Number plate

Numberplates (or Numberboards) are how railways identify their locomotives. They usually consist of a plaque attached to the side of the locomotive, the tender, or simply a number painted on the side of the locomotive. Other rolling stock may also carry number-boards, like freight wagons, carriages and permanent way equipment.
==Gallery==
4593619928 843dbc6186 z.jpg|Headlamp number board on Santa Fe #3751.
Irl234.jpg|An Irish Rail locomotive with the number 234.
M3.jpg|Irish Rail Mark 3 generator van with the number 7603.
P1090308lo.webp|U.S. Army No. 5240's numberplate.
File:Steam-detail.jpg|Headlamp number boards on Great Smoky Mountains No. 1702.
File:IMG 2486.JPG|Tweetsie Railroad No. 12's number board.
File:Dassswsdccszxzxzx.jpg|Southern Pacific No. 4449's numberplate.
File:10106410200259783393108 13378008n1.jpg|Union Pacific No. 844's numberplate and number boards.
Loco 949 Tangiwai.png|The Number plate from KA 949, is on display in the Auckland War Memorial Museum
Number Board.PNG|Northern Pacific No. 1070's numberplate.
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YW19's fwd light.jpg|Yreka Western No. 19's number boards.
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BuilderplatesinGreatAmericanScenicRailroadsUnionPacific.jpg|Union Pacific No. 835's numberplate with the collection of Builder's Plate.
ScottBall union-pacific-bigboy-train-sunset-stationrEP-190729277ttt-11-5-2019-3.webp|4014's numberplate, with numberboards.
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NacionaledeMexicoNo.279numberplate.jpg|Nacionale de Mexico No. 279's number boards.
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2101numberplate.jpg|Reading No. 2101's number boards.
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2816numberboards.jpg|Canadian Pacific No. 2816's number boards.
MilwaukeeRoad261numberboard.jpg|Milwaukee Road No. 261’s numberboards
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Chesapeake&Ohio2736.jpeg|Chesapeake & Ohio No. 2736 number board
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Engine806numberboard.jpg|Oliver Iron Mining Company No. 806 numberplate.
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