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SALfan
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Railroad Enthusiast License Plates
Posted by SALfan on Wednesday, June 8, 2005 11:19 AM
While at the local DMV office recently, I discovered that Virginia offers a license plate for us train nuts. It contains the legend "Norfolk & Western Class J 611" in a Tuscan red stripe along with a line drawing of the locomotive pulling a train. I thought it was pretty cool.

Do any other states offer RR enthusiast license plates, and if so what do they look like?[:p]
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emmar
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Posted by emmar on Wednesday, June 8, 2005 11:40 AM
I don't think Washington offers one. I hope more states start offering them soon.It is nice to know that at least one state offers railroad enthusiast license plates.[:)]
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SealBook27
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Posted by SealBook27 on Wednesday, June 8, 2005 11:59 AM
Pennsylvania has a nice one. I believe it honors the K4's. Of course, they didn't offer it until I moved to Delaware.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 8, 2005 10:25 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by JOdom

While at the local DMV office recently, I discovered that Virginia offers a license plate for us train nuts. It contains the legend "Norfolk & Western Class J 611" in a Tuscan red stripe along with a line drawing of the locomotive pulling a train. I thought it was pretty cool.

Do any other states offer RR enthusiast license plates, and if so what do they look like?[:p]


Nevada offers this V & T plate, which I have on one of my cars.



Jim
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tatans
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Posted by tatans on Friday, June 10, 2005 11:51 AM
Not available in Alberta, just the usual $300.00 moron plates as they are referred to here, but some guys have locomotive numbers which is unique, but no one has any idea what they mean,such as 5934.
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Posted by AlcoRS11Nut on Friday, June 10, 2005 1:01 PM
Wisconsin Doesn't as far as I know, but people here make due, I have "ALCO FAN", and other has "CNW FAN" on it.
I love the smell of ALCo smoke in the Morning. "Long live the 251!!!" I miss the GBW and my favorite uncle is Uncle Pete. Uncle Pete eats Space Noodles for breakfast.
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Posted by CSXrules4eva on Friday, June 10, 2005 3:22 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by SealBook27

Pennsylvania has a nice one. I believe it honors the K4's. Of course, they didn't offer it until I moved to Delaware.


hay you know what don't feel to bad. lol When I asked my mom for PRR license Plate my mom got me the regular blue, white, and yellow PA license plate. I was alittle anoyed at her for that, but at the same time didn't want to complan because she brought me a truck. lol
LORD HELP US ALL TO BE ORIGINAL AND NOT CRISPY!!! please? Sarah J.M. Warner conductor CSX
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 16, 2005 4:38 PM
Ive seen the Virginia Norfolk and Western Plate and I like it. The PA plate is OK but the picture is hard to see as a train. It is a real painting of a K4 pulling the Broadway Limited, I think.
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Posted by Kurn on Thursday, June 16, 2005 8:46 PM
Ohio's gonna have a plate with a picture of rails being torn up and replaced with bike trails.................

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 17, 2005 9:55 AM
Illinois doesn't have specific plates, but my cars have
DRGW17 and DRGW18... I've been stopped by other railfans asking whether
these are indeed railfan plates.... Yup! :)
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Posted by tree68 on Friday, June 17, 2005 10:49 AM
With all of the plates offered by NY, I don't know if there is a railfan plate. I've got Volunteer Firefighter plates on my ride, so wouldn't have a place to hang railfan plates anyhow...

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 17, 2005 6:50 PM
Michigan does not have a train license plate. They should, though.
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Posted by TomDiehl on Saturday, June 18, 2005 10:01 PM
Pennsylvania's plate is a Griff Teller painting titled "Racing for the Dawn." I believe the story goes that it was pained for the official PRR calender one year. It IS of a PRR K-4s, but unfortunately it's a rather dark picture, hard to see unless you're close up.
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Posted by william6 on Monday, June 20, 2005 10:10 AM
Someone in Iowa has a personalized plate of "AMTRAK". I saw the car with this plate sitting at an Amtrak station, appropriately.
1st train ride was at 18 months old...and still riding the rails!
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Posted by spbed on Monday, June 20, 2005 11:12 AM
Florida also does not have one[:(]

Originally posted by JOdom

Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR  Austin TX Sub

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Posted by Train Guy 3 on Monday, June 20, 2005 11:17 PM
My uncle has one of the Virginia 611 plates it reads " LOCO MAN ".

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Posted by miniwyo on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 12:26 AM
Wyoming has one design of Liscence plate (whick by the way won best liscence plate design for the year it was released) I am also gonna try to make due when It comes time for my plates to come up, still thinking of 3985, 8444, 4004, 6900 or possibly the 6936.

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Posted by mersenne6 on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 7:20 AM
I've seen lots of vanity plates with a railroad theme. There are lots of model/toy train vanities out there as well. I usually cruise the parking lot at the big York TCA meet just before it opens to look for vanities. Some of the more interesting ones I've seen are:

PRR K4s
PRR M1
PRR GG1
MARX
TINPL8
LIONEL - in many variations - L1ONEL, LION-L , etc
AFLYER, AM FLYER
OGAUGE
TOYRRNUT
RR TRAX3
BOXXCAR
ALCO 2
CABOOSE
TRN NUT
BLU CMT
BING
BALLAST
NKP RR
OSCALE
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Posted by adrianspeeder on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 7:43 AM
You know there is a search function for the forum that is free to use.

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=37987

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ZephyrOverland
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Posted by ZephyrOverland on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 9:45 AM
In lieu of Illinois not having a rail-themed license plate, I had to make do with the next best thing - a vanity plate: NYC 26.
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TheS.P.caboose
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Posted by TheS.P.caboose on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 6:49 PM
I'm not sure if California has any railfan plates, but we can ask the state to personalize plates for us.
Regards Gary
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