Name Plate

A brass nameplate is fixed to the side of one of the heritage carriages at the Eveleigh Paint Shop, lettered with the carriage's name in raised serif capitals against the polished brass background. The plate is roughly the size of an outstretched hand, the corners rounded, fixed to the body side with countersunk screws. The brass is mostly clean, polished as part of the carriage's restoration work, with a darker patina settling into the recesses of the lettering. The body paint behind the plate is the carriage's standard chocolate-and-cream NSW Government Railways livery, untouched where the plate has shielded the metal underneath.

Named carriages were a long tradition on NSW Government Railways long-distance and special-service rolling stock. Each carriage carried its name in lettering on the body side or on a brass plate of this kind, and the name typically stayed with the carriage across its working life. Names were drawn from public figures, geographic features, NSW towns, and senior railway personnel. The nameplate in this photograph is one of several carried by heritage carriages held at the Eveleigh Paint Shop by Historic Electric Traction. The plate has been polished in the restoration program; the lettering is the original casting.