1944 UNION PACIFIC 4-6-6-4 CHALLENGER STEAM LOCOMOTIVE BUILDER PLATE #3944 RARE. Construction number 72806 from October 1944 American Locomotive Company, off of Union Pacific “Challenger” 4-6-6-4 engine #3944. The plate is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, or repairs. There is a casting flaw on the back that is raised and can be felt. It is not cracked and does not show on the front of the plate. A spectacular engine, this one was converted to oil in 1952, and was part of the very last class of Challengers for the UP from 4664-5, the beefiest of the bunch and was used over the Wasatch Mountains between Green River and Ogden!
Price: SOLD
Item# BP-01
1927 ALCO ST. LOUIS BROWNSVILLE & MEXICO 0-8-0 #9605 LOCOMOTIVE BUILDER PLATE. Very nice, original steam locomotive builder plate off of St. Louis Brownsville & Mexico 0-8-0 engine #9605, Alco Locomotive Company, Richmond Works construction number 67299 from July 1927. This was the last engine in an only 5 engine run by Alco Richmond for the StLB&M. About 7″ x 14″ and comprised of cast iron. Plate is in great condition, free of any cracks, chips, or re-welds. First chartered in 1903, the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway (also known as the Brownie) was a 200-mile railroad that operated from Brownsville, TX to Gulf Coast Junction in Houston, Texas. They operated a rail bridge between Brownsville and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, in conjunction with the Mexican government, and also connected the citizens of Brownsville to nearby Corpus Christi for the first time on land rather than using water transportation.
Price: $950
Item# BP-02
Off of El Paso & South Western Railroad 0-6-0 engine #408, American Locomotive Company Schenectady Works, construction number 44420 from October 1907. Plate is in very good condition, about 13 1/2″ (just a hair under) by 7 1/2″, free of any cracks, chips, or re-welds. Only a light stress on the backside near the holes only where the plate was removed at one time.
Price: $795
Item# BP-03
Northern Pacific Baldwin construction number 64667 from 1943 off of Northern Pacific, class A-5 “Northern” 4-8-4 designation, engine #2680. Very good shape with one fatigue stress up top.
Price: $2,500
Item# BP-04
SF 4-8-4 plate. This was from the very first run of 1927 – 1929, built in 1928, and off of engine #3754, just a few units away from the famous #3751. Very nice shape, no cracks, breaks, or repairs. One little depressed mold flaw along the side.
Price: $3,500
Item# BP-05