Yes, the design and shape of EMD builder plates varied through time.
And yes, the EMD prime movers have/had their own builder plates.
Norm Metcalf, Boulder Colorado
cbq_bill wrote:
> During the CB&Q era, my understanding is that EMD placed a builders
> plate on each diesel locomotive. For the earlt FT ABBA and F# ABA sets
> that were permanently coupled together, were separate plates applied to
> each A and B unit, or was there just one set of plates on the A unit?
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> In addition to the locomotive as a whole, did each specific diesel
> prime mover have its own, separate EMD builders plate?
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> Therealso appear in the photo color books that some EMD builders
> plates were rectangular in shape and others were elliptical in shape.
> Did these correspond to distinct time periods?
>
> What practices did Baldwin, Alco, and GE have for their builders
> plates?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
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