Builders Plates

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Ken Miller's answer on the chrome is what I have always been told.  One of 
my plates even has C. E. Pond stamped in the edge.  I never knew about the 
chrome plating until later in the game.  I have been collecting plates since 
1963 and I am still learning!!

Ron


Ronald J. Muldowney
52 Dunkard Church Road
Stockton, N.J. 08559-1405
609-397-0293
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> John
>
> The Class J builder's plates and class plates, as well as the throttle 
> quadrant and any gauge rings were chrome plated, I'd guess they were back 
> painted after the chrome plating and the letters polished back off. They 
> were not ground back off to bronze.
>
> Ken Miller
>
> On Aug 14, 2015, at 10:12 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:
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>> Ron
>>
>> I'm curious. Is that chrome plating or paint?  Wonder why they would 
>> plate brass and then paint the front black and polish the letters back to 
>> brass?
>>
>> John Samples
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