Builder Plate Conundrum - photo

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Jim, I considered a re-boiler or re-smokebox situation. But if they used 
the boiler or smokebox off Class F #169 Const. No. 47 why doesn't the 
plate's built date read Dec. 1887? On the plate it reads "Built Dec. 
1890". Obscure stuff I know! First time I've ever seen a NW builder 
plate who's markings don't match the loco records we all use.   John 
Garner




John

It looks like they needed more room between the headlight and the smoke 
stack.  They must have used the smoke box off 169 with the builders 
plate in tack when the G2 was built.

Nice find

Jim Blackstock