@ Southwest Cheif, Cool!
I saw a Minnesota plate this week that just said "TRAIN". Though I suppose it could be a dedicated athlete.
My new car displays the license plate frame a lot better:
Matt from Anaheim, CA and Bayfield, COClick Here for my model train photo website
A friend of mine had BNSF here in Massachusetts, but gave it up when he moved to New Hampshire.
Another friend has had AMTRAK since 1971, and I ran across a Vermont AMTRAK up at White River Jct., VT on the car of the Amtrak ticket clerk.
Yet another has "NHRR" for New Haven Railroad, and one in Connecticut has EP5 370 (a New Haven electric EP-5).
My personalized licence plate is HI IRON. I have had it for at least 20 years and I got the idea from the steam powered excursion trips sponsored by The High Iron Company back in the 70s and 80s.
MarknLisa 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
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
For over twenty years I've had Ohio plate "K4S PRR" which currently is on my 99 Wrangler TJ. One of my older plates is on license display wall at the Station Inn in Cresson PA. Cost is about 80 per year to have a personalized plate in Ohio.
I used to have those plates on my car- I had the standard plates with the CJ number which I believe they have run out of - now they reside in my license plate collection and my car has Virginia's light house plates.
I believe that Virginia has another plate with railroad subject matter - I am pretty sure that the James River Park system plate shows the CSX/former Atlantic Coast Line bridge over the James River - https://www.dmv.virginia.gov/vehicles/#splates/info.asp?idnm=JRPM
The trails around the James River can indeed lead to some very good views of that bridge - Pump House Park which also features the former steam pump house for the City of Richmond and canal locks is a particularly cool location along the park system.
Those might be my next plates
I have seen CRRONJ ,too! in altoona pa.
I remember looking at an application for a Minnesota personal plate about 30 years ago. It was $100 then and is now at least $200. On the application you have to explain the meaning of the wording you are seeking.
Modeling the "Fargo Area Rapid Transit" in O scale 3 rail.
The Ontario licence plate on my Honda Accord is AMTRAK 1 Someone else in Ontario had AMTRAK so I had to go for #1
Thanks for mentioning South West Chief I'm the Sunset Limited' At the end of 2019 I will have completed traversing the complete Amtrak system Only five more short routes to cover.
Having lived in Illinois, New Mexico and Arizona I have had three different license plates. Ill,was RR NUT, NM was, RAILFAN and AZ was FE HORS
NM offers a Cumbres & Toltec plate with a very well done silouette of a locomotive and consist along the bottom
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.)
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.
Here's mine (For Amtrak train #3...the westbound Southwest Chief):
Since "TRAIN" was taken in Massachusetts, I had "TRAIN1" for years. Lost it when I became a Florida resident. Sniff.
My plates are SD 90 on Illinois route 66 plates.
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.
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
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.
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.
SP Passenger Train Historian and firend Jeff Cauthen had SP 27, the number of his favorite SP train the Overland
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.
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.
In San Luis Obispo CA saw ALCO 251 about twenty five years ago.
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
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
- PDN.
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.
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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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 ?
Where can you find a railroad themed license plate?
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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