| Here is a half-page item which was published originally in the February 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 50. Partial Caption: "Locomotive builders are proud of their handiwork, and they mount a name plate on each side of the smokebox af every locomotive they build." Depicted at the right is the ovoid builder's plate for Pennsylvania Railroad engine #5709, a D-16SB (4-4-0) "American" built in the Altoona Machine Shops as D-16D number "79" for the Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore Railroad during March of 1900, renumbered "5079" in 1903, rebuilt as a D-16B in January of 1913, rebuilt as a D-16SB in August of 1916, and retired in 1940 after 40 years of faithful service. |