Re: NSW Stolen builders plates

["The Railway Rasputin II." <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

Ive noticed that most of the locos at the RTM have them missing.
I hope it was from the maintainance crew and not theft.

rgds

Jonathan Lau wrote:
> 
> 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