Re: NSW Stolen builders plates

[Jonathan Lau <jonlau@ozemail.com.au>]

The QR 4000 Class article in the latest Motive Power mentioned these loco
are getting new & simplifed Clyde builders plates without model & serial
numbers on them. Reason was apparently to reduce theft of these items.

Some Candy 48 Class units I saw back in the early 1990's still had builders
plates on them, although they had been painted over. More than likely these
plates have since "disappeared" during repainting into Freightcorp Blue.

Jon Lau


"chris@enet21.com.au" wrote:

> Hi, again
>
> I noticed a 82 class the other day missing its builders plates. This
> seems to be quite common with locos in NSW. I suspect that staff are
> removing them without premission. The same thing happened with the
> stainless NSW coat of arms on the front of some early diesels a few
> years ago. The people removing them are probably "train enthusiasts"
> intending to hoard or sell their booty. I wouldn't be suprised if
> someone reading this had one or two in their collection. I might
> understand plates going astray during repaints but on ones which haven't
> been repainted?
>
> It would be interesting to know the market value of modern diesel plates
> and if anybody has been caught and charged by the police doing this.
>
> Regards
>
> Chris