Plate, equipment number

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OBJECT TYPE
LOCOMOTIVE/4-6-2
DATE
1908
ARTIFACT NUMBER
2018.0239.001
MANUFACTURER
MONTREAL LOCOMOTIVE WORKS LTD.
MODEL
CN 5533
LOCATION
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

More Information


General Information

Serial #
44847
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
Metal CN locomotive number plate. Plaque de locomotive en métal CN.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
27.5 cm
Width
42.0 cm
Height
1.5 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Railway Transportation
Category
Miscellaneous
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
MLW
Country
Canada
State/Province
Quebec
City
Montreal

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Unknown
Period
Used between 1908 until 1955.
Canada
The federal government created Canadian National Railways to take control of and manage several struggling or failed railway enterprises across Canada between 1916 and 1923. With those railways, CN inherited many hundreds of steam locomotives that used four different numering systems for identification. The compnay had to implement a new, system-wide numbering scheme that would work for both the inherited locomotives and any new motive power they commissioned or built. The plates being offered are examples of the CN road number system implemented in the years after the First World War. This plate - 5533 - was the road number assigned to the K-1-e type locomotive originally built for Canadian Government Railways (CGR) in 1908. The locomotive was scrapped in 1955. It is part of a much larger collection of number plates preserved by CN and then donated or sold to various museums and private collectors. This plate was transferred to us by Exporail. Le gouvernement fédéral canadien a créé la Compagnie des chemins de fers nationaux du Canada pour prendre contrôle et gérer les compagnies de chemins de fers infructueux à travers le Canada entre les années 1916 et 1923. Avec ces chemins de fers, la Compagnie a hérité plusieurs centaines de locomotives à vapeurs qui utilisait quatre systèmes de numérisation pour les identifier. La Compagnie a dû implémenter un nouveau système de numérisation qui fonctionnerait pour les locomotives hérités, ainsi que les nouvelles locomotives construites. Ces plaques sont des exemples des numéros de routes introduite par la Compagnie des chemins de fers nationaux du Canada dans les années après la Première Guerre mondiale. La plaque - 5533 - était le numéro de route assignée à la locomotive K-1-e bâti originalement par Canadian Governement Railways en 1908. La locomotive a cessé ces opérations en 1955. Cette plaque fait partie d'une plus grande collection de plaques préservées par CN et éventuellement donné ou vendu à différents musées ou collecteurs. Cette plaque nous a été transféré par Exporail.
Function
When affixed to a locomotive, the plate is used to identify that particular locomotive for CN operations and maintenance staff. Lorsque apposé sur une locomotive, cette plaque est utilisée pour identifier cette locomotive particulière pour les employées d'entretiens et d'opérations de CN.
Technical
Locomotive numbering systems are a critical part of railways operations, even today. Workers in many parts of the organization need to be able to identify locomotives in order to assign them to the correct task, with the appropriate crew, and keep track of their status and relocation. Steam locomotives needed regular and often major maintenance and repairs so railways operated very large numbers of locomotives in order to insure that they had enough motive power available at all time. Operational and maintenance staff needed to be able easily see which locomotive they were working with in the shops, in the yard, or on main tracks. With their bright red and brass colouring, these plates stood out against the darker colour of the locomotive bodies. A system-wide and coherent method of of numbering helped them to manage and deploy these vehicles as efficiently as possible. Même aujourd'hui, les systèmes de numérisations de locomatives jouent un rôle très important dans les opérations ferroviaires. Plusieurs travailleurs à travers l'organisation se fie sur les plaques pour être capable d'identifier les locomotives pour les assigners la bonne tâche, avec le bon équipage et pour garder compte de leur statut et leur emplacement. Les locomotives à vapeurs avait besoin d'être entretenu régulièrement, donc les compagnies ferroviaires opérait un grand nombre de locomotives pour s'assurer qu'il y avait assez de force motrice à tous temps. Les employées d'entretiens et d'opérations ont besoin d'identifier les différentes locomotives lorsqu'ils travaillent dans l'atelier ou sur les voies ferroviaires. Avec une écriture rouge clair et en laiton, ces plaques étaient perceptibles avec le corps foncés des locomotives. Un système cohérent de numérisation facilitait la gestion des locomotives et leurs efficacités.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
In raised text on the front of the plate: " CANADIAN /. 553 /. NATIONAL "
Missing
Appears complete.
Finish
The plate has a red-painted background, raised brass-coloured letters and numbers, and a black proper back. La plaque a un arrière-plan peinturé rouge, des lettres et numéros en couleur de laiton élévé et un derrière en noir.
Decoration
N/A

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