What railroad themed licensed plates do you own, have you seen or heard of? Today in downtown Minneapolis I saw a black Telsa with Wisconsin plates: FE EQUUS
STM PWR
Semper Vaporo
Pkgs.
A friend has "NW611".
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I see a few of these Nebraska specialty plates in my travels around Fremont/Omaha/Council Bluffs.
http://www.up.com/aboutup/community/license_plate/
Jeff
Virginia used to have a specialty plate with the N&W 611 on it. The 611 is Virginia's Official State Steam Locomotive, or some such title. Was tempted to get one those plates when we lived there, but never did.
I drive around with "IHB 2920" on my Honda.
Some of my co-workers have railroad plates, but maybe not as obvious to most.
One has "MZ ENGR" on her vehicle. One guy has "Unstoppable" (shortened to the maximum number of characters Iowa allows) which while referencing the movie, is actually due to an incident a few years ago.
One guy has "Kick Em" on his truck. The railroad relevance is probably more obvious to Ed, Zug and other working/retired rails on here.
The late Jim Boyd, editor of Railfan & Railroad magazine, had NJ plates that read "RAILFAN." (R&R originated as Railfan magazine, later becoming R&R after absorbing Railroad magazine.)
My plate is simply the four letters denoting a western class I. Most people in Michigan don't have a clue.
Norm
Former co-worker has 'TRN DSPR'
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
The Pennsylvania "Preserve Our Heritage" series of license plates has what looks like a Grif Teller painting of a PRR (note the Keystone-shaped number plate in the middle of the smokebox) rushing toward the viewer on a triple (or more ?) track main line. The plate numbers all start with "RR" as in "RR XXX" (see image below):
http://www.dmv.pa.gov/VEHICLE-SERVICES/Registration%20Plates/Special-Fund/PublishingImages/Preserve%20Our%20Heritage.jpg
- PDN.
My husband had when he was single ATSF 199 in IL in reference to one of their hottest TOFC trains when he was growing up.
Paul_D_North_JrThe Pennsylvania "Preserve Our Heritage" series of license plates has what looks like a Grif Teller painting of a PRR (note the Keystone-shaped number plate in the middle of the smokebox) rushing toward the viewer on a triple (or more ?) track main line. The plate numbers all start with "RR" as in "RR XXX" (see image below):
Was never a fan of them. But I was never a Grif Teller fan, either. Just not into his style of artwork.
My license plate is a combination of letters and numbers. Although my front license plate has a cartoon on it (shocking, huh?)
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Where can you find a railroad themed license plate?
ATSFGuyWhere can you find a railroad themed license plate?
Probably all states sell vanity license plates, because that's what we're talking about. I envy Pennsylvanians who apparently have a Grif Teller painting available to them.
Go to your state's BMV website and investigate. I've often thought of ordering NKP RR or ERIE RR or NKP 765 or even NYCSTL, but my current vanity plate is already something else.
So spend a few extra dollars and enjoy yourself.
How about NO HUNTR or POOR CSX ?
NKP guy Probably all states sell vanity license plates, because that's what we're talking about. I envy Pennsylvanians who apparently have a Grif Teller painting available to them.
Virgina has a 611 plate. They sell them as souveniers to hang on your wall if you want. https://www.dmv.virginia.gov/vehicles/#splates/info.asp?idnm=JLOC
Maybe you can a Grif Teller one from PA as well. I can't find a link to do so, though.
This is a link, but I doubt if you can acquire a plate without owning a PA registered vehicle - though you could contact that PennDOT unit and ask:
http://www.dmv.org/pa-pennsylvania/apply-for-special-license-plates.php
I used to have SPSFFAN meaning Southern Pacific Santa Fe Fan. That one went to the junk yard with my 91 Jeep Cherokee and I didn't want to keep paying for it at the time.
Some years later, when buying a new car, I found that I couldn't get that back, as it was listed as taken by the DMV (probably by me, but who knows). So now I have SPSFMAN. I wash the new car by hand, but back with the old one, the guy at the carwash would always say, " Hi Sports Fan!" I let it go.
Cheers,
Dave
In San Luis Obispo CA saw ALCO 251 about twenty five years ago.
At our BRHS meets there are always some mbrs with plates relating to the Burlington. Either NH or VT is the only state to allow use of an '&' (or so I was told) & a mbr has CB&Q on his plate; others use CBQ, Zephyr, etc.
The image is the 1928 Grif Teller calendar painting "When the Broad Way Meets the Dawn", which was the first calendar painting Teller did for the PRR. He went on to paint 27 out of the total 33 scenes for PRR calendars. The original oil painting now belongs to the Railroad Museum of Pa., which is how the image got to be selected for license-plate usage. The scene shows the eastbound Broadway Limited meeting the first rays of a sunrise in the Juniata Valley west of Harrisburg, Pa., on the PRR's four-track Middle Division main line. A portion of the extra fees motorists pay for these specialty plates goes toward state historic preservation programs, though not specifically earmarked for the RMofPa.
SP Passenger Train Historian and firend Jeff Cauthen had SP 27, the number of his favorite SP train the Overland
For over 20 years and three different trucks my New York plates read "PRR 4483"
I'm a life member of the WNYRHS, owner of the last I1sa Decapod.
very interesting, I have not seen any, but I don't drive far from my neighborhood, I'll have to look when I'm traveling with friends who do highways or on road trips.
Sunnylandvery interesting, I have not seen any, but I don't drive far from my neighborhood, I'll have to look when I'm traveling with friends who do highways or on road trips.
You might have, and did not realize it. F'rinstance, "8223NYC" or "NYC999" or even "BLINER" might not be significant to you, but I'd pick up on them immediately.
My plates are SD 90 on Illinois route 66 plates.
Since "TRAIN" was taken in Massachusetts, I had "TRAIN1" for years. Lost it when I became a Florida resident. Sniff.
Here's mine (For Amtrak train #3...the westbound Southwest Chief):
Matt from Anaheim, CA and Bayfield, COClick Here for my model train photo website
Bruce Kelly The late Jim Boyd, editor of Railfan & Railroad magazine, had NJ plates that read "RAILFAN." (R&R originated as Railfan magazine, later becoming R&R after absorbing Railroad magazine.)
I'm not in NJ but have the Great Lakes State covered.
Helps let the authorities know I'm not a threat when trackside.
NM offers a Cumbres & Toltec plate with a very well done silouette of a locomotive and consist along the bottom
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