What locomotive was Lima-Hamilton builders number 8891? Did Lima Hamilton use a builders plate on their construction cranes that was similar to their locomotive plates? After looking at other plates from surviving locomotives, NKP 779 is number 9380, C&O 614 built 6/48 is 9306, I realize that this must have been from around 1946 or 1947. Sorry I do not have the plate to look at so I don't know if there is a date on it, or if it says Lima or Lima-Hamilton.
U.S. WAR DEPARTMENT - French National Railways. Serial numbers 8867-9046. Order # 1191. These were
2-8-2's from August 1944 to September 1945. Source: Eric Hirsimaki's: LIMA, The History. L-H merger was 1947.
And yes, the LIMA diamond was used on all their apparatus.