J #604 builders plate

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Same as on the J's - Just below the running board, directly in line with its
former location. You had to get your head pretty close to the cylinder and
look up behind the skirt to see it. Helped if it was a sunny day. On the K's
at least, there was a little space between the smokebox and the running
board that let a little light shine down and help you read the plate. My
father and I made the discovery by accident one day when we were at the
roundhouse and just happened to look up at a K2 which was between the
turntable and the Bluefield shop building. After that, we looked up the same
way at the 611-613 and discovered they had been built with plates in this
location.   Jim Nichols

 

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"About 1950, N&W started moving the builders plates on the J's, K2's and
K2a's to just below the running board."

 

Can someone tell me exactly where that location was on the K2/K2a's and what
did it look like?

Jimmy Lisle

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