J #604 builders plate

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Good morning, 

      I saw where the N&WRY J#604 Builders Plate sold for $11,111.99 plus $10.00 shipping on eBay!!! Too rich for most of us, I'm sure. I hope it was not a reproduction. The auction ended on 9-19-09. Item #170383295546. 

Happy collecting, 

Norris Deyerle  
 

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> Subject: RE: J #604 builders plate

> Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:58:51 -0500

> From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org

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> About 1950, N&W started moving the builders plates on the J's, K2's and

> K2a's to just below the running board. We first noticed this when the 611

> was built with no visible builders plates. But they were there - just in a

> new location where they were not easily visible. I suppose this was a

> cosmetic consideration (the streamlining was not interrupted by the builders

> plate, or maybe they didn't want people noticing how old the K's were.)

> Anyway, this was what happened, but all the J's still had their plates

> firmly attached to the smokebox - just lower than they had been. Don't know

> about the 604, but some J's were stored temporarily at Bluefield before

> being sent to the scrappers in Portsmouth. So it is just possible that some

> fine Bluefield person stole one while the 604 was there. Or maybe they got

> it from the scrapper and returned to Bluefield with it. Who knows? But if

> two more people should say they have a plate from the 604, then at least one

> of them is suspect. BTW, the J plates were chrome plated, with the recessed

> area being painted black. If yours doesn't look like that, I would consider

> it suspect. Jim Nichols

> 

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> Greetings from Dry Branch,

> Would anyone have any ideas on how I can authenticate a "J" 

> builders plate I came across a couple weeks ago? I would have thought all 

> 14 numbers had been accounted for by now but this does seem to be the real 

> deal. It's from the 604 and the only history I have is that it came from 

> Bluefield. I've noticed that pictures dating from after the wreck on 

> 6/12/46 show no builders plates and wonder if they could have been left off 

> after the repair. I know it's going to be difficult to piece together the 

> history but I'd like to try. Any suggestions or info will be greatly 

> appreciated.

> 

> Chuck Speicher

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