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My dad bought a name plate off a train .the bloke said it was from the Doncaster works ?? Its called the Planet .just wondering if this is worth anything .or if anyone can give me any information about any trains called the Planet. Many thanks,
Lauraloo

Hi Lauraloo.

Is it possible to show a picture of the plate ?

Is it called "PLANET" or "THE PLANET" ?

How do I post a pic

Sorry Philip, its Planet not the Planet
Lauraloo

Planet was an early locomotive (not train) that was built in 1830 by Robert Stephenson.
The current planet is a replica, as the original was scrapped a long time ago now. I would imagine your plate is a replica; however I could not be certain. If you google locomotive planet it will show you a lot of its history.
Good luck and all the best
Phil

The replica Planet has a rectangular brass plate, but I don't know if the original was the same.

Could there have perhaps been an industrial loco (or locos) with the same name ?

Quite likely I would think Philip. Some saddle tank somewhere, maybe someone could verify that!
Cheers
Phil

Thanks guys. My dad thinks it's an original piece of cast because its really heavy. Unfortunately someone has tried stripping the paint off. Do you know where I could find out about industrial locos? And what is a saddle tank
Lauraloo

The Saddle tank is a locomotive that has its water tank wrapped over the boiler as opposed to being in a tender at the back of the engine. If you look at some of the industrial loco pictures in the gallery you will see some good examples. Cast iron plates are easily replicated even today by anyone with a small foundry.
Just another thought there were many plates made for steam traction engines too especially for the fair ground vehicles. Could be a number of things like that!
All the best
Phil

I found this list and it has six Planet on it.

http://www.industrial-loco.org.uk/lo...ame_indexP.htm

You might need to find the first page to find out what the letters mean.