Builder's plate

A builder's plate is usually a metal plate that is attached to 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

New South Wales Government Locomotive No. 1c.jpg

New South Wales Government Railways Locomotive No. 1. Builders plate 958
Kerr Stuart Builder's plate 1327.jpg

Kerr, Stuart and Company
Lima Locomotive Works
NSWGR AD60 Class Locomotive 6040 d.jpg

New South Wales AD60 class locomotive Beyer, Peacock and Company. builder's plate.
SAR Class GMAM 4140 (4-8-2+2-8-4) BP.jpg

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) 1990.jpg

TS State of Maine shipbuilder's plate (as USNS Tanner).
Builders Plate TSS Earnslaw.jpg

Builders Plate of the TSS Earnslaw.
Leyland Motors builder's plate.
Builders plate on QR loco 1740.jpg

Clyde Engineering builder’s plate on Queensland Railways 1740 class
Montreal builder's plate.jpg

Montreal Locomotive Works builder's plate
BuildersPlate-473.jpg

Builder's Plate of EMD F9(A) locomotive D&RGW 5771