's Plate of EMD F9(A) locomotive D&RGW 5771
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
Charles Roberts & Co. builders plate on preserved wagon
Berliner Maschinenbau builder's plate on a steam locomotive
Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's plate, 1922
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
Builder's plates on no. 14-001
Builder's plate of EM-GG NR 4805.
Kawasaki builder's plate on a Washington Metro 7000 series train.