Baldwin locomotive worksplate

Made:
1917 in Philadelphia
maker:
Baldwin Locomotive Works

Locomotive Worksplate, "The Baldwin Locomotive Works No 45172 - 1917. W ^ D . Philadelphia USA. Indent No. DRT 887. Mar 1st 1917", brass, oval, ex works February 1917, supplied new to British War Office (War Department light railways 1040), renumbered to 590 later in 1917, 1923 to Welsh Highland Railway No. 590, June 1934 to June 1937 Festiniog Railway No. 13, scrapped June 1942.

Details

Category:
Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components
Object Number:
1978-8303
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy)
Measurements:
11.378 x 7.8346 in.; 289 x 199 mm
type:
works plate
credit:
British Rail, Historical Relics