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I might have a photo or two of these trust plates mounted on an engine, specifically F units. On geeps, they were on the side of the frame, but on the F units they were just above the bottom rivet strip. One photo I have shows one located next to the builder’s plate, probably on a B unit.
They seemed to have been taped over when the unit was painted. Perhaps there was a black background on them on etched portion when they were new, but twenty years of washing rendered them plain stainless.
Related note: I believe the forty GP9s were the only MoP engines to have the stainless etched model number plate. Is there any evidence that other units had them?
Ron Merrick
