J #604 builders plate

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Y6 number plates are selling in the $2000.00 dollar range
+or- couple hundred does depend on their condition
studs cut off the back or not. What number do you have?

Larry Evans
Kenova,WV


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Subject: RE: J #604 builders plate



> WOW! What do you think a Y6 number plate would go for?

> W.Edwards

>

>>>> NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> 09/20/09 10:57 AM >>>

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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

>

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

>> Subject: RE: J #604 builders plate

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

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

>>

>> 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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>> Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 6:32 PM

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>> Subject: J #604 builders plate

>>

>> 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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