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WM Historian



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Location: Finleyville, Pa.

PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2016 8: 51 pm    Post subject: P&WV FM Builders PLates Reply with quote

Hi Line Fan's.........On E-bay Right Now:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Matched-FM-brass-builder-plates-for-P-WV-Ry-diesel-loco-No-65-/252483512951?hash=item3ac930aa77:g:2lwAAOSw-YVXnmaO

Any body got a extra $2500.00 to Blow!




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PWVJer



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 5: 53 am    Post subject: FM plates Reply with quote

HMmmm ...JEZ!
Thanks for the heads-up, I'll be sure to re-shake
my piggy-bank to see if I got the $2,500 yet!

BTW, GPS wants to know when you "going post some of Your Pics". ???
Hi-Line folks would love to see some of that stuff!

JZ.
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jayrod



Joined: 19 Oct 2007
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Location: Akron, OH

PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 11: 36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd be kinda leery before you start rolling your pennies. Reproductions passed off as originals run rampant in the railroadiana market. The builder number for #65 was 20L-635. As far as I know, all the H20-44s were 20L-XXX.
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PWVJer



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 2: 25 pm    Post subject: ...fake stuff???? Reply with quote

Yep, you may-might-could be correct.
The James H. Mathews Co. Memorial Bronze Div. Plant
on Pgh's West Liberty Ave. could/would custom make these for about
$1000, less-artwork-cost, for two. Leave outside on your porch for a year to weather, and it will look just like the photo.
Maybe save yourself $1,500
if you just got to have two of these.....
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WM Historian



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 06, 2016 1: 26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The seller makes his case and explains why it doesn't have the Builders No. 20-L ....easy way to find out....research to see if there is a 21L-635 listed under FM's builder numbers.

Hell, I've seen WM Steam Builders plates dated 2 or 3 months earlier than Official Company records have them..... as to month/year built with correct construction number.


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jayrod



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 06, 2016 2: 37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Though a good source for general info, The Diesel Shop is not infallible. I guess the best place to look would be in company records if JR/JZ or someone else, like NWHS, hassome.
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WM Historian



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 07, 2016 7: 13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

WOW!

Somebody must have done the research........just sold for $4100.00


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jayrod



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 11: 33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow. Though I am still the skeptic. The subject of bogus plates comes up often enough on RYPN that unless I trusted the source absolutely, I wouldn't spend a penny on them. Just my opinion, though.....
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