Found these in the garage, anybody want to guess what they came off of?
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They're form a PA that was originally Texas & New Orleans 202B later renumbered to 205 in 1949 and then renumbered to Southern Pacific 6055 in 1955.You can see the daylight paint through the grey. Bob cheated using google. I had to go all Amish and look it up in some books. Wonder what these are worth.
Originally Posted by Matt Makens:
Wonder what these are worth.
Since you have the pair, they are worth a LOT!!!!! Please do NOT try to restore, clean, or glass bead them in ANY WAY.
Agreed--a paired set of plates off an iconic diesel will command the big bucks.
Oh, you mean I shouldn't have put them in a bucket of paint stripper?
Using the wire wheel on them, was probably a Bad Idea too.
Nowadays they'd use a little silk-screened label, those were the days when they really made stuff to last! 
Bob cheated using google.
Hey, hey, hey! I didn't see any rule that said Google was off limits. 
By the way, you can clean those up using Simple Green.
I wouldn't clean them at all, they're fine the way they are. Simple Green will probably eat them, just ask Lee how well it works on Fastrack! 
Not going to touch them. I'll get them mounted on a nice maple board to display them but other than that they'll stay the way they are. You can see the daylight paint through the chips in the SP gray. It would be a sin to remove the paint.
Originally Posted by gunrunnerjohn:
Nowadays they'd use a little silk-screened label, those were the days when they really made stuff to last!
they may not be full scale...
but live steamers still "make stuff to last".
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