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Originally Posted by artdutra04
Some facts about bronze:
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Another bronze fact: Manufacturers of steam locomotives used bronze builder's plates to apply the following data to a locomotive; Manufacturer's Name, Manufacturer's Location, year of manufacture, builder's serial number for that specific locomotive.
Unfortunately, most bronze builder's plates, as well as the bronze number plates off the smoke box nose or cab sides were removed and melted down during war effort metal drives in World War II.
Just a little fuel for the train and tracks thoughts.