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Locomotive Builder's Plates


We offer a collection of railroad collectables that have been carefully selected for authenticity.  Our interest is railroad relics – unless the items actually came from a railway, we don't stock them.



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We GIFT WRAP  (see bottom of page for details)          Collections Bought      call  (707) 328-6215 (cell) or (707) 539-1051 (land)




Alco – Brooks Works

13 7/8" X 7 1/4"      rectangular      cast brass
    (none currently in stock)


13 7/8" X 7 1/4"      rectangular      cast iron
    (none currently in stock)


Alco / GE

12" X 6"      rectangular      cast iron
  BPA-0040   72069    6-1944       S2    looks great, but 4" crack through bolt hole     $400.00           
                                       
                                                            (Dave Keller photo - click to enlarge)
                                                              visit Dave's LI photos & recollections
                 Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) #3489
                 Staten Island Rapid Transit (SIRT) #9033
                 Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) #9033
                 scrapped 1973
BPA-0116 75589 11-1947 FB-1 excellent condition (Sold) Union Pacific (UP) #1535B Union Pacific (UP) #1610C (re#'ed 1948) (traded to EMD 1965)


Alco Products

12 1/4" X 3 7/8"      rectangular      sheet aluminum
  BPA-0042    81865     5-1956    S4   excellent - as removed condition     $400.00
                          


				Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) #9083


Baldwin Locomotive Works  /  BLW

Burnham, Williams & Co.      12 1/4"     round      cast brass
  BPB-0454   23514   Jan 1904   2-8-0  Consolidation  
               nicely restored, has notch (weld burn) in rim     $1100.00
 				

				Southern Pacific (SP) #2692
				scrapped at Tuscon, Az.


  BPB-0073   32332   Dec 1907   2-8-0  Consolidation  
               nicely restored, has 4 small cracks, mostly visible on back     $1150.00
				

				Great Northern (GN) #1250
				scrapped 1949


9 1/4"      round      cast brass      Steam

  BPB-0102    44886   Jan, 1917     0-4-0T            $700.00
              
                                  

      			British Army #51


  BPB-0093    57086   Sept, 1923     2-8-2  Mikado         $850.00
              
                        

      			Santa Fe  (AT&SF) #4033




9 1/4"      round      cast brass      Diesel

  BPB-0018    64425       1942     VO-1000                  $850.00
              
                        

      			Wabash RR #300



14 3/4" X 10 1/4"      five sided "House Shaped"      cast iron
    (none currently in stock)


Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton  /  BLH

    (none currently in stock)



Diesel Div.  /   GM of Canada

"Hotdog"
    (none currently in stock)


15" X 4 1/4"      rectangular      sheet aluminum
  BP-0105    A-4017     2-1981    SD40-2    good condition    $80.00                   
                                      
                 Canadian Pacific (CP) #6010

  BP-0083    A-4301     2-1983    SD40-2    good condition    $80.00                   
                                      
                 Canadian Pacific (CP) #6038


  BP-0060    A-4326     10-1975    GP38-2    good condition   $80.00                   
                                      
                 Canadian Pacific (CP) #3029

  BP-0058    A-4445     10-1975    SD40-2    good condition   $80.00                
                             
                 Canadian Pacific (CP) #6056

  BP-0089    A-4652     3-1986    GP38-2     good condition   (Sold)  
                          
                 Canadian Pacific (CP) #3101
               


Electro Motive Corp  /   EMC

15 1/2" X 5 1/4"      rectangular      cast brass            (used from at least 1939 in to 1942)

  BPE-0160   1356   6-19-1941   NW2     excellent condition / no paint     (Sold)
                          
                 Southern Pacific #1313
                 Southern Pacific #1907  

   (Kato made a model of this locomotive - you could have the builder's plate to the real locomotive!)


Electro Motive Div.  /  EMD

14 3/4" X 4 3/4"      rectangular      stainless steel            (used from 1942 until 1947)
  BPE-0098    3764   3-6-47       E7-A         nice / no paint       $870.00

                        
				Missouri Pacific (I&GN) #7012A
				Missouri Pacific (MP) #21


"Hotdog"      15" X 4 1/8"      stainless steel            (used from 1947 until at least 1963)
  BPE-0076   15673    12-51        F7-A      no paint        $240.00

               
				Northern Pacific (NP) #6019D
				Burlington Northern (BN) #754  (never repainted)

     (a nice photo of NP #6019D can be seen on p 68 of Northern Pacific Color Pictorial, Vol. 2)


  BPE-0037   16146    3-1952       GP7        scraped up       $90.00

               
				Missouri Pacific (MP) #4222
				Missouri Pacific (MP) #220
				Missouri Pacific (MP) #1663
BPE-0117 16241 10-1952 F7-A nice, almost no paint (Sold) New York Central #1863 Penn Central #1863 Conrail #1863
BPE-0064 16318 2-1953 SW9 nice, no paint $145.00
New York Central #8996 Penn Central #8996 Conrail #8996
BPE-0606 19121 1-1954 GP9 nice, no paint $120.00 Union Pacific (UP) #235
BPE-0607 19121 1-1954 GP9 dented hard near top, no paint (Sold) Union Pacific (UP) #235
BPE-0075 19158 2-1954 GP9 nice (Sold) Union Pacific (UP) #157
BPE-0395 19185 4-1954 GP9 scuffed up a bit $120.00 Union Pacific (UP) #184
BPE-0591 19186 4-1954 GP9 nice / a little blue left $120.00 Union Pacific (UP) #185
BPE-0364 19206 2-1954 GP9B nice (Sold) Union Pacific (UP) #130B
BPE-0465 19211 2-1954 GP9B nice, no paint (Sold) Union Pacific (UP) #135B
BPE-0092 19217 2-1954 GP9B nice (Sold) Union Pacific (UP) #141B
BPE-0275 19227 2-1954 GP9B nice (Sold) Union Pacific (UP) #151B
BPE-0157 19228 2-1954 GP9B nice (Sold) Union Pacific (UP) #152B
BPE-0558 & BPE-0559 19243 3-1954 GP9-B as removed $120.00 / ea. BPE-0558 (Jay Reed photo - click to enlarge) BPE-0559 Union Pacific (UP) #167B
BPE-0488 19274 2-1954 GP9 nice, not much paint $120.00 Union Pacific (UP) #198B
BPE-0617 19275 2-1954 GP9B rough (Sold) Union Pacific (UP) #199B
BPE-0181 & BPE-0817 23677 9-1957 GP9 as removed $120.00 / ea.
BPE-0181 (click to enlarge) BPE-0817 (buy both plates and receive above 3 1/2 X 5 print free) Union Pacific (UP) #321
(several other UP GP9 / GP9-B plates in stock. Looking for a particular one? Please inquire)
BPE-0930 23717 9-1957 GP9B nice, no paint $120.00 Union Pacific (UP) #311B
BPE-0528 23755 10-1957 GP9 nice / very little paint $120.00
(click to enlarge) BPE-0529 23755 10-1957 GP9 nice / very little paint (Sold)
Union Pacific (UP) #349B
BPE-0082 24520 3-1958 GP9 nice $200.00
Nickel Plate (NKP) #529 Norfolk & Western #2529 Norfolk & Western #1459 scrapped c-1985
BPE-0906 25396 7-1959 SD24B nice / no paint $160.00 Union Pacific (UP) #408B
BPE-0257 25413 7-1959 SD24B nice (Sold) Union Pacific (UP) #425B
BPE-0258 25413 7-1959 SD24B nice $160.00 Union Pacific (UP) #425B
BPE-0186 26067 7-1960 GP20 nice /some original blue paint $140.00 Union Pacific (UP) #722
BPE-0038 27656 11-1962 GP30 nice, but has a gash $185.00 (Charles Lahickey photo - click to enlarge) Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) #6939 CSX #4251
(Proto 2000 and Lionel made models of this locomotive - you could have the builder's plate to the real locomotive!)



"Hotdog"      15" X 4 1/8"      aluminum            (used from at least 1964 until 1967)

  BPE-0072    30811    3-1967      SD35      good condition / upper bolt hole enlarged     $160.00

                              
                                                            (Martin K. O'Toole photo - click to enlarge) 
				Southern Ry (SR) #3005
				Norfolk Southern (NS) #3005(1st)


15" X 4 1/4"      rectangular      stainless steel            (used from 1966 through the 1980's)

  BPE-0046   35941    4-1970    SW1500     scrapes / weld burns / blue gone    $120.00

               
				Louisville & Nashville (L&N) #5003
				Seaboard System (SBD) #5003
				CSX #1103
BPE-0063 7354-57 7-1972 GP38-2 excellent condition / no paint $85.00 Penn Central (PC) #7996 Conrail (CR) #7996 Union Pacific (UP) #1939
BPE-0113 73662-16 4-1974 GP38-2 excellent condition / blue faded $85.00 (Stan Lytle photo - click to enlarge) Comprehensive Locomotive Archiving Union Pacific (UP) #2015 Union Pacific (UP) #515
BPE-0111 74609-39 3-1974 SD40-2 excellent condition / faded paint $85.00 Chicago & North Western (CNW) #6854 Union Pacific (UP) #2986
BPE-0099 74639-8 9-1974 SD40-2 good condition / little paint $80.00 Chicago & North Western (CNW) #6873 retired by 2000 (as CNW 6873)
BPE-0096 776071-2 2-1978 GP40-2 excellent condition / no paint $85.00 Southern Pacific (SP) #7609 Union Pacific (UP) #5201 Union Pacific (UP) #1301
BPE-0065 786191-39 8-1979 GP40-2 stampings fair / basic lettering very light / no paint $50.00 Conrail (CR) #3384 Norfolk Southern (NS) #3059 BPE-0084 786193-16 8-1979 SD40-2 stampings fair / basic lettering very light / no paint $55.00 Conrail (CR) #6498 CSX #8856 BPE-0074 787147-15 8-1979 GP38-2 stampings strong / basic lettering light / no paint $65.00 Conrail (CR) #8238 CSX #2798 BPE-0052 787249-37 10-1979 GP15-1 stampings OK / basic lettering very light / no paint $55.00 Conrail (CR) #1621 Norfolk Southern / "PRR" #1408 retired (2007)

Fairbanks-Morse  /  FM

16 7/8" X 7 7/8"      rectangular      cast brass
  BPF-0080     12L-747   4-1953   H-12-44    excellent condition [original paint ?]  $1150.00

               
				Santa Fe (AT&SF) #531
				

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General Electric  /  GE

8" X 5"           rectangular      sheet zinc      (wartime)
    (none currently in stock)


8" X 5"           rectangular      sheet steel      (wartime)
    (none currently in stock)


8" X 5"           rectangular      stainless steel
    (none currently in stock)


8" X 5"      rectangular      sheet aluminum      (recent)
    (none currently in stock)


14" X 5"      rectangular      cast aluminum
  BPG-0071   39205    6-1973    U30C     (bolt holes broken out)    $250.00

               
				Union Pacific #2865
				sold-for-scrap  1988

  BPG-0104   39267    6-1973    U23B   (bolt holes broken out)    $220.00

                             
                                                  (Terry Scott photo - click to enlarge)  
				Louisville & Nashville #2738


  BPG-0079   41931    5-1978    B23-7         $250.00

               
				Conrail #1924
				Norfolk Southern #4034
				


GM Locomotive Group  /  GM / EMD / DD

12" X 4"      rectangular      stainless steel
  BPE-0087    887033-45   3-1990     SD60M       (Sold)

			 
				Burlington Northern  (BN) #9244
				BNSF #9244
BPE-0067 907147-2 9-1992 SD60 $160.00 Norfolk Southern (NS) #6698
BPE-0049 926302-25 9-1992 SD60M $150.00 Union Pacific (UP) #6340
BPE-0081 946555-13 11-1994 SD70MAC $150.00 Burlington Northern #9554 (BN)
BPE-0091 966726-12 9-1997 SD75I (Sold) Canadian National (CN) #5742
BPE-0103 996164-60 8-2000 SD70M $150.00 Union Pacific (UP) #4059


Plymouth

    (none currently in stock)


Porter

Shield      cast brass
    (none currently in stock)


Vulcan

    (none currently in stock)

Whitcomb

    (none currently in stock)



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To purchase any of the above items, please e-mail:  rrcomm@sonic.net

Or call:  (707) 539-1051     (7:30 am till 9:00 pm Pacific Time – open 8:30 a.m. on Sat and Sun)      (if no answer, please leave your name, number and message)
          (In a pinch, you may try my cell phone number (707) 328-6215

Shipping – Shipping will be $15.00 per order with cast brass or iron plates, or $12 for all others – insurance included (to US addresses, more elsewhere, depending on cost).  Your quantity discount will be in the shipping – buy several pieces and we pay anything over the basic rate.  Orders over $1000 shipping is free within North America, 50% actual cost worldwide.  To avoid delay please order by stock number, when shown.

We are located in Santa Rosa, California  Anyone near to here or passing through would be welcomed to pick up their items (by appointment) so as to save the shipping charge.  Unfortunately, we have no showroom – all our stock is wrapped and in storage (for its protection).



Our Customer Comments

Visa and M/C, as well as checks and money orders, accepted.

                                                                                                                     


Packing – We pack for success, not excuses.  We love old railroad china and relics as much as you do, so we would rather spend a bit more on packing materials (actually, we prefer to use clean recycled packing materials) than see a piece broken in transit.

Our success is collectors getting pieces they want, and only that.  Therefore, all sales are allowed a three day inspection period, within which time, unsatisfactory items may be returned for refund.

Trade / Sell – Perhaps you would like to suggest a trade ?   Unlike an Old World vegetable grocer, we do not care to haggle over the price of each piece, but if you think that you could suggest a trade, or other "deal," that would be mutually beneficial, we will be happy to hear you out.   Maybe you have a piece that doesn't exactly fit with your collection, and we have a piece that does – maybe a deal could be found.   Please recall though, that this is a commercial enterprise, so we would find no advantage in a trade for pieces of like value. Of course, we are always buying – from whole collections to single pieces.

Appraisals – We get many requests for appraisals, and are happy to honor those request for $6.00 per item.  Our appraisal is what we think that a particular item ought sell for at "full retail" (although that depends on how you might market the item) – please feel free to write for further details.  For free, we will tell you what we would pay for an item, but please, only inquire if you might actually want to sell your item to us.  Our "free appraisal" is always the same - "an item is worth what you can get someone to pay you for it."

Sales Tax / Ca. only – Orders shipped to California addresses must pay applicable sales tax.

Gift Wrap – For an extra $7.00 per gift, we will gift wrap any item(s) and mail it directly to the recipient.  Nothing too fancy, but we will box the item(s) and tailor the wrap to the occasion (birthday, Christmas or other), with a "from / to" tag filled out as you specify.

Wants lists – We have locomotive builder's plates - you want locomotive builder's plates, but unfortunately, these are not always the same items.  If you would care to send us your "want list", we will store it and notify you (e-mail or phone, your choice) if we get that item in stock.  There is no obligation on your part - this is only a notification service and interest survey.  Send to: Wants lists

All items first come, first served – if you like it, you can own it.  No false-hope teaser prices, no bidding stress, no sniping – everything is "Buy It Now" priced.  Prices subject to change without notice.

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